Saturday, August 12, 2017

Rally in US City of Charlottesville Turns Deadly as Car Rams into Counter-protesters


At least one person has been killed by a vehicle that crashed into a crowd of counter-demonstrators who were marching against a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The rally organised by the ultra-nationalist group, "Unite the Right", was planned to voice opposition to the removal of a Confederate statue and has been described as one of the largest white supremacist events in recent US history.

But Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe was forced to declare a state of emergency after violence broke out in the city.


Dustin Lance Black on ‘This Week’



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Should Street Grooming Be Framed as a Muslim Problem? Debate – BBC Newsnight


British Muslim Youth founder Muhbeen Hussain, anti-extremism campaigner Anira Khokhar, journalist Saba Zaman and filmmaker Mobeen Azhar debate the problem of street grooming in the UK with Evan Davis.

Is the Use of Nuclear Weapons Becoming More Thinkable? - BBC Newsnight


Mark Urban talks to Gary Samore, the White House Coordinator for Arms Control under President Obama, and Director for Non-proliferation under President Clinton.

Trump Considers Military Action in Venezuela


Venezuela's defence minister says US military intervention in his country would be a 'crazy act'. This was his response after US President Donald Trump warned military action could be used to end the political crisis there. Al Jazeera’s Fintan Monaghan reports.

Friday, August 11, 2017

Dustin Lance Black | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union


HARDtalk: Dustin Lance Black


Stephen Sackur speaks to American film-maker and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black.

It's fifty years since homosexuality was de-criminalized in Britain. In this period, the campaign for LGBT rights has won landmark victories in many parts of the world - perhaps best symbolised by the normalisation of gay marriage in a host of countries.

Black won an Oscar for the film Milk and has just completed a major series on the struggle for gay rights. Has the time come to declare a famous victory?


Trump Declares Opioid Crisis a ‘National Emergency’


Aug. 11, 2017 - 3:30 - NYU School of Medicine Associate Professor Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil on President Trump's opioid crisis national emergency declaration.

Atheists 'Appalled' by Weekly White House Bible Study


Aug. 05, 2017 - 5:16 - Secular groups question use of taxpayer funds for religious meetings by government officials

Intolerant Britain: 171 Hate Crimes Recorded Every Single Day


Yemeni Student is Among Thousands to Win US Visa, Only to Have It Effectively Denied by Travel Ban


Thousands of Yemenis and other nationals from countries covered by Trump’s travel ban are currently stranded in different parts of the world as the State Department refuses to honor the fact that they won a U.S. government immigration lottery. Many of the winners have already sold their homes and cars, left their jobs and even relocated in anticipation of their move to the United States. Their eligibility to receive green cards under the program will end only three days after the travel ban is slated to expire on September 27, meaning their applications will likely not be processed in time, which lawyers say operates as an effective ban. We are joined by Hamed Sufyan Almaqrami, 29-year-old Yemeni Ph.D. student in applied linguistics who was awarded a diversity visa in 2016. Due to Trump’s travel ban, he is now stranded in India. We also speak with his attorney, Yolanda Rondon of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and Stephen Pattison, a U.S. immigration attorney who spent nearly three decades with the State Department.

Google Memo: Fired Employee Speaks Out! | James Damore and Stefan Molyneux


'I'm Not a Sexist': How an Ex-Google Employee Became a Right-wing Star


James Damore, an ex-Google employee who wrote a controversial memo arguing the merits of gender and diversity programs, has interviewed with two right-wing YouTubers.

Guam on High Alert after North Korea Threat


The US territory of Guam is on high alert after North Korea threatened to target the Pacific island. The area is home to an American military base.

Suburban America Is on a Steady Decline


Many millennials in suburban areas in the US are choosing to live in the centre of cities, with those numbers rising rapidly. America's largest cities are attracting far more educated young people than the outlying suburbs. Al Jazeera's John Hendren reports from Chicago.

Demand Grows to Strip Trump of Nuclear Authority


Bryan Pruitt, RedState & Doug Christian, Political Commentator. As he continues with his talk about fire and fury and the total destruction of North Korea - is it time to take the power to use nuclear weapons away from Donald Trump?

Top US News & World Headlines — August 11, 2017


Are the European Commission’s Expenses Reasonable? - BBC Newsnight


Evan Davis is joined by Conservative MP John Redwood and Helen Darbishire, the executive director of Access Info Europe which has been pushing the European Commission to disclose its expenses.

Geert Wilders - Europe's Suicide in the Face of Islam


August 3, 2017 - Dutch freedom fighter Geert Wilders' speech on Europe's suicide in the face of Islam, which was delivered at the David Horowitz Freedom Center's Aug. 3rd evening.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the West, Dawa, and Islam