do you think thatjourney of yours affects the way you use the role of bishop? i hope it does in the sense that i can only operate from being me and being me is covered with where i m coming from and certainly the journey that i have been on. so it will be veryjamaican. are you instinctively a champion of the underdog? passionately so, but i must say that it is wrapped up with the gospel because it is there that i am learning, that i have learned ofjesus s his passion for those who are the underdogs, for those who are, you know, the last, the least, and the lost. and i don t see how i can but be the same as a disciple of christ. interesting you say that, because i m also very aware that we are sitting right next to one of the finest cathedrals in england in a sense, a symbol of the power of the anglican church in this country. other symbols would include the fact that at the king s coronation, we saw that the relationship between church and state is so very intertwined in
diagnosis. and another celeb is buying a football club that s right stormcy is set to buy his open town club, afc croydon as part of a tree yes that includes footballer will fred zahar. time now for ten seconds of a slice of history. this painting was found in the ancient city of pompeii. now it might like look a pizza but pizza didn t exist when this was done. who knows. you re all caught up now. see you later. voice over: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. today i m in canterbury, a place of christian pilgrimage for centuries, steeped in the history of the church of england. the c of e is woven into the fabric of the english establishment. but church leaders have become fierce critics of government policy. the anglican church is also a worldwide faith, but it is beset by divisions between progressives and conservatives. my guest t
regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the national security act that your parliament enacted lastjuly, you know? you created a lot more new offences. our national security law enacted by beijing is nothing compared to what you have. what you have is far more stringent, comprehensive and draconian. well, i think a lot of it depends on the implementation, doesn t it? and when your territory uses the laws that you have through the national security legislation to lock up opposition politicians, pro democracy activists, to eliminate i
my guest is a member of parliament in mr netanyahu s likud party, and former minister, danny danon. is the great survivor netanyahu nowjeopardising the future of israel? danny danon injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. would you agree that right now israel appears to be in a very perilous position? you have deep political turmoil at home and a security crisis at the very same time. the former makes it more difficult to deal with the latter, doesn t it? well, it is never boring here in israel. we are a very dynamic democracy and as you mentioned we don t have the best neighbours in the world and we have to face with the security issues and indeed in the last few days we ve seen attacks from different directions and we believe it is not a coincidence. we think it is all coming from the same source, from iran, that is why we are dealing together with ourforces pushing back our enemies. surely the real lesso
rocked by mass protests and civil disobedience at home and unprecedented criticism from allies overseas. my guest as a member of parliament in mr netanyahu s likud party, danny danon. is the great survivor netanyahu nowjeopardising the neta nyahu now jeopardising the future netanyahu nowjeopardising the future of israel? danny danon in jerusalem, welcome danny danon injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. danny danon in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for havin: welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. - welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it- welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it is- welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it is a i for having me, stephen. it is a leasure for having me, stephen. it is a pleasure to for having me, stephen. it is a pleasure to have for having me, stephen. it is a pleasure to have you - for having me, stephen. it is a plea