is putting it kindly while the competition kicks into high gear. it s been a little over one month since the president officially launched president campaign with a video announcement and biden hasn t had any campaign rallies were launch events since, not even from his basement. meanwhile florida governor ron desantis only announced 2024 ambitions last week. he is already on the road making multiple stops in the key swing state of iowa with a kickoff event in des moines. desantis will not be alone in the hawkeye state. former president trump and senator ted scott looking to get an edge with iowa voters. set to hold rallies there this week. but the contenders grow tighter by the day but it appears president biden isn t focused on his bonus. i could never keep up with it. you know, i m not being facetious. i m being very serious. a lot of competent candidates. so we will see. kayleigh: he said he doesn t focus on it that much. kellyanne, one time he didn t focus on the poll
now, if the anc is faltering, 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 b
behaviour by four women. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits, with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia while, at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that, on this, the asoth day of the war, the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow, stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war that s blighted the country. here he is the official handshake and welcome from the saudi crown prince. more on assad in a moment and more on the g7. first, though, let s hear from volodymir zelenski. if there are people here at the summit who have a different
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
authorities ramp up security. then, republicans quick to defend the twice impeached trump but some want to have their cake and eat it too. how will it all shake out in the 2024 race? and vladimir putin s visit with china s president just days after a warrant was issued for putin s arrest. what this relationship signals for the war in ukraine as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening. i am mehdi hasan in for stephanie ruhle. we are in the midst of an extraordinary moment in our nation s history. the people of america are watching, waiting to find out whether manhattan district attorney alvin bragg will bring criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote,