there welcome to hardtalk, with me zeinab badawi in new york. my guest in this rare interview is the foreign ministerfor in this rare interview is the foreign minister for iran, javad zarif, who is here on a visit. tensions between iran and the us are ona tensions between iran and the us are on a historic high. trump said he was ten minutes away from war with iran following tensions in the gulf. can they save the historic nuclear deal after president trump unilaterally withdrew from it?

welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi in istanbul.guest today is the new mayor of the city, ekrem imamoglu. he dealt a massive setback to the ruling ak party when he defeated their candidate not once but twice when there was a rerun of the election. president erdogan once said whoever wins istanbul wins turkey. is ekrem imamoglu now the man to watch in turkish politics? mayor ekrem imamoglu, welcome to hardtalk. are you surprised that you're sitting here in the mayor's office? it is, after all, the first time in 25 years that your chp party has won this position. your party leader kemal kilicdaroglu said, "do not forget, today the victor is democracy," that's when you won, and he said, "the whole world that believes in democracy is proud of turkey." so the ruling ak party, president erdogan, your party are suggesting are good democrats, they didn't rig the election? what kind of precautions did you take? president erdogan has described you, despite your victory, as a lame—duck. he's right, isn't he? i tell you what he means by it. i m

well, iran's foreign minister, mohammad javad zarif, has been speaking to bbc hardtalk‘s zeinab badawibout the tensions in the region. he warns there's a risk his country could stumble into war. of course there is a possibility of accident, but we cannot leave our own neighbourhood. those who have come from outside have to decide why are they in that neighbourhood, and whether their presence in that neighbourhood is helping stability and security in that neighbourhood. how high do you think the possibility is of accidental war? as donald trump has said, we were ten minutes away from war because had they taken measures against iran, donald trump had been told that iran would be taking measures in self defence. what kind of measures would you have taken? i'm not a military man, so i'll leave that to the military. iran's foreign minister mahaffey javid to —— mohammed javad zarif speaking to hardtalk‘s they know

now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi.dent widodo of indonesia was recently re—elected to a second term in office. he says he has big ambitions to raise the standards of living for his people. indonesia is the most populous country in southeast asia and has its biggest economy, but it faces a series of challenges, from poor infrastructure to corruption and extreme income inequality. my guest is indonesia's minister for national development planning, bambang brodjonegoro, who is here in londodn trying to attract investors. but is the government doing enough to tackle its problems? minister bambang brodjonegoro, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. so, here you are in london trying to attract investors to your country. what message are you giving them? i think the first one must be the size of our economy and the population as well. 216 million population, with gdp more than us$1 trillion currently. but in 2045, 100 years of independence, it will be 320 million, with gdp of about us$7 trillion. so, a big opportunity so lo

thank you, zeinab. you had a fairly unorthodox upbringing.s were extremely young when they had you, your mother 20, yourfather 19. born in iceland, moved to denmark. your mother was a seamstress, your father a cook. how did your early life influence you, in your work? well, my father moved back to iceland and i would spend my vacations in iceland, running around in nature while he was painting. he also worked as an artist, actually. my mother in denmark would make sure i would go to school, and you could say that my mother had the more disciplined approach to life, where my father supported a more hedonistic approach. and being in nature over the summer, and playing around as a child with my father, that really influenced me a lot. but also, to be fair, my mother giving me a sense of purpose, a direction, made a great difference for me. you also took part in sort of early artistic experiments with your father, on a ship. yes, well, he worked as a cook, as well, on a boat, and obviously i was staying in close contact with him until he passed a

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zeinab has seven more children back in pakistan, aged five to 16.e born at home, but with this pregnancy, she was advised to deliver in hospital. it wasn't until five days after delivery by cesarean section that zainab was introduced to her daughters, initially by photo. zainab says the twins have distinct personalities. after a month, the twins are back in theatre. this is safa's brain, it looks happy. this time, the surgeons will separate the network of brain which drain blood from each twin's brain, but disturbing this equilibrium could also do permanent damage. a portion of each twin's brain is being supplied by the other twin so there is a real risk of causing a stroke at the time of surgery, so that is something that is playing heavily on us. there is something deep down that i cannot see at the moment. the more the surgeons tried to divide the vessels that link and nourish them, the more u nsta ble that link and nourish them, the more unstable the twins to come. the pads are on. down. marwa's heart begins to fail. the anaesthetist managed to

welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. years since beijing put down the tibetan revolt, killing tens of thousands of people. and that was also when the dalai lama began his long exile from his homeland. he is still the tibetan people's spiritual leader, but he relinquished political control eight years ago. his de facto president in exile, is my guest today, lobsang sangay, who says the situation is now critical and that tibet is a huge prison under china's unfettered rule. so what are the tibetan people's ambitions now? and what is their strategy for achieving it from the increasingly assertive and authoritarian chinese leadership? theme music plays. lobsang sangay welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. how do the tibetan people remember that revolt 60 years ago? thousands of tibetans from all over tibet gathered in lhasa, the capital city, to protect his holiness the dalai lama from the chinese army and then it resulted in a bloodshed. as per chinese military archive, 80,000 tibetans were killed between the month of mar

welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi, from tate modern in london.y guest has a major exhibition. he is the award—winning icelandic danish artist olafur eliasson. he believes that artist can change the world by, for instance, attempting to tackle climate change. this is one of his exhibits, a giant wall made of moss, and the idea is to get people thinking differently about the environment. for instance, could our buildings from the future be made from more sustainable materials? is this kind of thinking visionary, or just simply far—fetched ? this kind of thinking visionary, or just simply far—fetched? olafur eliasson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you had a fairly unorthodox ringing. your parents were extremely young when they had you, your mother 20, your father young when they had you, your mother 20, yourfather i9. young when they had you, your mother 20, yourfather 19. born in iceland, moved to denmark. your mother was a seamstress, your father cook. how did your early life influence you, in your work? well, my father moved back to iceland, an

thank you, zeinab. how do the tibetan people remember that revolt 60 years ago?ands of tibetans from all over tibet gathered in lhasa, the capital city, to protect his holiness the dalai lama from the chinese army and then it resulted in a bloodshed. as per chinese military archive, 80,000 tibetans were killed between the month of march and september of 1959 and his holiness the dalai lama had to trek to india at midnight of march 17. so it has been 60 years of tragedy inside tibet, 60 years of exile, but at the same time 60 years of resilience and success because in exile we have set up a democratic system and, as per the vision of his holiness the dalai lama, we have parliamentary system, executive judiciary... how do you remember that anniversary though, amongst yourselves, in exile? it's a community of about 200,000 tibetans in exile, globally. that's true. so we also observe 60th anniversary on march 10th, national uprising day. so thousands of tibetans came and said tibet belongs to tibetans. china should get out of tibet. but it resulted in a bloodshed and

there welcome to hardtalk, with me zeinab badawi in new york.y guest in this rare interview is the foreign ministerfor in this rare interview is the foreign minister for iran, javad zarif, who is here on a visit. tensions between iran and the us are ona tensions between iran and the us are on a historic high. trump said he was ten minutes away from war with iran following tensions in the gulf. can they save the historic nuclear deal after president trump unilaterally withdrew from it? foreign ministerjavad zarif, welcome to hardtalk. the british foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says there is a small but closing window to save the nuclear deal agreed in 2015 between iran and the world powers. is he right? i think he is right, but there is committed determination on all sides to save this deal, iran has done its part of the deal and it is necessary for the rest of the world, and the europeans to also take action. they've made very nice state and is, but state m e nts very nice state and is, but statements do not provide economic benefits for iran —

here he is again with zeinab badawi. do you support gender equality, for instance?e women? only to our women at a very total number of 51. only five are women was blue because u nfortu nately, we women was blue because unfortunately, we do not have that many women who are interested in stepping into politics. what we did was we put out a quota, 40% of our candidates were women which was a big step forward, but if you look at the composition, we don't have 40% of women. 21 of the 51 ministers are not members of parliament, their people of ability, he can describe the evaluation, you could've said, i'm going to find 21 experienced women. i am sure i can find them for you. i asked a lot of women to join the cabinet and i am not happy about the cabinet and i am not happy about the gender composition, i openly acknowledge it, the women we have are extremely capable and will do a fantasticjob are extremely capable and will do a fantastic job and they are extremely capable and will do a fantasticjob and they will help more, it's definitely an area of improvement. a new stu

the twins are likely to have some learning difficulties, but their mum, zeinab, is overjoyed at the freedom will at least do that as separate, independent girls. twins still, but conjoined no more. fergus walsh, bbc news. and in our final report tomorrow we'll meet another set of twins oncejoined at the head, who were separated by the same surgical team. tens of thousands of indigenous australians could be eligible to join a class action to recover wages stolen from them more than a0 years ago. up until the 1970s, governments across australia withheld part, and in some cases all, of wages earned by aboriginal workers. this month, the state of queensland agreed to pay almost $130 million in compensation to 10,000 people affected. here's jan saddler — the head of litigation and loss recovery at shine lawyers — explaining why governments withheld wages in the first place. i think it is consistent with the view that a lot of colonial—type governments took many years ago, and that is because they believed they were protecting the rights of aboriginal people and their entitlement to wages. a0 yea

the twins are likely to have some learning difficulties, but their mum, zeinab, is overjoyed at the freedoml at least do that as separate, independent girls. twins still, but conjoined no more. fergus walsh, bbc news. emmy nominations are out, with game of thrones reigning supreme. it received a record 32 nominations, historically it has one more enemies than any other prime—time show. —— emmy awards. killing eve's star has been nominated for leading actress. jodi faces competition from her co—star, sandra oh. i asked jodi faces competition from her co—star, sandra oh. iasked her jodi faces competition from her co—star, sandra oh. i asked her how it feels to be nominated?” co—star, sandra oh. i asked her how it feels to be nominated? i am feeling overwhelmed, it hasn't quite sunkin feeling overwhelmed, it hasn't quite sunk in yet. i had kinda forgotten about it and put it to the back of my mind because i didn't think it was going to happen so i actually came out of the gym and had a load of messages, so it was a nice surprise. it has been quite a year for you, hasn't it? you have been a ba

well iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has been speaking to bbc hardtalk‘s zeinab badawi aboutn. he warns there's a risk his country could stumble into war. of course there is a possibility of accident, but we cannot leave our own neighbourhood. those who have come from outside have to decide why are they in that neighbourhood, and whether their presence in that neighbourhood is helping stability and security in that neighbourhood. how high do you think the possibility is of accidental war? as donald trump has said, we were ten minutes away from war because had they taken measures against iran, donald trump had been told that iran would be taking measures in self defence. what kind of measures would you have taken? i'm not a military man, so i'll leave that to the military. we've heard statements from iranian authorities that there have been attacks on countries such as saudi arabia and dubai, if there was any military action against them. we don't take blind action. anyone who is helping the us in its war against iran — the us is currently engaged in economic war against iran,

the twins are likely to have some learning difficulties, but their mum zeinab is overjoyed at the freedomnd marwa may face in years to come, they will at least do that as separate, independent girls. twins still, but conjoined no more. fergus walsh, bbc news. and in our final report tomorrow, we'll meet another set of twins oncejoined at the head who were separated by the same surgical team. donald trump has renewed his attack on four democratic politicians from minority backgrounds. he's rejected accusations of racism after saying they should go back to where they came from, insisting he doesn't have a racist bone in his body. he accused the four congresswomen, all us citizens, of being anti—israel, anti—usa and pro—terrorist. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant reports. race has always been the most volcanic fault line of american politics, and one that has always run right through the nation's capital. but never in the modern day has a sitting us president used such deliberately divisive language. donald trump pat himself on defying norms and manufacturing outrage, and he has i

the twins are likely to have some learning difficulties, but their mum, zeinab, is overjoyed at the freedomnd marwa may face in years to come, they will at least do that as separate, independent girls. twins still, but conjoined no more. fergus walsh, bbc news. and in our final report aater on wednesday, we'll meet another set of twins, once joined at the head, who were separated by the same surgical team. it was one of the most extraordinary achievements of all time, the mission that allowed man to walk on the moon. an historic moment in 1969 that captivated people across the globe. 50 years ago, the apollo 11 rocket blasted off from the kennedy space center in florida. all thoughts were with the three astronauts in the tiny capsule. there is another side of the story — the impact it had on the millions who stayed up watching tv as the mission unfolded. the uk's space agency has been piecing together their stories and the lasting effect that the event had on their lives. here's david sillito. mission control: columbia, columbia, this is houston. here goes the mission with the television ca

welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi in athens.s is the building where the new greek cabinet made and is also the office of the prime minister. my guest in this exclusive interview is the new prime minister of greece, kyriakos mitsotakis. he has promised to set the country on a new path of prosperity after years of austerity. but has he promised more than he can deliver? it was more of a protest vote against the former government 00:01:34,202 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 led by syriza? i am not too sure. 40% of the popular vote, we are in a position to form a government on our own and we have an absolute majority. we have a strong mandate and at a time when european politics tends to get constantly more fragmented, we have managed to consolidate our base, increase our share of the vote by 12% from 28% to 40% and you will not find many centre—right parties in europe these days reaching those numbers. but if you look at the composition of the parliament, the centre—left collectively had 48% of the vote. that is a lot of greek people who

the twins are likely to have some learning difficulties, but their mum, zeinab, is overjoyed at the freedomhatever hurdles safa and marwa may face in years to come, they will at least do that as separate, independent girls. twins still, but conjoined no more. fergus walsh, bbc news. and in ourfinal report later on wednesday we'll meet another set of twins once joined at the head who were separated by the same surgical team. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the moon mission and the millions who watched. how apollo 11 captivated viewers in the uk and around the world. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust, in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone, has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that t

thank you, zeinab. you had a fairly unorthodox upbringing.parents were extremely young when they had you, your mother 20, yourfather i9. born in iceland, moved to denmark. your mother was a seamstress, your father a cook. how did your early life influence you, in your work? well, my father moved back to iceland and i would spend my vacations in iceland, running around in nature while he was painting. he also worked as an artist, actually. my mother in denmark would make sure i would go to school, and you could say that my mother had the more disciplined approach to life, where my father supported a more hedonistic approach. and being in nature over the summer, and playing around as a child with my father, that really influenced me a lot. but also, to be fair, my mother giving me a sense of purpose, a direction, made a great difference for me. you also took part in sort of early artistic experiments with your father, on a ship. yes, well, he worked as a cook, as well, on a boat, and obviously i was staying in close contact with him until he pa