lots more news with james at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. it seems myanmar s military is prepared to kill as many pro democracy protesters as it takes to safeguard its grip on power. so, what options do the opponents of the coup have left? well, my guest is dr sasa, representative of the committee which represents the ousted parliament to the united nations. why has myanmar s democratic transition gone so tragically wrong? dr sasa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i cannot say where you are because i know you want to keep your location secret, but it is clear that you escaped from myanmar in the hours and days after the february 1st coup. and as i understand it, you were with aung san suu kyi in the hours before the coup. so, can you tell me exactly what happened to you? it was the 1st of february. ..that the military co
hello and welcome. you join us as us presidentjoe biden prepares to deliver his first primetime address to mark a year since the covid 19 pandemic struck. he is expected to tell americans he is taking a more aggressive action to speed covid 19 vaccinations and move the country closer to normality byjuly 4th. a few hours ago the president signed into law his $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. lets go live to the white house and have a look at the scene of the east room. traditionally, presidents beforehand spoke in prime time from the oval office but this is the east room of the white house and mr biden in a few seconds time will walk down that red carpet of the cross hall and deliver the address that was the same place in which obama spoke and occasionally mr donald trump. as you can see at the end, the door has opened and the president is approaching the podium. president is approaching the odium. ,., ., , president is approaching the odium, ,., ., , ., podium. good evening, my fe