my guest, no guests, this week used to face each other in the house of commons. their clashes were memorable. tony blair, now sir tony, was notjust a leader of the labour party, he was of course prime minister. william, now lord hague, was leader of the conservative party. hard then to imagine that they would be as they are now, working together to outline what they say should be the country s new national purpose. but they are, and they are here together. so welcome, sir tony and lord hague, to poltical thinking. thank you. thanks. i am still getting used to this. now, how should i think if you? do i think of you as friends, allies, colleagues, partners in crime? i don t know, partners i think in saying what we have been saying about science, innovation, ai, biotech, you know, the latest reports. we haven t set up a new political party, we are not changing the landscape in that sense, but definitely partners in thinking about what any political party has got to do in the fut
bourdain . . . . . you find yourself in the heart of the heart of brazil. where the magic comes from. if you want to get there, just follow the sound of the drums. this is salvador, city of 3 million people first capitol of brazil, the well spring for everything african and spicy where things seem to sway and move constantly. it s place where everybody is sexy or even the ugly people are hospital unsurprisingly, this is where artists come from. african spiritualism occult magic. did i mention caper inias? i like them a lot. what s magical about this cocktail is the first taste it s like i don t think man. it s a little too something. and then like that second sip it s like it s kind of good. and the third sip it s where are my pants? fortunately food in these parts tend to be, shall we say a party. for instance, the delightful meal of fried meat with plenty of absorb starch product, the complement to many. now we re talking. it s a tough town for vegeta
commitment to he spond militarily if china intervenes in taiwan. we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it can be taken by force is taken by force is just not appropriate. it will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in ukraine. cnn is live for us this morning in tokyo. hi, kevin. you know, the president catching some off dpafd with that commented on taiwan. what is the white house saying now? i know china has responses as well. yeah, some of the president s aids were caught off guard. they should be, the u.s. long adhered to the policy of strategic ambiguity. they will provide the defensive weapons against invading. they won t necessarily spell out what they would do if china were to invade. so the white house says the us policy hasn t changed, essentially saying the president didn t mean what he said. with enthe president was speaking. he said something
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