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well, my guest today is the director general of the wto, ngozi okonjo—iweala. will rising geopolitical tensions lead to the weaponisation of trade? ngozi okonjo—iweala, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are one of the worlds key advocates of ever freer trade, more globalisation. whats it like to be doing your job when the political tide across the world is running against you? the wtos purpose, the world trade organization, is... its purpose is to enhance living sta...

in brussels in return for a reduced prison sentence. both qatar and morocco deny claims they bribed officials to win influence in parliament. good morning, sally will be with you at the top of the hour but now, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from geneva. im stephen sackur. this place is home to the world trade organization, the institution whose purpose is to maximise free and fair international trade on the assumption that globalisation is good. so what happens when many governments an...

and supporting prop d to build more affordable housing hi, everyone, its all happening. its 4:00 in new york on election day. the end of a campaign that has been like none other in recent history. more than 44 million people have already voted and millions more will have voted before the polls close in the next few hours in all 50 states. it has been an election season defined not just by the issues that dominate every election including the state of the economy, how people feel abou...

for a democratic president. >> oh, i see. i know what you mean. and well have the latest developments from eastern europe as allies are at odds in sending tanks to ukraine. >> germany was going to block the tanks, now theyre talking about letting poland send tanks. it looks like the tanks are going to be going to ukraine. >> good morning and welcome to "morning joe," its monday, january 23rd. with us the host of "way too early" and white house bureau chief at "politico," jonathan lem...

becomes one of fear and devastating violence and tragedy. the latest in the never-ending epidemic of gun violence in america, the 33rd mass shooting to happen so far this year, at least 11 people were killed at a lunar new year celebration at a billion room in monterey park, california. it is a predominantly asian american suburb of los angeles. the deceased are all in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. officials say that the shooter, 72-year-old asian male, attempted a second attack at another ...

minister retains full confidence in the minister. democratic presidents are past and present head out on the campaign trail on the eve of the us mid—term elections. mi; trail on the eve of the us mid-term elections. ~ , . , ., ., elections. my name is kendall and i like watching _ elections. my name is kendall and i like watching telly. _ theres a rise in the number of children needing help with speech, particularly among those who started school after the first covid lockdown. and a...

who started school after the first covid lockdown. researchers in the uk say blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people, in a world—first clinical trial. it could help scientists manufacture rare blood groups. the head of the united nations has warned the cop27 climate conference in egypt that nations must co—operate in the effort to reduce global emissions — or perish. antonio guterres decribed the progress made since last years gathering in glasgow as wo...

unusually high for november, we live in daytime highs researchers in the uk say blood that of around 17 degrees, some rain in the north—west, has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people, sunshine further south—east. in a world—first clinical trial. it could help scientists manufacture rare blood groups. and liverpool have drawn holders real madrid in the last 16 of the champions league in a repeat of last seasons final. the head of the united nations has warned the co...

capitol on january 6th. some of the mob that breached the capitol that day were explicitly looking for the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. they were yelling, where is nancy? as they stormed the halls of congress. sources tell nbc news, that question was uttered once again by an intruder who broke into speaker pelosi san francisco home in the middle of the night yesterday and violently assaulted her husband paul with a hammer to the head. speaker pelosi was in d.c. at the time, but ...

came out an hour ago and there is say lot of data here and how the former president is responding. >> so as as you said, we have team combing through hundreds of pages but trump paid a very low amount of income tax in the first and last year of presidency. were talking about 2017 he paid $750. 2018 and 2019, it was combined $1.1 million in income tax and in 2020 it was $0 and that is important and here is why. we hope the tax returns will show the raw data of the numbers but it is look...