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voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. of all the worlds continents, africa is the one likely to see the greatest transformation in the course of this century. it will likely be home to almost 40% of all humanity by 2100. if, by then, africans have benefited from sustainable development, their global economic power will be enormous. if they havent, then they...

Preventing war. If we support ukraine, thats only 3. 5 of our defense budget. Biden and No One Else is telling the american people the truth about that. The europeans have put in more than that and they should. Its their neighborhood. But this is a proamerican freedom loving country and we better remember that you have to be a friend to get a friend. And we needed a lot of friends september 12th. Weve got to make sure that were having the backs of the right friends because if russia wins china w...

A lot still to look forward to when it comes to this market picture. >> you mentioned earnings. we heard from u.k. company bp which post its biggest profit in its history. certainly raises eyebrows. tell us more. >> let me run you through some of the numbers as well. shell came out with a $14 billion profit for 2022. chevron came out of $36.5 billion for its profit. and then 27.7 for bp, so joining the whole host of oil majors coming out of bumper profits and also saying the wind fall tax they p...

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People face the worst fall in living standards on record. while theyre counting every penny, the prime minister is hitting them with higher taxes. but in 2024, when theyre just so happens to be a general election, they will introduce a small tax cut. thats not taking difficult decisions. its putting the tory re—election campaign over and above helping people pay their bills. how did he find a chancellor as utterly cynical as he is? what we have, mr speaker, is a chancellor who took the tough d...

North korea at it again firing at least one ballistic missile off of the east coast tuesday morning local time. its the latest in the string of north korean missile tests in recent weeks. two ballistic missiles were detected and labeled the launches as regrettable. china has tested a nuclear capable next generation hypersonic missile and caught u.s. intelligence officials apparently by surprise. there is growing concern among the u.s. and allies tonight over what appears to be a major advancemen...

Officials in georgia, was asked a few hours ago about the alleged missile. listen. >> what i can tell you is that we watch closely chinas development of armament and advanced capabilities and systems that will only increase tensions in the region. >> mike gallagher, congressman from wisconsin says this test should serve as call to action, if we stick to our current course or place our hopes in deterrence, we will lose the new cold war with communist china within a decade. china announced earlier...

Space tied into the military. missile testing. lloyd austin overseas eastern europe admitted monitoring china continues to be a top priority. >> we watch closely chinas development of armament and advanced capability in systems that will only increase tensions in the region. >> but critics argue that the eyes of the pentagon and intelligence community are not enough. if they were, america would have been prepared. >> its the capability that it was able to orbit the earth and land about 25 miles ...