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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 16:23:00

Professional capacity. let s go to barbados now where we can speak to david comissiong. he s the deputy chairperson of the national task force on reparations. thank you very much a coming on the programme. mi; thank you very much a coming on the programme- thank you very much a coming on the programme. my pleasure, is pleasure to be here. what programme. my pleasure, is pleasure to be here. what you programme. my pleasure, is pleasure to be here. what you make programme. my pleasure, is pleasure to be here. what you make of- programme. my pleasure, is pleasure to be here. what you make of what i to be here. what you make of what the treveliian to be here. what you make of what the trevelyan family to be here. what you make of what the trevelyan family is to be here. what you make of what the trevelyan family is doing - to be here. what you make of whatj the trevelyan family is doing here? we applaud it. we welcome it. her family is doing the right thing, and they are doing it in the right way. not only are they apologising, being willing to make a reparations gesture, but they are doing it in collaboration with the reparations commission. also, very important, they are calling on both the british government and the british royal family to do likewise, to acknowledge their involvement in enslavement, and to negotiate on a

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 16:04:00

Situation is nowhere near normal just yet. it is farfrom normal, and it is never going to get back to the situation prior to the protests. thank you very much for coming in and talking to us. i m joined by dr haideh moghissi in toronto. she s the founder of the iranian national union of women and member of its first executive and editorial boards, before leaving iran in 1984. dr moghissi is now a professor at york university. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme- thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you for having me on. we the programme. thank you for having me on- we just the programme. thank you for having me on. we just heard the programme. thank you for having me on. we just heard a the programme. thank you for having me on. we just heard a brief - the programme. thank you for having | me on. we just heard a brief summary me on. we ust heard a brief summary about what me on. we just heard a brief summary about what we me on. we just heard a brief summary about what we know me on. we just heard a brief summary about what we know about me on. we just heard a brief summary about what we know about what - me on. we just heard a brief summary about what we know about what has i about what we know about what has happened today, and also a reminder of the background to the protests in iran, and that statement that things are certainly not normal, which is an understatement. what is your take on where we stand now? the an understatement. what is your take on where we stand now? on where we stand now? the practice of ayatollah on where we stand now? the practice of ayatollah how on where we stand now? the practice of ayatollah how many on where we stand now? the practice of ayatollah how many pardoning - on where we stand now? the practice of ayatollah how many pardoning a i of ayatollah how many pardoning a number of prisoners on the occasion of the anniversary of the 1979 revolution is not new. mostly

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 16:12:00

Observation airship. police say they ve spoken to a woman they d described as a key witnes regarding the disappearance of nicola bulley. officers said last night they were trying to trace the woman, who d been seen pushing a pram in st michael s on wyre, in lancashire, close to where nicola bulley was last seen. detectives said the woman had come forward very quickly . pakistan s former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999, serving in office for 7 years from 2001. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, receiving medical treatment. i m joined now by dr madiha afzal fellow in the foreign policy programme at the brookings institution, a think tank based in washington. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme- thank you very much for coming on

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 16:13:00

The programme. thanks for having me. we have been the programme. thanks for having me. we have been hearing the programme. thanks for having me. we have been hearing reflections - the programme. thanks for having me. we have been hearing reflections and l we have been hearing reflections and analysis over the last few hours about the complicated legacy he leaves. how do you try and sum it up? i leaves. how do you try and sum it u . ? ., ,., , ., up? i would say that pervez musharraf s up? i would say that pervez musharraf s initial - up? i would say that pervez musharraf s initial years - up? i would say that pervez musharraf s initial years in l up? i would say that pervez - musharraf s initial years in power were seen by many pakistanis as a period of relative prosperity, even liberalism. it was irrevocably marred by the last years he was in power, and ultimately his legacy will undoubtedly be seen as negative in pakistan. he left in economically in pakistan. he left in economically in 2000 and eight in 2008, and one of things you can point to is that it was during his time that the pakistani taliban and terrorist group began its insurgency, and ultimately after musharraf lacked power, killed tens of thousands of pakistanis, and is researching again. she he is considered to

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 16:15:00

Flawed democracy, but a democracy with a military in power behind the scenes which does not even contemplate any more directly ruling the country. just even contemplate any more directly ruling the country. ruling the country. just briefly, lookini ruling the country. just briefly, looking forward, ruling the country. just briefly, looking forward, given - ruling the country. just briefly, looking forward, given what. ruling the country. just briefly, | looking forward, given what you ruling the country. just briefly, - looking forward, given what you have just said about the role of democracy and the military, how do you see the immediate future of the country? you see the immediate future of the count ? ., ~ , ., , you see the immediate future of the count? , ., ,,, you see the immediate future of the count? ,,, you see the immediate future of the count ? ,,, ,, country? pakistan is beset by crises riiht now. country? pakistan is beset by crises right now. there country? pakistan is beset by crises right now. there is country? pakistan is beset by crises right now. there is an country? pakistan is beset by crises right now. there is an economic - right now. there is an economic crisis, a political crisis, a flooding catastrophe. it is a troubled time for the country. i do see the democratic process continuing, despite the military dominating things like the scenes, the democratic process continuing, and on a note of optimism, that ll be what ultimately leads the country to a better future. be what ultimately leads the country to a betterfuture. titer? to a better future. very interesting, to a better future. very interesting, thank - to a better future. very interesting, thank you | to a better future. very l interesting, thank you for to a better future. very - interesting, thank you for coming to a better future. very interesting, thank you for coming on the programme. it s now time for sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s

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