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Thank you for having me again, stephen. Ambassador danny danon in new york, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me again, stephen. Its a pleasure to have you on hardtalk. Now, israel is currently fighting a multi—front war. How much pressure, both military and diplomatic, would you say israel is under right now? stephen, a year after october 7th and israel is still under attack, not only from hamas in gaza, but also from lebanon, yemen, iraq, iran. We have seven fronts, and unfortunately...

Fort myers beach, in florida. You can see those high winds and heavy rains beginning to lash the coast there in fort myers. You can see how much the camera is shaking with the wind there, and obviously large waves — warned of storm surges and rising water levels, as you can see coming up over the beach and onto the barriers, and beyond. This is from a short time ago in fort myers. You can see the before and after of water coming up over this hotel pool. Quite dramatic there. And just to show h...

Thank you very much. Lets start with that concept of a multi—front war. Israel is, of course, at war in gaza. Its at war in lebanon now, and it is in a de—facto war with iran, which is unfolding day by day. In your view, are any of those fronts avoidable, or is all of this unavoidable? well, you can add the houthis in yemen, you can add some militias in iraq and in syria. So, its actually. . . And we have some problems in the west bank as well. So, its a really a big mess now. Yeah. But in y...

Local authorities and Weather Experts say milton will bring a destructive Storm Surge in which some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 155mph or 250kph. Milton comes just days after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeastern Us 225 people were killed by the Natural Disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years t...

Mass killing of israelis in the nations history. The gunmen from hamas broke through the border fence, rampaging through nearby villages, kibbutzes, Military Posts and a music festival. They torched homes, shooting and killing indiscriminately. Hamas is designated as a Terrorist Organisation by the us, uk, and other governments. According to israel, 251 of its citizens and foreigners were taken hostage into gaza. One year on, around 100 people remain unaccounted for. The events of last year have...

But they do need the right to be respected. I think theyre living beings just like us, and so they should be understood as much as we possibly can understand them. We shouldnt inflict needless pain on them, and we should curb some of our habits that cause them a lot of suffering. Peta, your organisation, people for the ethical treatment of animals, opposes what it calls speciesism and a, quote, human supremacist worldview. Can you sort of explain what that actually means? well, i think we have t...

The us said this attack had twice the scope of irans last bombardment in april. Not all the targets hit were military. One landed in this residential suburb of Tel Aviv neighbours rushing through repairs before thejewish new year tonight. Temporary solutions to the problems of a regional war. 83 year old schmulik s home, one of more than A Hundred houses damaged here. Everybody was scared because the blast, it was an enormous blast. And when we get out of the shelter, we saw something not from t...

But i obviously grew up watching him pursue a passion. My sister did a lot of gymnastics, a bit of dancing, and as a sevenyearold, i asked my father if i could have a go. I wanted to go to a dance lesson, and my mother and father didnt even question any of it bearing in mind we didnt go to the theatre, we didnt go to galleries, or. . . I was not exposed to the arts. But they found a local school around the corner, and we now can fully appreciate that little local school had some of the best tea...

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Steven mcrae, welcome to hardtalk. Were here at the royal ballet and opera in london, which has been your professional home for many years now, and youre about to go back on stage as the mad hatter in alices adventures in wonderland. Tell me first how this adventure began for you, the world of ballet. Because you grew up far away from here. Yes. So i grew up in the outskirts of sydney, australia. Probably the furthest you could possibly get from the royal opera house here in london. I grew up in...