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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...

patrick verkooijen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are all about adaptation. your global center on adaptation is sending a clear message to the world that it is time to make particularly the most vulnerable parts of the world more resilient to the impacts of climate change. does that mean youve basically accepted weve lost the battle to curb emissions and prevent the worst of climate change? thank you so much, stephen. we need to adapt to a warmer climate. we now see...

welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia, where there are questions about the damage to vladimir putins presidency from saturdays short—lived rebellion by a group of mercenary soldiers known as the wagner group. the us secretary of state antony blinken says the attempted mutiny shows "real cracks" in mr putins authority. the president hasnt been seen since saturday, nor has the wagner group leader yevgeny prigozhin, whos promi...

thank you. good to see you again, stephen. you just heard me talk about indias current place in the world, the most populous nation, a growing economy, a stable government. would you agree that india right now is in a good place? its not in a bad place in overall terms. that is that its a country, it has always been, i think, a country to be reckoned with on the world stage, but now its number one in global population, its number three in purchasing power parity terms in the overall gd...

which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. one of the key drivers of human thought and behaviour throughout history has been knowledge of our own mortality. from childhood each of us knows we will die. religion, philosophy and science all wrestle with that fact and have in different ways embraced the quest for immortality. my guess today, stephen cave, director of the cambridge institute for technology and humanity is at the centre of a growing deba...

search. in prince william is launching a part of your campaign to try to end homelessness. his foundation pledged £3 million of funding to tackle the issue. at the time now for ten seconds of a curious humpback whale. following the kayaker at the beach, i think there will be amazing and terrifying at the same time. excuse the joke but they were having a whale of a time. see you later. this is bbc news. newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. ...

to adjust to the impact of his tourette�*s diagnosis. and another celeb is buying a football club. thats right. stormzy is set to buy his hometown club, afc croydon, as part of a trio that includes footballer wilfried zaha. time now for 10 seconds of a slice of history. this painting was found in the ancient city of pompeii. now, it might look like a pizza, but experts say pizza didnt exist when this was done. so who knows? youre all caught up now. see you later. this is bbc news. we...

toward a multi—front war? it depends on the united states. the united states could have stopped this genocide from day one. they chose not to do so. and now the united states seems to be giving a green light to the israeli regime to expand the war. and the united states itself is carrying out assassinations in iraq as well as missile strikes on yemen. so instead of stopping the problem, the genocide in gaza, we are moving in the opposite direction. well, in that first answer youve gi...

its such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. lets begin with a very basic fact — you are one of your own israeli governments fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. youve certainly been an arch critic of the israeli military strategy in gaza. given all of that, i just wonder how you feel sitting in tel aviv watching the international court ofjustice consider the case of genocide filed against israel. i was watchi...

overhead is constant. nabila is taking care of her nephew. he has lost half of his family. ask god for their return, she tells him. he can barely mouth the words. there is a mental health unit at the al—aqsa hospital. they say they are overwhelmed with traumatised children. "what conditions have you seen? " the doctor is asked. while they have now suffered many more casualties, the trauma caused by this conflict is not limited to the people of gaza. more than 100 israeli hostages sti...