legalisation of cannabis and abortion rights. my guest today is president luis lacalle pou. he is a fan of unfettered free market economics. does that swim against the tide of public opinion in latin america? president luis lacalle pou. welcome to hardtalk. mr president, what is it like being as centre right politician on the continent thatis politician on the continent that is quite clearly moving to the centre left? you are swimming against the political tide. a, swimming against the political tide. ., ., tide. a coalition of five parties tide. a coalition of five parties that tide. a coalition of five parties that supported | tide. a coalition of five - parties that supported this government. you have the for the right, centre right and centreleft. and i have the bonds between these five parties. this party to the citizens and if you read the programme, you will not be able to find centre right. the question to find centre right. the question is to find centre ri
at a refugee camp in the centre of the palestinian territory killed at least 20 people. benny gantz, a member of the war cabinet has threatened to withdraw his centrist party from the coalition unless prime minister benjamin netanyahu sets out a post war plan for the gaza strip. in response, benjamin netanyahu said implementing his demands would amount to defeat for israel. first let s hear those comments from benny gantz. translation: something has gone wrong. - essential decisions were not taken. acts of leadership required to ensure victory were not carried out. a small minority has taken over the command bridge of the israeli ship and is leading it towards a wall of rocks. while israeli soldiers are displaying incredible bravery on the front, some of those who sent them to battle are acting with cowardice and a lack of responsibility. security will remain in our hands only. we will not allow any outside power, friendly or hostile, to impose a palestinian state on us. earl
another. we will tell you everything you need to know about what comes next. and joe biden is working to get under his skin, and it seems to be working. i will ask ron what he thinks about that strategy. plus i will talk to john favreau and john lovett, with god save america. [ music ] it s safe to say there was a lot of legal news this week. in a courtroom in downtown manhattan, there were hours of testimony about donald trump and the national inquirer and how they tried to kill chances for stories. trump s lawyers were making an argument that killing your political rival would be completely fine for a president. that was the argument. it has been a lot to take in. what happens this week matters, it should matter to all of us. it s important to talk about why , especially in these moments where it feels like we are all drinking from a news firehose. we are going to start on thursday, at the supreme court. when you listen to these arguments, you may have thought you can t pos
tonight the united nations hears a claim that 3,200 children have been killed in gaza injust three weeks, more than the number of children killed annually across the world s conflict zones since 2019. as israel s ground operation continues, what next for this escalting conflict? tonight talking us through israel s strategy for its ground operation inside gaza, mark will be with us. we ll be hearing from the director of a palestinian medical aid charity who refuses to leave northern gaza. everywhere you go right now there is a complete disaster happening right now and gaza strip. people are saying that gazza is the new aleppo, so i am still standing in the north of gaza and i believe i still have my dignity with me, staying in my home, scrapping for whatever food and water. and as the united nations security council holds another emergency meeting tonight, we ll bejoined live by an israeli cabinet minister and the un special rapporteur for the palestinian territories. is the u