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 of political control and social control. do you think that model needs to change? well, i disagree with the assumptions in your question about political control and economic control. you know, in the last elections, we had 61%, the opposition had 40% of the votes. voting is free and fair. the reason why the pap has managed a substantial dominance is because in 1965, when the pap came to. when we took independence, or when we had independence thrust
reporting. this is our lead story. it matters for justice, for lives in politics. here s the lawyer for those families just moments ago. the jury just returned a verdict for compensatory damages exceeding $4 million. that s a darn good start. we now have the punishment phase. i think it s perfectly expectable we re going to see an over nine-figure judgment against mr. jones. that is a lot of figures. and you can see in this long quest with so much ugly, terrible, reprehensible conduct by mr. jones, and conduct which the court has found lies and defamatory, you can see a note of encouragement there for the people harmed by him. a little bit of what you saw there, a triumph in what is just phase one. let s explain the second phase, because boy is mr. jones worried about that. punitive damages. the punishment. tomorrow, the jury looks at mr. jones, his conduct, which has already been of course judged, and what he has, what he s profited of, and how this all works. again, as
environment. finland takes the step of nato membership in order to strengthen not only its own security, but also in order to strengthen wider transatlantic security. this is not away from anybody. like you, mr. president, said nato is protective, not a threat to anybody. at the same time we must not forget that, at this very moment, the proud people of ukraine are fighting not only for their own freedom and democracy, but for our common security. finland, together with the eu and the united states, stands firmly behind ukraine. so, mr. president, once again, i want to thank you for making history with us. thank you. thank you. mr. president, thank you for welcoming president niinisto and me to the white house. the bonds between sweden and the united states, they are strong and long standing, and as you know, swedes first in your home state of delaware in 1638, and we were one of the first countries to recognize the united states as an independent nation in 1783. since th
Ayman, conservative chaos. The Republican Party is in champions over the speakers race and rightwing media has only fanned the flames of dissent. Then, silence. Donald trump has been fined by a judge for violating the terms of his gag order. Jail time could be the next step. Plus, a veteran state Department Official just resigned over the Biden Administrations policy on the israelhamas war. He is going to join me live to explain his decision. I am ayman mohyeldin, lets get started. We begin this hour with several crucial updates on the israelhamas war. Israeli militaries aerial bombardment continues to pummel the gaza strip with more than 4000 People Killed since the war began. This according to palestinian authorities. The humanitarian crises is warming by the hour, with a small aid convoy of food, water, and medical supplies and during the strip just hours ago. Today marks two weeks since hamas militants attacked israel, killing 1400 people and taking 210 hostage. Since then, israel
Ayman, conservative chaos. The Republican Party is in champions over the speakers race and rightwing media has only fanned the flames of dissent. Then, silence. Donald trump has been fined by a judge for violating the terms of his gag order. Jail time could be the next step. Plus, a veteran state Department Official just resigned over the Biden Administrations policy on the israelhamas war. He is going to join me live to explain his decision. I am ayman mohyeldin, lets get started. We begin this hour with several crucial updates on the israelhamas war. Israeli militaries aerial bombardment continues to pummel the gaza strip with more than 4000 People Killed since the war began. This according to palestinian authorities. The humanitarian crises is warming by the hour, with a small aid convoy of food, water, and medical supplies and during the strip just hours ago. Today marks two weeks since hamas militants attacked israel, killing 1400 people and taking 210 hostage. Since then, israel