are there lessons for the world to learn from his extraordinary life? presidentjose ramos horta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you in the studio. i think it s fair to say you ve given most of your life to the struggle for freedom in timor leste, east timor, as we used to know it, and you have served as its president, not just once, but twice. you decided to come back in 2022 to seek the presidency again. was that a tough decision, to come back? yes. on a personal basis, yes. it was not in my plan, but then mr xanana gusmao, now prime minister, whom i deeply respect, he asked me to run again. ..to put timor leste back on the map of the world, because it was neglected, forgotten for a few years, because we ve been living in peace and tranquillity, so we did not constitute news. but at the same time, with so many conflicts in the world, we were running the risk of being forgotten. so. and then our asean accession. so i was asked to
scotland and england with narrow wins in the six nations yesterday. it isa it is a cloudy but mild day and blush it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day for many. wetter especially in western scotland. news of things especially in western scotland. news of things turning colder this week. right of things turning colder this week. right here of things turning colder this week. right here on breakfast. it s sunday, the 4th of february. our top story: the uk hasjoined the us in striking houthi targets in yemen for a third time. last night, british and american forces launched strikes on 36 targets across 13 locations, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. the uk s defence secretary, grant shapps, claimed the action was needed to protect innocent lives and preserve freedom of navigation but said it did not mark an escalation in the uk s involvement in the conflict. louisa pilbeam reports. british fighterjets taking off
trillion could soon approach the size of the defense budget. let that sink in, neil. president biden is calling for more taxes on the rich. he speak recently in virginia beach. i want to make it clear, i m going to raise some taxes. any of you who are billionaires out there, you re going to stop paying 3%. not a joke. biden met with kevin mccarthy just once since he became speaker and with a debt of over $31 trillion, many republicans are concerned about potential cuts in national against, a time when the biden administration is arming ukrainian forces with billions in american weapons and with the threat from china increasing. the 2022 and 2023 defense budgets are 3% when the kennedy administration was spending 9% of u.s. gdp on defense, building up the arsenal which the pentagon says is aging and is needed upgrades to the tunes of billions ever dollars. and jfk cut taxes and shortly after his death. that was then. lucas thank you very much. i raised this issue with jo
Consider working with Rival Parties also. Pep guardiolas awkward post match interview. What was your response . Ask the referee, not me. You dont seem happy you have won . I am happy. You are not showing t im so happy, happy new year. And its uphill all the way. Whats it like to live on the steepest street in the world . Good morning, its tuesday, 3rd january. Im ben brown, welcome to bbc news room live. A man has been shot dead by police in an operation near the m62 motorway In Huddersfield yesterday evening. West Yorkshire Police say the operation was pre planned Atjunction 2a near ainley top, and that 5 people were arrested, they said it was not related to terrorism. The independent Police Complaints commission has sent investigators to the scene. Its the 5th Fatal Police Shooting in england and wales within 9 months. Our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, reports. The shooting happened shortly after 6 oclock yesterday evening on a slip road off the m62 at ainley top, near hudd
Dc where donald trump appears to have launched a wide reaching Diplomatic Initiative to tackle what he says is the urgent Security Challenge posed by north korea. The president has spoken to the japanese and german leaders by phone and had is also holding a classified briefing on the subject with all 100 us senators. Mr trump also said this message to the Un Security Council. The status quo in north korea is also unacceptable and the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on north Korean Nuclear and Ballistic Missile programmes. This is a real threat to the world, whether we want to talk about it or not. North korea is a big World Problem and its a problem we have to finally solve. People have put blindfolds on for decades and now its time to solve the problem. President trump calling for new sanctions on north korea. This appeal was made not in new york, the un, but while the president was hosting Un Security Council ambassadors at the white house and thr