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now a seniorfigure in the national resistance front, amrullah saleh. is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? theme music plays amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a year, mr saleh, since the taliban swept into kabul and toppled the government of which you were a part. would you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure but it has exposed their real intent...

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a group of charities and community organisations has called the rises in energy bills a "national emergency" as labour is to call for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. but the energy minister say their plan wont work. the author sir salman rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk after being stabbed at an event in new york state. egyptian health officials say at least 41 people have died and forty are injured in a...

of the world. scientists examined satellite data gathered during the past four decades over the entire arctic circle. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone for 30 a.m.. it hasjust gone for 30 a.m.. a very good morning to you. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur. a year on from the re—imposition of taliban rule, afghanistan is facing a humanitarian calamity. half the population is facing serious food insecurity, more than ...

reports suggest a man opened fire during a family dispute. at 10pm, tina deheley will be here with a full round—up of the days news. but before that, a bracing dose of hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. a year on from the re—imposition of taliban rule, afghanistan is facing a humanitarian calamity. half the population is facing serious food insecurity, more than 1 million children are at risk from acute malnutrition. as for the taliban, well, they seem focused on snu...

And there are bad terrorists. it is very clear they have come to some type of secret agreement with some terrorists and they have cleansed them of their past sins, and they selectively kill others. if i may say so, you sound extremely resigned and weary right now. youve written off american assistance. you acknowledge that your fighters in the panjshir valley have only a limited capacity to resist. it seems like in this long struggle youve had with the taliban, you have lost. no, i have not lost...

It is very clear they have come to some type of secret agreement with some terrorists and they have cleansed them of their past sins, and they are selectively killing others. if i may say so, you sound extremely resigned and weary right now. youve written off american assistance. you acknowledge that your fighters in the panjshir valley have only a limited capacity to resist. it seems in the long struggle youve had with the taliban, you have lost. no, i have not lost. the west lost, the republic...

Washington, unlike what they were saying, for washington, there are good terrorists and bad terrorists. it is very clear they have come to some type of secret agreement with some terrorists and they have cleansed them of their past sins, and they are selectively killing others. if i may say so, you sound extremely resigned and weary right now. youve written off american assistance. you acknowledge that your fighters in the panjshir valley have only a limited capacity to resist. it seems in the l...

Campaign finance regulations. and they march towards a type of corporate personhood that could drown out most individual citizens voices. joining us at the table is a litigator, scholar and activist leading one of the most ambitious and some say radical campaigns to change how our democracy works. lawrence lessig, the center for ethics. author of several books, including "republic lost" and lester land, the corruption of congress. its an honor to have you here at the table. >> its great to be he...

from health care around the world. a preview of a new gps special that prematures tonight at 8:00 p.m. but, first, heres my take. when i was in college in the early 1980s as part of a student organization, i invited ronald reagans defense secretary casper weinberger to give a speech on campus y where yous american colleges were hotbeds of opposition to the reagan administration, especially to defense policies. sure enough, as soon as weinberger began to speech, a group of students stoo...

george clooney on evidence he says he has of war crimes. and a look at what we can learn from health care around the world. a preview of a new "gps" special that premieres tonight at 8:00 p.m. first heres my take. when he was in college in the early 80s as part of a student organization, i invited ronald reagans defense secretary, casper weinberger, to give a speech on campus. at the time american colleges were hotbeds to the reagan administration especially to its defense policies. ...