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Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing sou...

With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you ...

With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you ...

Closer ties between the eu and china thats the aim. The leaders are meeting at at summit in brussels later hoping to counter president trumps stance on trade and Climate Change. Brazil is expected to announce that its economy is growing for the First Time Since 2014 but could that be overshadowed by the latest political crisis . Well look at whether that could threaten the return to growth. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. In a minute well find out why today is a big day for pakai...

Where i am speaking psychologist james mitchell. He helped draw up and carry out the cias enhanced Interrogation Programme after the September 11 Attacks. He personally interrogated suspects using techniques like waterboarding. His critics say that he is a torturer. He says he has nothing to apologise for, and what he did was harsh, but legal, and necessary. So this is your study . Yes. The thing that is useful about a library like this is, like, for example, this is reliance of the traveller, i...

Where i am speaking psychologist james mitchell. He helped draw up and carry out the cias enhanced Interrogation Programme after the September 11 Attacks. He personally interrogated suspects using techniques like waterboarding. His critics say that he is a torturer. He says he has nothing to apologise for, and what he did was harsh, but legal, and necessary. So this is your study . Yes. The thing that is useful about a library like this is, like, for example, this is reliance of the traveller, i...

Business report with sally. Another brazilian president on trial for corruption we tell you whats at stake as michel temer faces removal after less than a year in the job. Apple unveils its homepod so will this revolutionise your experience in the home or is this a poor attempt to catch up with its rivals . Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. In a minute well cross over to our Asia Business hub to hear about toshibas efforts to sell its microChip Business. But first it doesnt see...

And forget wi fi, forget bluetooth how about sending data with sound . Well get the inside track on how the technology could revolutionise the way we share information. Well speak to the man behind it. And staying with tech, apple has launched its new Smart Speaker, its called the homepod but its more expensive than rivals from google and amazon. So is it on your Shopping List . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Get in touch with your views on the homepod or anything els...

But i also recognise, as someone who has been a Member Of Parliament for 20 years, that the people i represent also want to see their politicians dealing daily with the bread and butter issues. Is it a danger, as the question suggests, that this is seen as a referendum . I think it is notjust a danger, i think it is a wasted opportunity because people are voting in the election this thursday to choose people who can then go and represent them in westminster, be an effective voice their concerns ...

Its 7am in singapore, and midnight in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may says she intends to serve a full term as britains Prime Minister, and is getting on with the job. But her comments come just hours after one of her former colleagues, the uks ex finance minister, described her as a dead woman walking. Well, shes been been reshuffling her cabinet and insists its business as usual. Our political correspondent, vicki young, reports. Shes putting on a brave face, but theresa ma...