Friday, December 22, 2017

Joe: What Nikki Haley Did At The UN Was An Embarrassment | Morning Joe | MSNBC


On Thursday, the UN General Assembly voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution against President Trump's Jerusalem decision. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley spoke out, saying 'This vote will be remembered.'

Top US News & World Headlines — December 22, 2017


Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Today Austria... The Normalisation of Europe's Far-right


Joe: Wrong Tax Cut, Wrong Time For Wrong People | Morning Joe | MSNBC


The GOP-controlled House is expected to give final approval on a sweeping tax plan on Wednesday, despite most Americans considering it a bad idea. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

Lawrence: GOP Like 'Pigs At The Trough' Of Donald Trump's Tax Bill | The Last Word | MSNBC


Lawrence O'Donnell compares the behavior of Republican Senators who will be enriched by the Trump-GOP tax bill to Senators he worked with who would have been "embarrassed" by serving special interests.

Why Trump Wanted To Fire His Own Supreme Court Pick


Top US News & World Headlines — December 20, 2017


Sunday, December 17, 2017

BBC Question Time from Barnsley – December 14, 2017


David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Barnsley in South Yorkshire. On the panel are Conservative MP and former secretary of state for education Nicky Morgan, Labour's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, scientist and broadcaster Professor Robert Winston, comedian Geoff Norcott and political journalist and commentator Isabel Oakeshott.

‘Mexico Will Not Finance US Wall,’ Foreign Minister Says


Nikki Haley’s Hypocrisy: US Strikes Out with New War-Mongering on Iran


US Ambassador Nikki Haley's speech on alleged Iranian violations was even less convincing than Colin Powell's fraudulent UN presentation on Iraqi WMDs, says Trita Parsi

Saturday, December 16, 2017

Far Right Gains Momentum in Chile's Presidential Elections


A far-right political party in Chile is expected to play a key role in determining the winner of Sunday's presidential run off. Its leader, Jose Antonio Kast, won a surprising 8% of the votes in the first round, and is now supporting former president Sebastian Pinera. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Santiago.

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Deutsche Welle talks to US Senator Marco Rubio | DW English


US Senator Marco Rubio, who ran against US President Donald Trump during the Republican primaries, tells DW's Zhanna Nemtsova that talk of Trump's impeachment over alleged Russian ties is premature.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Inside Story - Can Muslim Leaders Change Trump's Jerusalem Decision?


Jerusalem's status as part of Israel, or Palestine, or both has long been a controversial issue many politicians have shied away from. But Donald Trump changed decades of US policy last week, by recognising the holy city as Israel's capital. That decision set off worldwide protests and condemnation. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan called a meeting of The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Wednesday to discuss a response. He said the US decision was illegal and a threat to all humanity. But what can the 57-member organisation realistically do to pressure the US?

Presenter: Laura Kyle | Guests: Yusuf Kanli - Former Editor of Turkey's Hürriyet Daily News; Gedeon Levy - Columnist with Haaretz newspaper; Mouin Rabbani - Senior Fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies