Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Sport is a massive global business, and the best athletes in the most popular sports earn mind boggling sums of money. But even they struggle to compete with the off field Earning Power of the promoters and agents, who wield enormous power behind the scenes. My guest is the Veteran Promoter Barry hearn, who made his name in snooker and boxing, and built a Business Worth Hundreds of millions of dollars. Has money spoiled sport . Barry hearn, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its a pleasure to be here. Well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. You have spent a life in sport. Was it all about business for you . No, i mean, it started off and still remains to this day a question of passion. Making money is, you know, not easy sometimes, but you have a chance to do whateverjob you want to do in life. I suppose with me, i started off wanting to be a great sportsman, but then found out i didnt really have the ability. So next best thing, lets get invo
Its most intense Bushfire Season on record. Up to 3 Billion animals were killed or displaced and huge swathes of their habitat were burnt. Im nick lazaredes, and 18 months on, ive been Travelling Australia to discover how its wildlife is faring now. Theres a complete removal of resources that wildlife needs. Whether they eat leaves, flower, pollen, fungi, all those resources, the foodstuff is gone. But From The Ashes of catastrophe, there are also signs of hope and new beginnings for some of australias most iconic animals. Yes, there were some casualties, but there was no species lost, and that is important. And people need to realise it takes time for a natural habitat to re establish for the wildlife to come back to it. But it will happen. In far northern nsw, not far from where australias worst Bushfire Season began in 2019, one of the countrys best known species is struggling under the strain. So yeah, imjust looking because he had an internal bleed, and he had a blood transfusion,
Windsor, forjoe biden. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. I should say that i am ready now. Lets start in israel, where in the last hour, the Countrys Parliament has voted to approve a new Coalition Government that ends Benjamin Netanyahus 12 year run as Prime Minister. At the end of a fiery session lasting more than four hours, members of the knesset confirmed the new government will be headed for the first two years by the religious nationalist Naftali Bennett, who will then hand over the premiership to the centrist, yair lapid. Our correspondent Yolande Knell is injerusalem. Take us through the importance of this moment, please. This take us through the importance of this moment, please. This moment, please. This is a really momentous this moment, please. This is a really momentous day this moment, please. This is a really momentous day in this moment, please. This is a | really momentous day in israeli politics, janes. First of all, we have through t