took a donation of a millon pounds from the bin laden family of saudi arabia two years after osama bin laden was killed. the family disowned him in 1994. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. south africa is in a long term flirtation with political and economic chaos. mass unemployment, power cuts and rising crime are stoking discontent and instability. my guest today isjulius malema, former anc loyalist turned populist enemy of the ruling party. could one of africa s richest nations be consumed by insurrectionist violence? julius malema in bloemfontein, south africa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr malema, south africans are facing a very grave economic crisis. there s deep uncertainty in the country. why are you adding to that uncertainty by calling for the removal of president ramaphosa? it s the most logical thing that, when a leader of a current government doesn t perform well or the country is in a cris
also on the programme: in other news the ukrainians living with the constant threat of russian missile strikes. we have a special report from southern city of mykolaiv. parts of beirut s huge grain silos badly damaged in the 2020 explosion, collapse after a long running fire. and nichelle nichols, the first black actress to play a figure of authority on american tv when she starred as lieutenant uhura in star trek, has died age 89. hello and welcome to the programme. england fans have celebrated long into the night after their side triumphed in the final of the european women s football championship at wembley. the lionesses 2 1 victory over germany came 56 years after england s men beat west germany in the 1966 world cup final the only major trophy previously won by an england senior team. queen elizabeth said the players would be an inspiration for girls and women . mark lobel has the story. a euphoric moment for english sport with a pitch perfect performance from the
it s the morning after the historic football victory the night before and as the parties continue across the uk, the mammoth machine behind the scenes that is the business of football is positioning itself to the make the most of this moment. the women s euros has been seen as a landmark tournament for many reasons not least the record breaking spectator numbers, and now england s win is seen as the cherry on the cake. so who wants a slice going forward and what are they willing to pay for it? let s get down to the business of football with jenny mitton business director and women s sport lead at m&c saatchi sport and entertainment. a very warm welcome. in a nutshell, when we talk the business of football what does this victory mean? this business of football what does this victory mean? this victory mean? this victory is hue, this victory mean? this victory is huge. what this victory mean? this victory is huge, what we this victory mean? this victory is huge, what w
my guest today isjulius malema, former anc loyalist turned populist enemy of the ruling party. could one of africa s richest nations be consumed by insurrectionist violence? julius malema in bloemfontein, south africa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr malema, south africans are facing a very grave economic crisis. there s deep uncertainty in the country. why are you adding to that uncertainty by calling for the removal of president ramaphosa? it s the most logical thing that, when a leader of a current government doesn t perform well or the country is in a crisis, that leader should leave office and give others an opportunity who can come and do much better work, because i don t think that mr ramaphosa has got a coherent plan as to how he s going to save south africa. but that s not the way democracy works, mr malema. mr ramaphosa has a mandate given to him by the south african people and, indeed, if you look at the business community, if we re talking about the e
and so the way we we navigate them is changing, too. in many major cities around the world, technology being used for integrated fares and ticketing across modes of transport are now commonplace. but making such multimodal systems truly frictionless by removing the need to buy tickets is taking things to the next level. and in the northern italian city of genoa, they are doing just that. in some instances, quite literally. in partnership with hitachi rail, the city is piloting a new system to allow seamless, hands free payment and ticketing. all from a smartphone. the system works across the city s very networks including buses, varied networks including buses, subways, public lifts, and water buses. it s a unique city when it comes to the geography. we have the sea and we have mountains. we have up and down hills, we have elevators, whatever, so inside of the offer of the main operator, at least seven or eight means of transportation. that s really something unique. normally