Rishi sunak faces pressure to spell out the future of the High Speed Rail Link to the north of england, as businesses and politicians demand answers. As businesses and all as businesses and i can say is im not going to be forced all i can say is im not going to be forced into a premature decision. And pope francis appears to leave open the possibility of priests blessing some same sex couples. Now to Nagorno Karabakh which has been left virtually empty of Ethnic Armenians after it came under full azerbaijani control. We have been speaking to a professor of armenian studies. It is so important to hear the story of people you have talked to. If you can tell me once again, you have been speaking to those who have fled Nagorno Karabakh, what are the main problems and issues and fears that people you have been speaking to have right now . First of all, ithink speaking to have right now . First of all. I think i speaking to have right now . First of all, i thinki should speaking to have righ
Republicans are mired in a fight with one another that has set us on the path towards a devastating Government Shutdown that is now just six days away. A small group of House Republican extremists are continuing to hold up any sort of meaningful action on the matter with their refusal to even consider a short term funding bill, known as a continuing resolution. That is a measure that could realistically be brought to the floor of congress over the next few days before the funding runs out next saturday at midnight. Instead, republican holdouts want to consider each appropriations bill separately. A more time consuming an extensive process that would definitely take more than a week. Ahead of a call with republicans yesterday afternoon, Speaker Mccarthy expressed a bit of hope, telling reporters what he thinks when it gets down to crunch, time the holdouts will, quote hopefully move off. A few hours later, however the louisiana congressman this man here and ally who wasnt struggled in t
White house. We are in detroit where the White Working Class voters still have their back. He spoke to their need for change. When he spoke they said, i will remember him. He said he would fix the problem and i demand to do it raced on my experience. He won over the hearts and minds of the many people. I remember one very Senior Minister telling me that if it was the last day of an Election Campaign, and he had a choice between canvassing a hall of residence or an old peoples home, you do the old peoples home any day because theyre the ones who are going to vote. Good evening. 23,000 deaths by Nitrogen Dioxide poisoning. A ruling today that the government cant block the clean air plan until after the general election. They claim publication would drop controversial bomb into the mix of local and national elections, but that didnt wash and after the local elections we will find out what theresa may plans to do about reducing dirty diesel, the main culprit. The mayor of london said he ho
Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africas recent history for laughs . Pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. But would you say youre fundamentally driven by anger, or is it Something Else . I think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. So actually i try to keep a balance of 49 anger, 51 entertainment, not the o
Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africas recent history for laughs . Pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. But would you say youre fundamentally driven by anger, or is it Something Else . I think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. So actually i try to keep a balance of 49 anger, 51 entertainment, not the o