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the nuremberg trials have made genocide and other crimes against humanity less likely to be committed in the world today? ben ferencz, welcome to hardtalk. you were born in 1920 in transylvania in central europe. you moved to the united states with your family when you were a little baby. you really epitomise the american dream, a kind of rags to riches story, because it was discovered that you were highly intelligent and you were put on a fast track to harvard law school. we arrived i...

before frances top judges and betting on a crackdown: premier league clubs agree to remove gambling sponsors from shirt—fronts within three years. campaigners say its nowhere near enough. hello there. giving in to big pay demands by striking workers would be, quote, a "terrible mistake" — so says the uks finance minister chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, whos been defending his policies after official figures confirmed the economy flatlined in february with growth of 0%. in...

on the states northern coast. hello and welcome to the programme. a young us air national guardsman is being questioned after being arrested by fbi officers investigating the leaking of classified documents. jack teixeira, whos 21, is expected to appear in court in boston later. the leaked material first appeared on an online chat forum and has exposed details of ukraines war plans and the extent of the uss spying on its allies. david willis has the latest from washington. dressed in s...

china which was scheduled for this weekend. as lawmakers react to the incident here at home, senate majority leader chuck schumer says the entire senate will receive a classified briefing on china february 15th. charles watson is live on the south carolina coast near where debris from the spy flight rained down. also standing by, congressman ryan zinke, who represents montana where that flight was respondented lingering over a nuclear silo field. first though, lucas tomlin stomps live ...

sculptures honour various historical and culturalfigures. but how should society commemorate controversial people from the past? barbara chase—riboud, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. were sitting here at a major exhibition of your work called infinite folds, and you started your artistic training at the age of seven. how on earth did you know at that early age that you wanted to become an artist? i didnt know i wanted to be an artist. it was my mother and my grandmother who decided t...

controversial people from the past? barbara chase—riboud, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. were sitting here at a major exhibition of your work called infinite folds, and you started your artistic training at the age of seven. how on earth did you know at that early age that you wanted to become an artist? i didnt know i wanted to be an artist. it was my mother and my grandmother who decided that i was going to have something to do with the arts. they werent quite sure what. you were ...

with a cracking match at old trafford as the europa league quarter finals got underway. one of the favourites for the trophy, manchester united appeared to be cruising towards the semi—finals, leading sevilla 2—0 in therfirst leg. but two late goals saw the spanish side snatch a draw and leave the tie delicately poised. our reporterjohn murray was watching. a damaging night for manchester united in so many ways. certainly in how they conceded to our goals in eight minutes late in t...

flying over the black sea. this is video of the type of reaper drone that went down. white house officials say that the russian move over international waters is the kind of thing that could spark a dangerous escalation between super powers. >> it could lead to m miscalculations between, you know, two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together but certainly in proximity in the region. and we dont want to see the war escalate beyond what it has already done to the u...

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