this is gps the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, germany will give leopards as america offers the abrams. they re the most capable tanks in the world. what will the tank deliveries to ukraine mean for the future of its fight? how will russia retaliate for what it sees as a major escala escalation? we ll talk about all of that and more with the new panel. and the new government led by netanyahu is the most far right ever. its first month in office has been marked by provocations and protests and problems. a fight has begun over the power of parliament to overturn the rulings of the nation s highest court. would it be a major step back for the middle east s only liberal democracy? i ll talk to a close observer. and we ll bring you an important update on iran. on the anti-regime protests, and the status of the islamic republic s nuclear program. b
scariest year translation: this has been the scariest year of translation: this has been the scariest year of my translation: this has been the scariest year of my life. - translation: this has been the scariest year of my life. so - scariest year of my life. so little joy and laughter, scariest year of my life. so littlejoy and laughter, so much fear, pain and tears. we ll have the latest on the grim milestone in ukraine and what might happen in the next 12 months. also coming up on newsday. disgraced hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein is sentenced to a futher 16 years in prison for rape on top of the 23 year sentence he is already serving. and the european union tells its staff to delete the social media app tiktok to protect data and increase cyber security. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. it s almost exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and the un gener
so much fear, pain and tears. we ll have the latest on the grim milestone in ukraine and what might happen in the next 12 months. also coming up on newsday: disgraced hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein is sentenced to a futher 16 years in prison for rape on top of the 23 year sentence he is already serving. and the european union tells its staff to delete the social media app tiktok to protect data and increase cyber security. hello and welcome to the programme. it s exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and the un general assembly has voted to demand that moscow immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from the ukraine. 1m countries backed the motion which has no legal weight while seven opposed it and 32 abstained, including one of moscow s staunchest allies, china. this is how ukraine s foreign minister reacted to the vote. 141 1111 countries, member states of the united nations, reiterated their unequivocal support
the authorities in northern italy say they ll resume the search for survivors of an avalanche in the dolomites on monday. at least six mountaineers were killed and eight others injured when parts of a glacier collapsed sending snow, ice and rock cascading down the slopes of marmolada. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. singapore is a city state that has thrived in the era of globalisation, international supply chains and mobile workers. but what happens when the geopolitical weather changes? when great power hostility and economic nationalism hold sway? well, my guest is singapore s long serving home minister, k shanmugam. is singapore s political and economic balancing act sustainable in a world of rising tensions? minister k shanmugam in singapore, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, mr sackur. let me ask you about singapore s model. it was sort of set up by lee kuan yew. it s been in effect for well over six decades. it combines economic
is singapore s political and economic balancing act sustainable in a world of rising tensions? minister k shanmugam in singapore, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, mr sackur. let me ask you about singapore s model. it was sort of set up by lee kuan yew. it s been in effect for well over six decades. it combines economic openness with a real sense of political control and social control. do you think that model needs to change? well, i disagree with the assumptions in your question about political control and economic control. you know, in the last elections, we had 61%, the opposition had 40% of the votes. voting is free and fair. the reason why the pap has managed a substantial dominance is because in 1965, when the pap came to. when we took independence, or when we had independence thrust upon us, gdp per capita was about $500. today it s $55,000. it s. on any index that you look at education, healthcare, housing, law and order we are, you know, in the top three or four i