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The reverend and the students and others because if we cant -- it is going all over the country. >> this is the test case. this is the moment. these laws have been proliferating around the country for the last two years. they are basically saying that if there is an aspect of black history that makes white students feel uncomfortable, or that is divisive, then it can be taught. it can be told. so basically white feelings are more important than black reality. its important for us to realize that...

This is bbc news. well have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, its not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. do workers have the means to fight back? well, the uk rail industry is something of a test case. for months, rail w...

This is bbc news. well have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, its not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. do workers have the means to fight back? well, the uk rail industry is something of a test case. for months, rail w...

Control where the debris land, and what is the white house explanation? >> well, the instant republican response before there is any detailed briefing or before any information has been gathered and it is things like marco rubio saying that the president has been committing dereliction of duty, and the gop saying that there is some formal vote to rebuke the resolution on the same day of the state of the union, and a lot of this happened on the same day of secretary of state blinken is supposed t...

"i asked for water to drink. and as i walked to the fountain, one yelled, get away from here. you cant drink water from that fountain. i went back to the desk, still very thirsty. i felt completely alone and desolate, as if i was descending into a black and bottomless chasm." "mr. nixon asked if id be willing to make my case as a test case against segregation. i had worked on enough cases to know

This is a long list of republican-led states trying to pass laws to basically shape what kids can and cannot learn about racism and sex and sexism and all kinds of things. this is a trend that is about, in a lot of ways, playing to the base. i guess the question is, when were getting into a presidential cycle, does this still work? >> i think its an open question that doesnt have on a national scale an actual test case. i think in a congressional race scale or midterm scale, it didnt seem to hav...

Of the triad, and the fact we have not taken some type of heavy action against it we talked about is incredible to me. >> gillian: certainly does not seem to be a hurry to go anywhere, breaking news, a source in the government tells me the u.s. was aware of the balloon more than a month, possibly up to several months. how does that change our conception of what we are seeing right now? >> well, gillian, it shows inaction on part of the administration. this is like a test case. chinese are doing ...

You wouldve thought that our response to mpox wouldve been a little bit more swift. what needs to change about how our government responds to these contagious viruses but, that we could handle the next one better? >> monkeypox shouldve been a test case. the american government had vaccines stockpiled. we had tests pre-developed. we knew the virus was circulating and other places in the world. and when it shut up here, we knew cases were not epidemiologically meant to one another, so we knew we w...

Particularly the health and human services secretary, heavier becerra, they received criticism further sluggish response to both of them. and given the outbreak of covid, you wouldve thought that our response to mpox wouldve been a little bit more swift. what needs to change about how our government responds to these contagious viruses but, that we could handle the next one? better >> monkeypox shouldve been a test case. the american government had vaccination stop. while we had test pre-develop...

Perus president, dina boluartay, has called for a national truce, after clashes between police and protesters led to 50 deaths. now on bbc news, its time for global questions. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lankas capital, colombo. im on one of the citys beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lankas stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions — heatwaves fol...