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Transcripts For BBCNEWS HARDtalk 20240704

Persuasive rather than polarising . Kwame kwei armah, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me. It is a great pleasure to have you. Now, youve been in the Theatre Business as an actor, a writer and a director for the best part of three decades. Ijust used that phrase, some would call it a cliche, about the culture wars. Does it feel to you that today there is a somewhat toxic culture war . I think youve framed it beautifully. It is toxic, but most importantly, its disingenuous. In my humble opinion. Its used to kind of create political fear. And ourjob as artists is, i think, fundamentally to take away that fear, to take away the binaries that i think this farce of the culture wars are. You know, i often hear politicians and im not one to diss politicians, but i also often hear politicians use race or class or immigration or use history as a Battering Ram to get ....

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Transcripts For BBCNEWS HARDtalk 20240704

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Transcripts For BBCNEWS HARDtalk 20240704

Ijust used that phrase, some would call it a cliche, about the culture wars. Does it feel to you that today there is a somewhat toxic culture war . I think youve framed it beautifully. It is toxic, but most importantly, its disingenuous. In my humble opinion. Its used to kind of create political fear. And ourjob as artists is, i think, fundamentally to take away that fear, to take away the binaries that i think this farce of the culture wars are. You know, i often hear politicians and im not one to diss politicians, but i also often hear politicians use race or class or immigration or use history as a Battering Ram to get themselves into the hearts of the populist. But those issues youve just outlined race, immigration they are central to your work, because theyre central to your own life story. Yeah, totally and utterly. But. And have you been frightened off entering this territory at times . Again, i think its framed brilliantly. ....

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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20240705

it s saturday 2a june. our main story: the kremlin has ordered the arrest of the leader of its mercenary group, wagner, which has been assisting the country in its war against ukraine. yevgeny prigozhin has been accused of mutiny by russia it s after he called for a rebellion against russia s army. it follows accusations of a deadly attack on wagner forces. the fighters have left ukraine and entered russia, where security has been stepped up. vincent mcavinney reports. operation fortress activating in moscow. in the middle of the night, military vehicles protecting kremlin buildings. the full details of the plan are state secrets but a sign that putin is clearly worried because of this man. yevgeny prigozhin is the leader of the bagnaia group. wagoner group. prigozhin has been a close ally of putin s for years, accused of meddling in the 2016 us election and expanding russian influence in africa. since last year his has recruited dozens of convicts across russia to fi ....

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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20240705

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