Hi everyone and thanks so much for joining me this afternoon. Im in dc and we are following two Major International stories this afternoon. The first of them out of israel or the us and jordan have conducted more humanitarian aid drops into gaza. And the first equipment to build a Temporary Port In Gaza for aid is now in route to that region. Were going to get to more on that in just a moment. Again, in haiti, where the us military has evacuated Nonessential Personnel from the us embassy in portauprince. The Airlift Operation was ordered as the Gang Violence in that Island Nation worsens. Gang leaders are now threatening civil war if the Prime Minister does not leave office. And now at is under a State Of Emergency until april 3, cnn chief National Security correspondent Alex Marquardt is joining us by phone and cnns Patrick Oppmann is live from cuba with the latest details. Alex, lets start first with you. Tell us more about this evacuation well jessica significant concern growing abo
my guest today is felix maradiaga, who was recently taken from his nicaraguan prison cell and flown to america. the good news is he s been reunited with his family after years apart. the bad news is ortega is trying to eliminate all opposition. so has resistance become impossible in nicaragua? felix maradiaga in miami, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steven. it s a pleasure to be back here. well, it is great to have you back on hardtalk, not least because you have just emerged from more than 600 days in a nicaraguan prison. was it a surprise when you were told that you were to be released? the release was a surprise given we were under terrible, inhumane prison conditions. and one of the most complicated parts was the complete isolation. we were not allowed phone calls for 611 days. i had no access to lawyers. even our trial took place inside the prison. so we were not able to really know what s going on outside. is it true that you lost, i think nearly 60 pounds? that is, wh
users from online abuse or exploitation. 0ne senior designer has told the bbc that her entire team, who worked to keep people safe, had been sacked. twitter hasn t responded to the claims. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. daniel 0rtega as a new tactic, mass citizenship for those who dared to criticise him and his family. my guess today is felix married iago who was recently ta ken felix married iago who was recently taken from him his nicaraguan prison cell and driven to america. the good news is he has been reunited with his family after years apart. the bad news is, 0rtega is trying to eliminate all opposition, so has resistance become impossible? felix maradiaga in miami, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steven. it s a pleasure to be back here. well, it is great to have you back on hardtalk, not least because you have just emerged from more than 600 days in a nicaraguan prison. was it a surprise when you were told that you were to be re
and syria are dwindling. tonight with the context, tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent and amanda renteria, hillary clinton s former national political director. we begin tonight in the skies over north america, where no less than three unidentified flying objects have been shot down in the last three days. the us says it has not yet been able to identify the objects but wreckage recovery operations are continuing. but after a military commander said he could not rule out that the objects were extra terrestrials over the weekend today the white house sort today the white house sought to address the question on everyone s minds. there is no, again, no indication of aliens or extra terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. again, there is no indication of aliens or aliens or terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. we wanted to make sure that the american people knew that, all of you knew that, and it was important for us to say that from
taken from his nicaraguan prison cell and flown to america. the good news is he s been reunited with his family after years apart. the bad news is ortega is trying to eliminate all opposition. so has resistance become impossible in nicaragua? felix maradiaga in miami. welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steve. and it s a pleasure to be back here. well, it is great to have you back on hardtalk, not least because you have just emerged from more than 600 days in a nicaraguan prison. was it a surprise when you were told that you were to be released? the release was a surprise given we were under terrible, inhumane prison conditions. and one of the most complicated parts was the complete isolation. we were not allowed phone calls for 611 days. i had no access to lawyers. even our trial took place inside the prison. so we were not able to really know what s going on outside. is it true that you lost? i think nearly £60. that is, what, 20 or more kilos in the course of your imprisonmen