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
16 taken to hospital hundreds of people ran for safety. as italy s prime minister suggests global warming played a part in sunday s deadly avalanche in the dolomites, we look at the extreme climate events across the globe that are all linked to climate change. and scientists discover a new species of giant water lily the largest in the world hiding in plain sight for almost 180 years. let s start the united states, where shots have been fired at the start of an independence day parade north of chicago. he also confirmed that it is still currently an active incident. we are now being told six people died in highland park during the independent state parade. six 16 people are said to be in hospital, police say it is still an active shooting situation. it started at 10am local timejust shooting situation. it started at 10am local time just ten shooting situation. it started at 10am local timejust ten minutes into the parade. one reporter at the scene said they had seen fiv
energy agency. eight medical staff who treated the football legend, diego maradona, in the days before he died are to stand trial for alleged criminal negligence. and glastonbury is back after the pandemic. the crowds are heading to the music festival in england, hoping for sunshine. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. more than a thousand people have been killed after a major earthquake in eastern afghanistan. many more have been injured as the 6.1 magnitude quake damaged countless homes in one of the poorer regions of one of the poorest countries in the world. afghanistan, which is governed by the militant islamist taliban, is already in the grip of a humanitarian disaster, with millions facing famine. the taliban have asked for international aid. our correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of paktika province, where casualties from the earthquake are being cared for. a desperate search for survivors. hundreds of homes, entire co
biden desperately tries to deal with the skyrocketing inflation fueled at least partly, maybe greatly by record gasoline prices. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has our top story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. today president biden brushed off a gloomy forecast from former president obama s secretary larry summers says it s more likely than not that we will see a recession by the end of next year. biden has a different outlook after he says he spoke with larry summers this morning. but the white house is finding creative ways to ease pain at the pump. with sky high gas prices, team biden is reconsidering aned in they first tabled sending americans rebate cards. also eyeing a gas tax holiday. i hope i have a decision based on data i m looking for by the end of the week. a short-term solution one industry ceo says runs counter to the administration s broader strategy. they were really focused on demand destru