the unraveling is an opportunity to rally the base and boost fund-raising and hope to salvage the democrats chance in november up to the president s comments a short while ago signal just that. watch. this is about a lot more than abortion. what happens if you have state change the laws saying that children who are lgbtq can t be in classrooms with other children? is that legitimate under the way the decision is written? what are the next things that are going to be attacked? this maga crowd is the most extreme that s existed in american history. the people want to abandon that that sounds like quite a big crowd. i m happy to be in the crowd. if that s what he wants to call it. but joe biden sounds a lot like joy behar. that s never a good thing. but joy behar says my worry is this is just the beginning. maybe next brown versus board of education. brown versus board of education, as all of our viewers no, so separate but equal is inherently unequal and must do it all su
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the programme. a un human rights official has accused israel of beating, blindfolding and stripping palestinians detained during its military operation in gaza. the head of the un human rights office in occupied palestinian territories claimed that some of the former detainees he met during a visit to the territory had been held for nearly two months in often cramped conditions. during my time here, i managed to meet a number of police detainees. these are men who were detained by the israeli security forces in unknown locations for between 30 to 55 days. they described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill treatment and to what may amount to torture. they reported being blindfolded for long periods, some of them for several consecutive days. one man said he had access to a shower only once during his 55 days in detention. there are reports of men who were subsequently released, but only in diapers without any adequate clothing i
welcome to the programme, we start middle east. welcome to the programme, we start in the middle east. a suspected israeli air strike has hit a residential building in the syrian capital, damascus. iranian state media says four members of iran s revolutionary guards were among those killed. they include two high ranking military advisers one of whom is reported to be the head of the force s information unit in syria. iran is blaming israel for the strike. iranian advisers have played a key role in keeping president assad in power during the civil war in syria. with me is issam ikirmawi, who is a correspondent with bbc arabic. good to see you. just talk us through at the moment what we know what we think we know that what is happening. we what we think we know that what is ha eninu. ~ ~ ., ., what we think we know that what is ha enin~.~ ~ ., ., ., happening. we know from syrian forces that happening. we know from syrian forces that an happening. we know from syrian
hello i m hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome lewis vaughan jones. welcome lewis vaughanjones. to the programme. we begin with breaking news this hour state media in syria say a reported air strike has hit a residential building in the capital, damascus. around five people are reported to have been killed, including a member of iran s revolutionary guards. there are reports the building was used by iranian advisers to the syrian government. iran has played a key role in supporting president assad during the civil war in syria. with me is our middle east analyst sebastian usher. what do we know about what has happened? we what do we know about what has ha ened? ~ ~ ., what do we know about what has hauened? ~ ~ ., , what do we know about what has happened? what do we know about what has hauened? ~ ~ ., , ., happened? we know this was a huge exlosion, happened? we know this was a huge explosion, pictures happened? we know this was a huge explosion, pictures show happ
market action as investors wrap up another trading week. and we ll be getting the inside track on global economic challenges and the threat of protectionism words of warning from the imf‘s boss christine lagarde. all this and more with our economics correspondent andrew walker. and do you shop on the internet? online shoppers in the uk spend more per household than consumers in any other country. we want to know what you buy online. just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. we start in france, where the shooting in paris has interrupted final campaigning in what was already being called the most unpredictable presidential election in living memory. centrist favourite emmanuel macron and far right marine le pen look likely to go through after sunday s vote to a run off on may 7th. but they are closely followed by conservative francois fillon and far left candidate jean luc melenchon who can t be ruled out. socialist benoit hamon, though, is being given li