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the first glastonbury festival for three years to a glorious close. leaders of the g7 group of nations have been meeting in germany for the first day of talks in a key week of diplomacy over ukraine. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, said ukraine should not be forced towards making a deal with russia. president biden called for western unity to be maintained so that russia could be defeated. our political editor chris mason reports from bavaria in germany. the leaders of the world's richest countries gather to work out what to do next about ukraine. they begin by mocking pres...

41 people were killed, many of them children. they blamed the blaze on an electrical fault in the air—conditioning system. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. according to research in the us and the uk, roughly one in 100 people is transgender. but the fact that the debate about transgender rights has become a political and even health care battleground isn't driven so much by the numbers, but more by conflicting ideologies. my guest today has a prominent voice in that debate. shon faye is trans, a writer and a former lawyer....

once the new president, gustavo petro, takes office in august. mr petro, himself a former rebel, has become the country's first left—wing leader after winning sunday's presidential election. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. after a painful divorce, you never know if the ex—partners will be able to build an amicable relationship. for britain and the eu, it seems the brexit break—up has left a legacy of mistrust and bitterness, which is overwhelming any desire for cooperation. northern ireland is currently what they're fighting over. the uk...

and a former lawyer. is all this attention on issues of sex, gender and identity making it easier to be trans, or not? shon faye, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here, thank you for having me. it's great to have you here. i also have a copy of your book, the transgender issue, which you wrote. published last year. it's described on the cover as a landmark bestseller. it has done well. and in the intervening months since you published it, the transgender story, as we put it, the issues around transgender rights has consistently been prominent in the political debate. would it be r...

stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you said, "we have divorced. "it's always complicated to divorce and it is difficult "to find a new balance." well, many months have passed since then. why are you still failing to find a new balance? wel...