First time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Israels intensifying Military Assault on lebanon has involved everything from Booby Trapped electronic devices to bunker busting bombs. As the Death Toll mounts, prime Minister Netanyahu says the target isnt the people of lebanon, its the armed militant group hezbollah, which continues to fire rockets into israel. So what, if anything, can the lebanese Government do to stave off a Gaza Style Catastrophe . My guest is lebanons economy minister, Amin Salam. Is his Government the very definition of powerless . Minister Amin Salam in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. Pleasure being with you. Thank you forjoining me. War is happening to lebanon, war is happening to lebanon, minister, and yet war minister, and yet war is the last thing that is the last thing that lebanon wants. Lebanon wants. How does that make how does that make you feel right now . You feel right now . You said it, stephen. You said it, stephen
Minister amin salam in beirut, minister amin salam in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. In gaza, through diplomatic thank you, stephen. Thank you, stephen. Pleasure being with you. Pleasure being with you. Thank you forjoining me. Thank you forjoining me. War is happening to lebanon, war is happening to lebanon, minister, and yet war minister, and yet war is the last thing that is the last thing that lebanon wants. Lebanon wants. How does that make how does that make you feel right now? you feel right now? you said it, stephen. You said it, stephen. It s the last thing we need. It s the last thing we need. It s the last thing we would it s the last thing we would have wanted to happen have wanted to happen and we were hoping and praying and we were hoping and praying and doing our best for the past and doing our best for the past year, since the war started year, since the war started in gaza, through diplomatic channels, through every channel possible, to avoid going i
Country of egypt could be Donald Trumps next big problem. And a devastating start to the School Year for children here and abroad. I am ayman mohyeldin. Lets do it. Donald trump addressed his maga faithful today in a town of 4500 in wisconsin. While his Campaign Speech was just a rerun of his old hits, the Rallys Location was noteworthy. It followed recent rallies in howell, michigan, la crosse, wisconsin, and johnstown, pennsylvania. You might be asking what do these towns have in common . Let me explain. They are all known or referred to as Sundown Towns, towns with racist and sometimes violent histories of forced segregation. As many as 10,000 Sundown Towns had sprung up around the country by 1970. If you were black in an all white town, you could not be in that town After Dark without it being a serious threat to your security. Sometimes the threat was implicit, but sometimes they put it in writing like this Newspaper Headline in norman, oklahoma in the 1920s when University Of Okl
Visits another school. And then that s when it texted my mom and my dad. I was like, i love you guys if anything happens and forces voters to confront an american crisis. Plus donald trump meets the voters as new swingstate polls show 2024 is up for grabs especially in pennsylvania also liz cheney gets off the sidelines. The conservative who agrees with harris on virtually nothing says trump is so dangerous. She has no choice but to vote for her and elon musk hopes you didn t see this. The owner of x scrubs a tweet promoting tucker carlson s chat with an accused nazi apologists. Live at the table. Jamal simmons, trisha mcloughlin brian lanza, julie roginsky, and montel williams. Welcome to a special edition of newsnight state of the race good, evening. I m abby phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about tonight. Families fear and the fragile politics of guns. The country s attention today turn to winder, georgia were four soldiers. There are now gone two stud
Stop welcome to Bbc News now, three hours welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Ukraines President Zelensky says that a russian Missile Strike has killed more than 41 people. It happened in Poltava a city in the east of ukraine. President zelensky said that more than 180 people were wounded. Speaking in the last hour, he said it was a very difficult day for ukraine. The ukrainian Defence Ministry called it a barbaric strike against an educational establishment. This is what President Zelensky said a short while ago. Translation i have received preliminary l reports on the russian attack on Poltava. According to the information available now, two ballistic missiles hit the territory of an educational institution and a neighbouring hospital. One of the buildings in the institute of communications was partially destroyed. People were trapped under the rubble. Many of them were rescued. More than 180 people were injured. Unfortunately, there ar