now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. the proportion of wealth owned by a super rich elite continues to grow in societies around the world. the glaring disparity between the have mosts and the have nothings has fuelled a wave of political anger. well, my guest today, the former newspaper columnist and editor, and one time high society hostess, barbara amiel, has written a memoir which, wittingly or not, paints an extraordinary, even grotesque picture of the lives of the wealthy. so, why on earth did she do it? barbara amiel in toronto, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, good to be here. pleasure to have you on the show. let us begin by discussing your memoir, friends and enemies, that you wrote last year. most people write memoirs, i would say, to make themselves look good. your memoir, perhaps you would agree, didn t really do that. so, why did you write it? i don t know whether it made me look good or bad, but to
dramatic, when many viewers will already be well aware of what went on at guantanamo. it s an endeavour in which he is hugely aided by rahim s riveting central performance, which lends a very personal edge to the proceedings, drawing us deep into the nightmare of salahi s individual ordeal, allowing us to see the world through his eyes. being here, i m. i m like a statue! ironically, for all the horrors of his imprisonment, the mauritanian works best as a portrait of an unbreakable spirit, of someone who came through this ordeal and survived. while both the story and the filmmaking may be somewhat familiar, rahim s performance lifts this out of the ordinary. the mauritanian is on amazon prime video now. a couple of weeks ago, i reviewed locked down, a heist caper made on the fly during the pandemic by director doug liman. it was fine, unremarkable, but kind of fun. the same cannot be said of chaos walking, a bloated sci fi epic which liman originally shot back in 2017, and wh
hello and welcome to bbc world news. the half brother of the king of jordan is being investigated, for allegedly plotting with foreign parties to destabilise the kingdom. in a video sent to the bbc, prince hamzah bin hussein, denied being part of any conspiracy but he accused jordan s leaders of corruption and incompetence. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports on this unprecedented crisis within jordan s ruling family. a young prince at the heart of a major royal rift. hamzah, 41 years old, graduate of sandhurst in the uk, harvard in the us. now he says he s under house arrest. all my friends have been arrested. my security has been removed, and the internet and phone lines have been cut. this is my last form of communication. and in this video, passed to the bbc, rare public criticism from a jordanian prince. i am not the person responsible for the breakdown in governance, for the corruption and for the incompetence. today, on state tv, a dramaticall
the pope s easter sunday message for covid vaccines to be shared with the world s poorest countries. hello and welcome to the programme. the half brother of the king ofjordan is being investigated for allegedly plotting with foreign parties to destabilise the kingdom. in a video sent to the bbc, prince hamzah bin hussein denied being part of any conspiracy but he accused jordan s leaders of corruption and incompetence. chief international cforrespondent lyse doucet reports on this unprecedented crisis within jordan s ruling family. a young prince at the heart of a major royal rift. hamzah, 41 years old, graduate of sandhurst in the uk, harvard in the us. now he says he s under house arrest. all my friends have been arrested. my security has been removed, and the internet and phone lines have been cut. this is my last form of communication. and in this video, passed to the bbc, rare public criticism from a jordanian prince. i am not the person responsible for the breakdown in
female presidents one from africa and one from europe who ve both been trailblazers for women s rights for decades. hello, and welcome to global questions. with me, zeinab badawi. thousands of women all over the world are protesting against gender violence and sexism, and are demanding an end to the violation of their right. this week, we have two distinguished former female presidents, one from africa and one from europe, answering questions about why women still have to endure discrimination. that is global questions sexism and violence against women in a patriarchal world. to bring you this edition of global questions, our two panellists and specialists are joining us via video link from all over the world. let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week giving the answers. well, we have two leading global stateswomen who were co chairs of the women s leaders network of the africa europe foundation. mary robinson was the first female president in the republic of ire