Zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you here. Just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government, and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. Why did you do that . My concern is that, you know, im maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. And ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. It was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. And the key issue is this pledge which was made by borisjohnson, repeated by liz truss, repeated a few times by rishi sunak around International Climate finance, from which so much of what the uk has done over the last few years flows, and that pledge was being broken. You say, because it was a pledge of something over. £11. 6 billion over five years. Over five years to be invested in International Climate change programmes and efforts. Yes. Yo
Limiting investment by American Companies in the chinese tech sector because of Serious National Security risks. It would require us firms to disclose investments in sensitive areas such as Artificial Intelligence and ban some investment altogether. Beijing has reacted angrily saying it is gravely concerned about the order. A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in washington says the curbs seriously undermine the interests of chinese and American Companies and investors. Republicans have said they do not go far enough. This is a new front in the tech war between two global superpowers, the restrictions prevent American Private equity and Venture Capital firms from investing in high tech sectors investing in high tech sectors in china, such as quantum computing, Artificial Intelligence and advanced semiconductors. The goal is to stop us capital in know how speeding up the development of technologies that could help china develop weapons for use against america in a military conflict. I
Coast of alaska. Putting anyones Cosmic Bulls Eye On Iconic ice cream man. They want to get rid of mr. Softee trucks because they are gas. Should be electric or solar. Today looking at dead heat. One democratic lawmaker admitting that the threat is that trump could come back. Elon musk revealing his upcoming fight with Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg says is he consuming 4,000 calories towed per day. Computer geek turning into zuckerberg 2. 0. Brian all right. Its raining outside. I will bring you this from the inside. We begin with this. Trumps legal team facing a 5 00 p. M. Deadline today to respond to federal prosecutors request for a protective order in his latest criminal case, not security wise, towards evidence wise. Meanwhile, the former president has some requests of his own. A Judge Recusal and he wants a new venue. Can you blame him . Peter doocy joins us with more. Brian, good morning. President trump has until the close of Business Today to explain a truth social post he made
Against the sun newspaper. Action over the mirror group of allegations of Phone Hacking. Who did you hack . It would be quicker to say who i didnt hack, wouldnt it . Celebrities, politicians. I was living in this sort of superhighway of illicit information. It was exciting, you felt like a spy. I dont know to this day how many people have heard my deepest secrets, my desires. Phone hacking was not practised by the Mail On Sunday or by the daily mail. You have just about anybody who has ever appeared in a Tabloid Newspaper Saying give me large wodges of cash please. Its actually a legal scandal. Its not the money im after, its to expose their guilt. Itsjustice. Prince harry has brought a claim against Newsgroup Newspapers for publications both in the News Of The World and the sun. Over 200 articles. More than half were published by the sun. The articles of stretch from the mid 90s when his mother was still alive to 2010, so they include articles from when he was still a child. Its alleg
A member of his Campaign Team told local media, villavicencio was about to get into a car when a man stepped forward and shot him in the head. His death was confirmed on social media by current president guillermo lasso. Ecuador s president ial election is scheduled to take place on 20 august. Wildfires are raging across the us state of hawaii. Officials there say that at least six people have died and many are injured, with some in a critical condition. These are the scenes out in maui and the big island that locals are calling apocalyptic. Locals are calling apocalyptic. The Historic Town of lahaina was one of the hardest hit, with reports that its now mostly reduced to ash. Crews there and across the islands are engaged in search and rescue, with evacuations under way for more than 13,000 people. But as residents try to escape, some are finding that many of the major roads are blocked and too dangerous to use. Lieutenant governor sylvia luke, whos serving as acting governor, issued