the 14 year old who started piano lessons at the end of last year, spent lockdown learning, and has just achieved the highest piano grade possible. time for dateline. hello, i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together leading correspondents in the uk with those who write and broadcast about this country to the folks back home. after a week in which republicans and rioting vied for the headlines in the united states, will president trump get the law and order election campaign he s hoping for? and a resignation in brussels and a sacking in london has the pandemic changed the way those who govern us are held to account? joining us this week for dateline london are thomas kielinger, of die welt in germany, and the canadianjeffrey kofman, who s given us audiences an insight into the world beyond. and here in the studio with me isjo coburn, presenter of politics live, which reports the uk political scene, and which returns along with westminster‘s mps in
over the killing of two protestors. let s speak now first to jeffrey kofman about that. a very strong message from the president and indeed, a pretty sharp rejoinder from joe biden saying, well, how safe do you feel in donald trump s america right now? who benefits if this is a law and order election?” don t think trump has a lot of options here in terms of the messaging. we have three massive crises in the us and globally in terms of the pandemic, in terms of economic collapse and related to that, and employment. trump doesn t have a record to stand on that is persuasive on those topics so he is going to the old saw, going back to richard nixon s 1968 and saying, are richard nixon s1968 and saying, are you safe? and trying to play on insecurity. the kenosha pictures, those rates absolutely pay into his hand. the question is, does this really, a re hand. the question is, does this really, are these the biggest concerns of americans today? and the evidence is pretty cloudy o
has the pandemic changed the way those who govern us are held to account? joining us this week for dateline london are thomas kielinger, of die welt in germany, and the canadianjeffrey kofman, who s given us audiences an insight into the world beyond. and here in the studio with me isjo coburn, presenter of politics live, which reports the uk political scene, and which returns along with westminster‘s mps in the coming week. welcome to all of you, it s good to have you with us on dateline. now, let s begin in the united states, where donald trump reality tv star turned us president made his pitch for a second term, hitting back, and hard, against his democrat rival, joe biden. no one will be safe in biden‘s america, he thundered. he was speaking in the precincts of the white house on thursday night, marking the end of his party s pre election convention. republicans had to compete for news coverage with the more compelling pictures out of kenosha, a city in wisc
stones and bottles. there were also protests in other european cities. now on bbc news: it s time for dateline london. hello, i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together leading correspondents in the uk with those who write and broadcast about this country to the folks back home. after a week in which republicans and rioting vied for the headlines in the united states, will president trump get the law and order election campaign he s hoping for? and a resignation in brussels and a sacking in london has the pandemic changed the way those who govern us are held to account? joining us this week for dateline london are thomas kielinger, of die welt in germany, and the canadianjeffrey kofman, who s given us audiences an insight into the world beyond. and here in the studio with me isjo coburn, presenter of politics live, which reports the uk political scene, and which returns along with westminster‘s mps in the coming week. welcome to all of you, it s goo
hello, i m jane o brien in washington, christian fraser is in london. it is hard to see a way through the latest brexit crisis. at an emergency meeting in london today the eu demanded an explanation. why is the uk government preparing domestic legislation that over rides parts of the withdrawal agreement it signed last year? the uk argued that it needs assurances, a safety net, that will guarantee the northern ireland peace process in the event of no deal. the eu is not persuaded. they are demanding that clauses in the legislation that refer specifically to northern ireland be dropped by the end of this month. they are not explicit as to what will happen if they are not dropped. but the implication from chief negotiator michel barnier this afternoon was pretty clear. just one word. trust and confidence are and will be key. are they being deliberately provocative? nothing more. just one word. trust and confidence are and will be key. the bbc‘s rob watson is with us. there wa