Im stephen sackur. For more than two decades, the anc has been south africas impregnable political structure, but now cracks are appearing. At least 30 anc mps defied the party whip and supported a No Confidence Motion against party leader and National President , jacob zuma. Cue bitter recriminations. My guest today is pravin gordhan, the man President Zuma sacked as Finance Minister in controversial circumstances earlier this year. Does the anc need to be broken up to enable south africa to thrive . Pravin gordhan, in johannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Long distance as it might be. Lets consider what is happening in your country today and particularly the fallout from the motion of No Confidence against president jacob zuma, which didnt succeed, but got 177 votes, which was significant. It clearly included a substantial number of anc mps. How toxic is the atmosphere inside the anc as a result of that vote . There certainly is an active debate and d
Into her approach to brexit negotiations in a speech on tuesday. The Northern Ireland secretary says its likely that new elections will be held for the stormont assembly, after the resignation of Northern Irelands deputy first minister, martin mcguinness. My concern is that an Election Campaign will be divisive and will lead to greater distance between the parties at the end of that. Theres a warning that queues of people arriving at uk airports will lengthen significantly if immigration and Customs Checks become more stringent after brexit unless more border staff are hired. Hello, and welcome to Dateline London. Does the Trump Presidency promise a new golden age for the United States . Us troops head to poland. And britains Prime Minister promises to work for a shared society, while the red cross says theres a humanitarian crisis in the British Health service. Separating the facts from the fake news today, my guests are Michael Goldfarb of politico, nesrine malik, who is a sudanesejo
Into her approach to brexit negotiations in a speech on tuesday. The Northern Ireland secretary says its likely that new elections will be held for the stormont assembly, after the resignation of Northern Irelands deputy first minister, martin mcguinness. My concern is that an Election Campaign will be divisive and will lead to greater distance between the parties at the end of that. Theres a warning that queues of people arriving at uk airports will lengthen significantly if immigration and Customs Checks become more stringent after brexit unless more border staff are hired. Hello, and welcome to Dateline London. Does the Trump Presidency promise a new golden age for the United States . Us troops head to poland. And britains Prime Minister promises to work for a shared society, while the red cross says theres a humanitarian crisis in the British Health service. Separating the facts from the fake news today, my guests are Michael Goldfarb of politico, nesrine malik, who is a sudanesejo
Does the Trump Presidency promise a new golden age for the United States . Us troops head to poland. And britains Prime Minister promises to work for a Shared Society while the red cross says theres a humanitarian crisis in the British Health service. Separating the facts from the fake news today, my guests are Michael Goldfarb of politico, nesrine malik, who is a sudanesejournalist, Stefanie Bolzen of die welt, and iain martin, formerly editor of the scotsman, now editor of reaction. Very good to see you. Its all a conspiracy against donald trump by Us Intelligence and the media, or its a conspiracy by Donald Trumps supporters and perhaps russian intelligence to help trump become president and embarrass the media with fake news. Either way, how far can mr trumps team of talented family members, billionaires, ex generals and others heal americas obvious divisions . This is the week when he will become president of the United States. He talks about bringing the country together. People
Hollywood is awash with speculation, spin and yes, self importance but this year, with donald trump in the white house and america deeply divided, real life has thrown up a melodrama which makes the movies look tame. My guest today isjohn madden, and oscar winning director whose latest film is set in the murky world of washington politics. But is hollywood doing justice to the times were living in . John madden, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Lets start by discussing the process of making your most recent movie. Its called miss sloane. But perhaps the most striking thing about it is that you were working in washington, making a film about the underbelly of washington politics at the very time america was experiencing a political earthquake. How disconcerting was that . Well, you know, it was really like, i suppose if i use a movie metaphor, its two trains kind of colliding. But we had no idea this other train was on the track. Im sure im explaining the obvious here but obviously when