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regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping tha...

straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. when chinese sovereignty was restored in hong kong, beijings communist rulers saw the logic of maintaining the one country, two systems principle. so, how come some 26 years later, hong kongs autonomy looks more like a convenient fiction than a fact? my guest is regina ip, convenor of hong kongs executive council and leader of the new peoples party. what does hong kongs fate tell us about beijings worldview? regina ...

regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping tha...

his abraham accords helped normalize relations between it and some arab states — but if re—elected, perhaps his most controversial intervention could be on russia and ukraine. he said this on gb news. if i were president and i say this, i will end that war in one day. itll take 2a hours. president zelensky has called his rhetoric "dangerous". and on climate change, donald trump pulled out of the paris climate accords. this pulitzer prize—winning historian argues that although ame...

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stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. its a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they would not be around us any more if they did not. they wouldnt be around us any more if they didnt. the mouse that didnt care about surviving wouldnt pass on its genes. so we come for from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep goi...

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diagnosis. and another celeb is buying a football club — thats right — stormcy is set to buy his open town club, afc croydon as part of a tree yes that includes footballer will fred zahar. time now for ten seconds of a slice of history. this painting was found in the ancient city of pompeii. now it might like look a pizza but pizza didnt exist when this was done. who knows. youre all caught—up now. see you later. voice—over: this is bbc news. well have the headlines and all the...

enough — of this weeks shopping and not enough of this weeks salary, that is the _ enough of this weeks salary, that is the real— enough of this weeks salary, that is the real impact of inflation and thats— is the real impact of inflation and thats why— is the real impact of inflation and thats why the prime minister is absolutely right to target it. i support — absolutely right to target it. i support him in that ambition. but i also think— support him in that ambition. bu...

one thing weve been consistent in saying is, ok, if stormont comes back, so be it. but lets not pretend that a border in the irish sea is a good thing. lets not gloss things. lets be honest about, well, theres brexit and theres this happened and the other thing happened and this is the situation that were in and we have to manage it. but were quite clear editorially about that, that a barrier to internal uk trade is a bad thing. i grew up overlooking belfast lough. there were ships com...