and only have got from the attending on a briefing moments ago that the military is not currently monitoring any other suspicious it on - specific object that is reassuring. and that is a problem it is a total chaotic way. days ago biden was telling us the giants by balloon wandering around is sucking up sensitive secrets is no big deal not a major breach but now all these others have to be shot down on site the explanation to what they are doing and why is all over the place like the chinese by balloon first they say it s not a threat but then they say it is to protect our military bases then they were worried about hitting something on the ground and exactly the same kind of place now they shut down three more in the last two days. it is a total joke and questions there refusing to answer. are they hostile attacks from china or not? i understand from today s but has been two days since they shut down the one over alaska does it take two days to find something they shut dow
and only have got from the attending on a briefing moments ago that the military is not currently monitoring any other suspicious it on - specific object that is reassuring. and that is a problem it is a total chaotic way. days ago biden was telling us the giants by balloon wandering around is sucking up sensitive secrets is no big deal not a major breach but now all these others have to be shot down on site the explanation to what they are doing and why is all over the place like the chinese by balloon first they say it s not a threat but then they say it is to protect our military bases then they were worried about hitting something on the ground and exactly the same kind of place now they shut down three more in the last two days. it is a total joke and questions there refusing to answer. are they hostile attacks from china or not? i understand from today s but has been two days since they shut down the one over alaska does it take two days to find something they shut
and only have got from the attending on a briefing moments ago that the military is not currently monitoring any other suspicious it on - specific object that is reassuring. and that is a problem it is a total chaotic way. days ago biden was telling us the giants by balloon wandering around is sucking up sensitive secrets is no big deal not a major breach but now all these others have to be shot down on site the explanation to what they are doing and why is all over the place like the chinese by balloon first they say it s not a threat but then they say it is to protect our military bases then they were worried about hitting something on the ground and exactly the same kind of place now they shut down three more in the last two days. it is a total joke and questions there refusing to answer. are they hostile attacks from china or not? i understand from today s but has been two days since they shut down the one over alaska does it take two days to find something they shut dow
i m at the home and studio of one of sri lanka s most influential artists and activists, jagath weerasinghe. can sri lankans put behind them their bloody past and forge a new and united future? jagath weerasinghe, welcome to hardtalk. i m happy to be here. sitting here in your home, which is also your studio, i wonder how far you ve been influenced as both an artist and an archaeologist by sri lanka s past? i m totally influenced by that. i m totally, yes. everything i do has something to do with the past of sri lanka and the idea of the past, that we keep performing in the present. yeah. but it s notjust sri lanka s past, it s a particularly bloody past that you choose to focus on. why? that is what i call the history of the present. you know, we have a long history coming from, like, fifth century bc, and, you know, there s this great history of sri lanka or south asia. but the 20th century history is i call the history of the present, which is.defines myself and my art and
it was not guilty of concealing information about flight control systems on its 373 max aircraft. flaws in the systems were found to have led to fatal crashes four years ago. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. iam i am outside colombo, the capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into it s capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into it s worth economic crisis for more than 70 years. it led to widespread process and forced the resignation of the president last year and all this after a long running civil war in which iamat i am at the home is really one of the most influential artist and activist. cancelling can put behind them their bloodied past and forge a new and united future? welcome to hartog. i am happy to be here. welcome to hartog. i am happy to be here- to be he