you have evidence and presumably you have asked for it as well but i suppose there is no legitimate route necessarily for you to get it but what about his legal representation in qatar? a, , a, what about his legal representation in qatar? l, , a, what about his legal representation in qatar? a, , a, u, in qatar? initially, and enrique may be able to come _ in qatar? initially, and enrique may be able to come in _ in qatar? initially, and enrique may be able to come in and _ in qatar? initially, and enrique may be able to come in and help - in qatar? initially, and enrique may be able to come in and help with i be able to come in and help with this, _ be able to come in and help with this, but— be able to come in and help with this, but initially my understanding is that— this, but initially my understanding is that he _ this, but initially my understanding is that he signed a confession that was in _ is that he signed a confession that was in arabic, who is not given the opportunity— was in arabic, who is not given the opportunity to have a translator or have _ opportunity to have a translator or have it _ opportunity to have a translator or have it translated and he was not initially— have it translated and he was not initially offered legal representation. 3�*8 initially offered legal representation. initially offered legal reresentation. j~ l, representation. 78 days without translator. _ representation. 78 days without translator, without _ representation. 78 days without translator, without access - representation. 78 days without translator, without access to i representation. 78 days without | translator, without access to the files, without lawyer hunter totally an unfair process. do files, without lawyer hunter totally an unfair process.— an unfair process. do you think the fact that the _ an unfair process. do you think the fact that the uk _ an unfair process. do you think the fact that the uk has _ an unfair process. do you think the fact that the uk has quite - an unfair process. do you think the fact that the uk has quite a - an unfair process. do you think the l fact that the uk has quite a complex relationship with qatar is a factor here? ,, ., ., ,.,y , relationship with qatar is a factor here? ,,., ., , ., , , here? qatar say they want friendship and cooperation. _ here? qatar say they want friendship and cooperation. what _ here? qatar say they want friendship and cooperation. what i _ here? qatar say they want friendship and cooperation. what i say - here? qatar say they want friendship and cooperation. what i say to - here? qatar say they want friendship and cooperation. what i say to them | and cooperation. what i say to them is if that— and cooperation. what i say to them is if that is— and cooperation. what i say to them is if that is the case, they need to cooperata — is if that is the case, they need to cooperate. they need to make sure that he _ cooperate. they need to make sure that he has— cooperate. they need to make sure that he has a fair trial, they need

to present — that he has a fair trial, they need to present the evidence but actually they need _ to present the evidence but actually they need to release him. he needs to be _ they need to release him. he needs to be brought back home. and david cameron— to be brought back home. and david cameron not intervening, what kind of message — cameron not intervening, what kind of message does that send out not 'ust of message does that send out not just to _ of message does that send out not just to manuel and his family, but actually— just to manuel and his family, but actually to— just to manuel and his family, but actually to every british national that may— actually to every british national that may find themselves in a similar— that may find themselves in a similar position? and the british government sits back and does nothing — government sits back and does nothing to. government sits back and does nothing te— government sits back and does nothing to-_ government sits back and does nothin: to. ~ ., ., ., ,, nothing to. what you fear may happen in court on the — nothing to. what you fear may happen in court on the 4th _ nothing to. what you fear may happen in court on the 4th of— nothing to. what you fear may happen in court on the 4th ofjune? _ nothing to. what you fear may happen in court on the 4th ofjune? the - in court on the 4th ofjune? the worst scenario _ in court on the 4th ofjune? the worst scenario is _ in court on the 4th ofjune? tie: worst scenario is that the in court on the 4th ofjune? ti9 worst scenario is that the state in court on the 4th ofjune? t'i9 worst scenario is that the state of qatar tries to put manuel again in jail and of course they deprive him to times of his hiv medication, his life is in risk, his health, they tortured him and they're not investigating the torture. hat tortured him and they're not investigating the torture. not only is manual a _ investigating the torture. not only is manual a british _ investigating the torture. not only is manual a british national- investigating the torture. not only is manual a british national but. investigating the torture. not only is manual a british national but al is manual a british national but a mexican national soap briefly, what have the mexicans been helping with?

i don't know that, i'm afraid. the minister of _ i don't know that, i'm afraid. the minister of exco _ i don't know that, i'm afraid. the minister of exco is _ i don't know that, i'm afraid. ti9 minister of exco is helping but manuel is like a british citizen in qatar. so the uk government must do everything to guarantee the health and life manuel and to get his repatriation.— and life manuel and to get his reatriation. . ,, , ., , . repatriation. thank you very much indeed. repatriation. thank you very much indeed- let's _ repatriation. thank you very much indeed. let's look— repatriation. thank you very much indeed. let's look at _ repatriation. thank you very much indeed. let's look at some - repatriation. thank you very much indeed. let's look at some front l indeed. let's look at some front pages, beginning with the daily telegraph, and it is turned on doctors who blow the whistle over a safety pond there is a picture of the slovakian prime ministerjust after he was shot. the guardian, slovakian leader fighting for his life after an assassination attempt. and at the bottom, women accused magician david copperfield of sexual misconduct. in the times, starmer set out to woo voters with six pledges and on the right, the slovakian prime minister fighting for his life after shooting a printer and finally in the financial times, a different story, business leaders warn sunak that tory migration policy threatens investment. that's all from us tonight.

victoria's here tomorrow. till then, goodnight.

singapore has a new prime minister. lawrence wong was sworn in, replacing lee hsien loong, who'd been in office for two decades. mr lee will, however, remain in the cabinet with an advisory role. mr wong used his inauguration speech to warn that singaporeans face a world of conflict and rivalry — and they must be braced to adapt to a messier, riskier and more violent world. i'm joined now by michael barr an associate professor of international relations at flinders university. many thanks for your time. what are

you expecting from this era? in many thanks for your time. what are you expecting from this era?- you expecting from this era? in the short term. — you expecting from this era? in the short term. very — you expecting from this era? in the short term, very much _ you expecting from this era? in the short term, very much more - you expecting from this era? in the short term, very much more of- you expecting from this era? in the short term, very much more of the| short term, very much more of the same and lawrence wong of the cookie cutter that manufactures leaders in singapore, the only big differences is not a member of the lee family and there is not a newly waiting in the background. but staying in cabinet like his father did after he retired we can expect him, the former prime minister to continue to have an outsides of input, we'll see continuity at least until things start going wrong.— continuity at least until things start going wrong. continuity at least until things start auoin wronu. �*, ., , start going wrong. there's one party that is dominated _ start going wrong. there's one party that is dominated the _ start going wrong. there's one party that is dominated the politics - start going wrong. there's one party that is dominated the politics in - that is dominated the politics in singapore for so long and you'll have to call an election this year and he thinks he can bring in a strong result? he and he thinks he can bring in a strong result?— and he thinks he can bring in a strong result? he can wait until next year _

strong result? he can wait until next year and — strong result? he can wait until next year and once _ strong result? he can wait until next year and once he - strong result? he can wait until next year and once he does - strong result? he can wait until - next year and once he does manage to break in a strong one, a strong result that doesn't lose any more seats than the government will consider that to be an excellent result but at the moment, there on the ropes and they have to, the event two record low votes of the moment, the opposition is a record number of six. which is only io%. ah, number of six. which is only io%. a number of six. which is only io%. a number of six. which is only io%. a number of challenges including corruption scandals, growing opposition in the global economic situation that lawrence wong alluded to in his speech, and how would you approach a deal with them? international relations much following the use bleed and lawrence wong does not have an awful lot of foreign—policy experience and that is considered the field and his own

problems in dealing with china and america and domestically, settling up america and domestically, settling up more leadership by committee rather than by a strong leader because lawrence wong doesn't really have a cabinet strength or party to forge his own way. but he can be expected to try to push his own agenda to try to take some initiatives over how much. but one of the big one of the big structural changes of singapore is the population is ageing in a way that it has before. so many classes have come, from having such a young

population and now, we no longer have that, they're becoming more like japan and the have that, they're becoming more likejapan and the us have that, they're becoming more like japan and the us with the age population. and the notion of having almost none is unchallenged because of that for instance. iltrui’iiiii almost none is unchallenged because of that for instance.— of that for instance. will have to leave it there. _ of that for instance. will have to leave it there. michael, - of that for instance. will have to leave it there. michael, thank i of that for instance. will have to i leave it there. michael, thank you for your time. french troops have been deployed to secure ports and airports in the french pacific islands territory, new caledonia. four people are known to have been killed since monday, in violence which broke out after the parliament in paris backed changes to voting laws, which the indigenous population of new caledonia say will reduce their influence in governing their own affairs. a state of emergency is in place, along with a curfew — and the social media site tiktok has been temporarily banned. the situation in areas of afghanistan hardest hit by flash floods that killed hundreds of people �*remains critical,�* the world health organisation has said — and the authorities have predicted more bad weather to come.

our correspondent caroline davies and her team have visited some of the remote areas hit by the flooding and sent this report from northern baghlan province. this used to be a village. little trace of lives swept away... ..only the debris. sticky mud, heated — hardening. salvaging what's left is tough. translation: we haven't got even a glass left for a cup of tea. - there is nothing. this is one of the worst hit villages, and people are still trying to excavate their homes, trying to salvage what they can from the rubble. everywhere you look, there are uprooted trees, there are bits of building and the destruction is just in every direction. over here, more people, more homes, more buildings destroyed, more belongings, and people here who still don't have a home to stay in tonight.

flash floods tore through villages in north—east afghanistan, sweeping away everything in their path. here, a miraculous rescue — dragged alive from muddy waters. many were not. abdul�*s family's three homes stood here for 20 years. he returned to find nothing but this wall. ten out of 18 of his family were killed, swept away. translation: we were searching - for family members in knee-deep mud. so we took off our shoes and continued searching. eventually, we found the bodies miles away from here. these stark valleys have seen flooding before, but no one we spoke to had seen anything like this in their lifetime. on the broken road, women walk between bereaved families... ..offering graveside prayers.

they will make more than one stop today. the grieving is not over. caroline davies, bbc news, baghlan. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. junior doctors in england have entered talks with the government to try and end a long—running dispute over pay. the british medical association says itsjunior doctors' committee had entered a new "intensive phase of talks" with the government, facilitated by an external mediator. people across south devon have been advised to boil their tap water after 22 cases of a diarrhoea—type illness were confirmed by the uk health security agency — a further 70 suspected cases are also being investigated. the agency said the parasite was "predominantly a waterborne disease".

the home office has announced that it's expanding the rwanda deportation scheme to cover failed asylum seekers. under the original plan, only people who had arrived in the uk — on or after the first of january 2022 — could be deemed elibigle to be deported. failed asylum seekers are also eligible for a voluntary scheme announced last month. eltonjohn and his husbandsir david furnish have one eltonjohn and his husband sir david furnish have one of the greatest private collections of photographs in the world, with more than seven thousand. now an exhibition of some of those images will open at london's v&a this weekend. they've been talking exclusively

to our culture editor katie razzall. # i'll write a symphonyjust foryou and me...# 300 photographs, many on show for the first time. # i'll paint a masterpiece...# sir eltonjohn started collecting after he got sober in the �*90s, and with his husband david furnish, now has one of the world's great collections. i'm so proud of what we've collected, because we both love photography so much. itjust hits so many emotional moments for both of us. the nan goldin especially, i bought that because i thought, that's my life, my old life, on the wall. the addictions and the people we lost to aids. yeah. there's a lot of pain and grief on these walls. 9/11, political riots, assassinations. what makes you want to collect that pain? because in pain sometimes, there's a lot of beauty, unfortunately, and i'm drawn to that. that's why the show is called fragile beauty. # seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind...# we are sitting surrounded by some very beautiful people. but of course, there's sadness here as well. we've got marilyn, chet baker. and i'm looking at miss piggy.

so there's something for everyone! marilyn monroe, chet baker, they clearly suffered for their art. did you think you suffered for your art? well, i did in a way, but it was self—inflicted. the pain i suffered was because of addiction, and alcoholism and unhappiness. but music saved me and it always has done. the couple have 2,000 photographs from 9/11. it's the first time they've exhibited any of them. it's too raw for people who lived through that, but it's good to see some of them. there's only about four of them out. reportage is very important. and there's a very powerful photo of the january the 6th capitol hill riot. yes, i think the importance of photographs like that is that we live in an age now where people seem to want to rewrite history and want to deny truth, and i think when things are captured photographically, it's irrevocable. it's important to have photographs like that and it's important to keep

a record of what happened. but there is little record of the man himself in the show. there are just two photographs of eltonjohn — one of his hands, and this more playful image. completely spontaneously, he picked the plastic eggs up and put them under his glasses, and that to me says more about elton's personality, and sense of humour and irreverence than anything, and that's what i love about photography. it is extraordinary that i collect photographs, because i don't like being photographed. i find it really painful. # hold me closer, tiny dancer...# many will find pain, but also joy in this extraordinary collection — a chronicle of our times. katie razzall, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. looking at thursday's weather, we've got some, i think wet weather on the way to parts of england and wales with some thundery rain at times.

on wednesday, here's the day of sunny spells and passing showers. some of those showers, mind you, were very heavy, for example, here in hebden bridge. but looking at the satellite picture, you can see a stripe of cloud just here, that's a weather front that stretches all the way into europe. there's our fronts. but bumping into that front, we've got this trough here, this line of very intense showers. you might get the sense that these areas of rain are merging together. well, i think that's exactly what's going on. and they will tend to run towards england over the coming hours. so weather wise, over the next few hours, not so much of an issue. we'll have some low cloud effects, some of our north sea coast, a few mist and fog patches here and occasional spots of rain or drizzle. drier weather elsewhere with temperatures around ten or 11 degrees quite widely. the problems with the forecast come tomorrow. i think there is a risk of seeing more widespread rain initially across eastern areas of england through thursday morning before moving across the midlands and on its parts of wales and the west country

as we head into the afternoon. so the details are going to be quite difficult to come by but expect the chance of seeing some heavy thundery rain at times across parts of england and wales. further northwards for northern ireland sunshine through the morning and a dry morning. the afternoon, yeah, you could see a storm or two breaking out. most of scotland, in contrast to all of that will be dry, although there will be some mist and low cloud across eastern areas and spots of drizzle through the morning, the afternoon, the best of the sunshine into the northwest and that's where we'll see temperatures at their highest, probably reaching around 23 degrees or so. heading into friday the weather pattern is still rather unsettled, but hopefully a bit more straightforward. it should be a day of sunshine and showers through the afternoon for england and wales. some of those turning heavy and thundery. the drier weather will be further north again for scotland and for northern ireland, where most places will keep spells of sunshine and temperatures well

into the low twenties. that's going to feel pleasant with light winds for the weekend weather picture, we're still at low pressure close to the south of the uk, a ridge of high pressure trying to build in from the northwest. and so it's again scotland and northern ireland that will have the dry ice weather through the weekend. england and wales, meanwhile, will have the chance of seeing a few more showers to come. bye for now.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. love it or loathe it, there is no denying formula 1 is one of the world's biggest sporting brands, attracting billions of eyeballs and commercial revenues to match. the best—known names are the drivers, the greats like senna, lauda, schumacher, hamilton, and today's number one, verstappen. but the key figures are the racing team bosses. my guest today, sir ron dennis, founded the mclaren group and was one of the most successful bosses in f1 history. what was behind his drive, not just to survive, but to thrive? sir ron dennis, welcome to hardtalk.