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correspondent, ben wright. he s the brexit loving trade secretary itching to do deals, but liam fox, seen here in the us last month, has been in a dispute with the man in charge of the economy, philip hammond, over what should happen after britain leaves the eu in march 2019. today, though, a united front. writing a joint piece in the sunday telegraph, they say there must not be a cliff edge break when britain leaves the eu in march 2019. they will seek a time limited transition period with the eu a victory for philip hammond. but during this period, britain will leave the customs union and the eu single market and the customs union a win for mr fox. i think it is actually very encouraging because over the last three or four weeks we have seen conflicting signals sent out by various numbers of the cabinet, and now it does look as if someone has said to mr fox and mr hammond, we need to see unity. the customs union sets eu wide import tariffs. the single market allow ....
to dateline london. i m shaun ley. in south africa, leadership confirmed. in kenya, leadership disputed. and as for north korea, is it kimjong un or donald trump who holds all the cards? with me to discuss this week s displays of leadership are: vincent magombe, director of the african journalists‘ network, africa inform international, thomas kielingerfrom germany s die welt, the sudanese writer nesrine malik, and the us born, london based political commentator ned temko. ned, how much of this is a horrible bluster, and how much of it reflect a real change in the atmosphere of this relationship that has really been frozen in time for 60 years? the danger is we don t know. i will start by making a safe prediction. safe if only because i am wrong, no one will be around to know. and that is, i am fairly confident we are not on the brink of nuclear war. but should we be worried? absolutely yes. on the korean peninsular, even a conventional war could kill hundreds of thous ....
in burkina faso have sealed off the centre of the capital, ouagadougou, after suspected jihadists opened fire in a busy street. the government are calling it a terrorist attack. these are the latest pictures. the country s communications minister says that, provisionally, 17 people have been killed and eight others injured. reports say a hotel and popular turkish restaurant appear to have been targeted. witnesses were quoted as saying that three gunmen opened fire on customers seated outside the hotel and the restaurant. the city centre has been sealed off by the army, and the us embassy in ouagadougou has warned its citizens to avoid the area. a bbc correspondent in the region said there are fears the attack is the work of one of the affiliates of al-qaeda that are active in the sahel region. a jihadist attack on a cafe nearby left 30 people dead in january last year. we are keeping across that story and we will bring you any developments as we get them. north korea ha ....
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. it s 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in britain. in those 50 years, the campaign for lgbt rights has won landmark victories in many parts of the world, perhaps best symbolised by the normalisation of gay marriage in a host of countries. my guest today is american filmmaker and screenwriter dustin lance black, who won an oscar for the film milk and has just completed a major series on the struggle for gay rights. has the time come to declare a famous victory? dustin lance black, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. to what extent do you think that your experiences from childhood to now as a gay person have come to define your creative output? oh, boy. it s one of the many things about me that does define me creatively. certainly, when i m teaching my students because i teach some classes in screenwriting sometimes and i say to them, tell me about you, what is it about you that s unique, wher ....
at least 17 people have been killed in a gun attack on a restaurant in ouagadougou, the capital of burkina faso. the government described it as a terrorist attack but it s not yet clear who carried it out. the incident took place around 200 metres from a similar attack in january last year. bill hayton reports. violence return to the main streets of ouagadougou. security forces sealed off the area around the turkish restaurant and try to treat the wounded. witnesses said three men arrived in a cloud and opened fire on those sitting inside. anyone who could rain. translation: we have just finished eating and had left the restaurant. will waiting for the driver to come to and pick us up and we have the shootings. afterwards, i didn t hear anything any more. the apparent target was the 200 metres from the site of a previous attack, i and a half years ago. that was by a group called the islamic state in the maghreb. in the beginning, with that was robbery, but then we reali ....