nservative voice of the view, defending her politics, even as the president attacks her father s legacy. i was never a fan of john mccain, and i never will be. with senator mccain s brand of statesmanship increasingly feeling like something from a, bygone eat do the mccains say now? firing line with ssmargaret hoover is made le by. additional funding is provided by. corporate funding is provided by. meghan mccain and cindy mccain, welcome to the firing line. thank you thank you. but, you know, candidly, i always want to saylike, we are personal friends, as well, and i m a huge fanf firing line and grew up watching it, so i think it s important to, you know.. to disclose the fact that - that we re friends and come on this show, but, um, you know, it s such an iconic brand. well, i m grateful to have reth of you here because it has now been slightly han a year since the country lost senator mccain. and he was a stalwart defender of democratic values ar
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. what makes a whistleblower? what prompts someone to break rank, maybe break the law, in order to expose a secret, often at great cost to themselves? well, my guest today is katharine gun. in 2003 she worked at the uk s signals intelligence agency, gchq. she leaked potentially explosive information about america s covert effort to sway un diplomats to support the iraq war. she risked everything, including prison, in an act that changed her life. now her story has been made into a movie. but 16 years on, has her perspective changed 7 katharine gun, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you are in the public eye today because of the release of a film which focuses on a fateful decision you took 16 years ago. and we ll talk about it in some detail. but i just want to know, at the beginning, is this gratifying for you to be back in the public eye or is it uncomfortable? it s not uncomfortable. i wouldn t say i
we hear from an mp who is calling on the government and bbc to reach an agreement. and typhoon hagibis is disrupting the weekend s sport injapan. formula 1 qualifying is postponed while scotland wait to see if their rugby world cup game against japan will go ahead. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. the cabinet has been briefed on what happened in the meeting between boris johnson and his irish counterpart, leo varadkar, yesterday, ahead of a resumption of brexit talks with the eu this morning. the prime minister and mr varadkar say they held detailed and constructive talks at a country house on thursday. the two leaders agreed they could see a pathway to a possible deal . the meeting has meant negotiations could resume in brussels. the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, and michel barnier are currently holding talks there. last night, the northern ireland secretary, julian smith, told the bbc that there was a need to compromise. i m not going to go into the n
you are up to date on the headlines. it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am at stephen sackur. what makes a whistleblower? what prompts someone to break rank, maybe break the law in order to expose a secret, often at great cost to themselves? well, my guest today is katharine gun. in 2003 she worked at the uk s signals intelligence agency, gchq, she looked potentially explosive information about america s covert effort to sway un diplomats to support the iraq war stop she risked everything, including prison, in an act that changed her life. now her story has been made into a movie. but 16 years on, has her perspective changed? katharine gun, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you are in the public eye today because of the release of a film which focuses on a fateful decision you talk 16 years ago. and we will talk about it in some detail. ijust want ago. and we will talk about it in some detail. i just want to ago. and we will talk about it in some detail.
no one bbc news, stephen sackur has hardtalk. no one bbc news, stephen sackur has hardtalk. now on. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. what makes a whistleblower? what prompts someone to break rank, maybe break the law, in order to expose a secret, often at great cost to themselves? well, my guest today is katharine gun. in 2003 she worked at the uk s signals intelligence agency, gchq. she leaked potentially explosive information about america s covert effort to sway un diplomats to support the iraq war. she risked everything, including prison, in an act that changed her life. now her story has been made into a movie. but 16 years on, has her perspective changed 7 katharine gun, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you are in the public eye today because of the release of a film which focuses on a fateful decision you took 16 years ago. and we ll talk about it in some detail. but i just want to know, at the beginning, is this gratifying for you to be back in t