First time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Israels intensifying Military Assault on lebanon has involved everything from Booby Trapped electronic devices to bunker busting bombs. As the Death Toll mounts, prime Minister Netanyahu says the target isnt the people of lebanon, its the armed militant group hezbollah, which continues to fire rockets into israel. So what, if anything, can the lebanese Government do to stave off a Gaza Style Catastrophe . My guest is lebanons economy minister, Amin Salam. Is his Government the very definition of powerless . Minister Amin Salam in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. Pleasure being with you. Thank you forjoining me. War is happening to lebanon, war is happening to lebanon, minister, and yet war minister, and yet war is the last thing that is the last thing that lebanon wants. Lebanon wants. How does that make how does that make you feel right now . You feel right now . You said it, stephen. You said it, stephen
Minister amin salam in beirut, minister amin salam in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. In gaza, through diplomatic thank you, stephen. Thank you, stephen. Pleasure being with you. Pleasure being with you. Thank you forjoining me. Thank you forjoining me. War is happening to lebanon, war is happening to lebanon, minister, and yet war minister, and yet war is the last thing that is the last thing that lebanon wants. Lebanon wants. How does that make how does that make you feel right now? you feel right now? you said it, stephen. You said it, stephen. It s the last thing we need. It s the last thing we need. It s the last thing we would it s the last thing we would have wanted to happen have wanted to happen and we were hoping and praying and we were hoping and praying and doing our best for the past and doing our best for the past year, since the war started year, since the war started in gaza, through diplomatic channels, through every channel possible, to avoid going i
to moscow as well. there s increased security in moscow with what s being called anti terror measures. the m4 motorway which links the russian capital with cities in south such as rostov is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down. and the russian president vladimir putin has given a tv address and said russia is facing a betrayal. here s mr putin s television address to the russian nation. translation: russia is engaged in a fight for its future. the entire military information might have the worst has been sent against us. we are fighting for our independence. we are fighting for our right to remain russia. a country with 1000 years of history. today, the fate of our people is being decided. we need the consolidation of all forces. everything has to be discarded that weakens us. anything that can be used and is being used to subvert us
border. i think we re a very compassionate country and people but i m very concerned about the people that have come across that border and numbers of people. will: why is immigration so important? being from texas, i have four grandchildren that are here. i m very concerned about the fentanyl and the crime. rachel: your top issues. crime. crime. rachel: hearing that a lot. tell me what is worrying but it? the cashless bail. they need to get rid of that. i don t know one street cop, any line cop going for the democrats with this whole defund the police nonsense. good morning, all of you, you re hearing from americans today who are telling you what they care about, inflation, crime, the border, the school, everything is on the table and we re going to be going to diners all across the country on election day. good morning will. good morning. pete: pete good morning, rachel. rachel: more from everybody. pete: more from you out there. if you re in, how do you say tha
the remarkable victory he got when he called that general election having ousted theresa may. i gather she voted in a ball gown this evening, i think the irony won t be lost on her. i think since we thought we d be marched up the hill, and borisjohnson seems to be accusing the media, he says it s media lead, my feeling across the country speaking to everyday people, and i had one woman approached me next to the thames and say to me she doesn t like liars. i m reporting right next to that covid wall where you see all kinds of hearts and names and people who died who had respected lockdown. i think it s a countrywide thing. also worth saying, borisjohnson denies lying about the parties in downing street. he said some things that were wrong, but he thought they were true at the time. you must have had a few days this week talking to france about the uk, with this happening now and thejubilee before it. it is quite remarkable going from covering the head of state, which is the 96