in the right direction as a whole for mental health and the conversations, and that there will have been a full independent investigation on usa gymnastics, the united states olympic committee, that i feel confident having my kid do the sport if they want to. aly raisman, i thank you so much for answering all my questions and for being on hardtalk. thank you very much. thank you so much. thanks. hello there. cloud features quite prominently in our forecast for this week. and with the grey skies come some relatively cool conditions for the time of year. northwesterly winds bringing all that cloud and some rather cool air, particularly at the start of the week, but it will often, if not always, be dry. just a bit of light and patchy
now on bbc news it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. pity the ii and a half million people of haiti. it s hard to think of a nation more comprehensively shattered by many decades of misrule and the ravages of natural disaster. in the latest lurch toward chaos the president jovenel moise was assassinated earlier this month. who ordered the hit is unclear. a retracted struggle for power seemed certain. my guest is former haitian prime minister laurent lamothe. can anything be done to end haiti s suffering?
what are your ambitions? in terms of political ambition i said it many times, i don t have to be president or prime minister to help my country. so i m not a candidate to any of this now. all right. well laurent lamothe, we appreciate your time. thank you very much forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you very much. hello again. monday was another hot and sunny day for the majority of us, but there were a few storms that popped up. one or two affecting sussex and kent, there were a few storms in south wales for a time and there was one in the veil of york but otherwise we have
welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. my guest is one of the most brilliant scientists in the world and he s african. his ground breaking research is helping tackle diseases that kill thousands every year. cameroonian born professor christian happi gave up a successful career at harvard university in the united states and moved back to africa. he s setting up a world class laboratory in nigeria, which will have a pandemic early detection system. he believes africa could become a global centre of knowledge about infectious diseases such as covid. how realistic is his vision?
is moving, i want to say that in the next 20 years, africa should be able to produce its first nobel prize. do you think you might be somebody whose name might be put forward, professor happi? i don t know. i don t know, zeinab. ijust wish, you know, regardless of where the person comes from, it is an african. and i will be glad, and i would like to see this happening in the days when i m still alive. professor christian happi in ibadan, southern nigeria, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk. thank you very much, zeinab. it s always been a pleasure.