Must fail, but this century s rising power, china, offers mr putin friendship without limits. Could be ukrainian invasion foreshadow an effort by beijing to eliminate the thorn in its side, namely, taiwan. My guest is Type A Representative to the eu ming yen tsai. Could what starts in ukraine and in taiwan . Ming yen tsai in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. My pleasure welcome to hardtalk. My pleasure to welcome to hardtalk. My pleasure to be welcome to hardtalk. M pleasure to be here with welcome to hardtalk. Mg pleasure to be here with you. Welcome to hardtalk. My pleasure to be here with you. A pleasure to be here with you. A pleasure to be here with you. A pleasure to have you on the showstopper you sit there in brazil two brussels, you are the representative of type a as it is put, to the European Union, ijust wonder, from your position, what impact has russia s invasion of ukraine had on your homeland . L russia s invasion of ukraine had on your homeland . I think our whole had o
across northern ireland with heavy and persistent rain here through this afternoon. elsewhere, a little bit of sunshine, but generally a fair amount bit of sunshine, but generally a fairamount of bit of sunshine, but generally a fair amount of cloud, the odd hefty shower, and these temperatures, 15-21 shower, and these temperatures, 15 21 degrees, below average for this point injuly. this evening until tonight, this point injuly. this evening untiltonight, rain this point injuly. this evening until tonight, rain will be on the move, pushing eastwards into southern scotland, northern england, wales, perhaps the south west of england. wind is starting to pick up around some western coast as well. northern scotland hangs under some clear skies, and here, actually, quite a chilly night, maybe 3 4 in places, but it is northern scotland, and we will have the best of the weather tomorrow. elsewhere, frontal systems working in from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain, and quite a lo
is the release of dozens more israeli hostages abducted by hamas on october 7th imminent? the israeli war cabinet met tonight as hopes rise of a deal to free israelis held in gaza. we ll talk to one man who is hoping at least some of his relatives could be freed. also tonight, on the eve of the chancellor s autumn statement, we ask voters across the country what they want to hear. what i would be looking for in an ideal world is that the triple lock would be maintained. i m expecting to get a raw deal, not a good deal. speak to us disabled people and make it so we speak to us disabled people and make it so we can speak to us disabled people and make it so we can come to work and we can contribute we ll also talk live to a professor in economics of innovation and public value. the chief economic advisor at allianz. and the co chair of liz truss s growth commission and ask what they would do if advising the chancellor. plus a us tech firm palantir wins an nhs it contract
britain s ecomomy is expected to have gone into reverse shrinking by 0.1%. and if that continues for the rest of the year two quarters of negative growth that would constitute a recession. the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing to a 15 year high, to try to rein in soaring prices, and that s weighing heavily on many businesses and households. on thursday, official data showed a steep jump in the number of people falling behind on mortgage payments. our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith, reports. good morning, donna speaking, how may i help? with rates on the up, more people have been struggling to pay their mortgage bill. don t worry, i m sure we can get this sorted out for you. ..and an increasing number are now officially in arrears. you know, nobody wants to send debt collectors to your door. nobody wants that. that s not what we want. we want to help you, we want to get a solution in place with you, but we can only do that if you give us a ca
important don t know the questions. first, the leader of the conservative party, the prime minister, theresa may. applause. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. good evening prime minister, yourfirst is from abigail. why should the public trust you when you have a known track record of broken promises and backtracking during your time as home secretary and prime minister? thank you david and thank you. applause. thank you for you coming to be an audience tonight, which is an important part of campaign. let me tell you about some of the things i did as home secretary. i said i would ensure we we re secretary. i said i would ensure we were dealing with extremist hate preachers and excluded more than any other before me. i said i would do something about stop and search, i don t think anybody should be stopped and searched because of the colour of their skin. i said i would be tough on crime and ensure our police and security services had the powers they need to do theirjo