zeinab badawi presents global questions.ello and welcome to this edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi. this week we asked if lebanons political system is broken. the beirut explosion has led to a huge backlash against the countries ruling class who are blamed for decades of corruption and mismanagement. could the anger this time lead to a real change in direction or will it simply be more of the same? while the human and economic cost of the blast of the chemical blast in the port of beirut has been devastating, around 200 people died, 6000 injured, 300,000 laid homeless and there's been billions of dollars of damage. well as always, we are having to bring you our two panelists and our questioners who join us from all around the world via video link. let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week. manal abdel samad is a lebanese politician who resigned as administer of information following the be explosion and she remains in the caretaker cabinet. she believes that change remains elusive and regrets being un

welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. un general assembly gets under way this month and it will be one like no other. it will be mostly a virtual summit because of covid—19. my guest is the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres. in a year that the un marks its 75th anniversary, why does he believe that coronavirus has unleashed a pandemic of hate and is also undermining multilateralism? and does he have the power to do anything about this? secretary—general antonio guterres at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. in may, you said that covid—19 has unleashed a tsunami of hate, scapegoating and scaremongering. why do you think it's brought out the worst in humanity? well, first of all, it's a pleasure to be back on hardtalk. i think covid—19 has demonstrated the enormous fragility of our world. we are on our knees with a microscopic virus, and, in my opinion, the main reason is because countries were not able to come together and face covid—19 in close coordination. we have seen each country

welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi.conomic fallout of covid—19 has been tough, and now with new waves of the virus, restrictions on economic activity are being reimposed in many countries. the european union is the world's second wealthiest and largest economy after the united states and accounts for a large portion of the global economy. it has suffered badly from coronavirus. how confident is it of making a recovery? well, my guest is the european commissioner for the economy, paolo gentiloni — who until 2018 was prime minister of italy. commissioner paolo gentiloni, welcome to hardtalk. there are 3 million covid—19 cases in the european union and there have been around a quarter of a million deaths. how worried are you that these new waves could cost more lives and livelihoods? well, indeed there is an extremely high level of uncertainty. i think we will never forget this 2020 — the human costs and the economic consequences. as far as the economic consequences are concerned , we are in a contradictory situation, beca

hello and welcome to this edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi.ash against the country's ruling class, who are blamed for decades of corruption and mismanagement. could the anger this time lead to a real change in direction?

hello and welcome to this edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi.

welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the un general assembly gets under way this month and it will be one like no other — it will be mostly a virtual summit because of covid—19. my guest is the secretary—general of the united nations, antonio guterres. in a year that the un marks its 75th anniversary, why does he believe that coronavirus has unleashed a pandemic of hate and is also undermining multilateralism? and does he have the power to do anything about this? secretary—general antonio guterres at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. in may, you said that covid—i9 has unleashed a tsunami of hate, scapegoating and scaremongering. why do you think it's brought out the worst in humanity? well, first of all, it's a pleasure to be back on hardtalk. i think covid—i9 has demonstrated the enormous fragility of our world. we are on oui’ knees with a microscopic virus and, in my opinion, the main reason is because countries were not able to come together and face covid—i9 in close coordination. we have seen each co