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lloyd morrisett came up with the idea of using tv to teach young children basic skills like counting and recognising letters. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. the war in ukraine has focused attention on vladimir putins apparent desire to remake a greater russian space, incorporating chunks of the former soviet empire. with that in mind, keep an eye on whats happening in the tiny, disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh, where ethnic armenians backed b...

reset. good morning. parts of americas largest state under water as millions face a flooding disaster in california. dramatic rescues under way now as roads buckle, cars submerge and downtown l.a. at risk. well take you there live. more classified documents and another investigation, this time it is a different president. the current one. what president bidens team has discovered in his private office, but also why his case is different than the one playing out at mar-a-lago. rud...

reuben vatanen in nagorno—karabakh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. now, mrvardanyan, many in our hardtalk audience will not know very much about nagorno—karabakh, but suffice to say, you are the state minister in a tiny territory of some 120,000 people. and right now, you have an urgent crisis because your land route out to armenia is currently blockaded. what is the situation for the people living in your territory today? first of all, i want to say thank you for doing this inter...

very good morning. that is me down for the night. sally is here at the top of the hour. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. the war in ukraine has focused attention on vladimir putins apparent desire to remake a greater russian space, incorporating chunks of the former soviet empire. with that in mind, keep an eye on whats happening in the tiny, disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh, where ethnic armenians backed by russia continue to defy azerbaija...

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here, the st lp and the alliance partly —— alliance party have all written to borisjohnson to call him out and to distance ourselves from what he proposes to do in westminster which is to breach international law, which is to undermine the success of the protocol as to cover up the fact that our economy here is working far more superior to the economy in britain. ~ ., , more superior to the economy in britain. ~ . , , ., more superior to the economy in britain. . , , ., ., britain....

Known as the foreign agents� law, described by protesters as of the russian law. For weeks they have been coming out to protest, and here you see banks of the Security Forces in different stages in the last hour also, they have been trying to disperse the crowds. And now we see that this bill has become law, there is the prospect of the president overruling that but that in itself will eventually be overruled itself. Let� s bring rayhan back in, she is On The Streets amongst the protesters. ...

the first minister on the job that i do on behalf of people here in wales. that spring term will see the publication of our child poverty strategy, the final report of the independent commission on the constitutional future of wales, the future of steel—making in wales will be on our agenda early in the senedd spring term, as well the senedd reform, conclusion of consultations about making the council tax fairer and the reform of the school year. module to be of the covid—i9 uk inq...

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