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daniel ellsberg. they failed. and today he is still warning the american people about the dangers of unchecked military power. but are they listening? daniel ellsberg, welcome to hardtalk. glad to be with you. it's a great pleasure to be at your home. now, you have lived a long and a very full life. and i guess the truth is, you know that you will always be associated with one extraordinary decision you took to leak the pentagon papers. does it bother you that that is the thing that people think about you? no. well, i know that it is, but i've lived with that for a long time. my inte...

president lula is expected to attend the wake on tuesday before the funeral procession. pele died on thursday aged 82. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur and today i'm in beautiful northern california to meet the man once described by henry kissinger as the most dangerous in america. in 1971, that man, my guest daniel ellsberg, leaked the so called pentagon papers. he exposed decades of us government lies about the war in vietnam. the nixon administration was enraged. they tried to destroy daniel ellsberg. they failed. and toda...

30s across wales, the same across northern england, northern ireland approaching 30 degrees as well this afternoon and up to around 28 celsius three parts of central scotland. there is exception to this hot story, it is a bit more refreshing on some of the beaches but the northern and western isles, here we have temperatures in the mid to high teens, a good deal more comfortable than for some of you. we have cloud and tonight we will see outbreaks of rain. sunny story for many. a bit of cloud floating around here and there and there will be again through tonight but most places stayi...

ranges some areas but the majority of the uk, we are locked in the warm air. all we're doing now is adding humidity so that will make things feel increasingly unpleasant. southern scotland likely to challenge the temperature record on tuesday. eastern england potentially the hottest day, even hotter than monday. that is when we are likely to see a1 or in excess of that. the rain tracks across the uk but it is not a given all areas will get a good dose of rain. as we look at the rainfall totals, just a light blue many parts of the map. some areas getting above but it is not wetting th...

in new zealand. good afternoon. a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee has taken place this afternoon — to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there's a risk to life. jon donnison reports at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures forecast for early next week, this summer's heatwave is entering uncharted waters. wel...