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now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the golden age of the explorer is inextricably linked with the golden age of empire. people inspired to travel where none had travelled before, charting territory and encountering peoples who were subsequently often subjugated and exploited. well, my guest is one of the world s great modern day explorers. but robin hanbury tenison s motivation was never conquest. instead, he committed himself to the protection of indigenous peoples and their lands. have his efforts made a difference? robin hanbury tenison, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let s start with this word explorer. do you think it s past its sell by date, now that all of our planet is surveyed, satellite tracked, we map it, we know it? is exploration a thing of the past? absolutely not. the word is grossly overused by all sorts of people. i mean, windows explorer, for a start. it s all over the media all of the time, all sorts of ....
on its destructive path. there s ash falling on my clothes, i can taste it in the air, and the whole time there is the thunderous rumble of the volcano in the background. hello and welcome. you rarely get a better stage for addressing the planet than the un general assembly and president biden has taken the opportunity to lay out his vision of america s position in the world. just weeks after the withdrawal from afghanistan, mr biden talked of relentless diplomacy rather than relentless war. he also stated his case for emerging stronger from the covid crisis, and made commitments to greater american funding for developing countries struggling with the effects of climate change. barbara plett usher has more. his excellency, joseph r bidenjunior, president of the united states. this was president biden s chance to show that america is back at the table. we stand, in my view, at an inflection point in history. he called for unity to face growing global threats at a time when man ....
their latest toy. the international energy agency has called on russia to send more gas to europe to help alleviate the energy crisis. the iea says russia is supplying less gas than before the pandemic, while still fullfilling its contractual obligations. traders and foreign officials have long accused rusia of restricting supplies. europe s benchmark power price has doubled this year to 100 euros per megawatt hour, for the first time ever. think tank bruegel is predicting on an annual basis, this means europeans would pay 150 billion euros more for their electricity. dan eager is principal analyst, european power at wood mackenzie. first of all, give us your take on the iea calling on russia to mmp on the iea calling on russia to ramp up its gas supplies to europe, your thoughts on that? yes, yes, thank you. that is certainly one of the issues at play. there are a few others in the mix and many of these coincidental factors that come together to give us a supply crunch ....
available in supermarkets to the price of a pint. the gift of life the number of parents having a baby with the help of a surrogate has quadrupled in the last decade. a great night for the home nations in world cup qualifying. england put ten past luxembourg, whilst there were also wins for scotland, northern ireland and wales. it is the autumn equinox that comes with cloud and rain in scotland and northern ireland but something brighter in england and wales. the forecast here on breakfast. it s wednesday the 22nd of september. boris johnson s hopes for securing a comprehensive free trade deal with the us appear to be fading after president biden downplayed the issue after their face to face meeting at the white house. downing street said there was a very positive atmosphere between the two leaders. the president also issued a fresh warning to mrjohnson that peace in northern ireland must not be jeopardised as a result of the complications caused by brexit. our political ed ....
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