dropped its objections to finland and swedenjoining nato after spending weeks refusing to do so. turkey had accused both countries of harbouring kurdish militants but says it has now got what it wanted from talks at the summit in madrid. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. singapore is a city state that has thrived in the era of globalisation, international supply chains and mobile workers. but what happens when the geopolitical weather changes? when great power hostility and economic nationalism hold sway? well, my guest is singapore s long serving home minister, k shanmugam. is singapore s political and economic balancing act sustainable in a world of rising tensions? minister k shanmugam in singapore, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, mr sackur. let me ask you about singapore s model. it was sort of set up by lee kuan yew. it s been in effect for well over six decades. it combines economic openness with a real sense
british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been jailed for 20 years by a new york court for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. also, with petrol and diesel prices near record highs, pressure is growing on retailers and the government to step in. i ll be finding out the impact on people who rely on their vehicle for work. good morning, defeat for serena williams on her wimbledon return. when the covers come off later, we will see emma raducanu and andy murray back in action. good morning, we have rain pushing eastwards that will clear the east in the next couple of hours. behind it, sunshine and showers, some of them heavy and thundery but less windy today than yesterday. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 29th ofjune. our main story. the cancer campaigner, blogger and broadcaster, dame deborahjames, also known as bowel babe, has died aged 40. she had been receiving end of life care for bowel cancer at home. the host of the bbc s you, me and
to be showers. the showers are not going to be widespread today. as is the way with to be widespread today. as is the way with showers, some places will completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the places completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the places that completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the places that could - it is one of the places that could avoid the showers. i will tell you why. showers across most of the country are pretty random in nature, across the south west of nature we have showers across inland areas. places like st austell, taunton and bristol, you are underneath the convergence zone and you could see shower after shower. places like hampshire and dorset are probably staying entirely dry. temperatures, like we have seen over recent days into the high teens, in the best of any sunshine across the east, low 20s. look at this cloud working to the north west of franc
dame deborahjames, who has died aged a0 after receiving end of life care for bowel cancer. she challenged taboos and change the conversation around bowel cancer. a 29 year old man has been charged with murdering zara aleena in england s capital, london, as she walked home from a night out in the early hours of sunday morning. a former white house aide gives damning testimony about donald trump s actions during the storming of the us capitol building last year, saying he knew people in the crowd were armed but he didn t care. ghislaine maxwell is jailed for 20 years in a us prison for recruiting and trafficking teenage girls for her then boyfriend jeffrey epstein. and a bbc investigation finds the number of holiday lets in england has risen by 40% in the past three years, with concerns some residents are being pushed out of areas as a result. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we start with the nato summit in madrid, where president biden has a
with me are the daily mirror s political correspondent aleeta adu, and sam lister deputy political editor at the daily express. let s take a quick look at some of tomorrow s front pages. the daily mail has an interview with the prime minister, in which he intensifies his campaign against working from home. borisjohnson says when he s done it, he s wasted a lot of time making cups of coffee and eating cheese. the i has details of a drug that has halved breast cancer cases among post menopausal women the nhs is planning to roll ir out on a wider basis. the ft leads with tech tycoon elon musk putting his billion dollar bid to buy twitter on hold. the wagatha christie libel trial makes the front page of the mirror with coleen rooney giving evidence in court about her past marital problems. the government will scrap plans to ban cheap deals on unhealthy foods, according to the express in a move to tackle the cost of living crisis. cheap food also makes the front page of