i m at the home and studio of one of sri lanka s most influential artists and activists, jagath weerasinghe. can sri lankans put behind them their bloody past and forge a new and united future? jagath weerasinghe, welcome to hardtalk. i m happy to be here. sitting here in your home, which is also your studio, i wonder how far you ve been influenced as both an artist and an archaeologist by sri lanka s past? i m totally influenced by that. i m totally, yes. everything i do has something to do with the past of sri lanka and the idea of the past, that we keep performing in the present. yeah. but it s notjust sri lanka s past, it s a particularly bloody past that you choose to focus on. why? that is what i call the history of the present. you know, we have a long history coming from, like, fifth century bc, and, you know, there s this great history of sri lanka or south asia. but the 20th century history is i call the history of the present, which is.defines myself and my art and
it was not guilty of concealing information about flight control systems on its 373 max aircraft. flaws in the systems were found to have led to fatal crashes four years ago. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. iam i am outside colombo, the capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into it s capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into it s worth economic crisis for more than 70 years. it led to widespread process and forced the resignation of the president last year and all this after a long running civil war in which iamat i am at the home is really one of the most influential artist and activist. cancelling can put behind them their bloodied past and forge a new and united future? welcome to hartog. i am happy to be here. welcome to hartog. i am happy to be here- to be he
as the china party conference begins, the united states says president xi is leading the country in a more aggressive direction. and one of the literary world s biggest prizes, the booker, is won by sri lanka s shahaan karunartilaka, about his country s civil war. i country s civil war. was writing a murder mystery and i was writing a murder mystery and itjust seemed every sri lankan atrocity, we never deal with it, we kind ofjust move on. the british prime minister, liz truss, has said she is sorry and accepts responsibility for mistakes in her economic plan. the majority of measures in her so called mini budget have been reversed by her new chancellor, jeremy hunt. in an interview with our political editor, chris mason, she said the plans had gone too far and too fast , but insisted she would lead the conservatives into the next election. inside ten downing street tonight, today s prime minister in the corridors, those of yesterday on the wall. prime minister, who is to
mystery and it just seemed that every sri lankan atrocity, we never deal with it, we kind ofjust move on. the british prime minister liz truss has apologised for mistakes in the government s financial strategy a strategy that she set in motion. the majority of measures in her so called mini budget have been reversed by her new finance ministerjeremy hunt. he was in parliament to explain why the economic policy was being scrapped. the prime minister herself was keeping a low profile. in a moment, we ll hearfrom her. first, our political editor chris mason has the story of how the day unfolded. first thing this morning, it felt like a government on the run. sorry about the rain, guys. the new chancellor was even apologising for the weather. jeremy hunt was jogging before dawn thought of breaking. any more u turns? the answer was yes. news was already breaking. mr hunt was performing the last rites on almost all of liz truss s plans her programme for government dead. living