Administration face this thorniest of foreign policy challenges? i ll speak to the u. S. Special enjoy for iran robert m ha lley and ben jerry s ice cream engaging in terrorism? that s what israel president claims, and it s just as absurd as it sounds. Good evening. I m mehdi hasan. It s been six months since many republicans helped incite an attack on the united states capitol. It s been five months since republicans refused to impeach or convict donald trump for his role in that violence, and it s been two months since republicans rejected the formation of an independent barn 9/11style commission to investigate january the 6th, but finally on tuesday a house select committee will begin investigating how that armed insurrection came about it. Will be led by democrats but feature republicans, too, and not just liz cheney. Will you be appointing more republicans to the committee like congressman adam kinzinger? that would be my plan. Within hours pelosi named kinzinger to the committee
With stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. Hungary s prime minister victor orban seems to regard his increasingly toxic relationship with the eu s brussels hungary s prime minister viktor orban seems to regard his increasingly toxic relationship with the eu s brussels institutions as a badge of honour and a political asset. On a range of issues, from press freedom to lgbt rights, hungary routinely ignores the collective interpretation of eu values. At what cost? my guest is hungary s foreign minister peter szijjarto. Is there room for a authoritarian, illiberal government inside the eu? peter szijjarto in budapest, welcome to hardtalk. Good afternoon. Thank you for the invitation. It s a pleasure to have you on the show. Foreign minister, the relationship between your country and the european union, the institutions of the eu, appears ever more dysfunctional. How concerned are you about that? well, what i would say is that we definitely have debates with the insti
Interpretation of eu values. But at what cost? my guest is hungary s foreign minister peter szijarto. Is there room for a authoritarian, a liberal government inside the eu? peter szijarto in budapest, welcome to hardtalk. Good afternoon, thank you for the invitation. It s a pleasure to have you on the show. Foreign minister, the relationship between your country and the european union, the institutions of the eu appears ever more dysfunctional. How concerned are you about that? well, what i would say is we definitely have debates with the institutions in brussels. Actually, we are under continuous attack, whatever we decide european institutions find a way to put some pressure on us and try to blackmail us in order to change our decisions and do not take advantage of the national competencies. I think the major issue is that the european unions future is under debate now. How we can make the european union stronger in the future? and there are two major approaches in this regard. A fed
Now on bbc news: hardtalk. Hosted by stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. Hungary s prime minister victor orban seems to regard his increasingly toxic relationship with the eu s brussels institutions as a badge of honour and a political asset. On a range of issues from press freedom to lgbt rights, hungary routinely ignores the collective interpretation of eu values. At what cost? my guest is hungary s foreign minister, peter szijjarto. Is there room for a authoritarian, illiberal government inside the eu? peter szijjarto in budapest, welcome to hardtalk. Good afternoon, thank you for the invitation. It s a pleasure to have you on the show. Foreign minister, the relationship between your country and the european union, the institutions of the eu, appears ever more dysfunctional. How concerned are you about that? well, what i would say is that we definitely have debates with the institutions in brussels. Actually, we are under continuous attack, whatever we decide, e
Middle of a global pandemic. Hello and welcome. Torrential rain has caused severe flooding in parts of central china. More than 10,000 people in henan province have been evacuated to shelters, where it s reported a dam could collapse at any time. At least 12 people have died in the city of zhengzhou after its subway system was inundated with rushing water. Mark lobel reports. Shouting. Floodwater spreading fear. The partly submerged city of zhengzhou, its subway system now an underground river. Commuters are standing for air. Rescuers bravely reacting to unprecedented scenes. Though not everyone made it. Large parts of the train system shutdown. Rip currents seemingly running along roads. The amount of rain over the last three days in this provincial capital usually falls in an entire year. Bringing traffic to a standstill. Many homes were no place for refuge. Over 10,000 residents in the region relocated. More than a dozen cities in this central part of china affected with the populat