first african pope. is the catholic church at a crossroads? cardinal peter turkson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. in your long career in the church, you have seen the centre of gravity, the geographical centre of gravity of the church, shift quite dramatically. what difference do you think it has made? well, thanks for having me on the show. yeah, it is true. it is true that what used to be. ..a church centred in europe, out of which a lot of missionaries went out, and so came to africa and several other places in the south, we see some decline. decline that manifests itself first in the form that missionaries are no more. ..out there to be sent. church numbers are dwindling. but in the home of those missionaries. yes, yes. in germany, in germany, in france, in ireland. absolutely. and those countries where the missionaries did their work so many years ago, they re not really needed now because the catholic church is in countries such as your own in ghana. right. so that is
prince harry has won his phone hacking case against the publishers of the daily mail. a high courtjudge ruled this morning that on 15 occasions, the duke of sussex was the victim of hacking or other unlawful methods of getting stories about him. he s been awarded £140,000 in damages. in a statement, prince harry said, it s a great day for the truth and called on the police to launch a criminal investigation into mirror group newspapers. our media corrspondent david sillito reports. this has been a landmark case. prince harry said his life had been blighted by illegal press intrusion. and today, thejudge justice fancourt ruled, yes, his phone had been repeatedly hacked by the mirror group newspapers. outside court, a statement was read out on the half of the duke. today s ruling is vindicating and affirming. i ve been told slaying dragons will get you burnt, but in light of today s victory and the importance of doing what is needed for a free and honest press, it is a worth
after they were mistakenly identified as a threat in the north of the territory. the bodies have been returned to israel. it came hours after the bodies of three other hostages were recovered in gaza. meanwhile, israel says it will allow aid trucks to enter gaza through the kerem shalom crossing, for the first time since the hamas attacks on october the seventh. this is good news but what we have to work on this is good news but what we have to work on is this is good news but what we have to work on is how this is good news but what we have to work on is how to this is good news but what we have to work on is how to make this is good news but what we have to work on is how to make sure this is good news but what we have to work on is how to make sure that these trucks can go everywhere in gaza and notjust in the south of gaza, but also to the north. data shows that there are three hospitals under staffed at the north. let s speak to dr abdelkader hammad, who is a surgeon a
abdujalil abdurasulov reports from the frontline in bakhmut, in the east of ukraine, where troops are under pressure because of a dwindling supply of military hardware. in the bitter cold of winter, this deadly war grinds on, and big guns, provided by western partners, still play a crucial role. ukraine s 93rd brigade is stationed near bakhmut. they say the russians attack at least twice a day. theirjob, to stop them advancing. as the conflict turns to stalemate, ukrainian soldiers say they need the support of their international partners more than ever. it is demoralising for them to hear that, instead, america s funding for ukraine has ground to a halt. translation: if there is no support from the western i countries, then it s going to get really bad. russia will seize ukraine, then it will be the turn of the baltic states and poland. i don t think the russians will stop here. our conversation is interrupted by orders to destroy a new target. the crew has to be quick. afte
hello, i m rich preston. welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from the uk and around the world. a few stories we re keeping across tonight a judge in london has found that prince harry was the victim of phone hacking by the mirror newspaper group. we ll bring you the details, with reaction and analysis. also today, a key development in efforts to get humanitarian aid into the gaza strip israel says it will allow aid trucks to enter through the kerem shalom crossing for the first time since the hamas attacks on october the seventh. it comes as us national security adviser, jake sullivan, is the region today, meeting the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas. and russia responds to the eu s decision to open membership talks with ukraine and moldova, saying it s a politicised action that could destabilise the bloc. we ll hear from moldova s president maia sandu. but first prince harry has called on police to open a criminal investigation after a c