We begin in the us because new york is lifting most of the remaining covid 19 related restrictions. Offices, restaurants, museums and theatres will no longer be subject to capacity limits either. Here s samira hussain. There is certainly more people out on the streets of manhattan these days, especially if you compare it to this time last year, at the height of the covid 19 pandemic. That said, even though there is an easing of restrictions, it is not being felt in every single neighbourhood. Take this one for example, lower manhattan, wall street is just a few blocks away. Many businesses here depend heavily on office workers but they are not coming backin workers but they are not coming back in droves. And that will have a direct impact on all of the businesses that operate within the neighbourhood. I caught up with a few of the businesses around here and have a listen to what had to say blue if we do not have the officers, we do not have work and we are slow. figs officers, we do n
Exhibition? hello. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and of course around the globe. In the last hour, the new york state attorney general s office said its investigation into the trump organization, run by former president donald trump, is now a criminal probe and not purely civil in nature. What does that mean? i m joined now by the bbc s will grant in washington. He has been looking at this for us. A step into a criminal investigation in itself is a serious matter. What are the precise areas, and effectively, points that they are exploring that they believe are now worthy of criminal investigation? worthy of criminal investi. Ation? ~ worthy of criminal investiuation? ~ ,. , investigation? well, the state attorney general s investigation? well, the state attorney general s office investigation? well, the state attorney general s office has l attorney general s office has been looking at the dealings of the trump organisation, specifically the question of whether or not they
Welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. The cycle of violence continues israel bombards gaza, hamas fires rockets into israel. We know there will eventually be a ceasefire, but then what? what, if anything, will have changed in this seemingly endless conflict? if the main protagonists are israel s prime minister netanyahu and the leaders of hamas, where does that leave the palestinian authority, led by mahmoud abbas? my guest is the palestinian representative in london, husam zomlot. Is the pa sliding into political irrelevance? husam zomlot, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. As ijust said, the key protagonists in this conflict, which continues in gaza and in israel, the protagonists are prime minister netanyahu and his government and his army and hamas. For you and let s face it, you really speak for the palestinian authority, you re appointed by mahmoud abbas for you, is there an overwhelming sense of powerlessness? no, i don t speak on behalf of the palestinian authori
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Hello and welcome. Three palestinians have been killed and many others injured in clashes between protesters and israeli security forces in the west bank. The demonstrations were in support of a general strike by palestinians and israeli arabs. Israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has repeated his warning that the operation against hamas will take as long as needed to restore calm, as a barrage of rockets was fired into israel killing two thai workers and injuring seven others. Our middle east editorjeremy bowen reports now from jerusalem. And just a warning there are some images you may find upsetting. Explosion the israeli army blow up the car of a man who attacked them with grenades. Soldiers shot him dead. It was the centre of hebron where soldiers protect a jewish settlement in the heart of a palestinian city. Chanting last night, a group called the al aqsa martyrs brigade showed off their weapons in ramallah on the west bank. They have been quiet since the end of the las