than a decade after trafficking nearly 43 grams of heroin. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin claims ukraine is a fake nation. he peddles a moscow centric version of history which draws on centuries of russian imperialism. his invasion of ukraine is about much more than military supremacy, it s about culture, language, identity and values too. my guest is the ukrainian rock star, former mp and current lieutenant in the ukrainian armed forces, slava va karchuk. what can this cultural icon contribute to the defence of the ukraine? slava vakarchuk, somewhere close to the front line in eastern ukraine, a warm welcome to hardtalk. hello stephen. very happy to be here, thanks for having me here. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. let me ask you this, musician or soldier, how do you see yourself right now, how should we see you? first of all, you don t need to split, i m certainly musician in my life and i hope i will be a music
rock star, former mp and current lieutenant in the ukrainian armed forces, slava va karchuk. what can this cultural icon contribute to the defence of the ukraine? slava vakarchuk, somewhere close to the front line in eastern ukraine, a warm welcome to hardtalk. hello stephen. very happy to be here, thanks for having me here. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. let me ask you this, musician or soldier, how do you see yourself right now, how should we see you? first of all, you don t need to split, i m certainly musician in my life and i hope i will be a musician to the end of my life because that s what i love. but then, everybody in ukraine, 4 million ukrainians are now soldiers in their own places, not everyone with weapons but everyone fighting for the country and that s what we need to do. so i think. it s what we are doing, what we love to do and what we need to do. i know you can t tell me exactly where you are right now but i happen to know you are close to the mi
leader ferdinand marcos is the front runner ahead of next month s poll. the former bbc radio 1 dj tim westwood faces allegations of sexual misconduct by women who say he abused his position in the music industry. he kept putting his hand on my leg and stroking my leg and touching my face. running his hands in my hair, like, what are you doing? like, stop touching me. and working against the clock the cafe where finishing the job is part of the service. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. as the conflict in ukraine enters its third month, the united nations secretary general has embarked on a diplomatic mission. antonio guterres took part in talks with president putin, after which the russian leader repeated his stated reasons for invading ukraine, while claiming that he still hoped for a diplomatic solution. the un says president putin has agreed in principle to the un and the red cross being involved in t
than military supremacy, it s about culture, language, identity and values too. my guest is the ukrainian rock star, former mp and current lieutenant in the ukrainian armed forces, slava va karchuk. what can this cultural icon contribute to the defence of the ukraine? slava vakarchuk, somewhere close to the front line in eastern ukraine, a warm welcome to hardtalk. hello stephen. very happy to be here, thanks for having me here. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. let me ask you this, musician or soldier, how do you see yourself right now, how should we see you? first of all, you don t need to split, i m certainly musician in my life and i hope i will be a musician to the end of my life because that s what i love. but then, everybody in ukraine, 4 million ukrainians are now soldiers in their own places, not everyone with weapons but everyone fighting for the country and that s what we need to do. so i think. it s what we are doing, what we love to do and what we need to
possible to achieve victory on the battlefield. this is impossible, so now they plan to destroy russia from within. we ll have more on that from our russia editor, steve rosenberg, who has travelled to the region. also on the programme, beijing expands its mass covid testing to more districts as fears of a lockdown promote panic buying across the chinese capital. for the first time, black women artists from britain and the united states win awards at the prestigious venice biennale. of course it s an enormous accolade, but i also think, | why has it taken so long? it should ve happened before now. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. elon musk, the world s richest man, has bought twitter in a deal worth $41; billion. in a joint statement, the two sides said they wanted to make the social media platform better than ever. elon musk said free speech is the bedrock of a functioning he went on to say. shortly bef