of birmingham. this is bbc news. now, it s time for hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. south africa is in a long term flirtation with political and economic chaos. mass unemployment, power cuts, and rising crime are stoking discontent and instability. my guest today isjulius malema, former anc loyalist turned populist enemy of the ruling party. could one of africa s richest nations be consumed by insurrectionist violence? julius malema in bloemfontein, south africa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr malema, south africans are facing a very grave economic crisis. there s deep uncertainty in the country. why are you adding to that uncertainty by calling for the removal of president ramaphosa? it s the most logical thing that, when a leader of a current government doesn t perform well or the country is in a crisis, that leader should leave office and give others an opportunity who can come and do much better work. because i don t th
commonwealth games. and the return of the tiger. why nepal kept its promise to double its numbers in the last decade. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan which has once again emerged as a key point of tension, following reports of a possible visit there by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t been confirmed, mr biden told mr xi that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded to that by saying 0n taiwan, the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave diplomatic relations? with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barbara plett usher in washington. the chinese are pretty b
there are growing signs that ukraine plans to try to recapture the southern region of kherson, which was seized by russia at the very start of the war. when the russian troops first rolled in, there were weeks of street protests, until the soldiers cleared the streets and began detaining those they suspected of supporting kyiv. but resistance to russian occupation didn t die, it moved underground, so sarah rainsford has been to meet some of ukraine s shadow army, working behind enemy lines to help free kherson. they tumble off buses every day here. mostly women and children fleeing russian occupation in southern ukraine. exhausted and still wary because it s a long, tense trip from a life where even a text message supporting ukraine can get you arrested. translation: it s ukraine can get you arrested. translation:
this is bbc news. the headlines: president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension. there are reports of a possible visit by us house speaker nancy pelosi. ukraine is thought to be trying to recapture the southern region of kherson, which was seized by russia at the very start of the war. when the russian troops first rolled in, resistance to russian occupation didn t die, it simply and quietly moved underground. the 22nd commonwealth games are underway. the opening ceremony took place on thursday evening in the english city