in 2003 and 2007, mr trillanes was part of two mutinies that stormed luxury premises in protest againstesident gloria macapagal arroyo. the bloodless mutinies were short—lived, and trillanes was later arrested and jailed. former liberal president benigno aquino granted him an amnesty from prosecution in 2010. mr trillanes says the charges against him now are trumped up, and show worrying form. you attack the media, the judiciary, the legislatory. you co—opt it or you harass those opposing you. if you look at the patterns of global dictators or tyrants, it's straight out of that dictators‘ playbook. critics say further attacks on the media and judiciary point to an alarming pattern of undemocratic behaviour by the president. but mr duterte's spokesperson, harry roque, denies the claim. the fact that you have all these critics able to ventilate their unbased — the baseless charges against the president, foreign the media buying it, shows that we're not restricting them. we're not afraid of anything. if you think there's dictatorship, come to the philippines. a court in manila is now decid

in 2003 and 2007, mr trillanes was part of two mutinies that stormed luxury premises in protest against bloodless mutinies were short—lived and trillanes was later arrested and jailed. the former president granted in an amnesty from prosecution in 2010. mr trillanes said the charges against him are trumped up and show worrying form. he has the media, the judith gray, the legislative, he co—opts them to get you. looking at the patterns of global dictators and tyra nts, the patterns of global dictators and tyrants, it is straight out of that dictators‘ playbook —— judiciary. critics say further attacks on the judiciary point to add pattern of alarming behaviour. but the president‘s spokesperson denies the claim. the fact you have all these critics able to vent their baseless charges against the president form the media shows we are not restricting them. we‘re not afraid of anything. if you think it said dictatorship? come to the philippines and. they are deciding if another warrant should be granted. the senator says he is preparing for the worse the —— come to the philippines. and you ca

mr duterte ordered the arrest of senator antonio trillanes earlier this month, despite a previous presidential pardon. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the old certainties in european politics are crumbling. voters seem fed up with a long—established supremacy of the parties of centre—right and centre—left. the politics of identity and raw emotion have fuelled populist insurgencies from italy to sweden, to eastern europe. mostly it is the right, not the left, in the ascendant. well, my guest is yanis varoufakis, greece's radical leftist finance minister at the height of the economic crisis, and an advocate of a new global progressive politics. but is he losing the argument in europe? yanis va roufakis, welcome to hardtalk. you still play a political role. you have a new political party, which you are determined to make a force in greece and in europe. but would you accept that as a radical, as a leftist, the tide in europe, the tide of public opinion is running against you? absolutely. civilisation is in retreat. we are e