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donald trump would like him to be us attorney general. this is in the middle of his confirmation hearing. it s been going on for hours and hours, six and a half to be precise. it has covered an extraordinary range of issues. we ll work through some of the most important ones in the next few minutes. there have been protests too. the hearing has been inrupted several times. that may be because mr sessions is seen as one of the most conservative members of the senate. some americans don t like the idea of him being their attorney general. he s been questioned on a huge number of positions he holds on a variety of issues. let s work through some of those now. the bbc‘s anthony zirka is in washington. first of all, we ve heard this extraordinary situation of mr sessions being quizzed on whether he s a racist or not. right, absolutely. the racism issue has been hanging over sessions head since he was nominated. his nomination back in 1986 to be a federaljudge was derailed ....
it is also triggering lots of accusations of, do we really know what we are doing? good question! what the papers are full of tonight isa what the papers are full of tonight is a foreign affairs select committee report which absolutely slams the government. it was chaired by tory crispin blunt. but he is broadly saying is that if we don t plan forfailure, broadly saying is that if we don t plan for failure, then that would be a dereliction of duty. that is what he is accusing the prime minister of. what has really got the gold of mps is they made the same kind of warning to david cameron, saying, you may want a referendum, you don t have a plan. where is the plan? they are saying this is similar. they think the negotiations may well fail. what are we doing for planning if they do fail? at the moment we can t hear anything from the government. we are going to stay with this story. the mail on sunday, dereliction of his duty. savaging brexit minister david davis, suggesti ....
to force the politicians here to deliver air fit to breathe. and the beauty of the brain. fergus walsh meets the researchers unlocking the science of thought. the tribal areas on the afg han pakistan border have long been associated with militancy and lawlessness. the ancient tribal customs, with their emphasis on both revenge and hospitality, have been challenged in recent years by violentjihadis, imposing sharia, not tribal law. north waziristan became home to al-qaeda, the taliban, and jihadists from all over the world, but as owen bennett jones reports, after a long and bloody military campaign, the pakistani army is now firmly in control. for years now, these remote areas on the afghan pakistan border have been a haven for violentjihadists. in 2014, the pakistan army launched a campaign to win back this land, and today virtually all of it is under army control. the militants left behind this roadside bomb factory. capturing facilities like this has made a differenc ....
i m philippa thomas. from here in the world s news room, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. in this week s programme. inside north waziristan. owen bennett jones finds the pakistan army back in control of the tribal area on the afghan border, after a huge military operation to clear out al-qaeda and the taliban. around one million people from north waziristan fled when the conflict was at its height, and the question now is will they come back? saved from slavery and worse. naomi grimley meets the young yazidis who escaped the so called islamic state to find refuge in germany. a genocide in the making. alastair leithead reports from south sudan on claims of new atrocities by government forces and local militia. making china s skies blue again. carrie gracie investigates beijing s new measures against old polluting vehicles. the chinese economy is still fuelled by coal. and in the one party state there is little the public can ....
characteristics about rex tillerson that donald trump views at positives are things that have john mccain concerned. he said he wants answers about the connection to the russian government. i have concerned over his reports of relationships with vladimir putin who is a thug and a murderer. we will have hearings on that issue and other issues concerning him. that is the time to make up your mind. what kind of questions would you ask rex tillerson? his view of vladimir putin, his role in the world, and the leader of the opposition was murdered on the orders, i believe, of vladimir putin and the shadow of the kremlin. the deal that he did in 2011 is estimated to be worth half of a trillion dollars. so you know these are enormously large deals. a reflection of that that was putin in 2012 awarded him the order of friendship, one of the highest civilian honors in russia. tillerson has also spoken out against sanctions in russia and that may be essential in understanding his te ....