we know, for example, barack 0bama said it did constitute torture. are a perpetrator of torture. or to put it another way, that you are a torturer yourself. what's your response to that? well, fortunately, what matters is what the justice department says. the office of legal counsel is the highest law enforcement agent, you know, in terms of making these decisions. torture has a legal definition, right? and so the colloquial way that we use the word "torture", i can see why people might think that, and that's the way that barack 0bama used it. i personally think late—term abortion is a torture, but it doesn't matter whatjim mitchell thinks is or isn't torture, it matters what the justice department thinks and it matters what the people who've done the investigations think. you know, there was a several—year—long criminal investigation into whether or not anyone involved in the enhanced interrogation program had tortured anyone and in the end, a career prosecutor came back and said there is no case to be made. so what do you say, when people say to yo

have written to presidentjoe biden asking him to close guantanamo bay, it was a promise made by barack 0bamacomplete closure of guantanamo, but what then should happen to inmates like khalid sheikh mohammed who the americans are, absolutely convinced based on, they say, overwhelming evidence he, they say, was a key architect of the 9/11 attack and other attacks as well? if you want guantanamo closed, what should happen to people like khalid sheikh mohammed? this is a very good question. first, guantanamo bay must be closed and i do believe that president biden will close guantanamo bay because i believe in him. i thinkjoe biden is a good guy. people who are poeople like khalid sheikh mohammed and anyone who the government thinks were involved in this atrocious attacks must be brought to trial. an open trial with proper defence. and it is up to the judge and jury to convict them, not up to me or stephen or the cia or fbi. mohamedou 0uld salahi, i thank you very much indeed forjoining me from nouakchott, mauritania. thank you. thank you, stephen, for having me. hello there. this upcoming week

known for his anti—nuclear arms movement and he was part of arranging the former us president barack 0bama'sairly distributed. china, of course, was also high on the agenda during the leadership election. even though he was very critical of china trying to export, in his words, its authoritative system around the world, he's probably not as nationalistic as another candidate who had the backing of former prime minister shinzo abe. so, when it comes to foreign policies, we don't expect too many changes from the current administration of yoshihide suga. fresh tensions have surfaced between britain and france over post brexit fishing rights. in the latest round of applications, the uk granted just 12 licences from 47 bids for smaller vessels to fish in its territorial waters. french sea minister annick girardin reportedly said "french fishing must not be taken hostage by the british for political ends." jessica parker is in brussels. what is going on? basically, what we learned overnight _ what is going on? basically, what we learned overnight is _ what is going on? basically, what we learned o