So much to shape the world of today . Sathnam sanghera, welcome to hardtalk. Its nice to be back. Its great to have you back, and you are back with a new book, which i have here empireworld. Its your take on just how massive the impact of the British Empire was and still is on the world. You certainly dont undersell your idea, its subtitled how British Imperialism has shaped the globe. I really do believe that. I think the British Empire explains so much about peoples daily lives Around The World, tea drinking in india, in britain, patterns of tax avoidance, even the Bbc World Service used to be known as the bbc empire service. It explains so much about our daily news. Youvejust come back from guyana theres a Border Dispute there that goes back to empire, israel palestine, a dispute that has its roots in empire, but also, theres a gap between the way in Which Britain sees itself and the world sees britain through the prism of this history, and i think we need to remember what we did be
Are dying of hunger. Un experts have accused israel of intentionally starving gaza. This Isjust A Drop in the ocean and aid agencies say its inefficient and a last resort. When help trickles in, the desperate come running, seizing what they can carry. This man managed to grab a sack of flour. This man wasnt so lucky. He had to try to scoop some up from the ground. Its better than eating animal feed, which many gazans have been reduced to. Childhood now is a struggle for survival. President biden wants the us military to set up a port in gaza, but that will take weeks and therell be no american troops the ground. So who will secure the aid once it arrives . And who will prevent a repeat of this . Crowds swarming aid trucks last week. There was chaos and gunfire from israeli troops. Some were crushed to death, more than 100 were killed. How long will it take to get aid to fardy al zahn, wasting away in hospital in Northern Gaza . He has Cystic Fibrosis and has gone months without treatme
And its notjust my industry and the Entertainment Industry, this is the world at large. But in the Entertainment Industry and your industry, you know, as a senior director, there are very few black women in that position. Yes. And what do you put that down to . What i put it down to, i put it down to hollywood being a part of the world. There are very few women, there are very few black people and very few black women in positions of power and status in the world, specifically in the western world. And so its not only the Entertainment Industry. But do you think the Subject Matter of this film was a problem for hollywood . Oh, yes. No, i mean, hollywood is definitely caste ist for sure. Thank you very much indeed, ava. Thank you very much, i appreciate it. Thank you. So lets take a look at some of the front pages. We are looking at the daily mail and it continues with its boost defence spending campaign. Forformer spending campaign. For former defence spending campaign. Forformer Defen
Lets turn straightaway to Breaking News of the last few minutes. Three hill walkers have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glen coe thats in the scottish highlands. Police scotland said the bodies were discovered during a search, which had been launched after the group failed to return. The alarm was raised shortly after 9pm on saturday and Mountain Rescue teams assisted with the recovery operation. A Force Spokeswoman said, there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal. So that news just coming in, that three people have been found dead after failing to return from a walk in glencoe in the scottish highlands. When we get more on that, we will return to it. Now lets move on to the row in the uk about the government use of a barge to house Asylum Seekers. Migrants have started boarding the vessel called the Bibby Stockholm In Dorset on the south coast of england. The government hopes to house up to 500 me
Antony blinken, has voiced his concern that nigersjunta might turn to the Russian Mercenary Group wagnerfor help. The group is active in neighbouring countries and its leader has welcomed the takeover. The coup leaders are currently Standing Firm against calls to restore democratic rule. Heres what mr blinken had to say about wagner. For sure, we have concerns when we see Something Like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. And here is why we are concerned. Because every single place that this group, wagner group has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed. Insecurity has gone up, not down. It has not been a response to the needs of the countries in question for greater security. I think what happened and what continues to happen in niger was not instigated by russia or by wagner but to the extent that they try to take advantage of it and we see a repeat of what has happened in other countries where theyve brought nothing but bad