before he was hired by first lady, rosalynn carter, in 1979. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. not only has ukraine been irrevocably changed by vladimir putin s military aggression, so has russia. putin has used the conflict to crack down harder on dissent and instil an ever more strident brand of nationalism that made life in moscow unbearable for my guest today. pinchas goldschmidt was chief rabbi of moscow till he fled from russia and left his post. his fate has exposed the scale of widerjewish flight from russia and divisions within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it s the second time with you. it s the second time and it s a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last talking to me there. you sit in jerusalem. you served as chief rabbi o
of widerjewish flight from russia and divisions within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it s the second time with you. it s the second time and it s a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last talking to me there. you sit in jerusalem. you served as chief rabbi of moscow for, what, pretty much three decades. you made your life in russia and just a couple of months ago, you chose to leave. why? i went to sleep the 23rd of february in the evening in moscow. and i woke up in the morning in a different country. it was still moscow, but with different rules, with different laws. and ifelt. ..that the world is changing and. ..isaw. ..the bombs, bombing of kyiv. the new laws in russia cracking down on dissent. we saw that the remnant of any free media was closed down. ekho moskvy, the novaya gazeta and oth
and donald trump s contentious testimony. did he help or hurt in his fraud case. and new revelations from benjamin netanyahu, who could patrol gaza after the war and what could trigger a pause in fighting there. good day to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, november 7. one hour from now, voters will be voting as the first polls open in a remarkably consequential election considering it is an off year. abortion on center stage in the state level races, none more so than ohio where issue one would enshrine the right to abortion in the state s constitution. ohio supreme court also weighing a law that would ban abortion after six weeks. abortion rights groups are urging a yes vote to protect the current 22 week limit. shall i e could be your neig niece, sister or daughter. but if she is raped or gets pregnant, a law in ohio would force her to have the child with no exception. in virginia, democrats hope their defense of abortion rights
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. it is 11:00 a.m. in gaza where the war marks one month today. and israeli prime minister is now discussing the potential future of the territory. i think israel for an indefinite period will have the overall security responsibility because we ve seen what happens when we don t have it. palestinian ministry of health which relies on data from inside gaza, which is controlled by hamas, says the death toll in the enclave has now surpassed 10,000 since the war began on october 7. the head of the u.n. says deteriorating conditions make the need for a humanitarian ceasefire all the more urgent. gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed or injured every day. more journalists have reportedly been killed over a four week period than in any conflict in decades. unfolding catastrophe makes the
it s not going to be drones. i m glad you brought up moscow because they are now issuing this arrest want for senator lindsey graham after meeting with ukrainian president zelenskyy and making remarks after that meeting about the war in ukraine. is this still moscow s effort to retain domestic support? are they still fighting that, and this is an effort to do that? so the russians are in an increasingly sharp debate about the value of this war. one of the things that prig goes sin said was we fought this war to demille tearize ukraine, and in the process we created a military superpower, which is right, ukraine is now the strongest military in europe. that s the result of this war. russia sees it and inevitably what putin and the security