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41 people were killed, many of them children. they blamed the blaze on an electrical fault in the air—conditioning system. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. according to research in the us and the uk, roughly one in 100 people is transgender. but the fact that the debate about transgender rights has become a political and even health care battleground isnt driven so much by the numbers, but more by conflicting ideologies. my gu...

and a former lawyer. is all this attention on issues of sex, gender and identity making it easier to be trans, or not? shon faye, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here, thank you for having me. its great to have you here. i also have a copy of your book, the transgender issue, which you wrote. published last year. its described on the cover as a landmark bestseller. it has done well. and in the intervening months since you published it, the transgender story, as we put it, the issue...

right now, it seems many of those bridges are being burned. would you agree? well, i think its... yeah, absolutely. we see things have changed a lot in the last five to six years, basically. and a lot of dialogue has been cut off. theres a lot of communications cut off. and most, of course, on top of that, the covid—19 pandemic has also isolated many countries. and also given the, you know, the trade war, the sanctions, the... ..ideological and tax code decoupling and all those thi...

the head of the agency says he believes russia is strategically reducing supplies now to prevent european countries from stockpiling gas. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. on the eve of russias february invasion of ukraine, president xi of china and president putin declared their two countries enjoyed a friendship without limits. is that a strategic partnership that beijing may come to regret? my guest is influential chinese thin...

to a western alliance reinvigorated by that ukraine war, are chinas vulnerabilities suddenly in sharperfocus? henry wang, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steve. its a pleasure to have you on our show. im mindful that you were the founder, the creator of a think tank, the center for china and globalization. you said you wanted it to be a bridge between east and west. right now, it seems many of those bridges are being burned. would you agree? well, i think its... yeah, absolutely. we se...

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Rishi sunak faces pressure to spell out the future of the High Speed Rail Link to the north of england, as businesses and politicians demand answers. As businesses and all as businesses and i can say is im not going to be forced all i can say is im not going to be forced into a premature decision. And pope francis appears to leave open the possibility of priests blessing some same sex couples. Now to Nagorno Karabakh which has been left virtually empty of Ethnic Armenians after it came under ful...

Political development in scotland. First minister, humza yousaf has called an Emergency Meeting of his cabinet for later today. The bbc understands the Power Sharing Deal between the snp and the Scottish Green Party is over. This follows criticism of the Scottish Government decision to scrap its 2030 Climate Target and the way it responded to a review of gender services. The way it responded to a review of genderservices. Is the way it responded to a review of gender services. Gender services. I...

im im christiane amanpour in london. we will ask the tough question, tackle the big problems and let history be our guide. here is where were headed this week. up first, after the slaughter, what happens when the dust finally settles in israel and gaza? i ask two women for a road map to peace, security, and rights for all. also ahead. >> we will forget about this. the camera will not let it happen. >> the only journalist to witness the fall of mariopol at the start of putins brutal w...

analysis. the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ the debate that could mark a turning point in the race for president, just five months from election day. good evening. im norah odonnell, in new york tonight, and thank you for being with a spear millions arcs back to tune in for the matchup between president joe biden and former president donald trump. the two meeting at the earliest presidential debate in history. it is a chance for voters to hear the candidates vastly different v...