and the name's moore, richard moore — what does it take to lead a secret service in 2020?ests, on socially distanced screens, political analyst eunice goes and henry chu of the los angeles times. and here in the studio, bbc newsnight‘s diplomatic editor, mark urban. welcome to you all. virus spikes, flight cancellations and a new recession low for the eurozone — it's more grim news for a continent whose leisure and tourism industries hoped to salvage a small something from august's holiday high season after a ruinous first half to the year. that, i think, takes us to you, eunice, what is your assessment of the worries in many european countries that are bound for a second wave? you're talking about a second wave when in reality we're perhaps witnessing the continuation of the first wave and not really a second wave. in southern europe, governments are extremely worried. i think spain and france are very concerned with the recent rise in cases, and it's been quite a dramatic rise in cases. at the same time, where they are trying to manage the tourism industry, which plays a

and the name's moore, richard moore — what does it take to lead a secret service in 2020?y guests, on socially distanced screens, political analyst eunice goes and henry chu of the los angeles times. and here in the studio, bbc newsnight‘s diplomatic editor, mark urban. welcome to you all. virus spikes, flight cancellations and a new recession low for the eurozone — it's more grim news for a continent whose leisure and tourism industries hoped to salvage a small something from august's holiday high season after a ruinous first half to the year. that, i think, takes us to you, eunice, what is your assessment of the worries in many european countries that are bound for a second wave? you're talking about a second wave when in reality we're perhaps witnessing the continuation of the first wave and not really a second wave. in southern europe, governments are extremely worried. i think spain and france are very concerned with the recent rise in cases, and it's been quite a dramatic rise in cases. at the same time, where they are trying to manage the tourism industry, which pla

the role made famous in the james bond series goes to richard moore — libyan—born, turkish—speaking,t. we don't know whether he prefers his martini shaken or stirred, but we do know we live in dangerous times. mark, what does it take to run an intelligence service? i think they've got the perfect candidate, given the workings of the whitehall machine at this particular moment. he had a career as an mi6 officer running agents, effectively. is that normal, for someone to become an intelligence officer and then become an ambassador? it's unusual, actually, but i have to say, when you talk to people in the service, they now say that a period outside, most recently as political director of the foreign office, is very much a desired characteristic of someone who's got to run that service. they want people to be known around whitehall and in that position, he clearly was, in downing street and all the other key customers, as they see it, for secret intelligence, they want somebody who flits easily, who is not too ingrained in the culture of secrecy and tradecraft and will step blinking onto

and the name's moore, richard moore. what does it take to lead a secret service in 2020?s angeles times. and here in the studio, bbc newsnight‘s diplomatic editor mark urban. welcome to you all. virus spikes, flight cancellations and a new recession low for the eurozone — it's more grim news for a continent whose leisure and tourism industries hoped to salvage a small something from august's holiday high season after a ruinous first half to the year. that, i think, takes us to you, eunice, what is your assessment of the worries in many european countries that are bound for a second wave? you're talking about a second wave when in reality we're perhaps witnessing the continuation of the first wave and not really a second wave. in southern europe, governments are extremely worried.