An important but controversial part of its policy to deter migrants attempting to come to the uk illegally by boat. Joining me to discuss it on my panel for the next hour is the democratic strategist Mary Anne Marsh and Phillip Rycroft former permanent secretary in the department for exiting the european union. Also on the programme. Arizonas blistering heat wave continues as us President Biden heads to the state to promote his clean energy plans. Under an hour until the deadline for Donald Trumps legal team to respond to a Justice Departments request that could limit what information the former president is permitted to share publicly. First lets focus on the barge for Asylum Seekers here in the uk. The government hopes that around 500 men can be housed on board the vessel called the bibby stockholm. But so far, just 15 are on board. Ministers say the barge will be better value for taxpayers than hotel rooms, which are costing more than six Million Pounds a day. There have been concer
Then its the best city team of all time. Youve got the first all Manchester Fa Cup Final to come. Are you winning this one . Well, the way i see it is this is like the treble is such a rarity in british football, so ive only ever been done once. So its not nailed on that its that its going to happen. Looking at the two teams over the season and the way city have just flipped the switch the last six six weeks, its difficult to see past city winning, but ill take any kind of 6 0 win. What are you like when youre watching . Are you a nervous . Are you a nervous fan . No. Be relaxed. You get a bit twitchy. How is it . I hate when you go to football and the game kicks off and then someone will say so anyway. You know, to watch the game. Yeah, man, watch the match . You know . So im not that relaxed unless youre like 5 0 up with half an hour left city sometimes. Ah, im a bit, im a kind of someone ive got a little bit of all that in me, but ijust watch it, take it in. Known face there. When i
then it s the best city team of all time. you ve got the first all manchester fa cup final to come. are you winning this one? well, the way i see it is this is like the treble is such a rarity in british football, so i ve only ever been done once. so it s not nailed on that it s that it s going to happen. looking at the two teams over the season and the way city have just flipped the switch the last six six weeks, it s difficult to see past city winning, but i ll take any kind of 6 0 win. what are you like when you re watching? are you a nervous? are you a nervous fan? no. be relaxed. you get a bit twitchy. how is it? i hate when you go to football and the game kicks off and then someone will say so anyway.. you know, to watch the game. yeah, man, watch the match? you know? so i m not that relaxed unless you re like 5 0 up with half an hour left city sometimes. ah, i m a bit, i m a kind of someone i ve got a little bit of all that in me, but ijust watch it, take it in. ..know
of mariupol has been condemned by ukraine. an aide to president zelensky called the russian president, a criminal returning to the crime scene. it was the first time mr putin had been to a newly occupied ukrainian territory. now on bbc news hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in a world fixated with the unstoppable march of the digital revolution, it s kind of refreshing to look at what s happening in the old school business of selling books. ink on paper has not been eliminated by the rise of the e book, and the good old bricks and mortar bookshop hasn t been wiped out by online shopping. my guest today, james daunt, boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. he s made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how? james daunt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i used to use paper cash. i pretty much don t anymore. i used to write cheques in a chequebook. i certainly don t do that anymore. why are you so convince
hello, welcome to the programme. it is nato s expansion eastwards that has infuriated vladimir putin. the kremlin is deeply suspicious of europe s intentions, they don t like western liberal philosophy, and in spite of all evidence to the contrary, they firmly believe it is the united states that is to blame for the situation in ukraine. that paranoia underpins their wharped justification for this war and the more widely held belief in russia that the principal danger to the state is external and ideological, rather than internal and structural. and if you doubt that, then take a listen to sergei lavrov, the foreign minister, describing today the threat in the most extraordinary terms. what is going on in ukraine now is a result of many years of preparation by the united states and their satellite states for the beginning of the global hybrid war against the russian federation. nobody tries to conceal it. they are waging a war against our country with the same task the fin