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and a political culture tainted by allegations of corruption. well, my guest is seychelles president wavel ramkalawan. is this a story of paradise lost? president wavel ramkalawan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. well, its a pleasure to have you in the studio. you in the seychelles are known at the un as one of the sids nations. thats the small island developing states. do you think the world listens properly to the sids? i would say no. in fact, as an african country, when t...

hello. we start with a claim from ukraine to have shot down six advanced russian hypersonic missiles, during a fresh overnight barrage, described by officials as "exceptional in its density". ukraine says all 18 missiles of various types were shot down, this footage showing kyiv�*s air defences in action. loud explosions were heard across the city. at least three people were injured by debris. in a tweet, ukraines defence minister says... ukraine last week displayed the remains of wh...

notes were marked without his consent. and in the skies above lincolnshire — a lancaster bomber marks the 80th anniversary of the famous dambuster raids. on bbc london... the large sinkhole thats appeared in a field near amersham — above a tunnel being built for the h52 high—speed rail line. some campaigners want work to stop. good evening. we start tonight with the news that the manufacturers of vauxhall vehicles in the uk have urged the government to renegotiate part of the bre...

a bbc investigation finds a uk conservative party donor is a british businessman whose companies are linked to a money laundering investigation. and glitz and the glamour of the 76th cannes film festival. were live in the south of france. ukraine claims to have shot down, six advanced russian kinzhal hypersonic missiles that president putin has claimed are unstoppable. during a fresh overnight barrage, described by officials as "exceptional in its density". ukraine says all 18 missiles...

straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. in the glossy tourist brochures, the seychelles, an archipelago of islands far off the coast of east africa, is portrayed as a little piece of paradise. but dig deeper and you find a very different reality — an island nation threatened by climate change, a population with the worst heroin addiction rate in the world and a political culture tainted by allegations of corruption. well, my guest is seychelles�* president,...

of the dambusters raid — tonight there will be a special fly—past over the lancaster bomber�*s former bases. and coming up on bbc news. "my legacy is already exceptional!" pep guardiolas words on the eve of manchester citys champions league semi—final against real madrid as they try to win the trophy for the first time. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. as food prices rise at their fastest rate in 45 years, the prime minister today gathered farmers, supermarket b...

party. this man donated more than £630,000, oralmost $800,000, to party. this man donated more than £630,000, or almost $800,000, to the party between 2014 at 2020. some of his companies were alleged to be involved in a scheme to move money from one of the richest oligarchs out of britain. he is not subject to any criminal action and denies wrongdoing. 0rdered an 0be for businesses and services and in philanthropy, he has been a major donor with access to senior party leaders. 0ne be...

shot in gaza city, where just hours ago. the israeli military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian officials said three commanders of the group were among at least nine people killed. several others have been wounded. civilians are reportedly among the dead. airstrikes are going on in different areas, also across the gaza strip. it started at two oclock in the morning with the airstrikes targeting three l...

many believe that lukashenko wants to recreate stalin—style grip on the country, so nobody dares to contest the next election. many belarussians came here to lithuania in an attempt to flee the repressions. there are currently around 19,000 of them living here. in retaliation, the belarussian regime has decided to target their relatives who stayed behind. and many fear that this isjust the beginning. anatoly was detained more times than he can remember, but he says that families of a...

by allegations of corruption. well, my guest is seychelles president, wavel ramkalawan. is this a story of paradise lost? president wavel ramkalawan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. well, its a pleasure to have you in the studio. you in the seychelles are known at the un as one of the sids nations. thats the small island developing states. do you think the world listens properly to the sids? i would say no. in fact, as an african country, when the world talks about africa, th...