straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in the glossy tourist brochures, the seychelles, an archipelago of islands far off the coast of east africa, is portrayed as a little piece of paradise. but dig deeper and you find a very different reality an island nation threatened by climate change, a population with the worst heroin addiction rate in the world and a political culture tainted by allegations of corruption. well, my guest is seychelles president, wavel ramkalawan. is this a story of paradise lost? president wavel ramkalawan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. well, it s a pleasure to have you in the studio. you in the seychelles are known at the un as one of the sids nations. that s the small island developing states. do you think the world listens properly to the sids? i would say no. in fact, as an african country, when the world talks about africa, they don t really pay attention to the sids. and yet, the sids of africa are the on
brand-new reporting regarding financial payments made out not to clarence, but to ginni thomas, the wife of the supreme court justice, who is already under fire today. we are going to get to all of it tonight. but first, before all that, there is this. do you remember, during the peak of the pandemic, when people would banged pots and pans outside their windows and clap and cheer for essential workers every night at 7 pm? well, this is kind of like that, but only for mogadore hards. since august, almost nightly, trump supporters have met outside the d.c. jail, and at about 9 pm, the january six defendants, inside the jail they flicker their lights on and off. and that s because they are signaling it s time for everyone, inside and outside, to seeing the star-spangled banner. the washington post reports that they do that on most nights. former president trump even recorded and released a rendition of the national anthem using these guys as, like, a backup cho
some 20,000 people attended the show on the grounds of windsor castle near london. performances by british pop group take that, katy perry, and lionel richie even brought the king and other royals to their feet. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell was there. five, four, three, two, one! from the intense formality of westminster abbey to the energy of the coronation concert on the east lawn of windsor castle. with an audience of 20,000, charity volunteers, nhs workers and guests chosen by public ballot. watching from the royal box, the king and queen, the prince and princess of wales, princess charlotte and prince george, and other members of the family. there was music from the coronation choir, 300 singers from many walks of life in different parts of the uk. and palm to palm is holy palmers kiss. there was drama from shakespeare s romeo and juliet. ..dance from the royal ballet. ..and humourfrom miss piggy. wait a second. kermit, it s him! a lord! a real lord! no, ij
police. we are not going to stop until we get full justice. on the ground, on the ground, on the ground. tornadoes were reported in the central plains. the area around oklahoma city had the worst damage. families of the victims killed in last year s mass shooting at a supermarket in buffalo, new york, are suing multiple social media companies. social media can brainwash a lot of people. norah: after a frantic search, a cleveland ems worker is found safe. you will never believe this. we just got a call from lachelle jordan. the brakes get slammed. we all were just terrified and shocked. your son is a hero. he stopped the bus. i just knew what to do in that moment. someone call 911. very powerful lesson. maybe change the world kind of lesson. i don t know. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. and we begin with breaking news and a guilty verdict in the trial of an idaho mom accused of killing he
russia collusionp 2016 campaign was a sham. john durham s conclusions weren t that brutal but his 306 page report was blunt and damning. after reading through as much of the report as i could stomach tonight i was disgusted. i was so sickened by what they did to donald trump, what the they did to carter page and so many others on the way. we see in black and white in facts presented what was obvious and pervasive corruption. now, there was clear political bias at work. durham calls it confirmation bias in the most powerful agencies in our federal government, intelligence and the fbi. now, hillary clinton we know she skated despite destroying evidence but donald trump? he was tormented over nothing. this began don t forget when obama was still in power. here s a tidbit on the steele dossier in footnote i love the footnotes 39. our investigators uncovered little evidence suggesting that prior to the submission of the first page fisa application the fbi had made any serious atte