we will be joined by -- of chatham house.his is bloomberg. ♪ >> with foreign money being invested in infra structure projects, money doesn't smell, as the expression goes. what we've got to avoid is any sort of technological control of our infrastructure. we need to make sure that these power plants are able to serve the british people and not become a point of leverage over us. alix: that was a conservative member of parliament speaking with bloomberg about the british government looking for ways to remove china's state-owned nuclear energy company from all future power projects. just the latest headline today about the deteriorating environment between the west and china. of course, the other part of it is what china is doing to clampdown on education technology companies. joining us to help us understand is dr. yu jie, chatham house senior research fellow on china. i think the biggest question is does to the -- is the deterioration between the west and china, how do you write that -- how do you write that -- how do you rat

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she's an associate fellow at the your program at the british thinktank chatham house. she's also a professor of global studies in denmark, and that is where she joined me tonight. it's good to have you on the program. the overall figures of asylum seekers in the u. k is pretty low compared to other countries. just a few 1000 a year. is this new law? is it needed or is this about keeping a breaks? it promise? well, it's very difficult to understand a government strategy. the question we can ask is, today really thing that these proposals would work, or is this all about getting some short term publicity and who would be blamed if it doesn't work? and as we know pretty, pretty patella's already on the fire from the hard right over her failure to stop the cross channel votes. and if she is unable to offer an effective option processing system, then she will be left looking pretty weak. so if we look at the law, it says it was just announced it in published today. i lost her because i actually already know. so it isn't actually very new at all. and the sections in the bid

she's an associate fellow at the your program at the british thinktank chatham house. she's also a professor of global studies in denmark, and that is where she joins me tonight. it's good to have you on the program. the overall figures of asylum seekers in the u. k. is pretty low compared to other countries at just a few 1000 a year. is this new law? is it needed or is this about keeping a breaks? it promise? well, it's very difficult to understand the government's strategy. the question we can ask is, today really thing that these proposals would work, or is this all about getting some short term publicity and who would be blamed if it doesn't work? and as we know pretty, pretty already on the fire from the hard right over her failure to stop the close challenge votes. and if she's unable to offer an effective of show processing system, then she will be left looking pretty weak. so if we look at the lloyd says that it was just announced to then published today, ela. so this is actually already know. so it doesn't actually very new at all. and the sections in the bill

she's an associate fellow with the your program at the british thinktank chatham house. she's also a professor of global studies in denmark, and that is where she joins me tonight. it's good to have you on the program. the overall figures of asylum seekers in the u. k is pretty low compared to other countries at just a few 1000 a year. is this new law? is it needed or is this about keeping a breaks? it promise? well, it's very difficult to understand the government strategy. the question we can ask is, today really thing that these proposals would work or is this all about getting some short term publicity and who will be blamed if it doesn't work? and as we know, peter pretty patel already on the fire from the hard right over her failure to stop the close channel votes. and if she is unable to offer an effective of show processing system, then she will be left looking pretty weak. so if we look at the law, it says it was just a note to then published today. a lot of this is actually already low. so it isn't actually very new at all. and the sections independent are new.

i think it's a quentin peel from the thinking chatham house, so very much appreciate your perspective. thank you. the public health experts are worried about a new corona virus variant within 50 cases of the so called delta plus the variance have been detected in india. the variant has also surface in the usa in almost a dozen. the other countries, indian scientists say it could be more transmissible, more infectious, and resistant to life saving drugs given to some cove in 1900 patients. but they need more data to confirm. that's our correspondent, major joyful sent us this report from india where the new varied has fueled fears. the country could be headed for 3rd way. the abstractions like you once again after another. i don't know why this leave crowds are going to the freshly opened markets in india already. it is hard to imagine, but just 2 months ago, the country was recording over 400000 k through the be but the indian government is warning that all is not well yet. a mutation called delta law has recently been declared a variant of concern. and welcome message for many at thi

and in london, christopher vandome, research fellow with the africa programme at chatham house.me to you all. if i could start with mlungisi first of all in eswatini, this is of course not the first time that we've had protests in eswatini. are the protests different this time around, though? >> indeed, the protests are quite different this time around. this time around, mswati is faced with a generation of young people, who have to take some time to look at themselves and decide the future they want for the country. and they arrived at a point where it cannot be business as usual. and they've got to take a step, and a decisive step toward the final blow into the life of this evil regime. sami: menzi, it sounds from what mlungisi is saying, this is quite serious. how accurate are the reports that protesters are being shot dead? >> yeah, so, due to the closure of the internet and the restrictions to communications, the number of casualties can't be entirely verified. but what i'm hearing from my sources on the ground, some of them who are family members, they can confirm that the

it's a very good point to make michelle pace from the british, the take chatham house, because we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. it's good to have you to help put this into context for us. thank you. you are the, the caretaker prime minister of lebanon says that his country is on the brink of collapse. that's fine. d. r is appealing to foreign donors to release a money saying, suffering, and the country is reaching tragic proportions. the value of the liberties currency has dropped by 990 percent during the current crisis, and there are shortages of almost all basics. the world bank describes the economic crisis as one of the worst seen in the world since the 18 fifty's lebanon has been without a formal government for 11 months. a huge hurdle to help. because donors have made releasing aden funds to the government in beirut, conditional on the formation of a government. and i will ask you to, i appeal through you to the king's princes, presidents and leaders of brother, the friend, the countries. and i call upon the united nations an old international bodies, international c

at signal risk and in london, christopher van dyke, research fellow, with the africa program at chatham house. welcome to all if i could start with them gipsy. first of all next. what teeny. this is of course not the 1st time unless you see that we've had protests in swati. all the protest different this time round though. indeed, quite different this time about the time slot is faced with a generation of young people who had to take some time to look at themselves and decide their top few job day one of the times. and they lived at that point about, it cannot be business as usual, and they've got to take a step and decisive step to load the final blow into the life of this. even jim mancy, it sounds from walton dc, is saying that this is quite serious. how i cure all the reports. the protesters are being shot dead. yeah. so due to the closure of the internet and restrictions you communications, the number of casualties con, be entirely verified. but what i'm hearing from my so on the ground. some of them law family members, they can confirm that they have some bottom and violent struggle tha

vance and alan scott from london bennett monsoon, who's the director of the rock initiative at chatham house, then a corona virus or no. corona virus. there is an issue here to do with the upkeep of, of health facilities, which comes under so much strain when there is an emergency. yeah, and sadly, this isn't the 1st time and sadly it won't do that last time. we often talk about corruption. we talk about the political parties benefiting from state conference, but what we're seeing tonight is the human toll that corruption and management take . these are victims who have no other choice, but to deal with this health system health system that has for decades been i've been taking for granted, been used for revenue generation from all the political parties all together. as part of this in the past that governs the country. so you know, as i, as, as, as we see it's the same of story and, you know, the iraq are again the victim to. ready their leadership, is it recognized as an issue as an acute issue? because i guess the problem is if it's corruption at multiple levels, it's the type of thing wh

thoughts and ran out the monsoon, who we spoke to earlier, director of the iraq initiative at chatham houses is iraq. health system has really suffered from this government mismanagement and corruption. sadly, this isn't the 1st time and sadly it won't do that last time. we often talk about corruption. talk about the political parties, benefit thing from state conference. but what we're seeing is the human whole that are option and it's management, hey, these are victims who have no other choice, but to deal with this health system health system that has for decades been have been taken for granted. the news for, for revenue generation from all the political parties, all together as part of this lead tactic, govern the country. so, you know, as i, as, as, as we see is the same of story. and, you know, the iraqis are, again the victims to. ready their leaders, politician because they know that they need to blame corruption and they're going, you know, rhetorically, they'll come out and say, this is all bad, but their actions rarely go with their work. they will continue. and that's why, sadly

will bring in fergus carol, he's the research analyst in the africa program at chatham house. he joins us on skype from london. so i guess kell what were the constitutional reforms this group of individuals were trying to discuss well, it's been a long running debate among the opposition seeking constitutional reforms, particularly on the electoral system. they argued times in the constitution, which has been in place for many decades now. that's a huge amount of executive power in the presidency. it allows the president to appoint m p 's high court judges. and critically the, the national electoral commission. so the opposition are keen to revise some of the many executive power in the president and see there's also a dive for the constitution to be changed to allow legal challenges to election results which has previously been allowed. but it's something that we've seen in neighboring countries, kenya, blah, we and certainly that's something the but the opposition and in times in year with, we'd like to have in place looking back previous elections where they have the disput

footsteps of her predecessor morphin ferguson kell now research analyst in the africa program at chatham house. it says the tanzanian opposition will struggle to achieve its gold. under this current government, it's been a long running debate among the opposition seeking constitutional reforms, particularly around on the electoral system. they argue time, denise constitution, which has been in place for many decades now. that's a huge amount of executive power in the presidency allows the president to appoint m p 's high court judges, and critically the, the national electoral commission. so the opposition are keen to revise some of the immense executive power in the president to see the president's petition. is that the constitution? well, the reforms will need to white lifting the bond on political rallies. that's in place in times. and you will also need to wait until she has had time to in her words, open up the economy. that's something that's consistent with with our previous assa magazoo. the said more or less the same things, but you need the time to fix up the economy before coming ba

it's a very good point to make michelle pace from the british, the take chatham house, because we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. it's good to have you to help put this into context for us. thank you. you are the, the caretaker prime minister of lebanon says that his country is on the brink of collapse on the arb is appealing to foreign donors to release a money saying, suffering and the country is reaching tragic proportions. the value of the liberties currency has dropped by 990 percent during the current crisis, and there are shortages of almost all basics. the world bank describes the economic crisis is one of the worst seen in the world since the 18 fifty's lebanon has been without a formal government for 11 months. a huge hurdle to help. because donors have made releasing aden funds to the government in beirut, conditional on the formation of a government. and i will ask you to, i appeal through you to the king's princes, presidents and leaders of brotherly and friendly countries. and i call upon the united nations and all international bodies, international community a