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i m stephen sackur. leaders who routinely abuse their power can t stand to be laughed at. satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the white afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africa s recent history for laughs? pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you ve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. but would you say you re fundamentally driven by anger, or is it something else? i think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. so actually i try to keep a balance of 49% anger, 51% e ....
the constructive approach both sides have taken. we need to agree on the key principles on the main challenges on the uk withdrawal as sooi i as challenges on the uk withdrawal as soon as possible. christian fraser will be live from brussels. if you have a question about these brexit negotiations, send them my way and we will put some of them to christian. the uk is dealing with its fourth terror attack in four months. last night a van drove into a crowd of worshippers near a mosque in north london. this was the moment the man who allegedly carried out the attack was apprehended by onlookers. several men were needed to pin him to the ground. the bbc understands he is a 47 year old called darren osborne, from cardiff. here s one of the people that captured him. we got him down to the ground. he was saying, i m going to kill more people. when he was on the ground, i asked him, why did you do that? innocent people. and he said, i want to kill muslims. he said, kill me. we ....
this is bloomberg surveillance. francine lacqua in london. they are leaving their key rate unchanged at 0.5%. this is also interesting because they believe the forecast is little changed since march. we are keeping an eye on this. we were expecting a little bit of news. nina region the more krone lower. we will ask him about veterinary chart. it is currently at 9404. you can see yen climbing once again. goal climbing because we are seeing oil. it is the second day that oil is languishing in the bear market. gene keady can see the stoxx 600 down 0.4%. now, the chief investment officer and partner at london capital group. theme kick off with the on norwegian krone there was some concern that the precipitous drop in oil prices, the fact that norwegian inflation is well below their target, could potentially make some more cautious in their outlook. the headlines are suggesting they can t their outlook little changed. there were some in the market betting on more dov ....
it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, ”pm in london and 6:30am in pyongyang, where north korea has said tough new un sanctions will not stop it from developing its nuclear arsenal after it angrily rejected proposals for negotiations. the sanctions aim to reduce vital north korean export revenues bya third. speaking to reporters at a summit in manila, a spokesman placed the blame for rising tensions firmly on the us. translation: is our nuclear possession a threat to the world or just a threat to the united states? we wa nt just a threat to the united states? we want to make it clear that the worsening situation on the korean peninsular as well as other nuclear issues were caused by the united states. we re issues were caused by the united states. we re firm that we ll never place our nuclear and ballistic missile programme on the negotiating table and won t budge an inch on strengthening our nuclear armaments. since north korea s last missile test, the united states h ....
against pyongyang s missile and nuclear weapons programme. the un security council voted unanimously at the weekend for new sanctions, which aim to reduce north korean export revenues by a third. at a summit in manila, a spokesman for the regime sought to blame the us for the rising tensions. translation: is our nuclear possession a threat to the world orjust a threat to the united states? we want to make it clear that the worsening situation on the korean peninsular as well as other nuclear issues were caused by the united states. we re firm that we ll never place our nuclear and ballistic missile programme on the negotiating table and won t budge an inch on strengthening our nuclear armaments. a north korean government spokesman. our correspondent in south korea, rupert wingfield hayes, has had rare access to an american military base on the border. a relic of the cold war on the last cold war frontier. just after dawn, i m riding the chase car as a us spy plane heads ....