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it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. wherever we live in the world, our home country and its dominant culture will have done much to shape our identity. from the history we learn in school to the statues in our city squares, we are embedded in a national story. but what if that story is deeply misleading? well, my guest is the british indian writer sathnam sanghera, whose bestselling book empire land challenges the dominant british view of the empire and its legacy. is britain one of many countries struggling to tell the truth about its past and present? sathnam sanghera, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me on. it s a great pleasure to have you on. i want to start with a very personal question. you are a great success. your book empire land has become a bestseller. you write for some of britain s most prestigious newspapers. yet your writing is full of unease about the country in which you live, which you call home. how do yo ....
the us federal reserve will decide whether to raise interest rates later today, although they re expected to remain at 0.25% unchanged from march 2020. fed chairmanjerome powell is expected to plot a path of higher interest rates next year. economists polled by reuters expect the fed to raise interest rates in the third quarter of next year. last month the federal reserve outlined plans to withdraw the billions of dollars it has been pumping into the economy during the pandemic. since the start of the covid crisis, the us central bank has been buying $120 billion worth of bonds every month to help keep borrowing costs low. fed chairjerome powell said he expected economic growth to strengthen over the rest of the year. however, he said then the fed can be patient about raising interest rates. but inflation is raging in the us with annual inflation at rates not seen for a0 years. the latest figures show prices rose 6.8% in the year to november. and speculation is mounti ....
hello, and welcome. we begin with breaking news in the last hour, the house of representatives has voted to hold donald trump s former chief of staff mark meadow in criminal contempt of congress. mr meadows had refused to comply with a subpoena from a congressional committee investigating the insurrection at the us capitol on january the 6th. rioting that day delayed the certification of joe biden s election victory, left five dead and dozens more injured, and sent lawmakers running for their lives. two republicans voted with democrats to hold mr meadows accountable. professor kimberly wehle from the university of baltimore school of law explains what s likely to happen next. the recommendation goes to thejustice department, that will then make a decision as to whether to actually indict him for contempt as recommended by the house of representatives. this exercise happened recently with former donald trump aide stephen bannon, and he was indicted and his trial is injuly. t ....
high pressure continuing to build across the uk. this weather front has pretty much stalled across northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england. to the north of it some sunshine for northern scotland, a slice of wintry sunshine through northern england and the east of england and the midlands and in the south thicker cloud and gloomy skies. that is pretty much how it looks for the rest of the afternoon with patches of rain affecting northern ireland into north west england particularly across cumbria. a breezy day to come in the north. these are mean wind speeds. much lighter winds further south, closer to the high pressure. what you will notice is where it is sunny it is going to be mild. something fresherfor sunny it is going to be mild. something fresher for the far north of scotland. this evening and whether or overnight the weather front begins to shift again. further south largely dry, variable cloud, a few clear spells across eastern england which mea ....
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