Zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you here. Just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. Why did you do that . My concern is that, you know, im maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. And ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. It was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. And the key issue is this pledge which was made by borisjohnson, repeated by liz truss, repeated a few times by rishi sunak around International Climate finance, from which so much of what the uk has done over the last few years flows, and that pledge was being broken. You say, because it was a pledge of something over. £11. 6 billion over five years. Over five years to be invested in International Climate change programmes and efforts. Yes. You
If successful, new legislation would force tiktok s chinese owner, bytedance, to find a new non chinese owner or face removal from us app stores. Ahead of a house vote on the bill on wednesday, lawmakers received a classified briefing from intelligence officials on the administrations worries about the video app and how it could potentially use data it collects from americans. Democrats said the stakes couldnt be higher. My concerns is they will try to influence the election and elect donald tiktok trump. Among those opposing the ban, president ial hopeful donald trump. Still, republicans backing the bill largely dismissed concerns about trumps backlash weighing the party from getting the legislation done. Trumps comments actually, you can square them with what the bill does, to put differently, to put a finer point on it, the bill doesnt shutdown tiktok and force all of tiktok s users onto facebook. What we are after is a separation from tiktok from its Parent Company, bytedance, and
Democrats say they are fired up today in Chuck Schumers words, exhilarated still today day after bidens fate of the Union Address last night. Now, today, biden is hoping to capitalize on that energy very soon. Hes heading to pennsylvania to talk to voters then team biden is fanning out the 22 states, lighting up behind me on that map from coasttocoast will by the end of this month, a white house official will the visit an Administration Official will visit each one of those states. The top democrat in the senate, Chuck Schumer, last hour was talking to john, how a play for you about what he said about how hes feeling right now . The speech showed that america is strong and biden is strong, and anyone who sat in that room would have no doubt Something Else that the white house is sure to be happy about today is touting the new jobs report just out this morning. Cnns arlette saenzs at the white house for us once again, arlette, what are you hearing from there about the new jobs report ju
At ten news of a major data breach, involving thousands of Police Officers and staff in Northern Ireland. Personal information about more than 10,000 individuals, has mistakenly been made public, including their surnames, ranks, and where theyre based. We are operating in an environment at the moment where there is a Severe Threat to our colleagues from Northern Ireland related terrorism and this is the last thing anybody in the organisation wants to be hearing this evening. The chair of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland says the data breach is of monumental proportions. Well have the very latest. Also tonight. Wildfires cut a devastaing path across southern portugal, heading to the popular algarve region. How best to protect the Amazon Rainforest South American leaders meet to discuss a plan of action. This was the famous Crooked House pub in the west midlands. Now bulldozed after a fire, the local mayor wants it rebuilt, brick by brick. And a finalfarewell to Sinead Oconnor.
All you watching us here in the United States, canada, and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. President biden is calling on israel to consider other ways to deal with hamas as conditions in gaza grow more dire. Israel is scaling up its Military Action in lebanon with deadly strikes. Will look at what Israels Defense Forces say they are targeting. Plus both us president ial front runners campaigned in georgia today, laying out their swingstate its strategies as they worked to turn undecided voters heads live from atlanta. This is cnn and then newsroom with Kim Brunhuber resin biden is still hoping to beat the clock and reach a ceasefire deal in gaza before ramadan diplomats are becoming skeptical, it can be done by the start of the muslim holiday to night, which was their goal. But an interview released on Saturday Biden said an agreement is still possible areas i want to see a ceasefire and im starting with a major Major Exchange of prisoners for a sixweek period