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elegant dinners. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, its not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. kenneth roth in cambridge, massachusetts. welcome to hardtalk. great to be back, stephen. its good to be with you. its good to have you on the show. it is indeed quite something, leading one of th...

# i can rub and scrub this house # till its shining just like a dime...# coffee 7 and tributes for the hollywood film star and model raquel welsh, whos died at the age of 82. thousands of refugees who fled the war in syria to cross into turkey have arrived at the border hoping to go back to their home country after last weeks earthquakes. turkey has said it will allow them to leave for up to six months. the combined death toll in turkey and syria has climbed to more than 41,000, and mi...

we begin in france, where unions will be staging strike action today against the governments pension reform plans. the government is aiming to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. today marks the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid—january, and unions say it will be the biggest yet with workers across a range of sectors expected to mobilise. teachers, gas and electricity workers, train drivers, and industrial workers are all expected to join. part of the french gover...

its 4:00. weve got news we have a behind the scenes legal battle with potentially major consequences for the justice departments investigation into the ex-presidents handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago the washington post is reporting this quote, a federal judge has at least partially granted a request from u.s. prosecutors to force an attorney for donald trump to testify before a grand jury about the former presidents possession of classified documents after leaving office ...

united states and around the world. im fareed zakaria. today we devote the program to that sobering anniversary. one year since russias full-scale invasion of ukraine. ♪ ♪ >> ill bring you my interview with the national security adviser jake sullivan and usaid administrator samantha powell about where the war and americas assistance go from here. also, who should foot the bill for the hundreds of billions of dollars in damage to ukraine? former treasury secretary larry summers says...

sunday. im fredicka whitfield. an updated classified intel report saying the u.s. department of energy has assess thad the source of the covid-19 pandemic likely came from a china lab leak, but there is one major caveat. sources at the department of energy tell cnn that the report has, quote, low confidence. cnns natasha bertrand has been reporting on all of this and joins us on the phone. various intel agencies have been split on this issue for years now. this is from the department o...

they will not work and they are unfair. also in the programme this lunchtime... questions from relatives about why it took police almost two days to find the victims of a car crash in cardiff that left three young people dead and two seriously injured. scientists say annual flood damage in parts of the uk could increase by more than 20% over the next century. calls for anyone with a prepayment meter for their energy supply to have it removed for free. and tickets for this years eurovis...

it stood for freedom - and for liberty to people all over the world. ..to the drama of the kenyan bush. hi! welcome to paris, where im soaking up the sun on the banks of the river seine. its lovely. both the left bank and right banks of the river seine are unesco world heritage sites. the left is famous for inspiring generations of artists and intellectuals, while the right is home to the worlds most—visited museum, the louvre. and with all this heritage to soak up here, its the perf...

years. you know who is fired up about this? the great one, our friend mark levin joins us. the biden administration keeps lying about the economy because thats what they do. but americans know the truth. everyone is talking about the hit show the last of us, its about a deadly fungus that turns people into zombies. there is a drug out there maybe doing the same thing. former d.e.a. special together is here to warn us about the so-called zombie drug. this is a serious monologue. the uni...

britains largest energy supplier, centrica, is to reveal record profits today on the back of a surge in wholesale gas prices linked to the war in ukraine, just weeks after suspending the forced installation of prepayment meters over concerns of its treatment of vulnerable customers. many families are struggling to pay their energy bills, with a quarter losing sleep over it. centricas boss chris oshea has been urged to waive his bonus. kathryn porter is an energy consultant and founder ...