Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped too. Like ken and jane, devolution is not something that i have had to get used to, or to adapt to, or to apologise for. Devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. It is what i have always known through my adult political life and that is the same for a growing number of our citizens and i want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future on behalf of a generation that, too often, is being asked to Pick Up The Pieces and the bill for those who came before them. In wales, it often takes the worst times to get the best out of us. In adversity, you cant match us. We will be there, Fighting Tooth and nailfor the impossible to happen. For the underdog, for the oppr
Nathan law, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me again, stephen. Well, its a pleasure to have you back in the studio. We talked last soon after you fled from hong kong. Youve been living a life in exile for pretty much three years now. But your situation has changed recently because the chinese authorities or the hong kong authorities, i should say have put a bounty on your head of1 million hong kong dollars. What difference has that made . Well, its definitely a step up of the Intimidation Tactics that the chinese and Hong Kong Government has been using. For me, ive been wanted on several other charges, but putting a bounty on someone s head is completely new. Like, when i google and search on the list of bounties from the governments list, its actually quite strange because you saw people who are wanted under homicide or any other serious crimes, they were wanted with 300,000 hong kong dollars and we were, like, triple of their bounties. But the charges, of course, ar
Lets start with the late Boris Nemtsov. Nemtsov had been an ally of putins predecessor, boris yeltsin. When putin emerged from relative obscurity to grab the presidency, nemtsov became a noisy opponent and in 2015, he was shot dead close to the kremlin. Who ordered the assassination . Well, the truth has never come out, but putins opponents have little doubt. In 2011, i went to moscow to meet Boris Nemtsov, who was then putins biggest, highest profile critic. Putin became a successor and became the president because berezovsky was his friend. And berezovsky supported him very much and berezovsky financed his campaign. You know that putin rule is, if you are a friend, you can do whatever you want. If you are an enemy, you will be injail, right . Even if they had just one case of corruption, my corruption, believe me, we will never talk in the hardtalk on bbc. You will came to the prison maybe, maybe not, i dont know. And try to give me some present or whatever. Thats why if you are in t
And wide to ride the waves of the river severn. And on newsnight at 10. 30pm well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Theres been a Strong International response to a bbc investigation, highlighting the Ill Treatment of palestinian medical staff, by the Israeli Defence forces, at a hospital in gaza last month. Our reporting includes evidence of people being detained, beaten and prevented from carrying out vital medical duties. The foreign secretary, lord cameron, says the report is very disturbing, and hes called for Answers From The Israelis. And the Us State Department has also seen the imnvestigation. Israel says it took over the Nasser Hospital in khan younis last month, believing hamas fighters were based there. Several israeli hostages, whove been released, say they were held on the premises. Israel says any abuse of detainees is strictly prohibited. Orla guerin is live inje