beatrice fihn and setsuko thurlow, many congratulations on winning the nobel peace prize.f course, welcome to hardtalk. beatrice fihn and setsuko thurlow, many congratulations on winning the nobel peace prize. of course, welcome to hardtalk. i want to begin by asking both of you how you felt when you heard this news is that you had won the nobel peace prize. you are the executive director of ican, the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. did you expect it? thank you for having me here. we did not expect it at all. we have been so preoccupied with the treaty and having it concluded in the summer. the treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons which got so many nations around the world to sign up to? exactly. so when i got the phone call, i was in complete shock, so honoured, i thought it was a prank at first. we were nervous. many powerful people don't like this treaty. i was a little bit paranoid. then we watched the live broadcast to make sure it was real. just such an incredible honour for the whole campaign, for all the people that have fought against nuclear weap

beatrice fihn made the comments while accepting the award in oslo on behalf of her organisation, theal campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. she was apparently referring to current tensions and the trading of insults between the united states and north korean presidents. a moment of panic or carelessness, a misconstrued comment or a boost ego could easily lead us to the destruction of entire cities. a calculated military escalation could lead to the indiscriminate murder of civilians. firefighters across southern california say they're getting the upper hand in containing some of the wildfires which have broken out across the state. however, severalfires north of los angeles are still burning out of control. one person is known to have been killed, and more than two hundred thousand people have been forced to leave their homes. this is zaira wasim, one of india's leading actresses, who says she was sexually harassed while on board a flight from delhi to mumbai. the 17—year—old star of the hit movie dangal said a male passenger who was sitting behind her started to rub her with his fee

beatrice fihn made the comments while accepting the award in oslo on behalf of her organisation, theonal campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. she was apparently referring to current tensions and the trading of insults between the united states and north korean presidents. a moment of panic or carelessness, a misconstrued comment or a boost ego could easily lead us to the destruction of entire cities. a calculated military escalation could lead to the indiscriminate murder of civilians. the gulf state of qatar has signed another major deal to buy hi—tech defence equipment. it will spend $8 billion on 2a typhoon fighterjets, which will be built in the uk. it follows a deal struck last week with a french supplier for nearly 500 armoured vehicles. firefighters across southern california say they're getting the upper hand in containing some of the wildfires which have broken out across the state. however, several fires north of los angeles are still burning out of control. sent out by brad is now under threat. tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. —— santa barbara. this is zair

beatrice fihn was accepting the award on behalf of her organisation, the international campaign to abolish. she warned that current tensions on the korean peninsula meant mutual destruction was only ‘one impulsive tantrum away‘. a moment of panic or carelessness, a misconstrued comment or a bruised ego could easily lead us to the destruction of entire cities. a calculated military escalation could lead to the indiscriminate murder of civilians. south korea has announced new unilateral sanctions on 20 more north korean organisations and a dozen individuals in response the family of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe says a court appearance scheduled for this weekend had been postponed following a visit to iran by the british foreign secretary boris johnson. but the court denies that a trial was planned. the british—iranian woman is serving a five—yearjail sentence in tehran. mrjohnson met the iranian president, hassan rouhani where it‘s believed he pressed for her release. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. borisjohnson spent nearly an hour with iran‘s president, hassan rouhani, tha

beatrice fihn was accepting the award on behalf of her organisation, the international campaign to abolish. she warned that the current tensions on the korean peninsula meant mutual destruction was only one impulsive tantrum away. a moment of panic or carelessness, a misconstrued comment or a boost ego could easily lead us to the destruction of entire cities. or a bruised ego could easily lead us to the destruction of entire cities. a calculated military escalation could lead to the indiscriminate murder of civilians. south korea has announced new unilateral sanctions on 20 more north korean organisations and a dozen individuals in response to the north's ballistic and nuclear programmes most of them are in the banking and shipping sectors. the move comes two weeks after pyongyang test—fired a ballistic missile said to be able to reach anywhere in the united states. you can find comprehensive coverage and expert analysis on north korea and and the latest on talks in the country with the un. the family of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe says a court appearance scheduled for this weekend had been

beatrice fihn was accepting the award on the half of her organisation, the international campaign to only one impulsive tantrum away. 0n destruction was only one impulsive tantrum away. on that cheerful note, we will check on the weather. there has been over a foot of snow in some places of wales, which has caused travel disruption. 0vernight, the sleet and snow eases away from the sleet and snow eases away from the south. some showers are still in scotla nd the south. some showers are still in scotland and northern ireland. in the countryside, the temperatures are very low. down to —12 in places. a bitterly cold start to monday morning. do watch out for those very slippery conditions on icy roads. during monday, arid tension turns to an area of low pressure causing problems across portugal, spain and france, causing heavy snow in the alps. pushing heavy rain into the south—east of england, with gales developing here as well. away from the south—east of england, it is brighter and less windy. some sunshine but a really sharp frost, and icy stretches. a lot of snow around. for scotlan

beatrice fihn was accepting the award on behalf of her organisation, the international campaign to abolishla meant mutual destruction was only "one impulsive tantrum away". a moment of panic or carelessness, a misconstrued comment or a bruised ego, could easily lead us to the destruction of entire cities. a calculated military escalation could lead to indiscriminate murder of civilians. sarah keith—lucas has the weather. it has been a weekend of wintry weather. we have seen disruption due to strong winds in the south and also ice, and plenty of it is still around. the snowiest place was sunnybridge in mid—wales, where there has been 33 centimetres of accumulating snow — over a foot. that has been enough to cause disruption to transport and also some power networks in some places. ice is going to be the main hazard through the course of tonight as the sleet and snow eases away from the south and we see the skies clearing. the overnight temperatures in the towns and cities are a few degrees below freezing. if you are heading to work or school on monday morning during rush hour, do watch out

beatrice fihn made the comments while accepting the award in oslo on behalf of her organisation, theal campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. she was apparently referring to current tensions and the trading of insults between the united states and north korean presidents. a moment of panic or carelessness, a misconstrued comment or a bruised ego could easily lead us to the destruction of entire cities. a calculated military escalation could lead to the indiscriminate murder of civilians. you can find comprehensive coverage and expert analysis on north korea and the latest on talks in the country with the un. just go to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. evidence received by a british parliamentary committee suggests that the violence in myanmar‘s rakhine state amounts to ethnic cleansing and may well constitute crimes against humanity and even genocide. the committee is critical of earlier hesitation by the government over defining the violence.< mp tom tugendhat said they had heard evidence of truly appalling violence that required a coordinated international response.> (00v)

award sunday were hiroshima nuclear bombing survivor setsuko thurlow and ican executive director beatrice fihn, who in her acceptance speech alluded to the threat of nuclear war posed by president donald trump. >> the story of nuclear weapons will have an ending. and it is up to us to decide what that ending will be. will it be the end of nuclear weapons? or will it be the end of us? one of these things will happen. the only rational course of action is to cease living under the conditions were our mutual destruction is only one impulsive tantrum away. beatricefihn accepting the award. to see our interview withthurlow, you can go to democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in alabama, where democrat doug jones and republican roy moore are locked in a tight and increasingly controversial race to fill the alabama senate seat left vacant by attorney general jeff sessions. a democrat hasn't won a u.s. the election isa democrat hasn't won a u.s. tuesday. senate race in alabama fo