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rule it out in advance. certainly, within the transatlantic community, were divided on some issues. not concerning the strategy, but certainly the tactics. ok, im going to press you on this, because you say poland at least has a schedule for this? i would say it is better to think about the conditions that are to be met, rather than to set a concrete date. but you are pressing me now? i am pressing you, because i also want to say, if the conditions are to be met, does that mean a great...

how far does she feel her climate change credentials are being compromised in her new role? jennifer morgan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. so there you were in february last year. you stepped down as head of greenpeace international. in march, you became germanys international envoy for international climate action. why did you accept the role? well, you know, when minister baerbock called in this german government — which has, i would say the most impressive positions on climate c...

us, you are in time for the top business stories. we start in the us where, as youve been hearing in the last few hours, meta, the owner of facebook, instagram and whatsapp, has launched its widely—anticipated new conversation app, threads. it allows users to create posts of up to 500 characters and is being seen as a clear rival to twitter. threads is available to download in more than 100 countries around the world, including here in the uk, but not as yet in the european union bec...

hello and welcome to the programme. we begin injenin in the occupied west bank, where thousands of people have attended a funeral procession for 12 palestinians who were killed during israels two—day military operation. these are images taken by the bbc from inside a refugee camp injenin, where, as you can see, palestinians have been returning to widespread destruction in their homes. the city ofjenin lies in the west bank, which israeli forces captured and occupied back in 1967. pre...

dangerous culture war? peter boghossian, welcome to hardtalk. i think we have to begin with that word, work. it is so widely used now. i am mindful that its origins in the united states were amongst the black community who insisted, demanded that people should wake up, get woke to injustice. that is a positive. you invest the word with a great deal of negativity. the word with a great deal of negativity-— the word with a great deal of neaativi . ~ , ., ., negativity. why? it is not t...

and triubutes pour in for hong kong—born pop singer coco lee whos died at the age of 48. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin injenin in the occupied west bank, where thousands of people have attended a funeral procession for 12 palestinians, who were killed during israels two—day military operation. these are the images, taken by the bbc, from inside a refugee camp injenin — where, as you can see, palestinians have been returning to, widespread destruction in their homes...

All, especially on saturday. Well. And as lulu prepares for her Farewell Tour after a 60 year career, she shares a little secret of her success. All that, starve, watch my diet, exercise, and i dont speak before 12 noon when im on tour. Whoa. Not at all . Its not a big deal, you know . Good morning. Its monday, the 2nd of april. A British National is reported to be among at least six aid workers who have been killed in an israeli air strike in gaza. The charity, World Central Kitchen, which dist...

What everyone should remember is if you cast your mind back to the 1970s and the labour government, they were trying to do deals with all kinds of people, including the Northern Irish mps. It requires a huge amount of discipline and a lot of hard work. The other thing it requires is something that i think is pretty lacking in the Prime Minister and thatis lacking in the Prime Minister and that is the sort of chumminess but shes quite an iceberg and that doesnt augur well for the sort of relation...

Want a much broader investigation and i can fully understand why they would want that. Whether my inquiry is the right way in which to achieve that i am more doubtful. And no deal yet in Northern Ireland. The deadline for setting up a new Power Sharing Executive has passed. Its now extended until monday. Its 5pm. Were At Westminster where, eight days after the queens speech, the House Of Commons is voting on its content, in what is seen as a prime test of theresa mays authority, after the electi...

Today. It has finally happened, donald trump and Vladimir Putin have met for the first time, shaking hands at the 620 summit in hamburg. Donald trump called it an honour, the russian president said he was delighted to discuss things personally. In the last few hours we have heard that they agreed a ceasefire in south western syria, which will come an effect on sunday. But a discussion on Russian Meddling in us elections last year is reported to be robust. The bbcs North American editorjon sopel ...