this is bbc news. the headlines: the un secretary general calls for an immediate ceasefire in sudan after at least 56 people were killed in clashes between rival military factions. the leader of the nurses union says they re prepared to continue strikes in england right up to christmas unless the government puts more money on the table for a pay deal. the chief minister of the indian state of uttar pradesh appeals for calm after a former politician convicted of kidnapping is shot dead live on tv along with his brother. the building of all new smart motorways in england is being cancelled over safety concerns and costs this includes 11 already on pause and three set for construction. a sacred, ancient symbol of scotland s monarchy known as the stone of destiny will make the journey from edinburgh castle to westminster abbey for the king s coronation. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for hard talk. welcome to hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, her
the nuremberg trials have made genocide and other crimes against humanity less likely to be committed in the world today? ben ferencz, welcome to hardtalk. you were born in 1920 in transylvania in central europe. you moved to the united states with your family when you were a little baby. you really epitomise the american dream, a kind of rags to riches story, because it was discovered that you were highly intelligent and you were put on a fast track to harvard law school. we arrived in america. my parents were young immigrants fleeing persecution and poverty, no money, no skills, no language, and lucky to have some friendly new yorker offer us, my father, who had been trained as a shoemaker, but they didn t need any boots made in new york, there were no cowboys. but the owner of a building offered us the opportunity to sleep in the cellar and my father would be the janitor. and that s where we began and that s where my memory begins, in a high crime density area known for
Gaza city and destroy the enclaves current leadership. Theyre also saying the idf will soon invade the gaza strip with Tens Of Thousands of soldiers. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken is now in cairo, egypt. He is expected to speak with the president of egypt later this hour. This comes as the rafah Crossing Point between egypt and gaza remains closed this morning as egyptian authorities continue their negotiations with israel and the United States over allowing u. S. Citizens safe passage into egypt. Meanwhile, the u. S. Embassy in israels Offer Americans and immediate relatives evacuation by sea from haifa to cyprus on monday at 8 am local time. It is on a Space Limited basis. The embassy says chartered flights are also being arranged. According to the Israeli Defense forces, over 1300 people have been killed in israel since the fighting began with the Gaza Health Minister reporting more than 2300 people have been killed in gaza. Joining me now, nbc news correspondent from the israe
we have talked at length on this program about project 2025, the heritage foundation s nightmarish plan to transform the nation into a trump dystopia. the 900 page project would provide trump a maga blueprint for a potential second term. yesterday, my colleagues had the chance to actually sit down with kevin roberts, president of the heritage foundation, and the top architect for press operation 2025. here s how that interview began. you reject the assertion that this is a plan that was cooked up specifically for the second coming of the trump administration? we couldn t do that, because we are nonpartisan. i would have been thrilled if president biden and his team asked for a briefing. setting aside the laughable claim that the conservative think tank would have been thrilled to work with joe biden, route the interview, roberts laid out a series of talking points that made him sound indistinguishable from donald trump. like, say, wanting to remove state department empl
Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, here in florida, where my guest is 98 year old ben ferencz. He is the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi trials. He also helped liberate the death camps of europe while serving in the us army. So does he believe that the Nuremberg Trials have made genocide and other Crimes Against Humanity less likely to be committed in The World Today . Ben ferencz, welcome to hardtalk. You were born in 1920 in transylvania in central europe. You moved to the United States with your family when you were a little baby. You really epitomise the american dream, a kind of Rags To Riches story, because it was discovered that you were highly intelligent and you were put on a fast track to Harvard Law School. We arrived in america. My parents were young immigrants fleeing persecution and poverty. No money, no skills, no language. And lucky to have some friendly new yorker offer us, my father, who had been trained as a shoemaker, but they didn