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welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. 25 years ago, almost 1.5 million christians lived in iraq. now there are around a quarter of a million. and after years of war and sectarian violence, many of them have been displaced from their ancestral homes. can anything be done to reverse this trend toward extinction? well, my guest is archbishop bashar warda of erbil, home to the largest remaining christian community in a country, a region where christianity has deep roots. does it have a future? archbishop bashar warda, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. welcome, thank you. it's a pleasure...

his formal resignation is expected to be announced at some point today. the bbc understands the president's military jet has landed in male, the capital of the maldives. he had been in hiding after protestors stormed his residence on saturday. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from colombo. many sri lankans feel that leaving is their only option, in a crisis defined by endless waits. hundreds queue for passports. a chance to leave their troubled homeland in search of something better. many trying to make it to the middle east, like vasana, whose hoping...

# happy birthday to you... and as the duchess of cornwall turns 75, we look at the mark she's made on public life. and coming up on the bbc news channel... we'll be live at the home of golf as we count down to the start of the of the open championships which gets under way in st andrews tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. dj tim westwood is facing allegations from a woman who said they had sex several times, starting when she was 14. she says mr westwood was in his 30s at the time and describes him as a "predator". the woman is one of several to come forward ...

so let's now get down to business and we begin with the bank of england and the warning that interest rates could go up by as much as half a percentage point at its next rates meeting. that's according to the bank's governor, andrew bailey. he was speaking to financial leaders in london last night and pledged to do whatever it takes to get inflation under control. we will have to act forcefully. in simple terms it means a 50 basis point increase will be among the choices on the table when we next meet. but it is not locked in. and anyone who predicts that we will do that is doing tha...

as part of the bbc�*s counting the cost of living series at we are here in derby to see how people are coping. three will become two — conservative mps get set to vote on the final candidates who will go on to fight it out to become the party's leader and the next prime minister. after weeks of protests on the streets of sri lanka protesters staged a silent protest. we will hear from staged a silent protest. we will hearfrom brittany�*s staged a silent protest. we will hear from brittany�*s newest world champion coach jake wightman, who took gold last night at the world fatic...