Civil war brewing . Our deputy Political Editor, tom hannood there for us. An audacious proposal here in manchester. Might the Prime Minister be taking the largest spender decision of his tenure in office, potentially tens of billions of pounds of Rail Infrastructure to hang in the balance, although at least one conservative mayor andy street, is not happy. Ill have the is not happy. Ill have the latest. Latest. The home secretary will also be taking to the podium today with everything from policing to migration on the agenda. And well be speaking to the justice secretary later this hour. Secretary later this hour. Weather forecast courtesy of alex deakin this morning. Alex deakin this morning. A bit of a wet start in places this morning, but most of us will have a bright and breezy day. Therell be some sunshine. There will also be a fair few showers. Join me later for a full forecast and sport courtesy of paul coyte. How about this , chelsea have how about this, chelsea have won a gam
Government to see what their response will be. The attacker in the sydney stabbing incident has been identified as new details emerge of the shock attack yesterday. Of the shock attack yesterday. Good morning. It was another triumphant day for trainer Willie Mullins as his horse i am maximus, ridden by paul townend , maximus, ridden by paul townend, stormed to victory at the grand national and there were no fatalities at aintree in the premier league. Will find out which manager stormed out of his press conference. In tennis press conference. And in tennis there last on court there was joy at last on court for raducanu after a chilly for Emma Raducanu after a chilly but bright start for many of us this morning. There is some showers on the way this afternoon. Join me later for the full forecast with all details. Later for the full forecast with all good etails. Later for the full forecast with all good morning to you. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im stephen and im im Steph
Relations during the george w. Bush administration i believe it was successful in doing two somewhat opposite things at once, and successfully stabilizing the situation across the silent straight. That was a strong support for the defense and strong warnings against the use of force to cohearse and assuring statements that oppose provocative measures in taiwan in particular the 2010, 2008 referendum to apply to the u. N. Under the name taiwan, which was seen as an assertion of Taiwan Independence on the mainland. To give both of those things coercion looks attractive and necessary because the u. S. Position is not designed to promote something that china fears. In the Obama Administration, i think iran administrations handled the dispute with china quite well. In that it has reiterated that unlike other sovereignty disputes in the region the despite falls under the article five of the u. S. Japan alliance because United States recognizes administrative control and strengthens alliance
With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. We could use more platforms like this to voice our ideas. Well, i want to talk to you all about your ideas. And i want to begin by taking you back to 1989. You made a stand as a Student Leader for freedom and for democracy. And looking back at it now, it has cost you your life as you knew it then in 1989. On a personal level, do you have any regrets . Well, i survived in a Great Movement and im proud to be part of it. But it ended up as a massacre. Regret can sometimes be an understat
With me, stephen sackur. Today, the bbc is running a series of programmes about democracy, the idea and the reality. Its a theme our guest today has reason to consider in great depth. Wuerkaixi was one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square Student Protest in beijing in 1989. He became one of the Chinese Governments most wanted men. He escaped, and he now lives in exile in taiwan. And today, hejoins me, and a hardtalk audience here in london. Applause. Wuer kaixi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. We could use more platforms like this to voice our ideas. Well, i want to talk to you all about your ideas. And i want to begin by taking you back to 1989. You made a stand as a Student Leader for freedom and for democracy. And looking back at it now, it has cost you your life as you knew it then in 1989. On a personal level, do you have any regrets . Well, i survived in a Great Movement and im proud to be part of it. But it ended up as a massacre. Regret can sometimes be an understat