united states has criticised the opec plus, to cut production. the president called shortsighted. move pushed up prices to three week eyes. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. as my guest today. maggie haberman has covered trump s rise in new york city to his presidential campaign, presidency, and difficult period after leaving office. now this pulitzer prize winning journalist, who is a new york times star reporter, has published a new book about him called confidence man. her book has been making headlines, but has also brought criticisms, with accusations that she has withheld information about trump that was relevant to ongoing investigations about his actions. has she put profits before principles? and what is the responsibility of a good journalist? maggie haberman in new york, welcome to hardtalk. now, you ve been covering donald trump since the 90s, more than anybody else, perhaps, yet you say that he still remains a bit of an enigm
her book has been making headlines, but has also brought criticisms, with accusations that she has withheld information about trump that was relevant to ongoing investigations about his actions. has she put profits before principles? and what is the responsibility of a good journalist? now, you ve been covering donald trump since the 90s, more than anybody else, perhaps, yet you say that he still remains a bit of an enigma for you. how is that possible? it s an interesting question, and thank you for having me. i think he s an enigma for almost everybody. i think that he is a man of a handful of moves, and you can identify what those moves are, and you see him use them over and over again, but it can be tricky to figure out which ones. and i think the biggest issue, and i write about this, is people want to read into his actions and read meaning into his actions. they re often pretty empty and they re often aboutjust surviving from one minute to the next. and exactly why he
on the people displaced by war and the worst drought in four decades. a symbol of the economic crisis facing lebanon the bbc speaks to a lebanese mp who held up a bank, to take out her own money. i apologised all the people i frightened, but how does that compare to the despair, anger and grief i every day? and we ll hear from south asia s fastest man about his secrets to success and his thoughts on the economic crisis facing his country. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. lets start with some breaking news and in the last few minutes, japan s coastguard and the south korean news agency yonhap have both said that north korea appears to have fired what could be a ballistic missile off its east coast and that it appears to have landed in the sea outsidejapan s exclusive economic zone. this comes just after the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss north korea s test firing of another ballistic missi
attack from the north. welcome to the programme. here in singapore, the country s prime minister has said singapore will end its ban on sex between men, but will take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. prime minister lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people and the british colonial era law was out of date. the legal ban on sex between men, while not enforced, has long been criticised by lgbt activists although many more conservative citizens still support it. the government will repeal section 377 a and decriminalise sex between men. i believe this is the right thing to do, and something that most singaporeans will now accept. the prime minister speaking there. with me is our asia digital reporter tessa wong, who has been following and reporting on this issue for years in singapore. great to get you on the programme, tassagh. ithink it s fair to say that there has been huge joy it s fai