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in a televised address, he said more than 600 cases of collaboration and treason have been opened against law enforcement officials. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk with me, sarah montague. my guest today is a hugely successful afrobeat star. the nigerian 0mah lay is just 25, but hes broken into western markets, partly because of a collaboration with the canadian singerjustin bieber. hes here in london on a world tour now. afrobeats emerged from a...

the global food crisis, that is affecting millions of people around the world. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. europeans are already shivering at the prospect of a full—on energy crisis this coming winter. partly, its fallout from russias invasion of ukraine and the disruption to supplies of oil and gas. but there is a bigger global picture. the world is still dangerously reliant on fossil fuels, even as climate change makes deca...

march across africa, the threat is growing and is a global and multi—domain. it is now time to signal that peace dividend is over and investment needs to continue to grow. before it becomes too late to address the resurgence threat, it is time to mobilise, to be raised, to be relevant. thank you. that was ben wallace, the secretary of defence giving that speech in central london, —— central london, facing the challenges of how the uk armed forces, against, this extraordinary back...

[ gunshots ] >> police tackled the gunman. now described by police as a 41-year-old unemployed man. police say this man has admitted to the shooting. state broadcaster nhk is quoting police who said that he used a homemade gun. well take you live to tokyo for updates in a moment. >> what a shock for that country, for the world. right now here at home, former white house counsel pat cipollone is on capitol hill for closed door testimony today, speaking to the january 6th select commit...

struggling to inspire his supporters and allies to action. meanwhile, politico quoted deeply frustrated democrats who referred to biden as a fool and hopelessly naive. they want biden to be more aggressive on abortion rights, gun control, packing the courts, but he can barely get through a simple speech without taking some pretty major detours. watch this. >> im going to do it anyway, ill tell a story. i dont know if we will see pope benedict. s pto, will spare you the details. amid th...

afrobeat, political music, a way to address social change that was pioneered by the legendary fela kuti. the latest incarnation of afrobeats is less politically charged. omah lay sings about love, heartbreak and longing. with western megastars like ed sheeran and madonna tapping into this musical style, what does it mean for the way that afrobeats will evolve? omah lay, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. fela kuti described his afrobeat music as, "a fusion "and combination of highlife, ja...

right now, two weeks of seismic supreme court decision starting with a reversal a federal abortion rights have left americas political fault lines even deeper. on one side of the divide are blue states racing to codify abortion rights and offer safe haven to women who may now have to cross state lines for the procedure on the other side. on the other side are mostly red states that have already seized upon this moment to ban abortion with some conservative lawmakers in those states con...

more urgent. my guest is boss of the international energy agency, fatih birol. will the much—vaunted transition to clean energy be derailed by a short—term energy panic? fatih birol in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, thank you very much. let me start, if i may, mr birol, with words of yours. not long ago you said, "what the world is going through today is a major, it might be the first, global energy crisis in terms of depth and complexity." with words like that, a...

space station after 2024, ending two decades of cooperation with the united states and other countries. washington has described the announcement as unfortunate. the head of the russian space agency said moscow would instead build its own orbiting station. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. europeans are already shivering at the prospect of a full—on energy crisis this coming winter. partly, its fallout from russias invasion of ukraine and...

welcome to the programme. russias invasion of ukraine have had an impact on energy prices and things of does become even more dire. rationing across this winter and cutting the flow of gas to germany. european gas prices have soared close to the record high they reached when they invaded. accused of withholding political and economic turmoil in europe. it is economic turmoil in europe. it is clear to everyone _ economic turmoil in europe. it 3 clear to everyone that this economic turmo...