who is best placed to offer an alternative? well, my guest today isjulius malema, leader of the radical populist economic freedom fighters. if malema were to get even a share of power, what would that mean for south africa? julius malema, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you very much. it s a pleasure to talk to you, mr malema. we are speaking as south africa is in the middle of an energy crisis. it seems set to get worse. what do you think it is doing to this country? well, its aim is to collapse this country and undermine the democratic project, because those in power have relegated their responsibilities, to who, we don t know. they have not maintained the power stations. they have not built the new ones that are functional. and as a result, we are where we are. the interim ceo of eskom, the state owned energy company, said yesterday that over the coming months of winter they might get to a stage eight situation, which means there could be power cuts for pretty much 1
since the second world war. the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. and two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar, concerns there may not be enough affordable accommodation for fans. good afternoon. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax which the government has announced it is cutting but that they would keep the one pence cut in basic rate tax also announced by the chancellor. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy announced on friday of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now
the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. and two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar concerns that there may not be enough affordable accommodation for fans. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax which the government has announced it is cutting but that they would keep the one pence cut in basic rate tax also announced by the chancellor. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy announced on friday of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrow
voting is under way in italy s general election, which polls suggest may result in the country s most right wing government since the second world war the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax, which the government has announced it is cutting, but that they would keep the 1p cut in basic rate tax also announced by the chancellor. as the labour party conference got under way, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy, announced on friday, of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister bor
floods. and the iaea says a team is traveling to ukraine s nuclear power plant amid a looming catastrophe. we ll bring you the latest on the attack with those fears. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us. for nearly 50 years since apollo 17, nasa is taking its first steps to sending astronauts back to the moon. you are looking at live pictures of the launch pad at kennedy space center in florida, where the scheduled launch window for the artemis one window is a few hours away. the unmanned mission to the moon is the first of several in the years ahead. eventually the goal is to return astronauts to lunar surface for the first time since the final apollo mission in 1972. and ultimately, nasa hopes to some day land the first humans on mars. as of now, scientists are aiming for 2025 for that return to the moon surface. a mission which would include the first woman to make the voyage. cnn s rachel cain shows us, the capsule