Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Kahn won power in pakistan two years ago with a promise to root out corruption and take on the countries vested interest. So hows it going . Well, rising food prices and the covid pandemic have left many pakistanis feeling worse off. While the Anti Corruption drive has become a political battleground. My guest today ishaq dar was pakistans Finance Minister a former Prime Minister nawaz sharif now both of those men are trying to rally opposition to imran khan. But how much credibility do they have . Ishaq dar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Let us begin with your personal status, your legal status. You are a wanted man in pakistan. Are you here in london to escape the judicial process . Not really, i think you must be aware of the pakistan history. When our in pakistan over 73 years the rhetoric has been used over the last two dictatorships and the current one isnt different. Because this regime is known to be under the martial law.
Trillion yen or 100 trillion. Earlrlier at a meeting of Coalition Parties the Prime Minister said it will take considerable time to resume normal daily life while preveventing infection from spreading. We have to take advantage of the fact that tin fex hhe infection subsided. It includes cash handouts of 200,000 yen or 1,800 for Health Care Workers and allocates funding to support the development of drugs and vaccines. Other elements plan to help struggling businesses by covering 2thirds of the rent for six months and increase subsidies for employers. The latest move comes as japan has confirmed more than 16,600 cases of the virus and nearly 870 deaths. So far, 27 new cases have been reported nationwide. A man in his 80s tested positive for the third time. Moving to south korea where Health Authorities are on alert after the sharpest rise in infections in 50 days. Officials said 40 people tested positive on tuesday. The figures nearly double. Most of the new cases were in seoul. We are
Betray them on brexit. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Police in new zealand say they dont expect to find any more survivors after a volcano in new zealand erupted without warning. At least five people have died and several more are missing. The volcano on on white island to the north of the country is a popular tourist attraction. The sudden eruption happened just after 2pm local time. Its feared passengers from a cruise ship were looking at the volcanos crater when it started spewing ash thousands of feet into the air. Police say more than 20 people are still unaccounted for and Officials Say it is currently too dangerous for Emergency Services to travel to the island to establish exactly what happened. Our news correspondent Richard Lister has been following developements and has this report. A boiling ash cloud fills the sky. These day trippers had a lucky escape. They had been on that island just minutes before. They left behind a sightseeing helicopter, destroyed by t
Coming week. But today a brief respite, lots of sunshine on offer across the uk. There are some showers round, mainly affecting north sea coasts it has to be said. They should ease as the afternoon goes on but the stormy conditions we have are clearing east ward and out to the west, a transient ridge of higher pressure which is helping to settle things down, but round that, we are feeding in cooler air, on a north westerly breeze but notice this wedge of something milderjust waiting in the atlantic, so the showers i mentioned here they are nicely on the radar image. As we go through the afternoon they should gradually ease and the blustery wind here should gradually start to ease down too. Elsewhere through the rest of the day, a good slice of some sunshine, winter sunshine out to the west for western parts of Northern Ireland and north west scotland, we may just start to see the cloud increase. It will feel cool, we may just start to see 10 celsius to the far south and west. Clear ski
Into why he lost at the original fight against andy ruiz into why he lost at the original fight against andy ruinr. He has been speaking to mike castillo. Issue with my health, which i was going through for a long time. I didnt know what was wrong with me, just felt so tired and drained. I thought must be down to training. I got myself sorted out and i feel a mill dollars. It was weird, even in the changing room, i was like, i just want to get a bucket of water and ice, shoving my head on it, why doi and ice, shoving my head on it, why do i feel so tired . You could see these things when i was in the ring. The responsibilities of being a champion is difficult. Especially at such an early stage, i didnt have 20 odd fights to learn, it was just 16 fights and giving added the belt was not that i was giving them away, it was just to off load the pressure. All that type of staff, feeling so tired, dealing with a lot of obligations, stuff like that. What was the problem last time . just felt