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election. specifically, theyre looking at the state of georgia where he asked raffensperger, we remember, this to quote, find him enough votes to win, and in that now infamous phone call. we will be hearing from raffensperger and his deputy, gabriel sterling, a name we know well as well. focusing on the pressure trump put on the former vice president, mike pence, to not certify the election. now one member of the january 6th committee praised pence this morning for resisting trumps pre...

Former chairperson of afghanistans independent human rights commission. What would morally acceptable engagement look like . Shaharzad akbar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its good to be here. Its good to have you here. If i may, im going to start with some powerful words of yours. You wrote recently, i spend every day with a fire burning in my heart with the pain of injustice that women in my country face. Of course, since the taliban takeover, youre no longer living in your homeland youre li...

My guest is shaharzad akbar, former chairperson of afghanistans independent human rights commission. What would morally acceptable engagement look like . Shaharzad akbar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its good to be here. Its good to have you here. If i may, im going to start with some powerful words of yours. You wrote recently, i spend every day with a fire burning in my heart with the pain of injustice that women in my country face. Of course, since the taliban takeover, youre no longer liv...

My guest is shaharzad akbar, former chairperson of afghanistans independent human rights commission. What would morally acceptable engagement look like . Shaharzad akbar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its good to be here. Its good to have you here. If i may, im going to start with some powerful words of yours. You wrote recently, i spend every day with a fire burning in my heart with the pain of injustice that women in my country face. Of course, since the taliban takeover, youre no longer liv...

In my heart with the pain of injustice that women in my country face. Of course, since the taliban takeover, youre no longer living in your homeland. Youre living here in the uk. Does that actually, in a funny sort of way, intensify the pain you feel . Absolutely. I mean, every day i feel like im living two different realities at the same time. I wake up in oxford, where im a visiting scholar and its green and beautiful and people are going on about their lives. And then im all day long followin...

Politicians, that is still very hesitant to allow ukraine to get full membership to the eu, something they desperately want here. >> ali, while i have you i do want to touch on what were hearing, essentially from top un officials, this possibility of a global food crisis. folks dont necessarily know, ukraines a major exporter of grains, because this invasion and russia has closed off a lot of sports, which could easily cause famine across the world. that we wont be getting what their need from u...

In which she praised the "resilience and determination of the communities" to rebuild following the attacks. the names of the 67 britons killed will be read at a private ceremony in london. borisjohnson and sir keir starmer have also marked the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 today, leaving tributes at the september 11th memorial garden in grosvenor square in london. the prime minister said the international community coming together today �*demonstrates the failure of terrorism and the strength...

To pump large amounts of money into afghanistan, which doesnt care what the taliban do, and in return, of course, the taliban dont care what china does with its muslim minority. so one way or another, the chinese government detests it if you even mention the idea, but the fact is that the long—term beneficiary of what has happened is china. john simpson there. the 9/11 attacks led to the invasion of afghanistan. two decades later, the taliban are back in power. the un has warned the country fa...