britain s governing conservative party and become prime minister, the foreign secretary liz truss has said the country faces serious challenges requiring immediate government action. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur and this is lake como in northern italy, venue for the ambrosetti forum, which, every year, brings together politicians from around the world. my guest today is one of them, republican senator lindsey graham, who is perhaps the loudest, most loyal defender of donald trump in the us congress. now, mr trump seems intent on running for the white house again in 2024 but his legal troubles are mounting, so republicans face a decision can they afford to remain the party of trump? senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. senator, you are deep in the political trenches with donald trump and right now, that looks like a pretty unhealthy place to be. does it feel that way to you? uh, no. if you re a republican, it
senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. senator, you are deep in the political trenches with donald trump, and right now that looks like a pretty unhealthy place to be. does it feel that way to you? no. if you re a republican, it s a good place to be because he s very popular among republicans. emerson college, not exactly, you know, a right wing polling firm, has trump up in pennsylvania and some of the swing states, so this election coming up in 80 days, they want to make it about trump. republicans want to make it about a failed presidency of biden and we will see where it shakes out. but no, the truth of the matter is that president trump and the republican party is seen as successful on issues that matter to the country, to conservatism, the court, the border, strong national security. so he s in good standing with republicans. i m going to stop you if i may. because it seems to me politics isn t just about polling, it s not just about appealing
liverpool a couple of weeks ago. detectives are saying they have arrested two men in the relation of the murder of nine year old olivia. one suspect arrested on suspicion of murder. the men were arrested in the runcorn area in the early hours of the morning to stop a 34 year old man from liverpool arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, he is in police custody and is being questioned by detectives now. and separate the, a 41 year old man from knowsley on merseyside arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, also in custody. the detective chief superintendent leading the inquiry has said, i continue to urge anyone who s information can help our investigation into the tragic murder to come forward so we can bring those responsible to justice. to come forward so we can bring those responsible tojustice. two arrests and one of them, a suspect on suspicion of the murder of olivia pratt korbel, the nine year old girl who died in liverpool. now on bbc news hardtal
in most of afghanistan, the only country in the world to do so. china s military launches fresh drills off taiwan in response to a visit to the island by a new group of american politicians. the uk becomes the first country to approve a covid vaccine that fights both the original strain and the omicron variant. and check mate, with a difference, how this underwater version of chess is helping competitors stay cool in the hot weather. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. us officials have warned of an increase in violent threats to law enforcement following the search of donald trump s florida estate, mar a lago. the fbi and department of homeland security issued a memo to law enforcement around the country. in a separate development, prosecutors in the us state of georgia have told rudy giuliani he s a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the result of the last presidential election