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oren liebermann at the pentagon. lets go arlette at the white house. >> reporter: president biden offered his first comments on the situation regarding that chinese spy balloon just moments ago, saying they are prepared to take care of it. president biden has been receiving briefings since tuesday, including potential options relating to how they could address this. here is how he answered reporters questions moments ago. you heard president biden say we are going to take care of it. o...

oppression are stronger. my guest today is kenneth roth, just retired after 30 years leading the campaign group human rights watch. hes been banned in a host of countries. is it time to acknowledge his brand of human rights campaigning isnt working? kenneth roth in cambridge, massachusetts. welcome to hardtalk. great to be back, stephen. its good to be with you. its good to have you on the show. it is indeed quite something, leading one of the worlds highest profile human rights advoca...

declared in five regions, including auckland. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. across the world, freedom and democracy are in retreat. almost a third of the worlds people live under authoritarian rule. that number is rising and that has grave implications for basic human rights. its not that liberal democracies cant be abusive of rights, but generally their safeguards against oppression are stronger. my guest today is kenneth roth, just retired after 3...

good evening and welcome to "the next revolution". when i was a kid most summers we would drive across europe to hungary to sputter vacation with my family it took a couple of days and as i stared out the window i noticed the near we got to the iron curtain and we got inside communist hungry, i noticed more cars with this on the back ddr it stood for german democratic republic, this is before german unification, there were two germanys but the german democratic republic was not west ge...

good evening and welcome to "the next revolution". when i was a kid most summers we would drive across europe to hungary to sputter vacation with my family it took a couple of days and as i stared out the window i noticed the near we got to the iron curtain and we got inside communist hungry, i noticed more cars with this on the back ddr it stood for german democratic republic, this is before german unification, there were two germanys but the german democratic republic was not west ge...

good evening and welcome to "the next revolution". when i was a kid most summers we would drive across europe to hungary to sputter vacation with my family it took a couple of days and as i stared out the window i noticed the near we got to the iron curtain and we got inside communist hungry, i noticed more cars with this on the back ddr it stood for german democratic republic, this is before german unification, there were two germanys but the german democratic republic was not west ge...

shot down today as were getting new information about what the biden administration does and does not know about the object. plus, florida governor ron desantis cracking down on election crimes. but is there really an election crime problem? guess what. weve got the numbers and you will come to your own conclusion, i hope. and congressman george santos accused of mpaying for puppies with bad checks worth more than $15,000. im going to talk to a reporter who spoke to the amish puppy...

detat. prime minister netanyahus plans to curtail the judiciary. i will ask ehud barak and tzipi livni about what is happening on the ground and in the nasset. also, chinas new foreign minister said this week there would surely be conflict and confro confrontation with the u.s. if the american government continues to speed down the wrong path. ill dig in deep on the moods in both beijing and washington with kevin rudd, the former prieme minister of australia about to be sworn in as the...

highways blocked, citizens shouting shame. this is the fierce opposition to what some are calling a coup detat. prime minister netanyahus plans to curtail the power of israels judiciary. i will ask former prime minister erc ehud barack and zippy livni about what is happening on the ground and in the knesset. also -- chinas new foreign minister said this week that there will surely be conflict and confrontation with the u.s. if the american government continues to speed down the wrong...

united states and around the world. im fareed zakaria. today on the program, vladamir putin says the world faces the most dangerous decade since world war ii. will he make it more dangerous by using nuclear weapons? can he compromise and make a deal? i will ask boris bondarev, one of the highest level defectors from putins own government. then -- britain has its third prime minister in less than two months. we will tell you what you need to know about rishi sunak and his plans. >> tr...