once the new president, gustavo petro, takes office in august. mr petro, himself a former rebel, has become the country s first left wing leader after winning sunday s presidential election. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. after a painful divorce, you never know if the ex partners will be able to build an amicable relationship. for britain and the eu, it seems the brexit break up has left a legacy of mistrust and bitterness, which is overwhelming any desire for cooperation. northern ireland is currently what they re fighting over. the uk is refusing to stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you
stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you said, we have divorced. it s always complicated to divorce and it is difficult to find a new balance. well, many months have passed since then. why are you still failing to find a new balance? well, i have no personal experience of divorce, thank god, but i m told by friends that it s always complicated. and this one has proved to be complicated, to be very frank. it was a traumatic divorce, let s be clear. we sort of co existed together for almost. ..almost half a century, and then through a democratic process, which we fully respect, a decision was taken which is a serious one with a num
liable for the sexual assault of a 16 year old girl at the playboy mansion in 1975. jurors in the civil trial ruled against him, and awarded his victim half a million dollars in damages. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. after a painful divorce, you never know if the ex partners will be able to build an amicable relationship. for britain and the eu, it seems the brexit break up has left a legacy of mistrust and bitterness, which is overwhelming any desire for cooperation. northern ireland is currently what they re fighting over. the uk is refusing to stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador.
stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you said, we have divorced. it s always complicated to divorce and it is difficult to find a new balance. well, many months have passed since then. why are you still failing to find a new balance? well, i have no personal experience of divorce, thank god, but i m told by friends that it s always complicated. and this one has proved to be complicated, to be very frank. it was a traumatic divorce, let s be clear. we sort of co existed together for almost. ..almost half a century, and then through a democratic process, which we fully respect, a decision was taken which is a serious one with a num
on the fate of our family members now, now! all hostages on both sides, yes. because there are 8000 palestinian hostages in israel, and the whole population of gaza today, 2.3 million people, are taken hostages by israeli bombardment. the israeli military has expanded its ground operation into all areas of gaza. the hamas run health ministry says the death toll is now nearing 16,000. that is fuelling tensions across the region. we have a report tonight from our international editorjeremy bowen, who s been to a palestinian village in the occupied west bank. we will get the thoughts of un peacekeepers in lebanon, who are observing heavy exchanges of fire along the line, between israel and hezbollah. and how will the white house respond to the threat from houthi rebels in the red sea? joining us tonight, retired marine colonel brenday kearney. good evening. israel says it has all but completed its military objectives in the north of gaza and is proceeding aggresively with gr