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the kenyan opposition leader, raila odinga, talking to zeinab badawi there.sa may has called on more women to enter politics in a speech in parliament this evening to mark 100 yea rs parliament this evening to mark 100 years since some women were given the vote for the first time. addressing female parliamentarians and campaigners, she said the suffragettes deserve greater recognition for their struggle 100 yea rs recognition for their struggle 100 years ago. we were there. in the oldest part of the palace of westminster, tonight reserved for hundreds of female parliamentarians, past and present. theresa may said this was the living legacy of the suffrage movement. every one of us is here today because the of the heroic, tireless struggle of those who came before us. women who led a campaign, not just for themselves or theirfamilies, but for generations as yet unborn. disrupting parliament was a key tactic for suffragettes, some invaded the commons chamber, others chained themselves to statues. archive: we have waited too long for political justice, we refuse

that is true, zeinab badawi.ccept donation. people will tell you we do not want to be killed like rats by the police. that's if you talk ill of the president. that is not a good sign of a country. it is not a good sign of a country. it isa is not a good sign of a country. it is a country in complex. precisely. precisely. it needs to be resolved. 1300 people were killed, 600,000 displaced. there is an accusation against you, i tell you what the mp, moses, said, he said injune that you want to set this country on a final inferno. are you instigating violence? i have at all times resisted in attempts to use violent means to bring about change. in 2007, you saw the country aflame. 0ne 2007, you saw the country aflame. one of the people came forward and said, "no, let's negotiate." i have offered and agreed to take the position of a prime minister with the backing of those defeated in elections. are you not acting irresponsibly? you have a background of tensions. you have a former chief justice seen on the fourth of f

welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi, from the world economic forum in davos.entina says it wants to re—engage with the world, especially through its presidency of the 620. it wants better ties with washington after many years of a poor relationship. my guest is argentina's foreign ministerjorge faurie. just seven months into the job, what is his assessment of ties with the trump administration which, after all, has been unsettling its neighbours in latin america? foreign ministerjorge faurie, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for inviting and having me here today, zeinab. two years ago when president macri took office he said he wanted to improve relations with the world and argentina's neighbours. can you encapsulate for us what that means? we are trying to reopen argentina to the world. we describe this as an intelligent insertion. we are trying to have good relations with everybody, particularly with our neighbours, are trying to see what we can do with each one independent of the ideological position that they have. all right. the big one, of course

welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi, in nairobi.rnment overreacted to the self—inauguration of the opposition leader, raila odinga, as the people's president? critics argue that its true authoritarian colours have been exposed by its response to the move. it's also put a deep spotlight on the effectiveness of president uhuru kenyatta's government. my guest is raphael tuju, the secretary—general of the ruling jubilee party. raphael tuju, general secretary of kenya's ruling jubilee party here in nairobi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. your government's authority and legitimacy has been severely challenged, hasn't it, by the self—inauguration as the people's president by raila odinga, the opposition leader? that's rabble—rousing from raila odinga. we've seen that before, and it's nothing to write home about. you've not seen this before, though. he's never declared himself people's president. well, sometimes you don't argue with people like those. i mean, what does it mean to be people's president? it's child's play. and you don't see

welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi.y guest has been celebrated here at the world economic forum in davos. he's been given an award for his philanthropic work advancing women's rights. he's shah rukh khan, the bollywood superstar whose fan base runs into the billions. he says he wants to make the world a better place, but how far is he really using his voice to do that? shah rukh khan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, zeinab, and thank you very much for having me over at hardtalk. very glad to have you. look, after graduating from the university of delhi, you dropped out of a masters degree in communications to become an actor. i take it you have no regrets? it was either being a journalist or being an actor, so i, i was actually training to be a film—maker. they didn't have a film—making course there. i'm really an actor by accident. i'm really an actor by accident because i went down and i said, ok, i'll start working in front of the camera because some people offered me a film. but behind the scenes i learned