the minister of humanitarian affairs told journalists that more than 1.3 million people had been displaced in the worst now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in the increasingly overt struggle between western liberal democracy and authoritarianism, hong kong s position is unique. it is chinese sovereign territory granted special autonomous status under a handover deal done with britain. many hong kongers hoped that deal would guarantee theirfreedoms, but those hopes have been crushed. my guest is ted hui, a hong kong pro democracy politician exiled in australia and convicted in absentia by a hong kong court. has beijing neutralised hong kong s dissenters? ted hui in adelaide, australia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. my pleasure to talk to you. you, of course, arejoining me from australia because you fled from your home, from hong kong, in late 2021, and you said you left with a very heavy heart. did you also leave with a sense of defeat? i
my guest is ted hui, a hong kong pro democracy politician exiled in australia and convicted in absentia by a hong kong court. has beijing neutralised hong kong s dissenters? thank you. my pleasure to talk to you. you, of course, arejoining me from australia because you fled from your home, from hong kong, in late 2021, and you said you left with a very heavy heart. did you also leave with a sense of defeat? i don t, because. it s common that people might think that way. it s like an escapist guilt. but as long as i m still fighting, as long as i m still speaking up for hong kong s freedom and democracy, doing my lobbying works and advocacy work, i don t feel that at all. i feel that it s a new battleground for me to speak out so that the world hears hong kong. you fled whilst facing charges. you were on bail. did it come as a surprise to you, what happened to you? cos you d been a legislator in the legislative council, you d been an activist on the streets. i m just wondering
president of the confederation of british industry, lord bilimoria, and the former mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings blake. welcome to the programme. the nato summit wrapped up today in madrid, with the alliance stronger than it has been in decades. leaders committed more money to ukraine and more troop numbers to the eastern flank. and in the face of russia s agression they reaffirmed their core commitment to each other under article five an attack on one, is an attack on all. we face the most serious security situation in decades. but we are rising to the challenge with unity and resolve. together deploy more assets and capabilities to both our alliances across all domains, land, air, sea, cyber and space. we have reaffirmed that our article five commitment is sacred. an attack on one is an attack on all and we will defend every inch of nato territory. if you want proof that nato i is a purely defensive alliance, you could have no more eloquent testimony that the acc
civil rights campaigners, who s died at the age of 93. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the european court of human rights has tonight refused an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family s legal battle. doctors who say archie is brain stem dead were waiting for a decision from the court before beginning the withdrawal of his treatment. the 12 year old has been in a coma since an accident at his home in essex in april. let s go live now to the royal london hospital in east london, where archie has been receiving his life support treatment since april. charlotte gallacher is there. charlotte, can you bring us up to speed with these latest developments?- speed with these latest developments? speed with these latest develoments? , . , , speed with these latest develoments? , , . developments? this was the news that archie battersbee s developments? this was the news that archie battersbee
husam zomlot, welcome to hardtalk. husam, i want to start with something personal. you yourfamily is from the south of gaza. when you heard of the murderous attack that hamas had launched on israel on october 7, did you immediately realise that this was going to put your family and so many others in gaza in extraordinary danger? yes, absolutely. not only my family, but all people in gaza and my entire nation, because i knew israel will instrumentalise this in the most horrible way possible. and this is exactly what happened, trying to link hamas to the palestinian people, and then link hamas to isis, then linking the palestinian people to isis, in preparation for this horror we are witnessing right this moment. surely, the message israel was making and was bound to make was between hamas and unbelievable levels of barbarity and violence? and what they had to do was commit to destroy hamas. we have to listen to what the israeli officials and politicians and fanatics have bee