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Developing story out of china where a massive explosion has left several dead and virtually leveled part of a city balk. And all of the queens president s ahead of the bidens meeting with the queen, we take a look back at the nearly 70year history between Queen Elizabeth ii and americas first families. Thank you so much for waking up with us bright and early this sunday, june 13th. Were thrilled to have you. Amara, good morning. How are you doing . Im awake and my coffee is working. How are you, boris. Thats what matters most. Ive got apple juice and were ready to go. Apple juice . Yeah. No co...

Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Im sure you would agree that amnesty� S International reputation depends upon impartiality, independence, the rigour of your research. Mm hm. How do you think amnesty� s reputation stands across the world right now . Look, based on the various travels i am doing in africa, latin america, asia, our reputation stands very high and firm. People from very remote areas, all the way to political leaders know that they can count on us if its needed. I was very recently in peru meeting with Indigenous People who had confronted state violence, mothers a...

hi, everyone i know that we say this a lot these days but buckle up it's 4:00 in new york. we're following breaking news on that monster $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against fox news just a little bit ago we received word of a bombshell of a plot twist during what was supposed to be the last pretrial hearing before jury selection begins. here's that headline the judge has sanctioned fox news and its parent company, fox corp, for withholding evidence in the dominion defamation suit and said he is considering further investigation and censure. he is considering appointing a special ...

Well, that's a powerful message. it provides a standard, it provides law, it provides adjudication, and it provides activism. it's a powerful message. are there any territories within the widest sort of interpretation of a human rights remit that you are wary of entering? i'm thinking, for example, of arguments about sex and gender and the rights of the transgender community across the world. is there a danger that if amnesty treads into some territories, it will get caught up in global cultural wars and arguments which aren't helpful to your core message? the cultural wars are part and parcel...

The cultural wars are part and parcel of fighting for human rights. the fact that lgbti, that women, that trans, are being targeted by authoritarian leaders, authoritarian practices around the world does mean, does demand that amnesty international be present. the uganda anti—homosexuality act, the anti... another law passed by hungary. the anti—trans laws adopted by many states in the united states. the rejection of gender. of course we need to be there — why? because those laws are suggesting that lgbti people are not human, that they don't have the same humanity as us, and that is abs...