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Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing sou...

Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing sou...

His opponent from portugal. Organic noel was the last french man to win at Roland Garros in 1983. Jo Wilfried Tsonga has long carried the hopes of the brazilian crowd. Despite his best efforts he could not come from behind to beat renzo olivo. So, jo Wilfried Tsonga leaving paris in the first round and possibly french hopes for another year. Possibly french hopes for another yea r. Safe to possibly french hopes for another year. Safe to say that nine times champion rafa nadal looks back to his b...

With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you ...

Just watch out for the rodents. Oh, there a mouse data is all around us. We generate around 2. 5 billion gigabytes of it every day. Think of it as, well, theres no word for it really. Enormous. And were finding lots of new ways of gathering even more of it. Machines are now able to look at videos and interpret whats in the image, and with the number of cctv cameras around the town, imagine how much more data we can collect. But the Real Intelligence is not in capturing the data it in analysing i...

With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you ...

In our special programme this morning well hear from those affected and as Election Campaigning resumes well examine their proposals to protect the public. Also ahead. Joy shines through the pain at the Ariana Grande Benefit Concerts are the victims of the Manchester Bombing. She thanked the crowd for their spirit. Manchester bombing. She thanked the crowd for their spiritli Manchester Bombing. She thanked the crowd for their spirit. I love you all so much and i thank you for coming out. We need...

Want you to get in touch from home as well. We will answer as many as we possibly can. I will be giving you a bit of a behind the scenes tour. We will return to the tension a few minutes. Tent in a few minutes. Good morning its tuesday sixth june. This mornings headlines. Questions asked as to why police and Security Services downgraded their inquiries into the past of one of the London Bridge attackers. Khuram butt had been under investigation by Counter Terrorism officers and mi5. Thousands of...

Cancelling the last Administration Com Pletely Cancelling the last administration completely one sided deal with cuba. And hes one of the political giants of modern european history. Germanys longest serving chancellor, helmut kohl, dies at the age of 87. Could ronaldo be getting rid of real . The bbc learns hes so upset at being accused of tax fraud, he wants to leave madrid. Hello and welcome to world news today. Police say that at least 30 people are now confirmed to have died in the fire tha...

Aus north korea as a brutal regime after a us student that was imprisoned there guys. Stay hydrated, as the uk heatwave continues. Imprisoned there guys. Imprisoned there has died. Good morning. Its tuesday 20th june. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Serious Fraud office has charged barclays and four former executives including former chief Executivejohn Varley with fraud over the banks dealings with qatar at the height of the financial crisis. Barclays raised Emergency Fundi...