The washington post. You are up to date on the headlines. Its about 4 30am in the morning. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alexander lukashenko still sits in the president ial palace in belarus, six months after an election which he probably lost. Europes last de facto dictator continues to brutally repress protests and imprison political opponents. My guest is sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, the woman who believes she won last augusts vote, and who, from exile, calls herself the leader of democratic belarus. But is toppling lukashenko any closer to reality . Sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, in vilnius, lithuania, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. There you sit in vilnius in exile. Alexander lukashenko is still president of your country, belarus, and it is now the six month anniversary since you are convinced you won the president ial election. So, im just wondering how you feel today . Oh, thank you. I feel responsibil
sure the government s decisions, particularly to not borrowing more, is to not fuel inflation. it would be guided by fairness and. just to cuickl be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up. be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up, you be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up, you also - be guided by fairness and. just to quickly follow-up, you also likened| quickly follow up, you also likened nato allies to beg why amazon given delivery nato allies to beg why amazon given delivery of nato allies to beg why amazon given delivery of weapons to ukraine. are you worried delivery of weapons to ukraine. are you worried that might offend president zelensky, who you have a -ood president zelensky, who you have a good relationship with. i m just following good relationship with. i m just following up on president zelensky and his following up on president zelensky and his talk today, he talked about forming and his talk today, he talked
tensions of migrants ratcheting up in the new year. as officials around the country point fingers over who is to blame for overwhelmed cities across the u.s. it was outrageous that they are saying they cannot deal with this. shannon: pressured growing with to fix the record influx into the country the face-off between red and blue america reaching a boiling point. what governor abbott has done, it just wants to create chaos. what is common ground possible? a celtic anyone city should have this all this from a reach out to governor abbott opted to work together. will stick with texas republican governor greg abbott and denver democratic mayor mike johnson about seeking solution parade than inside the washington beltway house republicans themselves voted to decrease the amount of border patrol agents,. clerks and some take responsibility providing leadership, this administration has done nothing but attack elected officials. little sign of working anything out b
tensions of migrants ratcheting up in the new year. as officials around the country point fingers over who is to blame for overwhelmed cities across the u.s. it was outrageous that they are saying they cannot deal with this. shannon: pressured growing with to fix the record influx into the country the face-off between red and blue america reaching a boiling point. what governor abbott has done, it just wants to create chaos. what is common ground possible? a celtic anyone city should have this all this from a reach out to governor abbott opted to work together. will stick with texas republican governor greg abbott and denver democratic mayor mike johnson about seeking solution parade than inside the washington beltway house republicans themselves voted to decrease the amount of border patrol agents,. clerks and some take responsibility providing leadership, this administration has done nothing but attack elected officials. little sign of working anything out b
over joining me from around the world. i m richard quest in london. this is the cnn newsroom. israel says it s going to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties in gaza. it seems to be giving palestinians few options on where go. i ll put that very point to a senior adviser of the israeli prime minister. america s borders are at breaking point, and federal officials are encountering record levels of migration. nearly 10,000 a day. the surge and what fuels it. a report from the weather center tracking a storm system across the southwest ahead a busy holiday travel weekend. it is 10:00 in london, 12 noon in gaza. israel s military says it s pressing on with plans to expand the operation in gaza despite growing pressure to scale back on its offensive. an idf spokesperson says the campaign will widen to new areas. the emphasis on southern gaza. it follows the u.n. security council which adopted a long-delayed resolution calling for the increase in aid to gaza. the uni