Correspondent Alexis Mcadams starts us off live tonight from des moines, iowa. Good evening, alexis. Bret, good evening from des moines. We talked to lot of voters state fairgrounds fox power rankings. Amongst all the fried food and all the fun here in iowa. The main course still politics. Tim scott, i think he has got a very positive message i like donald trump. I voted for him. This time around its iffy. Trump is the only one that can get us out of this mess we gotten into. Iowa voters not surprised that former President Donald Trump came outer on top on the new latest power rankings. Maybe desantis but im Still Standing with trump. Florida Governor Ron Desantis remains in second place, though recent polls show that gap between him and trump is widening. And in most national polls, South Carolina senator tim scott is a distant third. I just dont think he is as wellknown unless you have really been following the senate. Right now scott the only other candidate to poll double dignity s
a statement said the 96 year old monarch had enjoyed the birthday parade and fly past at the palace, but experienced some discomfort. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. uruguay is a beacon of prosperity and democratic stability and sometimes turbulent south america. a decade ago under left wing leadership, it was also a pioneer of progressive social policies. the legalisation of cannabis and abortion rights. my guest today is president luis lacalle pou. now, he is a fan of unfettered free market economics. does that swim against the tide of public opinion in latin america? president luis lacalle pou, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr president, what is it like being a centre right politician on a continent which is quite clearly moving to the centre left? you are swimming against the political tide. we have a strong a coalition of five parties that supported this government. you have for the right, centre r
Earlier. I think the results of send a very clear signal to policymakers because just after nine months of the president ial elections, support for the current Policy Makers has declined significantly. And this is mainly i think because of the high inflation and persistent inflation and declining Purchasing Power of the middle class and lower income classes, that is i think the main reason of declining support for the policymakers. Do you think that this rebuff at the polls will tie president erdogan s hands when it comes to reforming the economy . I think the signal is well received by the the policymakers because both the Finance Minister and president erdogan reiterated that the current policies will continue, so it means that they will continue to rebalance the economy and return back to Sustainable Growth for the turkish economy. When we look at the Market Reaction today for these announcements, the markets have also the scenario, so the markets took it as a positive sign. Do you
Three little birds pitch by my doorstep, singing sweet songs. Its out in the open. Adults in germany can now possess up to 25 grams of cannabis in public enough to make dozens ofjoints and grow up to three plants at home. While people like marcel are planning newly permitted Cannabis Social Clubs. Not for tourists, though just german residents. Every gram from cannabis which goes from the Cannabis Social Club is one gram thats not on the black market. What do you say to people who say, look, cannabis is addictive and it is harmful, especially to young people . Everything has dark sides. And you have to know about the dark sides and only when its not illegal, you can freely talk about these dark sides. But these Cannabis Clubs in cities like dresden wont pop up overnight, and come with their own rules exacerbating fears that demand will quickly outstrip legal supply. Translation we assume that the black market will be strengthened, particularly at the beginning in the chaos phase, when
Following the two week operation. Buildings are reduced to rubble the few remaining are little more than shells. These pictures obtained by Newsagency Reuters show what is left inside the complex. Israel has previously said it was carrying out precise operations against hamas and islamichhad fighters, and had killed 200 of them. Meanwhile, hundreds of israeli protesters have spent the night in tents outside Parliament Injerusalem to press their demand for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down. Thousands of people rallied in jerusalem for what theyre calling the largest Anti Government protest since the war in the gaza strip began, nearly six months ago. On sunday, mr netanyahu had surgery for a hernia his office reporting it had been successful. Our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem and has the more on the situation at al shifa hospital. Videos are circulating on social media that show this vast medical complex now as a set of burnt out buildings. Many o