Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Kahn won power in pakistan two years ago with a promise to root out corruption and take on the countries vested interest. So hows it going . Well, rising food prices and the covid pandemic have left many pakistanis feeling worse off. While the Anti Corruption drive has become a political battleground. My guest today ishaq dar was pakistans Finance Minister a former Prime Minister nawaz sharif now both of those men are trying to rally opposition to imran khan. But how much credibility do they have . Ishaq dar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Let us begin with your personal status, your legal status. You are a wanted man in pakistan. Are you here in london to escape the judicial process . Not really, i think you must be aware of the pakistan history. When our in pakistan over 73 years the rhetoric has been used over the last two dictatorships and the current one isnt different. Because this regime is known to be under the martial law.
I dug into and im excited to tell my daughter about it. For those who have not been following as closely, through the Artemis Program, the United States government will work with industry and International Partners to send astronauts to the surface of the moon, another man and another woman to the moon, which is exciting, conduct new and exciting science, and demonstrate americas values. To date only 12 humans have walked on the moon. That was half a century ago. The Artemis Program provides exactly the opportunity to add numbers to that, of course. Lunar exploration has broad and bicameral support in congress, most recently detailed in the fy201 Omnibus Spending Bill and we support this effort. Can you update us on the president s thinking on the issue of forgiving Student Loan Debt . There are some groups that are pushing anew for the president to forgive all Student Loan Debt. Where does he stand on that . Sure. The president has and continues to support canceling 10,000 of federal
slowly meander its way across the southeastern tier of the u.s. here is a look at the system in question. you can already see a lot of that moisture bringing some pretty heavy thunderstorms to portions of northern texas, areas of oklahoma now starting to see some of that rain move into portions of arkansas as well as louisiana. you still have some rain in arizona and new mexico as well. but a lot of that is really going to begin to shift off to the east in the coming days. we do still have flood watches in effect for new mexico and texas and oklahoma and some into louisiana and southern arkansas as well. you also have some of that tropical moisture still surging from that potential tropical cyclone we had yesterday. it moved inland, but it is still pushing, that flow is still pushing the moisture from the gulf into the southeastern region. as that stationary front gradually starts to shift off to the east, you re going to see the water go with it. here is a look at where we f
ingraham angle from new york city tonight. x going to give it to you. that s the focus of tonight s angle. all right. if you think democrats are truly worried about election interference, you re not paying attention, people if you think they believe democracy is at risk if trump wins the white house? you are not listening. these same people trashed the credibility of our doj and our fbi. they have destroyed our once secure border. they have done enormous damage to the public s faith in these democratic institutions. they don t care about democracy. if you think liberals still cared about free speech, i think you re stuck in a late 1960 s time warp. liberals now embrace government censorship innocent measures if those americans are political opponents. the former free speech crowd are filled with totalitarians. new totalitarians they believe people like trump and desantis need to be stopped by any means necessary. they have civil rights? not really. and, of course, elon mus
are now being invited to book their appointment for a covid vaccine. a digital travel certificate the eu suggests a way for holidaymakers to prove they ve had a covid vaccination. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. and to viewers on bbc one where we await a news conference with the health secretary matt hancock in the next half an hour. the row over covid vaccine supply between the eu and uk has been reignited, as the head of the european commission threatened to restrict coronavirus vaccine exports outside of the bloc, in order to prioritise jabs for its citizens. ursula von der leyen said this could apply to countries with higher vaccination rates than those in the eu such as the uk. ms von der leyen said countries must deliver vaccine exports in a reciprocal and proportionate way, and warned all options were on the table as the bloc faces what she called the crisis of the century . foreign secretary dominic raab has called on the commission president to explain he