welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. right now, russia s war on ukraine is being waged from house to house, town to town in the eastern donbas. the strategy is simple destroy and then occupy the ruins. but the annihilation strategy isn t restricted to the battlefield. the kremlin is seeking to erase ukraine s history, culture and sense of identity. my guest today is the ukrainian raised, internationally renowned historian serhii plokhy. what s the best response to this weaponization of history? serhii plokhy, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. you are a harvard historian. you ve lived in the united states for a long time, and yet you were raised inside ukraine. so is it possible for you to bring a dispassionate historian s eye to what is happening in ukraine right now? or is it far too personal? that s what i am trying to do to bring this dispassionate analysis and help understanding of what is going on from the historical perspective. but it s extremely cl
on the streets. applause and ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate their country s 3 1 victory over scotland in the world cup playoffs. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in the evening in virginia in the us, where a jury has found that the actress amber heard defamed her ex husband johnny depp, after a six week trial that has transfixed america and people around the world. the two hollywood stars have traded accusations of physical abuse, mental distress and given audiences an inside look into the most private details of their lives. the jury awarded johnny depp $15 million over a 2018 article in which amber heard described her experience with domestic abuse. our arts correspondent david sillito has been following this trial for us from the beginning. here is his report. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after
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to help ukrainian forces. ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate their country s 3 1 victory over scotland in the world cup playoffs. and the record breaking brit who s defied the odds to climb everest not once but 16 times, even as his doctors warned he may never walk again unaided. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 7pm in the evening in virginia in the us, where a jury has found that the actress amber heard defamed her ex husband johnny depp and ordered she pay the hollywood star $15 million in damages. our arts correspondent david sillito has been following this trial for us from the beginning. here is his report. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes since their divorce, finally, a judgment by a jury on the allegations that johnny depp had violently assaulted h
there s always talk about it being so unpolitical but ijust don t see how it is. tonight with the context, lord bilimoria president of the confederation of british industry and founder of cobra beer and ron christie former senior advisor to president george w bush. welcome to the programme. after weeks of dicussions, eu leaders have agreed on a partial embargo of russian oil imports. the plan is expected to affect up to 90% of russian oil imports by the end of the year. it will only affect oil that arrives by sea that s around two thirds of imports. but not pipeline oil, following strong opposition from hungary. first, this is the eu s foreign policy chief. we were in versaille bursae a few weeks ago, not many observers would ve thought it would ve been possible for us only in a few weeks to take such a concrete and historic decision. we have decided to sanction russia by banning russian oil, this is extremely important and we will succeed in the following months to i