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we are less than a week of nate from entering a presidential election year. and if i had to choose just one thing the republican front runner said this year, i think we should carry over to the next year, just one thing from 2023 that tells us everything we need to know about the upcoming election, well, it would probably be this. >> under normal circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. >> except on day one. hes going ...

to laugh at itself? jonathan shapiro, better known by the pen name zapiro, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. well, its a great pleasure to meet you, and i want to begin with something you said a few years ago. you said, "moral outrage is what drives a cartoonist." youve been at this cartooning for pretty much four decades. can you maintain outrage for four decades? you can. laughter when i was doing five or six cartoons a week, i would sometimes wonder what the hell im going to do today,...

"the story" starts now. >> john and gillian, happy new year. im trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. a bomb shell update to a story weve been following closely ever since this testimony last month. >> you understand that this call for intyfada is to commit gen se against israel. >> that type of hateful speech is abhorrent. >> do you believe that type of speech is contrary to harvards code of conduct or is it allowed at harvard. >> its at odds -- >> can you not say its against the -...

today isjonathan shapiro, best known by his pen name zapiro. he is south africas most prominent and controversial political cartoonist. so amid all of its troubles, is south africa able to laugh at itself? jonathan shapiro, better known by your pen name zapiro, welcome to hardtalk. it is a great pleasure to meet you and i want to begin with something you said a few years ago, you said moral outrage is what drives a cartoonist. you have been at this cartooning for four decades. can you ...

my brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life. to be remembered simply as a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. those of us who loved him and will take him to his rest today pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world. as he said many times in many parts of this nation to those he touched and who sought to t...

singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a notable increase in military activity increase in military activity in the southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say theyve launched several attacks, forces say theyve launched severalattacks, but forces say theyve launched several attacks, but the russians insist there attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeeded in blocking at...

this is bbc news. its newsday. its 7am in singapore, and 8am injapan, where we begin this hour. thousands of people have spent the night in evacuation centres, following a powerful earthquake. four people were killed and dozens injured, with many more thought to be buried under the rubble of buildings. in the past hour, british prime minister rishi sunak said the uk stands ready to support to japan, and is monitoring developments. the epicentre of the 7.6 magnitude quake was noto provi...

power, but some residents in remote areas may be cut off for 48 hours. aruna iyengar has the latest. storm gerrit swept across much of scotland, bringing heavy snow, flooding homes, causing power cuts and travel misery for many. the major a9 route has reopened after it closed in the highlands for several hours. meanwhile, thousands of homes across scotland have suffered power cuts. scottish and southern electricity networks said theyd restored power to more than 25,000 homes — but at...

has the answer to a horrible question, which is what do you do if you are a member of the u.s. senate in washington, and your kids are suddenly in lockdown at their schools in atlanta? that actually happened to him. hes going to tell that story during this hour. >> it is a horrifying scenario to be a part of, and we are glad that no harm came to those children. i cant wait to hear him recanted for you, lawrence. >> thanks, alex. >> have a good show. >> how many white house chief of sta...

alabama. the new york city skyline blanketed. in the nations capital, washington monument barely visible. the worst air quality in the world, another american city recording a level even worse. some schools in the northeast closed tonight. president biden already sending hundreds of firefighters to help canada battle the fires. timing this out when this system shifts. tonight, former president trump, abc news confirming hes now received a letter from the special counsels office officia...