week, high pressure drifts about further east so it will sit right on top of the uk. there could be a bit more cloud at times but generally they are click through thursday and friday at the weekend is looking fine and settled and it can warm up a touch further towards bank holiday monday. thanks, sarah. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, welcome along to sportsday. i m checking empathic. coming up on the programme. as real madrid footballer viniciusjunior is racially abused by opposition fans again, is spain s top division la liga doing enough to deal with racism? two games to save their season leicester city go to newcastle tonight knowing a win can move them out of the premier league s bottom three. 0ne one of britain s most succ
he hated meghan. in a statement, harry and meghan said the tv presenter s comments were not an isolated incident. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from geneva. i m stephen sackur. this place is home to the world trade organization, the institution whose purpose is to maximise free and fair international trade, on the assumption that globalisation is good. so what happens when many governments and people around the world question that premise? well, my guest today is the director general of the wto, ngozi okonjo iweala. will rising geopolitical tensions lead to the weaponisation of trade? ngozi okonjo iweala, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are one of the world s key advocates of ever freer trade, more globalisation. what s it like to be doing your job when the political tide across the world is running against you? the wto s purpose, the world trade organization, is. its purpose is to enhance living standards, to help create em
supposed to be there. they are supposed to be hearing about the ordeal that they have put their victims through. a lot of it is for thejudge, becausejudges in english law work through a particular set of sentencing guidelines. thejudge, for example on those counts of murder, murderand english for example on those counts of murder, murder and english law, for example on those counts of murder, murderand english law, and it is specifically english law here, in a case of murder there is a mandatory life sentence. of course, that can take various forms. it can be as little as 15 years, or as much as 25, we know that the prosecution have already asked for something called a whole life order. what that means is in the case of lucy letby and other notorious criminals, notorious killers like, her, whole life would mean she would never be released from prison. she would be handed a certain number of life sentences, but a handed a certain number of life
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the mechanisms are paralysed, and they re paralysed chiefly because the united states has for years now refused to allow the appointment of newjudges to your appeals body. and without those judges, the appeals body cannot work. and without the appeals body, you, as the arbiter of global trade, cannot properly function. how are you going to get out of this problem? stephen, i disagree, so let me share with you what is happening. it is true that our two tier dispute settlement system has a panel level and an appellate body. and you are right, that is the appellate body the second tier that is paralysed becausejudges have not been elected. however, the panel level is working and, as we speak, we have about 20 or so ongoing panel proceedings at the moment at the first tier.