jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you ve been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. you re very recently back from gaza. were you shocked by what you saw? profoundly, profoundly. i wasn t really prepared. even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in southern gaza in rafah. so i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. and i must say, it s in 2024 and we re allowing this to happen. it is it is beyond belief. you talk about the hopelessness of the people living through that experience. what about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those vulnerable people? we re not giving up. when i go to such places, i become enraged. isee. i need to fight harder. i need to get more resources. i need to get more colleagues there. i ne
lila rose, in southern california, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me, stephen. it s a great pleasure to have you on the show. ijust wonder if, right now, you feel you are wrestling with the law of unintended consequences. you welcomed that supreme court decision to overturn roe v wade, but since that happened a couple of years ago, it s become clear that most americans do not want to see a woman s right to choose an abortion to be outlawed and overturned. that s become a big problem for you, hasn t it? well, to be clear, the majority of americans actually support abortion restriction, stephen, which is not the case for pro abortion activists in this country. so those that are bewailing the overturning of roe v wade and planned parenthood are some of these very activistic, pro abortion groups, they don t want any abortion restrictions. and as you know, even in most european countries, abortion is largely restricted after the first trimester. that s not so in the united
iranian analyst abbas faiz gave me his thoughts and reflections on the events of the day so far. well, i think the scenario that they would probably find the occupants of the helicopter alive may have become somewhat unlikely. so the next scenario might be that they probably know, based on past practice, past practice of the government of the islamic republic, they probably know what has happened. and then, again, we have two possibilities. the first possibility is that if, for example, ebrahim raisi is still alive, but injured. in that case, i think they would announce the news straightaway and very quickly. but if there is another news for example, that, you know, he is not alive the past practice of the islamic republic has been to suppress that news, to suppress that news for quite a few days. and this happened at the time of the death of ayatollah khomeini, and they really announced it several days later. now, why would they suppress the news? that is really a very b
boeing credited a south carolina worker who saw something they felt was wrong on the production line and came forward and reported it. cutting corners at work is something that many of us may have been guilty of at various times in our lives. but given the frequency with which quality control issues keep coming up at boeing, the airline has a long way to go to regain the trust of the flying public, its customers, the airlines, as well as lawmakers. you can find more of our coverage and analysis of boeing on the bbc website, bbc.com/news. over the past few months, as israel s war in gaza has intensified, we ve seen consumers boycotting brands with perceived links to israel. major fast food chains like mcdonald s and kfc have been on the receiving end of these boycotts, with the most pronounced impact felt in the middle east, where a number of mcdonald s more recently, protestors at universities across the us have called for divestment from companies linked to israel, like goog
coming up at the top of the hour is newsday with my colleague steve lai. but first, here s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. all of us are heavily influenced by the social, cultural and economic environment in which we are raised. as ideas, trends and technologies change, so too do generational traits. and right now there is intense focus on what is happening to generations of young people closer in age to my kids, than to me. are young adults inclined to be open minded or closed? are children s minds being rewired by the ubiquitous smartphone? well, my guest is the renowned social psychologistjonathan haidt. are we losing sight of what freedom and curiosity really mean? jonathan haidt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, steve. it is a pleasure to have you here. now, of course, your home base is new york university, across the pond in the united states. right now, that university along with many others in the us is in ferment, with students occupying