russian forces still occupy europe s biggest nuclear power plant at zaporizhzhia. the situation there remains unstable. my guest, rafael grossi, director general of the international nuclear watchdog, the iaea, has been there in an effort to avert disaster. with zaporizhzhia in mind, why is he pushing for more nuclear power right across the world? thank you, it s good to be with you again, hello. it s great to have you on the show. i think we have to begin with the situation in zaporizhzhia, the huge nuclear power plant in ukraine. you ve spent months trying to stabilise the situation there. how high are your anxiety levels right now? unfortunately, they remain quite high because even, even though we ve been making some progress now, i have, for example, the permanent presence of some of my experts at the plant, and we have a clear idea of what is going on exactly, every day, we continue to see shelling. we continue to see cut of the, of the external power to the station. so
silva. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. russia s invasion of ukraine has generated all kinds of shock waves military, humanitarian, economic and nuclear. leave aside putin s dark hints about russia s readiness to contemplate first use of a nuclear weapon, russian forces still occupy europe s biggest nuclear power plant at zaporizhzhia. the situation there remains unstable. my guest, rafael grossi, director general of the international nuclear watchdog, the iaea, has been there in an effort to avert disaster. with zaporizhzhia in mind, why is he pushing for more nuclear power right across the world? rafael grossi in vienna, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, it s good to be with you again, hello. it s great to have you on the show. i think we have to begin with the situation in zaporizhzhia, the huge nuclear power plant in ukraine. you ve spent months trying to stabilise the situation there. how high are your anxiety levels right n
Humanitarian reasons. Around 200 hostages are still being held in gaza, and israels airstrikes and total siege of the territory, cutting off food, water and medicines, will not end until all of them are freed. Desperately needed humanitarian aid has still not reached the besieged people of gaza. Emergency aid trucks stocked with supplies sit on the border with Egypt Waiting to be let across the Rafah Crossing as part of a deal to allow in limited aid. Lets bring you more now on the fate of those two american hostages freed by hamas. Us President Joe Biden spoke with the two women, telling them that their government will fully support them as they recover and heal. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher brings us more from inside the halls of the State Department. The release of the hostages disrupted the day here at the State Department. We were sitting down for the Daily Briefing and then we were told that it would be delayed for two hours because of Breaking News. Now, they didnt say
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