now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. wherever you look in geopolitics today, there s an overwhelming sense of uncertainty, and it s notjust because we re still grappling with a global pandemic. russian troops amassing on ukraine s border, china and the us are locked in cold war style hostility, cyber warfare makes states, systems and individuals feel newly vulnerable. my guest, sir peter westmacott, was britain s ambassador in washington, paris and ankara. are we right now at a point of peak geopolitical risk? peter westmacott, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let me start with a big question. do you think the assumptions that underpinned your very long diplomatic career still hold good today? i m thinking about britain s place in the world, its place in europe, relationships with the united states, the way multilateral institutions work. do all of those assumptions still hold good? i think a lot of it s changing
with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. wherever you look in geopolitics today, there s an overwhelming sense of uncertainty. and it s notjust because we re still grappling with a global pandemic. russian troops amassing on ukraine s border. china and the us are locked in cold war style hostility. cyber warfare makes state systems and individuals feel newly vulnerable. my guest, sir peter westmacott, was britain s ambassador in washington, paris and ankara. are we, right now, at a point of peak geopolitical risk? thank you, stephen. let me start with a big question. do you think the assumptions that underpinned your very long diplomatic career still hold good today? i m thinking about britain s place in the world, its place in europe, relationships with the united states, the way multilateral institutions work. do all of those assumptions still hold good? i think a lot of it s changing at the moment. i think that the uk s place in the world has been alte
that s it from me. i will be back tomorrow, at the top of the hour, lewis will be here with the rest of the day s news. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. wherever you look in geopolitics today, there s an overwhelming sense of uncertainty, and it s notjust because we re still grappling with a global pandemic. russian troops amassing on ukraine s border, china and the us are locked in cold war style hostility, cyber warfare makes states, systems and individuals feel newly vulnerable. my guest, sir peter westmacott, was britain s ambassador in washington, paris and ankara. are we right now at a point of peak geopolitical risk? peter westmacott, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let me start with a big question. do you think the assumptions that underpinned your very long diplomatic career still hold good today? i m thinking about britain s place in the world, its place in europe, relationships with the united states, the wa
obtaining a defense attorney to the nursing home scandal who once represented harvey weinstein. the green light has been given to independently investigate him and to make new york mayor bill de blasio is piling on calling for cuomo to resign if those claims against him are true. if these allegations are true, he cannot govern them. he would not be able to govern and it s as simple as that. you have to have trust from the people and if you can t maintain that trust and then you can t govern. john: the new york post again going after governor cuomo again this morning and its own inimitable passion, compassion. the title reads pansy andy. bryan llenas is reporting live on this. hi, john. all eyes are on this photo which was provided by anna rock to the new york times. this was a moment at a wedding in 2019 when the cuomo put his hands on the 33-year-old s face. when she removed it, governor cuomo called her aggressive and then asked if he could kiss her. she said sh
welcome to the programme. we begin injamaica where the american top diplomat antony blinken is holding crisis talks with the review and leaders on the worsening violence in haiti due to criminal gangs. they have overrun much of the capital and close down its main international airport. they are calling for the resignation of the prime minister who is currently in puerto rico and unable to return home. as he blinked and said the united states would contribute additional funding to a states would contribute additionalfunding to a un backed security force intending to help police fight against as well as humanitarian aid. what we ve seen in recent days again should remind us that the already challenging and difficult security situation has now deteriorated even further, and makes the multinational support mission even more important than ever. the united nations security council has reaffirmed that, and reaffirmed a collective commitment to deploy it as quickly as possible. give