condemns his health officials as a huge wave of covid cases sweeps through the country. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 7pm in new york state where president biden has travelled to buffalo, to meet the families of ten people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at the weekend. mr biden called white supremacy a poison which is running through the us. the bbc s nada tawfik was there as the president spoke and she sent us this report. america has a long and troubled history with racism and guns. the city of buffalo is the latest deadly chapter. joe biden, the latest president to console a community in mourning. in an all too familiar ritual, mr biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who were massacred here as they were shopping for groceries. after meeting with family members of the victims, he gave a forceful speech, calling the attack domestic terrorism and urging americans to reje
In many parts of the world. A Police Officer has been shot in the leg with a crossbow and a man was stabbed in what was described as a serious assault and weapons incident. Police shot and arrested a 54 year old suspect who is now in hospital. The incident happened last night near high wycombe, in buckinghamshire. From where frances read sent this report. 0fficers now on the scene after one of their own was shot with a crossbow. In this quiet cul de sac yesterday evening, police were first called to a stabbing. It was when they got here that the officer was shot in the leg. Armed police then shot a 54 year old man and arrested him on suspicion of attempted murder, as families ran for cover. I got out of the car and he said, get back in the car. Theres somebody with a crossbow. And then ijust phoned my daughter and said to her, just lock all the doors, shut the windows, and we just had to wait. Ijust grabbed my son and told my partner to quickly get home. We got home and then within min
Ukraine s Kharkiv Region russia says its forces have captured five settlements in the area. And the most powerful solar storm in 21 years triggers celestial light shows in many parts of the world, with scientists expecting another display later this evening. Hello. The Israeli Military says about 300,00 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday, when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. The israelis have declared a narrow coastal strip at al mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no Running Water or proper sanitation. Israel is planning an assault on Hamas Fighters In Rafah and has ordered Tens Of Thousands more residents from eastern districts of the city to leave. Evacuation orders have also been issued for thousands of people in parts of northern gaza. Last night, a long awaited Us Government report criticised israel s use of american supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying it s reasonable to assess they have been used in breach
Leaders and some feminists too. Is this a debate in which both sides are driven by fear . Judith butler, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Im glad to be here. Well, its a pleasure to have you here. You have a long academic career. Youve written some very well known books on gender theory. I just wonder, in your view, whether this debate about gender has fundamentally changed 7 has the climate around it really changed . Yes, i think it has. I think at the beginning of gender studies, a very important field within feminism, In The Beginning of queer theory, we talked about gender in different ways. We talked about the Gender Division Of Labour or gender differentials when were discussing literacy or education how many men or women are getting certain benefits. It was an important way of thinking about a powerful social structure in society, mainly with the idea of trying to achieve greater equality or trying to understand why hierarchies exist and what we might do to get over them. But the
Is this a debate in which both sides are driven by fear . Judith butler, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Im glad to be here. Well, its a pleasure to have you here. You have a long academic career. Youve written some very well known books on gender theory. I just wonder, in your view, whether this debate about gender has fundamentally changed . Has the climate around it really changed . Yes, i think it has. I think at the beginning of gender studies, a very important field within feminism, In The Beginning of queer theory, we talked about gender in different ways. We talked about the Gender Division Of Labour or gender differentials when were discussing literacy or education how many men or women are getting certain benefits. It was an important way of thinking about a powerful social structure in society, mainly with the idea of trying to achieve greater equality or trying to understand why hierarchies exist and what we might do to get over them. But there was also Gender Identity, whi