in a dispute over legal aid funding despite warnings of misconduct disciplinary proceedings if they don t turn up to work. major us companies including disney and jp morgan tell staff they ll cover employee travel expenses for abortions after a landmark ruling by the supreme court banned them. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in central england and damaged at least three others. obviously that is really sad and tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, notjust for the local community but especially the family and friends of the individuals who have been affected by this. and we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament gets under way. big names on courts today include novak djokovic, andy murray and emma raducanu. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky is addressing g7 leaders in bavaria by video li
once the new president, gustavo petro, takes office in august. mr petro, himself a former rebel, has become the country s first left wing leader after winning sunday s presidential election. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. after a painful divorce, you never know if the ex partners will be able to build an amicable relationship. for britain and the eu, it seems the brexit break up has left a legacy of mistrust and bitterness, which is overwhelming any desire for cooperation. northern ireland is currently what they re fighting over. the uk is refusing to stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you
stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you said, we have divorced. it s always complicated to divorce and it is difficult to find a new balance. well, many months have passed since then. why are you still failing to find a new balance? well, i have no personal experience of divorce, thank god, but i m told by friends that it s always complicated. and this one has proved to be complicated, to be very frank. it was a traumatic divorce, let s be clear. we sort of co existed together for almost. ..almost half a century, and then through a democratic process, which we fully respect, a decision was taken which is a serious one with a num
liable for the sexual assault of a 16 year old girl at the playboy mansion in 1975. jurors in the civil trial ruled against him, and awarded his victim half a million dollars in damages. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. after a painful divorce, you never know if the ex partners will be able to build an amicable relationship. for britain and the eu, it seems the brexit break up has left a legacy of mistrust and bitterness, which is overwhelming any desire for cooperation. northern ireland is currently what they re fighting over. the uk is refusing to stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador.
stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you said, we have divorced. it s always complicated to divorce and it is difficult to find a new balance. well, many months have passed since then. why are you still failing to find a new balance? well, i have no personal experience of divorce, thank god, but i m told by friends that it s always complicated. and this one has proved to be complicated, to be very frank. it was a traumatic divorce, let s be clear. we sort of co existed together for almost. ..almost half a century, and then through a democratic process, which we fully respect, a decision was taken which is a serious one with a num