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out over pay and conditions. temperatures in japan are temperatures injapan are at their highest in nearly 150 years. now, fears that the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. hello and welcome. the chinese president xijinping has sworn in hong kongs new leader, john lee. the territory is marking 25 years since the handover from british colonial rule. in a speech, mr lee praised the security law thats been used to crush pro—democracy protests. he said it had brought stability. brita...

plus community over the last 50 years? get in touch with me on @annitabbc or using the hashtag bbc your questions. and, two british hopefuls, cameron norrie and heather watson, will both be in action today at wimbledon. the mp chris pincher has resigned as government deputy chief whip, after a newspaper alleged he groped two men at a private members�* club. he has apologised to the prime minister and said he had embarrassed himself and others. the role of the government whips is to e...

ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. and more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride, as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the chinese president, xijinping, has led a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule in hong kong. in a speech, he sa...

didnt attempt to run. he just got arrested on the spot. several police officers on site were able to take the suspect into custody and hes now being questioned. police did retrieve a gun and the suspect, again, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. nhk reporters on the scene said they heard two shots while abe was delivering that stump speech. he was there to deliver a speech in support of liberal democratic party candidates ahead of the upper house election, which is set...

brussels, ukrainian security analyst hanna shelest and from virginia, ian brzezinski, a former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for europe and nato. hello, welcome to the programme. the nato summit in madrid will go down as a major turning point. today, the alliance extended a formal invitation to finland and sweden that when ratified will extend nato�*s border with russia by more than 800 miles. alongside that, the alliance has outlined its new strategic vision, which puts a...

right now, it seems many of those bridges are being burned. would you agree? well, i think its... yeah, absolutely. we see things have changed a lot in the last five to six years, basically. and a lot of dialogue has been cut off. theres a lot of communications cut off. and most, of course, on top of that, the covid—19 pandemic has also isolated many countries. and also given the, you know, the trade war, the sanctions, the... ..ideological and tax code decoupling and all those thi...

the head of the agency says he believes russia is strategically reducing supplies now to prevent european countries from stockpiling gas. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. on the eve of russias february invasion of ukraine, president xi of china and president putin declared their two countries enjoyed a friendship without limits. is that a strategic partnership that beijing may come to regret? my guest is influential chinese thin...

>> take a listen. i continue to believe pat cipollone is the best way to achieve this outcome and will continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region, including support for terrorism, ballistic missile program that continues and the proliferation of weapons to terrorists proxies like hezbollah. diplomacy will not stop them. the only thing that will stop iran is knowing if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use fo...

supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. pro-life advocates are fighting back saying that could actually threaten womens safety. all the while, pro-life pregnancy centers and churches across the country are facing an increase in violence and attacks. police in texas are searching for 39-year-old missing mom christina powell after she vanished last week, she was last seen leaving her san antonio home on the way to work, but she never made it there. "fox news @ night" investigates...

to a western alliance reinvigorated by that ukraine war, are chinas vulnerabilities suddenly in sharperfocus? henry wang, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steve. its a pleasure to have you on our show. im mindful that you were the founder, the creator of a think tank, the center for china and globalization. you said you wanted it to be a bridge between east and west. right now, it seems many of those bridges are being burned. would you agree? well, i think its... yeah, absolutely. we se...