the us state department has called this a, quote significant setback in the rule of law. and there's a lot of anger out on the streets and got him a lot of pressure now against the guatemalan government to, to answer for the firing of the top anti corruption official. and there's concerns that this does have the potential of becoming a larger national crisis. you mentioned the u. s. reaction on this. how does it the unrest effect to us efforts to improve the condition of people's lives in guatemala and try to reduce migration from the country. this absolutely complicates efforts for the united states occurred migration from the region specifically migration from guatemala. and it's simple as terms the plan that the binder administration has for central america is to address the quote unquote root causes of migration. in the case of guatemala, those root causes are extreme poverty and worsening insecurity. both of these problems have been exacerbated by rampant corruption in guatemala. so it's very difficult for the united states to look at the guatemalan government and se

director of pakistan and afghan studies at middle east institute and a former analyst at the us state departmentus state department. good to have you with what very good to have you with us. what do you make of this taking of the crossing as it appears to have happened? how important symbolically and strategically is that? i symbolically and strategically is that? ., ~' symbolically and strategically is that? ., ~ , , is that? i do think this is uuite is that? i do think this is quite significant. - is that? i do think this is quite significant. as - is that? i do think this is quite significant. as you | is that? i do think this is - quite significant. as you say it is symbolic. it shows that the taliban are prepared now to actually hold territory and that they will do so openly and i think what really stands out here is that the hands of the government seem tied. it would be very difficult at this point to launch a military operation to launch a military operation to clear that area. of course it should be mentioned that the revenue that comes from all of these border crossings is really what

the us state department says the repression of the demonstrations was a human rights violation and hasr and activist. she is a communications consultant and part of the biden administration's cuba policy change team. she also held a similar role with president obama. i asked her for her reaction to these new sanctions. well, i think they're the first step in letting the cuban people know that the regime will be held accountable by world governments. they were brutal in their response to peaceful protest and they need to know that the world is watching. to know that the world is watching-— to know that the world is . watching._ what to know that the world is - watching._ what are watching. -- protests. what are those who _ watching. -- protests. what are those who have _ watching. -- protests. what are those who have been _ watching. -- protests. what are those who have been protestingj those who have been protesting make of these functions. == make of these functions. -- these functions? _ make of these functions. -- these functions? have - make of these functions. -- these functions?

the us state department says the repression of the demonstrations was a human rights violation — andmaker and activist. she is a communications consultant to the current biden she is on gasparilla island in florida. thank you so much for taking the time tojoin thank you so much for taking the time to join us. these sanctions on cuban officials over what the us government says it was repression of anti—government protests, what do you make of them? anti-government protests, what do you make of them?— do you make of them? well, i think they _ do you make of them? well, i think they are _ do you make of them? well, i think they are the first - do you make of them? well, i think they are the first step i think they are the first step in letting the cuban people know the regime will be held accountable by world accou nta ble by world governments. accountable by world governments. they were brutal in their response to peaceful protests and they need to know the world is watching. what protests and they need to know the world is watching.— the world is watching. what do those who _ the worl

those developments are under close watched by the us and today and a phone call between us state department secretary antony blinkin. and the president of tunisia, lincoln told side that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights. and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the 2 nation people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call, and that he was able to express his support for denise ias democracy. now the u. s . has been hesitant to call this a coo, why, how spokeswoman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required, but that if this is determined to be a coo, then u. s. a to, to need you could be on the line that's totaled $1400000000.00 since the countries revolution in 2011 much of that money going toward the military and security expenses. so says the leaders of north korea and south korea of agreed to restore communication channels and improve relations. the agreement follows the exchange of several lessons between the south korean president moon j n, and the north korean leader kim j

meanwhile in honduras, the us state department has said the government ofjuan 0rlando hernandez is engaged in the region are few. so the way that we approach corruption in governance in general is consistent with our view that the role of the united states is to work with people in the region, not to impose but to work with people in the region to create the enabling conditions for broad—based growth. even if they're that corrupt? even if they're being discussed as state sponsors of drug trafficking? we work with a range of partners, people who are... this does not mean that the united states is not continuing with investigations, or with cases where there is a law enforcement interest, those cases continue. we are focused, though, on working with governments and working with civil society and working with the private sector, to work together to create those enabling conditions for growth. washington's policy towards central america speaks of trying to understand the drivers of migration. the key contradiction is, however, that one of the main factors pushing people to flee is human rights

now the us state department has not yet confirmed. they were indeed us citizens. however, one of them is reported was detained at the canadian embassy and haiti. and furthermore, apparently on his personal website describes himself the describes himself as an official diplomatic agent. it's also important to note that the individuals from columbia were not just random, people from colombia, but actually former members of the columbia military. and they put my initial information indicates that they are colombian citizens retired members of the national army. we have given instructions from the national government to our police and the army to immediately cooperate in this investigation so that these events can be clarified. now russia has expressed concerns saying that they feel that it's possible external forces may be using the conflict in the country for geo political. and there's also been concerns from russia raised about the fact that some of these detained individuals seem to have us citizenship. but the image that is surfacing of how the haitian leader was

now the us, the us state department will not confirm that these are indeed us citizens. one of the individuals was apparently detained at the canadian embassy in haiti, and on his personal website describes himself as a certified diplomat diplomatic agent. in addition to that, there are apparently retired military, the colombian assassins are foreigner members of the columbia military. take a listen to our nation indicates that they are colombian citizens retired members of the national army. we have given instructions from the national government to our police and the army to immediately cooperate in this investigation so that these events can be clarified. now president mo, ease was killed on wednesday when the team of 28 got into his home. we also have a situation where his wife, you know, she was seriously wounded, an air lifted to florida. now it's important to note at this point, that we're hearing a descriptions of the crime scene that are rather gruesome. the president apparently had 12 bullets shot into him after which his eyes were gouged out, was rather a brut

it's interesting that president 0brador criticised the us state department report which asked...ore to protectjournalists and he implied that this was, in some ways, becoming a nationalist battle to protect mexico's honour. you support the us when it demands more protection for human rights in mexico. is there a danger that some might see you as becoming anti—mexican? well, they might, they are entitled to their opinion, but i am nothing but pro—mexican in the sense that i defy... spend all my life defending mexican people, with my work, so i really don't mind. i don't worry about that. i don't worry about criticism. and it's a big final thought to have, but how do you go about changing culture and society in mexico? and i'm thinking here about the degree to which you and many others point to statistics, the violence against women, the so—called femicide which is a shocking phenomenon in mexico, with 1,000 women per year, roughly, being killed simply for their gender. how do you go about changing that? we have created shelters for women, so before they are attacked, when they kno

the us state department has since released this statement...ts are warning that the move could come with risks attached. and the opposition labour party has this warning. we've got real concerns because there doesn't seem to be a system in place yet for an international vaccine passport which the government said that they were going to bring forward. each individual us state does things differently. they don't have an nhs that has a vaccine programme like we do with certifications. so, we are really concerned about making sure that actually, new variants do not come into the uk and that we do have a system that identifies where we have variants of covid, where infection is, and that we're able to isolate it. scotland and wales have announced they are also following england's new quarantine rules. in a statement the welsh government said... the plans are a major boost to the aviation and tourism sectors, who have been pushing for a relaxation of travel rules. next, let's get the reaction from the chief executive of heathrow airport. it's the rig

personal emails from clinton's account, separate to the ones you should have been using on us state department of the could there be more that could put the presidential candidate behind bars? i'm action or times it is going underground. outside the ecuadorian embassy in london, where wiki leaks found julian songs has been arbitrarily detained by the british government for 4 years. we ask julius, on whether he has the email that could put hillary clinton in prison and talk about whether the next lee could change the outcome of the us presidential election. that's all coming up and today's special edition, i'm going underground. julius i thanks for agreeing to this interview, only worried that during this channel, our t of being accused by hillary clinton basically of the russian government. we know russian intelligence agencies hacked into the dns. the wiki leagues is now publishing all the act emails. i don't think we're going to be constantly worried about p r. i think cold must had agent got so bad. in fact that the a d o, the anti defamation league, had to put out a press release, denying

those developments are under close watched by the us and today and a phone call between us state departments. secretary antony blinkin and the president of tunisia, lincoln told side that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights. and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the technician people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for to easy as democracy. now the us has been hesitant to call this a coo, why, how spokeswoman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required, but that if this is determined to be a qu, then you as a to, to need, you could be on the line that totaled $1400000000.00 since the countries revolution in 2011 much of that money going toward the military and security expenses. let's bringing david mack also in washington dc. he served as a former u. s. deputy chief of mission and schunover uneasily. and then buffer for the u e. he joins us live via zoom. david, let me just put a working theory to you. consider this a qu, if yo

the us state department says the repression of the demonstrations was a human rights violation and hasarned that more action could be taken. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. hungary's prime minister victor orban seems to regard his increasingly toxic relationship with the eu's brussels —— hungary's prime minister viktor orban seems to regard his increasingly toxic relationship with the eu's brussels institutions as a badge of honour and a political asset. on a range of issues, from press freedom to lgbt rights, hungary routinely ignores the collective interpretation of eu values. at what cost? my guest is hungary's foreign minister peter szijjarto. is there room for a authoritarian, illiberal government inside the eu? peter szijjarto in budapest, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon. thank you for the invitation. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. foreign minister, the relationship between your country and the european union, the institutions of the eu, appears ever more dysfunctional. how concerned are you about that? we

citizens of the haitian descent were among the assassin crew, according to haitian officials, the us state department has not yet confirmed that russia has express concerns that external forces may be manipulating events in the country to serve their own geo political interests. they've also pointed to the u. s. citizenship of 2 of the suspected assassins. but at this point, the situation, the country is intensifying. the parliament is pretty much defunct. there are 2 individuals claiming to be the rightful successor of mcquease. in addition to that, we understand the senate has sworn in joseph lambert as the new president of haiti . but unrest is escalating. the military, at this point is on the streets and has declared martial law. all are watching haiti to see what develops on just a point that kill mentioned among the 28 suspects. there are 2 americans of haitian descent report suggests they were working as translators for the hit squad. the operation is said to have been planned for a month and the same was apparently not to kill the president, but bringing to the national palace on a warrant pr

the us state department has condemned raids on at least 25 media and rights organisations in belarusberty. rights groups say the country's leader, alexander lukashenko, is working to eliminate the independent media. now... the diary that ann frank wrote while she was hiding from the nazis in amsterdam during world war ii has inspired many plays and movies. now, the cannes film festival is featuring a new interpretation of her story, and it's generating controversy, as tom brook reports. this secret apartment is going to be our hiding place. much of the new animation is set while anne frank was in hiding in amsterdam, but it also moves between past and the near future with a focus on kitty, anne's imaginary friend from her diary. the new film is being hailed as the first international holocaust movie for children. israeli director ari folman has emphasised frank's humanity to make her engaging to a young audience. she's a teenager with all the cliche of the problems of a teenage girl. she has endless issues with her mother, coming—of—age issues about boys. come down, anne, i'm waiting

or my next guest is a for we're european energy security advisor at the us state department. he worked on many transit landing energy security issues, including nord stream to he's now a fellow at harvard university. he joins me tonight from cambridge, massachusetts, benjamin smith. it's good to have you back on the show. benjamin. so what do you make of what came out of this today? i think they actually said things in more concrete terms than most people were expecting. what's your take? yeah, bring i just start by saying i have a lot of friends that live in the region in, in western germany where the flooding is taking place and my heart goes out to all of them. and of course the tragic loss of life. so i just wanted to make sure to say that, but it look, it's great to join you. it's been a, it's a really, truly historic david valedictory visit of german chancellor, dr. glenn merkel to washington after, in years leaving germany and look, it's been a relationship that has been extremely positive over that time. the present. and bible said today, the enduring friendship betwe

according to haitian officials, the us state department has not yet confirmed that one of the individuals was reportedly detained at the canadian embassy in haiti and describes himself as a certified diplomatic agent on his personal website. now, the colombians, though all appear to be veterans of the colombian military, take a listen. he said they, they put my initial information indicates that they are columbian citizens retired members of the national army. we have given instructions from the national government to our police and the army to immediately cooperate in this investigation, so that these events can be clarified with you. russia has expressed concerns that external forces may be manipulating events in the country to serve their own geopolitical interests. it also pointed to the u. s. citizenship of 2 of the suspected assassins. now it's important to note that the image of how the president was killed that surfacing is rather gruesome. the individual, you know, that the president is reported to have been shot 12 times, had his eyes gouged out, his wife has been flown to flori

thousands of 1st e mails from clinton's account, separate to the ones you should have been using on us state department. but could there be more that could put the presidential candidate behind bars i'm action or attention? it is going underground. outside the ecuadorian embassy in london, where wiki leaks found julian sanchez been arbitrarily detained by the british government for 4 years. we ask julian us on whether he has the email that could put hilary clinton in prison and talk about whether the next lee could change the outcome of the us presidential election. that's all coming up and today's special edition, i'm going underground. julius i thanks for agreeing to this interview. i'm worried that you are in this journal, our tea of to being accused by hillary clinton, basically working for the russian government. we know rush intelligence agencies hacked into the dns. the wiki leaks is now publishing all the act emails. i don't think we're here for the constantly worried about p r. i've been cold, mosse had agent. got so bad and fact that the a d o, the anti defamation league had to put out a pres

now the us state department will not yet confirm that one of the individuals was apparently detained at the canadian embassy in haiti. and on his personal website, he described himself as a, quote, certified diplomatic agent. in addition to that, it seems like all the colombians were former military personnel. they were former members of the columbia military who are now apparently operating and engaged in armed combat beyond the columbia military. let's take a listen. no initial information indicates that they are colombian citizens retired members of the national army. we have given instructions from the national government to our police and the army to immediately cooperate in this investigation so that these events can be clarified. now the details about the scene of the assassination or rather gruesome, we've been told about the president with 27 bullets inside of him, as well as his eyes gouged out. rather gruesome images coming out. rather gruesome scene being depicted in the reports. the reason that the assassins targeted the haitian president is not yet known. now, there wer

the us state department, does it like the idea? is this something the us should be doing or not? it's a great question and i will say, i think that for real change to happen, the only path forward is going to be one page by itself. and certainly there is a role for the international community to assist in it, but to assist they must learn from the past and really ensure that it's listening to patients, the society that is listening to the voices that are coming from the ground. what they're proposing of a solution in a way forward. and any engagement really respects the population, human right, is support strengthening of institutions and rule of law. enabling the integrity and functioning of the position and really supporting the countries right to self determination. no, the international community would like to see those things happen in that's one reason why the international community has given millions in aid to 80, especially since the earthquake. a lot of people say though that has not helped us actually hurt the country. does haiti need a type of tough love from the outs

meanwhile in honduras, the us state department has said the government ofjuan orlando hernandez is engagedso the way that we approach corruption in governance in general is consistent with our view that the role of the united states is to work with people in the region, not to impose but to work with people in the region to create the enabling conditions for broad—based growth. even if they're that corrupt? even if they're being discussed as state sponsors of drug trafficking? we work with a range of partners, people who are... this does not mean that the united states is not continuing with investigations, or with cases where there is a law enforcement interest, those cases continue. we are focused, though, on working with governments and working with civil society and working with the private sector, to work together to create those enabling conditions for growth. washington's policy towards central america speaks of trying to understand the drivers of migration. the key contradiction is, however, that one of the main factors pushing people to flee is human rights abuses committed by aut

those developments are under close watch by the us and today and a phone call between us state department secretary antony blinkin. and the president of tunisia, lincoln told sides that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights. and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the 2 knees and people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for to easy as democracy. now the u. s. has been hesitant to call this a qu, why, how spokeswoman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required, but that if this is determined to be a qu, then us a to, to need, you could be on the line that's totaled $1400000000.00 since the countries revolution and 2011 much of that money going toward the military and security expenses. now how much, how is a professor of conflict resolution, george mason university. he says the next few days will confirm if the dismissal of the government is a coo or political crisis. i think that has a lot of me think are going around as far as opt

the us state department has condemned raids on at least 25 media and rights organisations in belarusunded radio liberty. rights groups say the country's leader, alexander lukashenko, is working to eliminate the independent media. hundreds of cuban americans in several cities in florida marched on friday, for the fifth day in a row, in support of the thousands of demonstrators in cuba who took to the streets on sunday to protest over food and medicine shortages, price increases and the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. protests are extremely rare in cuba, where opposition to the government is stifled. tributes have been paid to the award—winning reuters journalist danish siddiqui, who was killed reporting on the conflict in southern afghanistan. he'd been embedded with special forces in kandahar. reuters said he was an outstanding journalist and will be remembered as a much—loved colleague. the bbc�*s tim allman has more. in southern afghanistan, special forces come under attack. gunshots. you can hear the exchange of gunfire. you can see damage to their vehicle. they

those developments are under close watched by the us and today and a phone call between us state department secretary, antony boynkin and the president of tunisia. lincoln told sides that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the technician. people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for to easy as democracy. now the u. s. has been hesitant to call this a qu, whitehouse spokeswoman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required. but that if this is determined to be a coo then us a to, to need, you could be on the line that totaled one point. $4000000000.00 since the countries revolution in 2011, much of that money going toward the military and security expenses was bringing some breaking news. now, the 1st person to face trial under hong kong, national security law has been found guilty of inciting secession and engaging in terrorism. tony can't was prosecuted for raising his motorcycle into a group

thousands of personal emails from clinton county separate the ones you should have been using on us state department of the could there be more that could put the presidential candidate behind bars? i'm actually in return. see, this is going underground outside the ecuadorian embassy in london, where wiki likes found julian sanchez been arbitrarily detained by the british government for 4 years. we ask julius, on whether he has the email that could put hilary clinton in prison and talk about whether the next lee could change the outcome of the us presidential election. coming up and have a special edition of going underground. julius i thanks for agreeing to this interview and you're worried that you're in this lower p of being accused by hillary clinton basically of the russian government. we know russian and.

the us state department has condemned raids on at least 25 media and rights organisations in belaruserty". rights groups say the country's leader, alexander lukashenko, is working to eliminate the independent media. hundreds of cuban americans in several cities in florida marched on friday, for the fifth day in a row, in support of the thousands of demonstrators in cuba who took to the streets on sunday to protest over food and medicine shortages, price increases and the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. protests are extremely rare in cuba, where opposition to the government is stifled. the diary that anne frank wrote while she was hiding from the nazis in amsterdam during world war two has inspired many plays and movies. now, the cannes film festival is featuring a new interpretation of her story, and it's generating controversy, as tom brook reports. this secret apartment is going to be our hiding place. much of the new animation is set while anne frank was in hiding in amsterdam but it also moves between past and the near future with a focus on kitty, anne's imagi

and ah, probably news now in the us state department as releases on your human trafficking report. the report designated 17 countries that it phase are doing enough to eliminate the practice. and it also accuses turkey of providing support, armed groups in syria and libya that use child soldiers. let's bring in warmth in jordan in washington dc. she is read through the streets or what are the highlights was well, the about 17 countries are in what's known as tier 3. they are the countries that have the worst record when it comes to dealing with human trafficking, with forced labor, with supporting or training, or using child soldiers, among other things. and on that list, you do see the usual suspects. north korea, you see russia, you see china, you see me and more. you see iran, all of these countries are considered bio. the u. s. is analysis to have done little if anything, to improve the conditions vulnerable people's within their countries or under their control. it's also worth pointing out that there are some $46.00 countries on the tier to watch list. and what that means is,

i missed or my next guest is a for we're european energy security advisor at the us state department. he worked on many transatlantic energy security issues including nord stream to he's now a fellow at harvard university. he joins me tonight from cambridge, massachusetts, benjamin smith. it's good to have you back on the show. benjamin. so what do you make of what came out of this today? i think they actually said things in more concrete terms than most people were expecting. what's your take? yeah, bring i just start by saying i have a lot of friends that live in the region in, in, in western germany where the flooding is taking place and my heart goes out to all of them. and of course, the tragic loss of life. so i just wanted to make sure to say that, but it look, it's great to join you. it's been a, it's a really, truly historic day to valedictory visit of german chancellor doctor on la merkel to washington after, in years leaving germany and look, it's been a relationship that has been extremely positive over that time be, is present. and vitamin said today, the enduring friends

the us state department has also expressed concern over the attack, which happened in the northern indianpean sources familiar with intelligence reporting have said that iran is the leading suspect, but it is too early to say for sure. the operating company called the incident a suspected piracy incident. with more, here's the bbc security correspondent frank gardner. well, this is quite a serious escalation, and certainly it doesn't look like piracy. an investigation was begun fairly soon afterwards. it took place late in the afternoon yesterday, about 150 nautical miles, that's about 250, roughly, kilometres, northeast of the 0mani port. and what israli television is saying, quoting an israeli official, was that it was attacked by an explosive drown. now, usually in piracy attacks, it's very unusual for anybody to be killed. piracy attacks are quite rare now because most of the ships either have escorts, or they have armed guards on board. so they are nothing like the level that they were at ten years ago. so the suspicion is that this is some kind of state backed to terrorism, and cert

rob, those developments are under close watch by the us and today and a phone call between us state department, secretary, antony lincoln. and the president of tenicia, of lincoln told, said that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights. and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the 2 nation people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for, to need years. democracy. now the u. s. has been hesitant to call this a coo white house. so foreman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required, but that if this is determined to be a coo, then us a to, to need, could be on the line that's totaled 1400000000 dollars. since the countries revolution in 2011 much of that money going toward the military and security expenses. heidi, thanks very much indeed. it's hydro capital talking to us from washington d. c. well, best, more money is a professor of political science at the university of waterloo in canada. and she says the president's takeover is not the solu

competition veering out of control into complex of what they want to try and establish says the us state department official guard rails. so that doesn't happen. 20 a not jury and children have been reunited with their parents weeks after they were kidnapped by armed men. that have been emotional scenes as the children return to the town and could do an estate on sunday. but $87.00 still in captivity admitted race reports from a boucher, the not after 3, a grenade and emotional reunion for parents whose children over pierre's and hawk greed the youngsters. now free and safely back with their parents the like the joy too much. i can't quantify the joy, god has done it. we said that if we have gone, we will see our children and we have seen them as he has brought this child. he will bring the rest the but many of the parents will have to return home and all the painful images for parents wondering if their children will ever be who is not something that he will even your enemies will experience will still have interest. i went to an audio back. so as lead us we attention should be on the annuity back