my guess is the world that while bhutto zardari, son of benazir bhutto, the two—time prime minister ofo was assassinated in 2007. he is chairman of the pakistan people's party, founded by his grandfather 50 years ago. the ppp has seen its popularity plummet in recent yea rs. has seen its popularity plummet in recent years. ken bilal because of dowry restore its fortunes and turn around their political legacy tarnished by allegations of corruption, patronage, and incompetence? —— can bilal bird zardari. —— bhutto. bilawal bhutto—zardari, welcome to hardtalk thank you for having me. your mother was assassinated and you have received death threats. why put yourself on the frontline politics like this? thank you very much, zeinab badawi. three months after my mother's assassination, the party's central executive committee decided that i was to be the co—chairman of the couple be. along with your father. —— ppp. the couple be. along with your father. -- ppp. yes. the party was in chaos. and the party asked and it was not exactly something that i could turn down. i stepped up and did what i

in november nineteen eighty eight benazir bhutto want to elections in pakistan and became the country's first female prime minister. and the election was a blow to the arabs in neighboring afghanistan who had lost an ally in pakistan's previous ruler general zia. bhutto's pakistan began to look with concern at the arab fighters next door particularly once russian troops had fully with drawn from afghanistan by early one nine hundred eighty nine. hundred on a target is not accusations continue to this day that bin laden supported pakistani politician now was sharif in a bid to topple the bhutto government at that time. a former pakistani intelligence official who knew bin laden well told al jazeera that sharif received financial support from bin laden among others. one thing i did. to date mr nawaz sharif. refuses that he ever met osama or he ever got any support from osama. this is back he was a person who would always ask me where is my benefactor i would like to see you. it was in some time the sum of money some time money came from outside and the maximum money ultimately came from t

i remember seeing benazir bhutto who came from pakistan right here. were fur beyond just the anti—apartheid struggle. i also understand that winnie mandela... she kept nelson mandela's name alive when he was in prison. she was left asa when he was in prison. she was left as a young single mother with two young girls. today, all of that history is culminating here with all history is culminating here with all his songs that the people are singing. i think we can be confident those songs will go long into the night. if you're travelling in france in the next few weeks, things could get complicated. the french rail unions are going to strike. and there are many more is to come. these are passengers in paris desperately trying to get on trains while those strains were still running. this is a roaring campaign by the unions. walk—outs are scheduled two days out of every five. we spotted this on one of the train company's websites. these are all strike dates. it is not a pretty picture. it could go intojune not a pretty picture. it could go into june althou

. >> reporter: the first was benazir bhutto in pakistan, 30 years ago. >> i'm looking forward to thet is. >> reporter: they're taking it all in stride in new zealand. a 13-hour nonstop flight from los angeles. it's an island nation at the bottom of the world, it's at the forefront of change. women could vote here 20 years before they could in the u.s. and ardern is new zealand's third prime minister. but she's the first to take a six-week maternity leave. a "daily mail" columnist, liz jones, wrote something that i want to get your reaction to. a pregnant prime minister isn't feminism, it's betraying your voters. surely, your country shouldn't have to compete for your attention with a colicy toddler. >> the sentiment in that piece suggests that women can only be mothers or other. can i be a prime minister and a mother? absolutely. absolutely. will i have help to do it? yes. >> reporter: first, from her deputy prime minister. he will be running the country while she's out. though, she says, she will be available. as for the baby -- >> we're really excited. >> reporter: -- help will com