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today, the majority of the political activists in this city have either fled or theyve been detained. critics say whats happening to hong kong is a type of legal warfare. last year, bull spent ten months in prison for inciting unlawful assembly... ..yet hes determined to continue to protest. today, he has permission to hold a street demonstration, but hes apprehensive. they take to the streets in a busy shopping district... ..but their protest banners are blank. passers—by must read ...

will hungary pay a price for its defiance? foreign minister peter szijjarto in budapest, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation again, i am happy to be here again. it is a pleasure to have you back on the programme, mr szijjarto. let me start with simple question. a terrible war has been raging in ukraine for more than a year as a result of the russian military invasion. who do you in hungary, want to see win that war? we want this war to be finished, to be stopped a...

my guest, dr stefanie green, is a specialist in medically assisted dying, and has overseen more than 300 deaths herself. is canada at ease with its role as assisted dying pioneer? dr stefanie green in victoria, canada. welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. its a pleasure to have you on the show, dr green. now, you are an experienced medical doctor, but your particular focus for the last few years has been offering medical assistance in dying. so, in terms of your day to dayjob, wh...

as the body of nicola bulley is finally identified, her family criticise sections of the uk media. and real treasure from cambodia dating back a thousand years or more surfaces in london. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived in poland after an extraordinary visit to an active war zone on monday. jo biden�*s unannounced and surprise trip to kyiv was short on time but long on symbolism ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. he said...

sergey karaganov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome and let me ask you a simple question, after almost a year of war in ukraine is russia ready to acknowledge that it is going badly wrong? it is a war. and we will be winning the war, there is no question about that, the question is of course, the casualties, the destruction of ukraine, ukrainians are used as cannon fodder in order war as cannon fodder in our war with the west, i sympathise with t...

including some top secret material. the documents first appeared on online platforms such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraines air force may not be able to withstand more russian at...

my guest is us congressman richard neal, a democrat and co—chair of the friends of ireland caucus group. to what extent is the wider us—uk relationship tied to the situation in northern ireland? congressman richard neal in springfield, massachusetts, welcome to hardtalk. pleased to be with you. well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. what doesjoe biden�*s determination to be on the island of ireland to mark this 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, what does it te...

youre watching bbc news. now its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. the first anniversary of russias all—out invasion of ukraine is fast approaching. theres both a feeling in both kyiv and moscow that it would herald a new phase in the war. president zelensky is visiting european allies with his focus firmly on the challenges to come. a new russian offensive is seemingly imminent. the west is arming ukraine, but still not at the speed and scale kyiv would wish...

welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% — the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fal...

trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. in 2021, more than 10,000 canadians died at the hands of health care professionals. thanks to the countrys legalization of euthanasia. a handful of other countries have also legalized doctor assisted dying, but often with more restrictive rules. so, canada has become something of a global testing ground for the complex ethical, medical and social issu...