Never knew you had. Those peripheral relationships we are missing in the time of lockdown. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in new york city, Christian Fraser is in london. Its almost four weeks since supporters of President Trump stormed capitol hill, claiming the election was stolen and today, House Democrats laid out their case for convicting mr trump of inciting that insurrection accusing him of being singularly responsible for the events of january the sixth. The Impeachment Trial will be in the senate next week. In the memo they submitted, the nine Impeachment Managers say the president incited the attack but had laid the groundwork for what they describe as the big lie, well before the election in november. They say the speech he delivered onjanuary 6th whipped his supporters into a violent frenzy. And quoting directly from the constitution and its framers they say the senate has the jurisdiction to impeach a former official. In the last few hours mr trumps lawyers have responded claim
this is bbc news. the headlines: the un secretary general calls for an immediate ceasefire in sudan after at least 56 people were killed in clashes between rival military factions. the leader of the nurses union says they re prepared to continue strikes in england right up to christmas unless the government puts more money on the table for a pay deal. the chief minister of the indian state of uttar pradesh appeals for calm after a former politician convicted of kidnapping is shot dead live on tv along with his brother. the building of all new smart motorways in england is being cancelled over safety concerns and costs this includes 11 already on pause and three set for construction. a sacred, ancient symbol of scotland s monarchy known as the stone of destiny will make the journey from edinburgh castle to westminster abbey for the king s coronation. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for hard talk. welcome to hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, her
the nuremberg trials have made genocide and other crimes against humanity less likely to be committed in the world today? ben ferencz, welcome to hardtalk. you were born in 1920 in transylvania in central europe. you moved to the united states with your family when you were a little baby. you really epitomise the american dream, a kind of rags to riches story, because it was discovered that you were highly intelligent and you were put on a fast track to harvard law school. we arrived in america. my parents were young immigrants fleeing persecution and poverty, no money, no skills, no language, and lucky to have some friendly new yorker offer us, my father, who had been trained as a shoemaker, but they didn t need any boots made in new york, there were no cowboys. but the owner of a building offered us the opportunity to sleep in the cellar and my father would be the janitor. and that s where we began and that s where my memory begins, in a high crime density area known for
than a year, because the democratic unionist party, the biggest party which wants to keep northern ireland in the uk, is vetoing the formation of the power sharing coalition because of its concerns over brexit trade barriers with the rest of the uk. setting that aside, when you look back at the last 25 years, the change in northern ireland has been remarkable. the level of political balance has dramatically reduced to the extent that it is relatively rare now, so coming after a bitter sectarian conflict that lasted three decades, and cost the lives of three and half thousand people, it has been a very successful, peace process, most would say. the president biden is likely to again reflect on that, the fact that it was a peace process that benefits the whole island of ireland. most of ireland in northern ireland but the republic was touched by the conflict as well. so we can expect him to talk about that. with regard to the major conflict in the world today, ukraine, that has
ust irish and american families, not just irish american families. these stories just irish american families. these stories are just irish american families. these stories are the very heart of what binds stories are the very heart of what binds ireland and america together. they speak to history, defined by our dreams. they speak to a present shared our dreams. they speak to a present shared responsibility and a future, poised shared responsibility and a future, poised for shared responsibility and a future, poised for unlimited shared possibilities so today i like to reflect possibilities so today i like to reflect on the enduring strength of the connections between ireland and the connections between ireland and the united the connections between ireland and the united states. a partnership for the united states. a partnership for the ages the united states. a partnership for the ages. began with our shared history the ages. began with our shared history