Barack Obama, the crying girls and the presidency to come
Two women with contrasting feelings eight years on. But both equally sceptical of the next Presidency to come.
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Two women with contrasting feelings eight years on. But both equally sceptical of the next Presidency to come.
Two young black women who voted for Obama for the first time in 2008 have very different opinions of whether he was a good president for race relations and for the USA.
The south-east Asian summit in Laos has been overshadowed by a row after the Philippines president, Rodrigo Duterte, referred to Mr Obama as a “son of a whore”. He later claimed it wasn’t personal, but the US team called off a planned meeting between the two men. This report contains strong language throughout.
US President Barack Obama uses a trip to the UK to argue that the world benefits from Britain’s membership of the EU.
Obama, to European eyes, is merely tinkering with the small print, the very edges of ingrained national violence which produces stats a minor civil war would be familiar with.
There was a time when the French were not so enamoured of the Obama administration’s policy on Syria. Now, President Hollande says “there is a new mindset”.
A photo showing South African President Jacob Zuma remaining on the phone while greeting Barack Obama causes a stir in the press.
US President Barack Obama unveils the Clean Power Plan, calling it the “biggest step ever” in tackling global climate change.
The US President says violence against women and genital mutilation have “no place in the 21st century”.
US President Barack Obama says Africa is “on the move” as he makes the first presidential visit to Kenya, his father’s homeland.
“That’s not a justice system. It’s an injustice system”. In a sweeping call for reform – President Obama says too many Black Americans are locked up in jail.
President Barack Obama calls today’s Iran nuclear agreement a “comprehensive deal”, while President Rouhani says a “new chapter” has begun in his country’s relations with the world.
The president was quick to interrupt the heckler, saying: “Listen you’re in my house… it’s not respectful.”
Speaking in the wake of the Charleston shooting, President Obama uses the “n-word” to make the point that America has not been “cured” of racism and slavery “casts a long shadow”.
Barack Obama says America is the only developed country where gun massacres are commonplace. Is he right?