now on bbc news. it s time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. thousands of indian farmers are keeping up their long running protest against the modi government s farm law reform. their protest camps on the outskirts of delhi have become a symbol of defiance. but india s populist prime minister has faced down a host of opponents in the past. will this time be any different? my guest is yogendra yadav, leader of the swaraj party and a prominent backer of the farmers cause. is modi versus the farmers a defining moment for india? yogendra yadav, in rewari near delhi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are on the coordinating committee of the main group behind the farmers protest. we have been watching them for the last weeks and months, but it does seem as though right now they may be losing momentum. is that right? not quite. in an extraordinary movement of this kind, given the size, scale, time, you have ups and downs. but remember, we are looking at near
of freezing conditions. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the bbc has obtained secret recordings, made by the daughter of the ruler of dubai, in which she accuses her father of holding her in solitary confinement. sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoumon is a close ally of the united kingdom, with extensive business interests here, and he claims that princess latifa is safe in the care of the family. it s known that the princess tried to leave dubai in 2018, but was captured by troops and forced to return. last year, the high court in london found that sheikh mohammed had ordered and orchestrated the abduction. our correspondent, nawal al maghafi, has the story. princess latifa, daughter of one of the most powerful men in the middle east sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, ruler of dubai. here she is skydiving. it looks like the perfect life, but it s not one that she wanted any more. she says that she s a princess held captive. she fi
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