vapes and the little left behind. 1.3 million disposable vapes are thrown away every week. that is why the local government association representing councils in england and wales, once the government to ban single you see cigarettes. so what s their problem? the lga says disposable vapes can cause fires in ben laurie s. the plastic cannot be separated from the batteries, which makes them really hard to recycle, and when those lithium batteries get crushed they get really hot and become flammable. crushed they get really hot and become flammable. those 1.3 million dis - osable become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are going become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are going on - become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are going on the - disposable vapes are going on the floor unfortunately, in which case it causes a signif
race from a top four finish will be the first premier league fixtures with three of the teams featuring vying for the champions league places. newcastle a third right now and play everton who are second from bottom. southampton also playing bournemouth and also manchester united travel to tottenham. tottenham stayed in to play spurs under another caretaker manager. fix, under another caretaker manager. reaction because as a professional when you have a result like we did we want the action. i expect one. absolutely. i think that takes care of itself as a professional and you see with a gesture that the players have done for the fans as well, we were hurting but, ultimately, that was a couple of days ago now and our focus is on thursday and we re going to face that with the full belief that we can get a positive result. i have to make sure our players are ready have to make sure our players are ready for have to make sure our players are ready for tomorrow facing a good opp
they include depriving residency and other rights of an attacker s family members. in tennis, novak djokovic wins a record extending tenth australian open, beating greece s stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets. djokovic also sets a record equalling 22nd grand slam men s title, putting him level with rafael nadal. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. venezuela s authoritarian leader, nicolas maduro, has, for the moment, outmanoeuvred those forces inside and outside the country, intent on his removal. last month, the opposition gave up on their own alternative president and indicated a willingness to negotiate with maduro. in the us, in latin america, and in europe, they seem ready to engage with the caracas regime, not least because oil supplies are at a premium. my guest is leopoldo lopez, long time venezuelan opposition leader and former political prisoner, now in exile in spain. is it time for him to acknowledge failure? leopoldo lopez, in mad
leopoldo lopez, in madrid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for the opportunity. welcome to hardtalk. it s great to have you on the show. back in 2019, your big idea as a key leader of the venezuelan opposition was to undermine socialist president nicolas maduro by creating an alternative president and an alternative government. would you now acknowledge that big idea has failed? well, certainly we were not able to remove the dictatorship. and if we are measured by that standard, certainly we didn t get to the results we expected. but it s also true for any other alternative that we ve tried for over 20 years. we ve tried voting. we won the national assembly with two thirds of the vote, and the dictatorship also dismantled the possibility of the national assembly to exercise its constitutional powers. we ve tried by protesting. we ve protested with hundreds of thousands of people throughout the years, and we ve also failed to remove the