look back at 20 years of bbc hardtalk. thank you. you talk about frustration with government now, but your whole career basically sounds as though you have been banging your head against a brick wall. did you learn some lessons from that? of course, of course. what lessons did you draw? it seems like the only lesson you took was, you know what, after a while you betray your best friends in politics? no. i don t agree with that at all. i bet you know. i bet you know! how do you feel as president that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory? i understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, in the name of the bbc, are putting towards you. am i not right? yeah, cheers. hardtalk. to the next 20 years! well you got water and i ve got wine?! that s terrible! 0ur show has a name which gives you a very strong clue as to what you re going to get. and i do wonder sometim
in the bahrain grand prix gives him a clear lead over lewis hamilton in formula 1. good evening. turkey s president recep tayyip erdogan has declared victory in a controversial referendum granting him sweeping new powers. he said tonight that the country had opened a new page in its democracy. the country had opened but opponents say the result amounts to one man rule, with the president now able to abolish the role of prime minister and, if necessary, dissolve parliament. it was a close vote, with widespread support for the constitutional changes in rural areas, but with many rejecting the proposals in the bigger cities, including istanbul. in the bigger cities, including opponents are alleging voting fraud and say they ll challenge the result. fraud and say they ll john fraud and say they ll simpson reports. tonight, the victors were out in force, celebrating as though they had won by a big majority. in force, celebrating as though instead of by a whisker. in force, celeb
drugs and phones into jails. good morning. in sport, the premier league title race is hotting up. the league leaders chelsea beaten two nil by manchester united. goals from marcus rashford and ander herrera trimming the gap at the top to four points from second place tottenham. it was an 80s classic set in thatcher s britain. we ll hear from the cast of letter to brezhnev as they reunite 30 years on in liverpool. and we have the weather. good morning from london. i have two miniature donkeys, gilbert and sullivan, behind me. a mixture of bright spells and showers. some wintry in the hills in the north especially. behind them, it will turn much colder. i will have more details in 15 minutes. thanks, carol. good morning. first, our main story. prince harry has revealed he sought counselling after spending nearly 20 years not thinking about the death of his mother, diana, princess of wales. in an interview with the daily telegraph, he said it was not until his late 20s that he
flight football today, after a 34 year absence. also coming up at 3:30: the travel show heads to thailand to see the world s first elephant hospital. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. us vice president mike pence, who s on a visit to south korea, has warned that his country s era of strategic patience with north korea is over. it comes as south korea and the united states agreed to speed up a defence system designed to intercept north korean missiles, something china views as a threat to its own military. our seoul correspondent stephen evans reports. the american vice president went to the front line, the demilitarised zone between north and south korea, what he called the frontier of freedom. for him, the visit was personal because his father fought in the korean war. from the other side today, north korean guards looked back and took pictures. vice president pence‘s mission today, to affirm support for the alliance between the us and south korea. we will defeat a
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