presidentjose ramos horta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you in the studio. i think it s fair to say you ve given most of your life to the struggle for freedom in timor leste, east timor, as we used to know it, and you have served as its president, not just once, but twice. you decided to come back in 2022 to seek the presidency again. was that a tough decision, to come back? yes. on a personal basis, yes. it was not in my plan, but then mr xanana gusmao, now prime minister, whom i deeply respect, he asked me to run again. ..to put timor leste back on the map of the world, because it was neglected, forgotten for a few years, because we ve been living in peace and tranquillity, so we did not constitute news. but at the same time, with so many conflicts in the world, we were running the risk of being forgotten. so. and then our asean accession. so i was asked to serve, to be the visible face of the campaign for our asean accession.
learn from his extraordinary life? presidentjose ramos horta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you in the studio. i think it s fair to say you ve given most of your life to the struggle for freedom in timor leste, east timor, as we used to know it, and you have served as its president, notjust once, but twice. you decided to come back in 2022 to seek the presidency again. was that a tough decision, to come back? yes. on a personal basis, yes. it was not in my plan, but then mr xanana gusmao, now prime minister, whom i deeply respect, he asked me to run again. ..to put timor leste back on the map of the world, because it was neglected, forgotten for a few years, because we ve been living in peace and tranquillity, so we did not constitute news. but at the same time, with so many conflicts in the world, we were running the risk of being forgotten. so. and then our asean accession. so i was asked to serve, to be the visible face of the
are there lessons for the world to learn from his extraordinary life? presidentjose ramos horta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you in the studio. i think it s fair to say you ve given most of your life to the struggle for freedom in timor leste, east timor, as we used to know it, and you have served as its president, not just once, but twice. you decided to come back in 2022 to seek the presidency again. was that a tough decision, to come back? yes. on a personal basis, yes. it was not in my plan, but then mr xanana gusmao, now prime minister, whom i deeply respect, he asked me to run again. ..to put timor leste back on the map of the world, because it was neglected, forgotten for a few years, because we ve been living in peace and tranquillity, so we did not constitute news. but at the same time, with so many conflicts in the world, we were running the risk of being forgotten. so. and then our asean accession. so i was asked to
bigger rival, binance, and its billionaire creator. samira hussain has more from new york. in these latest charges, the sec said coinbase acted as a broker exchange and clearing agency for broker exchange and clearing auen y ., , , ., ., agency for investments that are sub ect to agency for investments that are subject to sec agency for investments that are subject to sec rules. agency for investments that are subject to sec rules. but - agency for investments that are subject to sec rules. but they i subject to sec rules. but they did so without properly registering, and that, they said, allows the firm to escape oversight, including guards against conflicts of interest. the charges against coinbase were not a surprise, as a publicly traded companies and disclosed in march that the sec had notified it that these charges may be coming. in response, coinbase said liberals are not clear. they testified on capitol hill that the chief legal officer said it try to get new rule
more now from new york with samira hussain. in these latest charges, the sec said coinbase acted as a broker, exchange and clearing agency for investments that are subject to sec rules but they did so without properly registering, and that, the regulator said, allowed the firm to escape oversight, including guards against conflicts of interest. the charges against coinbase were not a surprise. as a publicly traded companyit disclosed in march of this year that the sec had notified it that these charges may be coming. in response, coinbase said the rules were not clear. testifying on capitol hill tuesday the chief legal officer for coinbase said it try to get new rules in place for crypto platforms like theirs, but got no response from the sec. since that time, we have had over 30 engagements with the sec to try to work towards a sensible framework for regulation that would allow, for example, the registration of platforms as either broker dealers or atss, or a national securi