welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. ambassador, i want to begin with some words said recently by the uk foreign minister, david cameron. he said this: the lights are flashing red right across the global dashboard. it is hard to think of a time when there s been so much danger, insecurity, instability in the world. would you agree with him on that? i would. and where do you see the instability at its most dangerous? the most pressing thing today is, of course, the middle east. you cannot deny it. it s obvious. it is a conflict that is fraught with the regional conflagration, potential global conflagration. you see what s happening what has been happening in recent days. you have seen what s been happening in the red sea with the us aggression on yemen, with the recent us was plus uk aggression on iraq and syria, the situation on the northern border of israel with lebanon. so, the middle east may explode, unfortunately. i m looking at some of your recent quotes. yo
to say thank you also for the kind messages of support for catherine and for my father, especially in recent days. it means a great deal to us all. a major labour u turn the party is ditching its target to spend £28 billion a year on green investment after weeks of confusion about the policy. all of the schools in flintshire will be closed tomorrow as parts of wales and england brace itself for a flurry of snow and ice. and the story behind this award winning photo from the photographer who waited three days to take it. on newsnight at 10:30pm. labour s $28 billion a year election pledge for a green fuelled future is itself to be powered on. is the shadow cabinet at war with itself on climate policy? good evening. the united states has tonight launched a drone strike in the iraqi capital baghdad, killing a senior leader of an armed pro iran group. three people were killed in the attack, including a commander of the group that us officials say was behind recent attacks on u
a £20,000 payment for 240 dentists to moved to underserved areas, top up payments for dentists to take on new nhs patients and school visits to support tooth brushing and offer children fluoride varnish treatments. let s go to our panel. with me if the deputy director of the centre right think tank onward adam hawkes be an author of cosmopolitan politics on some stack and lease. we will talk to you about the situation in the us in a minute but adam, what do you make of this is the government announced a new plan but there is criticism of it from the dental industry today? there was, and this is a sort of thing there was, and this is a sort of thing that there was, and this is a sort of thing that people expect the government to take care of. when you say to government to take care of. when you say to people what are some of the things you say to people what are some of the things you are for about, cannot get employment, and cannot get a gp or passport employment,
nigeria s match was filled with drama, going to extra time and penalties before they put south africa out. and it s been an incredible tournament for ivory coast, who sacked their manager after the group stages and have scraped through some of their matches. they beat democratic republic of congo i o. jon bennett has more on two fascinating semi finals from abijan. we have had miracles, we had drama, we have had big slices of luxury this tournament for ivory coast, but this performance was all about quality and control. they were super against the congo, at times it didn t look like their opponents knew how to attack this ivory coast team. almoez ali, sebastian haller is the striker, he was already a hero. even a bigger hero after scoring the goal which has put ivory coast in the africa cup of nations final, a shot which put the goalkeeper into the back of the net. he s been recovering from injury, so did brighton simon dhingra and they both made a real difference. ivory c
hamas laid out a process to release hostages in phases in exchange for palestinian prisoners and a period of time to allow a dram why the increase in aid to gaza. but they said that it had to have a permanent ceasefire. a senior hamas official says a delegation will head to cairo for peace talks with egypt and qatar. mr netanyahu s remarks are a blow to a sustained push by the us to reach an agreement something the country s top diplomat, antony blinken, says there is still room for as negotiations continue. while there are some clear non starters in hamas response, we do think that it creates space for agreement to be reached. and we will work at that relentlessly until we get there. while the war continues in gaza, there are potentialflash points for a wider conflict, including on israel s border with lebanon from where our international editor, jeremy bowan, send this report. israel s border with lebanon feels isolated and empty. in metula, israel s most northerly commu