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and the occupied west bank. a raid by israeli troops in nablus on wednesday left 11 palestinians dead and about a hundred wounded. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the earthquakes that rocked southern turkey in early february not only caused a humanitarian disaster, they exposed cracks in president erdogan s carefully crafted image as turkey s indispensable leader. amid the ruined cities, and the anguish of millions of displaced people, basic government competence is being tested. my guest is long standing erdogan critic, the exiled turkish writer ece temelkuran. a presidential election is looming. does the opposition have what it takes to end the erdogan era? ece temelkuran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. your country is grappling with a humanitarian crisis of unimaginable scale. the death toll has now well passed 40,000, millions are displaced, and the government is saying that this is a time for national unity and solidari ....
to try and reduce the backlog of applications. millions of americans are facing a weather alert, as a mix of record high and record low temperatures sweeps the country. and, the man who showed the world a new permanent exhibition is announced, dedicated to david bowie. hello and welcome. police in northern ireland have confirmed that an off duty officer is in a critical but stable condition after being shot at a sports complex in omagh in county tyrone. the police federation for northern ireland said the shooting happened at around eight o clock last night while the officer coached young people playing football. sinn fein described the attack as outrageous and shameful , while the dup called for those responsible to be brought tojustice. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy reports. the shooting happened the shooting happened in the shooting happened in front the shooting happened in front of young players training at a coaching session, it is thought the off duty o ....
we start here in the uk, where more shops are limiting the sale of some fruit and vegetables because of a shortage of fresh produce. the uk s biggest supermarket chain tesco is the latest to bring in rationing, a cap of three items per customer on tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. it follows similar moves by rivals asda, aldi and morrison s. extreme weather has affected harvests in spain and north africa. but some are also pointing to specific problems within the uk s food industry, as emma simpson reports. if you ve been to the supermarket, chances are you ll have seen this. a shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers and some other fresh vegetables and now britain s biggest retailer has joined in with placing a limit on how much shoppers can buy. here is the problem. at this time of year we rely on imports from overseas. we get a lot of tomatoes here from morocco but it is a whiteout with harvest disrupted. extreme weather is playing havoc food production. this huge business is ....
British and irish political leaders condemn the shooting of an off duty policeman in northern ireland. he s in a critical condition. china and russia reaffirm their close relationship, with president putin meeting beijing s top foreign affairs official in moscow. let s stay in the us, because the online marketplace ebay has continued to see a slide in its revenues and in the number of people buying things on its site. earnings were down over the holiday period and ebay is warning of a further decline in demand this year as consumers in europe and the us struggle with the cost of living. hitha herzog is a retail analyst and author, she s in los angeles. good to have you on the programme. ebay struggling and interesting, the chief financial officer, after these results, throughout was saying we don t want to give a ....
Between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilize the international situation. meanwhile the us has warned china with serious consequences if beijing provides weapons to russia for use in ukraine. well we can now speak to rongbin han who is a china expert and associate professor of international affairs at the university of georgia. a warm welcome to the programme. so from your perspective, what is china s strategy as we see it getting closer to russia right now? thank you very much for having me, i want to emphasise that china has its own interests to pursue and the war is probably not china s best interest. china has maintained relatively good relations with both russia and ukraine before the war. so china is incentivised to promote peace in the region and ....