hello and welcome. rishi sunak will be appointed as britain s third prime minister in seven weeks later, as he meets the king at buckingham palace. the former chancellor won the tory leadership contest yesterday without a vote being cast, after borisjohnson and penny mordaunt dropped out of the race. he has promised to serve with integrity , and told the party they must unite or die . mr sunak will be the first british asian to lead the government, and at 42 the youngest prime minister for more than 200 years. he has promised to serve with integrity and toe the party they must unite or die. it is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party i love and give back to the country i owe so much to. the united kingdom is a great country, but there is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. we now need stability and unity, and i will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together. so what can expect to happen in the next few hou
their everyday lives. this government their everyday lives. this government is their everyday lives. this government is acting - their everyday lives. this government is acting as| their everyday lives. this government is acting as arsonists rather government is acting as arsonists rather than government is acting as arsonists rather than firefighters, it s grossly rather than firefighters, it s grossly irresponsible. tens of thousands rally across the us to call for stricter gun laws, in the wake of recent mass shootings. china says it ll fight to the very end to prevent taiwan from being declared independent. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. reports from eastern ukraine say a huge chemical plant in the town of severodonetsk where hundreds of people have been sheltering is on fire. the governor of the region sa
when vladimir putin ordered his invasion force into ukraine in late february, is this the scenario he imagined for earlyjune? a brutal war of attrition in the donbas, a defiant ukrainian government deploying more heavy weapons from western allies, russian losses mounting, a punishing sanctions regime on moscow and more nato expansion in the offing? well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia s ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan? well, i think it is progressing. nobody promised to deliver it in three or seven days, as some pundits are saying now, that the russian special military operation stalled and is not progressing at the pace that wa
to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to president biden. the congressional committee has spent almost a year investigating the attack. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin ordered his invasion force into ukraine in late february, is this the scenario he imagined for earlyjune? a brutal war of attrition in the donbas, a defiant ukrainian government deploying more heavy weapons from western allies, russian losses mounting, a punishing sanctions regime on moscow and more nato expansion in the offing? well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia s ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going