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the so called islamic state may be coming under pressure in both syria and iraq, but still, accounts emerge of atrocities carried out by them. the minority yazidi community has been amongst one of the most persecuted groups of people, living mostly in northern iraq. they have been killed, forced to convert to islam, and the women and girls have been held in sexual slavery. my guest is psychologist jan kizilhan, a yazidi kurd living in germany. he s helped bring 1,000 yazidi females from camps in iraq to germany to start a new life. how does he decide who should stay and who should go? jan kizilhan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. what is your main goal, purpose, in rescuing these women and children, bringing them from iraq to germany? they are under pressure, psychological pressure. they have post traumatic stress disorder because they were for moments in the hands of is, tortured, violated, exploited and a lot of things. our main goal is to bring exploited women and gi ....
good morning. it s 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 8:00 in the evening in washington, where president obama has held the final press conference of his eight years in the white hous just 48 hours before his successor is inaugurated, a reflective mr obama, touted his achievements from gay rights to lifting the trade embargo with cuba. he had words of advice for donald trump don t try and do it all yourself, listen to your advisers. and there was a final thought in my heart, i think we re going to be ok . here sjon sopel. for one last time, barack obama came to the white house briefing room to joust with the press. good afternoon, everybody. but amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. you are not supposed to be sycophants, you are supposed to be sceptics. you re supposed to ask me tough questions. you re not supp ....
then it s the men s defending champion novak djokovic against denis istomin. serena williams and rafael nadal finish off proceedings in the evening session. 0k, ok, you are up to date with the tennis. let me get you up to date with the football. liverpool, seven times winners, are through to the fourth round of the english fa cup. lucas got the only goal of the game as the premier league side beat league 2 plymouth. jurgen klopp‘s side knew they d face a team well supported and focussed on defending relief for the reds, then, when plymouth lost focus while lucas kept his head to score. an early goal was gift for liverpool. late in the game the lower league side hit the post which made this awful penalty miss from origi all the more awkward for the premier league side. but they held on and klopp can turn his back on this tricky tie and move on. in the evening s other replays, matt richie scored twice for newcastle as they beat fellow championship side birmingham 3 1. ....
ranging widely from the middle east to chelsea manning s prison sentence to voting rights and beyond. his successor has promised to dismantle his legacy, and barack obama was asked what he d told his daughters about donald trump s victory. he said i tell them the only thing that is the end of the world is the end of the world. i think we re going to be ok. he wished the press good luck. our north america editor, jon sopel, was there. for one last time, barack obama came to the white house briefing room to joust with the press. good afternoon, everybody. but amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. you re not supposed to be sycophants, you re supposed to be sceptics. you re supposed to ask me tough questions. you are not supposed to be complimentary but you are supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous ....
coming up: after her brexit speech the labour leader challenges theresa may on her eu exit plan. can i urge her to stop the threats of the bargain basement brexit? i have a plan, he does not have a clue. mps demand the government do more to help a persecuted minority in myanmar. according to reports the minority group have been subject to arson, rape and murder. mps try to find out why we waste so much food. and: pretty much everyone hates theirs but could we be about to enter a new era for the passport photo? any of us can send essentially a selfie to the passport office for our passport. but first: there d been mutterings in the commons on tuesday after theresa may decided to make her big brexit speech not in the chamber but to an outside audience. so prime minister s questions was the first chance for mps to grill her directly on her 12 point plan. in her speech theresa may made clear that the uk would not stay in the single market, that mps and peers would get a v ....