Status of u. S. , u. K. Relations. This is about a half an hour. Thank you so much for joining us. If you havent already signed up to my weekly newsletter, its free and you can sign up at mrpolitico. Com, global. And its my pleasure to introduce the new British Ambassador to the United States, karen pierce. Welcome, ambassador. Thank you very much. Its such a pleasure to have you here. Weve got about 30 minutes of a chat now and well get to our questions as well during the conversation. If you havent sent them already, post them on twitter u. S. Ing askpolitico. Weve got great ones rolling in. And ambassador, i wont spend most time about policy, but were in such strange times i thought maybe we could ask questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Maybe lets start with the border stuff first. Youve got experience in the u. N. And conflict zones. Thinking about to all of those eras, whats changed from when you start you had out in diplomacy . W
Yes, it is now a consumerdriven economy. We do want to alert you to new protests in hong kong. Nothing major so far but its just 9 00 at night over there and protests generally pick up steam in the hours before midnight. We cover this because these protests are a wild card in the china trade talks. They could affect our market and because we respect the courage of those youngsters demanding freedom. Now this. There you go. Which is the real Elizabeth Warren . Take a long, hard look. I couldnt tell but we will let you know who is who on the show a little later today. And watch this. This is another internet optical illusion. Take a long hard look at this one. Is that a bird or a bunny . Be quiet, ash. To me, its clear. But our production crew was split. How unusual. We have a big show and its on its way for you. Varney company is about to begin. I am the chosen one. Somebody had to do it so im taking on china. Im taking on china on trade and you know what . Were winning. Because were th
Evening. Also tonight should Buckingham Palace come clean about the health of king charles and princess catherine to stop rumours and speculation. And as rumours and speculation. And as spice girl geri halliwells husband, finds himself in hot water over alleged messages to a female colleague, is flirting at work, a sackable offence . This is friday night live with me, mark dolan. Bring your own dnnks. Mark dolan. Bring your own drinks. The admission is. Drinks. The admission is. Free. Yes, indeed. On tonights show, yes, indeed. On tonights show, my friday friends , star my friday friends, star historian David Oldroyd b bolt and fearless political commentator peter emma burnell. Commentator peter emma burnell. Yes, indeed. Also tonight weve got former government minister Edwina Currie with her reaction to rishi sunaks speech tonight and tv news legend Nicholas Owen, plus essex expert liz brewer on flirting in the workplace. My friday big opinion is on the way. My first reaction to the e
Lots to get through a busy hour. First, the News Headlines and sam francis. Mark, i am so sorry to disappoint you. This is the top story from the tv newsroom. The Prime Minister says islamist extremism aims to drain us of our confidence in ourselves as a people addressing the nation outside downing street this evening, he vowed to back Police Taking action against problem protests and said universities must do more to crack down on extremism on campuses. Rishi sunak says islamist extremists are spreading a poison in a statement, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has backed the Prime Ministers message, calling for unity in the country. The Prime Minister signalled the government will unveil what he called a robust framework for dealing with the growing problem of extremism. Growing problem of extremism. I want us to doubt ourselves , i want us to doubt ourselves, to doubt each other, to doubt our countries history and achievements. They want us to achievements. They want us to accept
Israel blaines friendly fire phones and other news, the president s of russia, im trying to call for reform of the world order, and the d politicize zation of the United Nations news. Hello, the International Court of justice is hearing south africas plea for it to order israel to hold its attacks on the Southern City of f, off in gauze um and so forth for you is demanding emergency measures to hold is really violence more than one and a half 1000000 palestinians had been sheltering into on and off, leaving the Southern City south africa once the court to order israel to allow unhindered access to goes off for you and officials, humanitarian agencies, journalist, and investigators. In january, the us top Court Ordered israel to do everything in its power to prevent genocidal acts and allow aid into the cause of well cross over it to the hague and speak to our correspondents who standing by for us the boss. And so as we wait for the proceedings to start step, just talk us through what w