jens stoltenberg was speaking as leaders of nato countries prepare to meet at a summit in madrid on tuesday. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. what i find funny, you might find offensive. comedy challenges taste and convention and it can rouse strong reaction, as we saw at this year s 0scars when a joke earned comedian chris rock a slap in the face from the actor will smith. my guest today has spent more than 25 years finding laughs in sometimes unlikely places. 0mid djalili was born in london to iranian parents. he has thrived as a cross culture comedic chameleon, but is it possible to be funny without being mean? 0mid djalili, welcome to hardtalk. stephen sackur, my friend, my fellow presenter in the business of show, man who is so unbelievably good looking and thin that he walks into snooker hall, they start chalking his head. i am so happy to be here, this is one of my favourite shows. well, if you carry on like that, this won t be a
in sometimes unlikely places, omid djalili was born in london to iranian parents. he has thrived as a cross culture comedic chameleon, but is it possible to be funny without being mean? omid djalili, welcome to hardtalk. stephen sackur, my friend, my fellow presenter in the business of show, man who is so unbelievably good looking and thin that he walks into snooker hall, they start chalking his head. i am so happy to be here, this is one of my favourite shows. well, if you carry on like that, this won t be an interview, it will be a monologue! let me ask you this, you have been doing comedy for almost 30 years, do you find the same stuff funny today as you did back then? what a tricky question! what a way to start. that is such a tricky question. look, at the end of the day, it is a big subject now because we saw the oscars and we saw will smith smack chris rock. can i just tell you, just to speak personally, i saw the video the day after, and i bleary eyed woke up on monday
welcome to the programme. exactly six months ago, vladimir putin ordered his army to invade ukraine. it was a decision that not only unleashed the biggest war in europe since world war ii, but it also turned the world on its head. thousands of ukrainians and russian soldiers have been killed in the fighting. today, in ukraine, it is independence day. normally, there would be parades and celebrations marking 31 years of freedom from soviet rule. but not today, it s not safe. and in the past 6 months, russia has clawed away at ukraine s freedom. this was the map of ukraine on february 24th. russian backed separatists already held significant territory in the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and moscow controlled the annexed crimean peninsula. this is how things stand now. russian forces control large parts of the south of the country, all of the luhansk region and continue to make advances in donetsk. but there is still the threat of danger, everywhere in the country and
And its game, set and. Mo . Four time Olympic Champion sir mo farah is the latest athlete to take on our Breakfast Mug challenge. The scotland and Northern Ireland there are changes from this is as weather, i will fill you there are changes from this is as weather, iwill fill you in there are changes from this is as weather, i will fill you in on the details in 15 minutes. Good morning, first our main story. The number of Mobile Phones and drugs smuggled into prisons is unacceptable, according to the government. More than 20,000 phones and sim cards and over 200 kilograms of narcotics were found in jails in england and wales last year. The seizures follow a £2 Million Investment in technology to detect contra band, as James Waterhouse reports. Many will say this continuing trend of contraband being smuggled into jails through whatever means possible only highlights the scale of the challenge facing Prison Officers, whove had to deal with staff cuts and growing violence over recent yea
And its game, set and. Mo . Four time Olympic Champion sir mo farah is the latest athlete to take on our Breakfast Mug challenge. The scotland and Northern Ireland there are changes from this is as weather, i will fill you there are changes from this is as weather, iwill fill you in there are changes from this is as weather, i will fill you in on the details in 15 minutes. Good morning, first our main story. The number of Mobile Phones and drugs smuggled into prisons is unacceptable, according to the government. More than 20,000 phones and sim cards and over 200 kilograms of narcotics were found in jails in england and wales last year. The seizures follow a £2 Million Investment in technology to detect contra band, as James Waterhouse reports. Many will say this continuing trend of contraband being smuggled into jails through whatever means possible only highlights the scale of the challenge facing Prison Officers, whove had to deal with staff cuts and growing violence over recent yea