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There were two reasons, really. One, because it was a lengthy interview, and i do think a large number of the short interviews i see merely produce sound bite answers they don t really inform the public. And secondly though i probably shouldn t say this it s 65 years since ijoined the conservative party. I was, am, and always will be a conservative. But for in recent months a little longer than a few months there s not been a great deal i could say that i would wish to say in favour of what the previous government were doing. With that being so, i thought it betterjust stay off the air. Now, of course, the election s behind us, the party s looking again to the future and i can i can return to speaking out, hopefully in favour. Well, there s a lot to get into. Let s start with where we are as a country the country that you led for seven years. You used to say vocally, publicl ....
On this programme before, but this is the first time that youre talking to us since you stepped down from your role as the uns humanitarian Chief Injune this year. Response that we will be facing a situation where people will drift fast it always is fast, its viral with famine into a situation where we cant see whats going on. The good thing about ethiopia, as you remember, was we could see what was happening and it attacked our consciences. Its not happening in sudan. Butjust to be clear, what ethiopia resulted in, it was A Million deaths from famine. So, you are saying that sudan could cause more than A Million deaths from famine . Yes. Yes, of course. And i know its very difficult to comprehend that because we dont really understand famine and we understand it probably less now in many ways than we did then when it was a very important subject of study and response. But to manage the response to famine in the middle of a wa ....
Imaan mazari hazir, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Now, you have become well known in your own country as a Human Rights lawyer, including taking on key institutions of the state. I wonder, first, what it was in your early life that led you to that work . I think, when you grow up in pakistan, you see a lot of power imbalances. You see the constant derailment of democracy. You see injustices being perpetrated by the state and its agencies against the most vulnerable, whether thats the baloch ethnic community or thats the pashtun ethnic community or sindhis. So you grow up in that environment, and i feel that youre very motivated to fight against that injustice because you see it on such a massive scale. How would you describe the state of Human Rights in the Country Today . I would say that the state ....
We start in the Middle East, where israel has launched fresh Air Strikes in Southern Lebanon, in what security sources there say is some of the most intense bombing since the start of the Gaza War in october. And these are the latest pictures of israeli strikes on the Southern Lebanese Border Village of rihan. It all comes as the leader of hezbollah, a proscribed Terrorist Organisation by some western governments, was giving his first public reaction to the wave of attacks across lebanon. At least 37 people have been killed and thousands injured by Exploding Pagers and Walkie Talkies. Hassan nasrallah described the attacks as a massacre and said it could be called a declaration of war. Our chief international correspondent, orla guerin, has this report. Israeli Fighter Jets swooping low over beirut this afternoon, dominating the skies and sending a message to hassan nas ....
Digital platforms of all kinds, and also theyre places where events go on, so they become very social. And i do events in libraries myself. I do readings for little ones performances, or i do readings about whats happened to me in my adult life, too. For adults. These events are nearly always free, and this encourages people to read and inquire and to find out about the world beyond themselves. But also, of course, libraries are places where you can find out more about yourself. You can regard them as mirrors as well as windows or doors that you go through. So, theyre incredibly important places. Now time for the weather with Stav Hello there we saw a lot more sunshine around across england and wales on tuesday. It was less gloomy and humid as well, but a cooler, fresher feel to things for the middle parts of the week for pretty much all areas, and well see a mixture of sunshine and showers. Now, this area of High Pressure has been trying ....