Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Kahn won power in pakistan two years ago with a promise to root out corruption and take on the countries vested interest. So hows it going . Well, rising food prices and the covid pandemic have left many pakistanis feeling worse off. While the Anti Corruption drive has become a political battleground. My guest today ishaq dar was pakistans Finance Minister a former Prime Minister nawaz sharif now both of those men are trying to rally opposition to imran khan. But how much credibility do they have . Ishaq dar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Let us begin with your personal status, your legal status. You are a wanted man in pakistan. Are you here in london to escape the judicial process . Not really, i think you must be aware of the pakistan history. When our in pakistan over 73 years the rhetoric has been used over the last two dictatorships and the current one isnt different. Because this regime is known to be under the martial law.
The number of people being randomly tested in the community for covid 19 is to be increased in england from 28,000 to 150,000 a fortnight. The office for National Statistics says the survey taken from a random sample of the population can give a clearer picture of the true spread of the virus. Our Health Correspondent Richard Galpin reports. Swipe to the back of the throat, both sides by the tonsils. It might make you gag. Volunteers carrying out coronavirus testing as part of the Household Infection survey run by the office for National Statistics. The survey described by the government as the most important indicator as to how the virus is spreading in the country. And now its to be expanded massively. From 28,000 people in households being tested every fortnight to 150,000 every fortnight by october. Households in scotland, wales and Northern Ireland are also to be included. All this potentially very significant. What is going to be really important about that is getting greater cov
Latest figure is so more people have now died in the United States from the virus than in china. India launches the search for a suspected corona virus cases after thousands attended a religious gathering in new delhi potentially exposing them to the virus and a lockdown in senegal but with limited access to clean water there are fears about how far infections could spreads. Follow the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to spread across the globe with countries taking drastic measures to curb transmission and save lives both france and spain have now recorded their highest death tolls in a single day since the outbreak began and the official u. S. Death toll of nearly 3 and a half 1000 now exceeds chinas its the 3rd highest globally after italy and spain and the World Health Organization says the epidemic is far from over in the asia pacific urging countries in the region to prepare for Large Scale Community transmissions while the minute silence has been held across italy its remember
Around the nation millions of face shield surgical masks and gloves we initiate an air bridge the president announced yesterday flights have arrived in new york want to arrived in illinois yesterday and a flight will arrive in ohio in the next 24 hours fema is literally working and contracting around the world with now more than 51 flights will be bringing vital medical supplies on the subject of ventilators fema is currently delivering 400 ventilators to michigan 300 new jersey 150 to louisiana 50 ventilators to connecticut and in the last week and in the week ahead more than 450 ventilators to illinois this is in addition to more than 4400 ventilators that the president and fema directed to the state of new york we just want people that are working on the front lines of the president just spoke about dr burks and dr fox he spoke about we want you to know help is on the way and at the president s direction were going to leave no stone unturned anywhere in america or anywhere in the wo
A listen around here in the Western Region after calling for a long day of work to the beauty of yeah its finally burning to fix things up one of the worst massacres in colombia history to take up to the fact. The u. S. Has abandoned its longstanding position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying it will no longer consider them illegal this latest pro israel move puts the us at odds with most of the International Community and the Un Security Council was in jordan reports now from washington d. C. For 41 years the u. S. Has called israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank illegal under International Law that u. S. Policy changed on monday calling the establish of civilian settlements inconsistent with International Law hasnt worked it hasnt invents the. As of peace this is a complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians pump ailes announcement is the latest in a string of Controversial White House