which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. one of the key drivers of human thought and behaviour throughout history has been knowledge of our own mortality. from childhood each of us knows we will die. religion, philosophy and science all wrestle with that fact and have in different ways embraced the quest for immortality. my guess today, stephen cave, director of the cambridge institute for technology and humanity is at the centre of a growing debate about the merits of extending human longevity. is it wise to seek to live forever? stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they would not be around us any more if they did not. the mouse that did not care about surviving would not pass on its genes. so we come for from a long line of creature
speaking to a music journalist, it s monday, the 26th of june. of the most serious threat to vladimir putin s grip on power, still no sightings of two men at the center of this crisis. go get screened. fergie says she s screened herself for cancer and urges earn else to get checked. also, the health minister, on weather they ll look at review board expectations for the staff. the point is to have a process where you have expert advice. this isn t no way to run a country. they should have been sorting these out a long time ago. we should have never ended up in this position. keeping the legend alive, andy murray tells sky news he wants to play on for as long as he can. i want to keep playing for a bit longer. i know it s not going to be going on forever, but i have an idea when i would like to finish, and it s not this year s wimbledon. beyond the yellow brick road ohhhh reaching the end of his road with his final live uk performance, sir elton. what do
crimes and a charge of genocide, is israel s response to the trauma of october 7 serving its own best interests? mark regev injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the programme. as i said, we are more than 100 days into this war. you are inside the israeli government. is there any discussion inside your government as to whether the current strategy you re pursuing in gaza is working? so, the overall strategy, the goal remains what it was at the beginning, to destroy hamas s military machine, to have our hostages released, returned home, and to end this terror enclave, to end hamas s rule in the gaza strip. now, the way to achieve that is obviously flexible and depending on battlefield conditions and other conditions, as well. so the tactics in achieving that goal can be fluid, but the goal remains the same destroy hamas s military machine, end their rule of gaza, and get all the hostages home. do you think it s wor
an eyesore and an expensive problem fly tipping. it happened more than a million times in england last year but what can be done to stop it? a five goal thriller in the fa cup, with nottingham forest needing extra time to see off league one blackpool in their third round replay. good morning. further heavy snow to come across northern scotland today with blizzards and also drifting. across northern ireland, uk will see snow showers as we well across some of our coasts. in between, there will be sunshine. all of the details later on in the programme. it s thursday, 18th january, our main story. the prime minister has succeeded in getting his key rwanda bill through the house of commons, after a conservative rebellion failed to materialise. it s been called a major step forward in the government s plan to stop migrant boats crossing the channel. 0ur political correspondent peter saull has more. the ayes to the right 320, the noes to the left, 276. a government victory in th
being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we are following breaking news this morning. charges have just been filed against hunter biden, the son of the sitting president has agreed to a plea deal for two tax misdemeanors and a separate gun possession charge that will likely be dismissed. we ll have more on the latest in just a moment, including new reaction from the white house. plus, more breaking news, save the date for the start of donald trump s federal trial. august 14th, this year, as in less than a couple of months from now for that classified documents trial to start. also ahead, the race against time to find a submersible lost in the middle of the atlantic ocean. five people set out to the wreckage of the titanic deep underwater, but according to the coast guard, there is only enough oxygen in the vehicle to last to until thursday. what we know about who is on board and the search efforts currently under way. we begin with