zeinab, thank you very much and welcome to the studio injohannesburg.ere born in johannesburg in 1955, the son of two prominent anti—apartheid lawyers, wow did growing up under apartheid affect you? i think because my parents were both very much aware of and involved in legal questions around the anti—apartheid struggle, from a young age i was aware of how unnatural south africa was. there was always a slight disjunction between myself and say, other people in the class whose parents took it as a natural... remember all white school, all white children, who assumed that apartheid was part of the natural order. so from a very young age, both in terms of things that were said at the dinner table, and in terms of the people who came to the house, i was aware of the unnaturalness of south african society. your parents were very anti—apartheid although they weren't members of the anc but they represented people like nelson mandela, desmond tutu, one would have expected you to perhaps have followed in their footsteps because you did after all study african st

now on bbc news it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi.has been described as one of the world's greatest living artists. he is versatile, hard—hitting and his talents span many different genres. the work of william kentridge is now being marked with the major exhibition here at the royal academy, in london. in 2020 i travelled to his studio injohannesburg, and i asked him how far south africa's violent, racist and difficult past has influenced his art. william kentridge, injohannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. zeinab, thank you very much and welcome to the studio in johannesburg. you were born injohannesburg in 1955, the son of two prominent anti—apartheid lawyers. how did growing up under apartheid affect you? i think because my parents were both very much aware of and involved in legal questions around the anti—apartheid struggle, from a young age i was aware of how unnatural south africa was. there was always a slight disjunction between myself and say, other people in the class whose parents took it as a natural... remember all white scho

welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi.ewjournalists have got as close to donald trump as my guest today. maggie haberman has covered trump's rise in new york city to his presidential campaign, presidency, and difficult period after leaving office. now this pulitzer prize winning journalist, who is a new york times star reporter, has published a new book about him called confidence man. her book has been making headlines, but has also brought criticisms, with accusations that she has withheld information about trump that was relevant to ongoing investigations about his actions. has she put profits before principles? and what is the responsibility of a good journalist? now, you've been covering donald trump since the �*90s, more than anybody else, perhaps, yet you say that he still remains a bit of an enigma for you. how is that possible? it's an interesting question, and thank you for having me. i think he's an enigma for almost everybody. i think that he is a man of a handful of moves, and you can identify what those moves

now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi.s the war in ukraine rages on, we speak to a russian rock legend whose life and career have mirrored his motherland's journey from the soviet era, through the break—up of the soviet union, to putin's authoritarian state. my guest is boris grebenshchikov. he last played in russia the day before putin invaded ukraine in february, and is now living in london. bg, as he's known to his fans, risks prosecution for his anti—war comments if he returns to russia. the role cultural icons have to play in the politics of protests is a well—trodden one, but do their voices have any impact inside russia? boris grebenshchikov, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. all right, so you last performed in russia just six hours before putin invaded ukraine. you say you had a sense of foreboding that something monumental was going to happen. what did you think was going to occur? you know, we played a concert on the night before the invasion, and i had this weird feeling that i'm playing in hamburg in19

now on bbc news it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi.is special edition of hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, from the taiwanese capital, taipei. people here in taiwan, which is self governed, live under a constant threat from china, which lies about 160 kilometres across the waters. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory, and in the past few months has carried out hundreds of military sorties neartaiwan, leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china. my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, really happy to be here. president xi of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan but that he would never promise to give up the option to use force. just sum up for briefly the mood for us, the reaction to that possibly new threat? that's a familiar mess

zeinab, thank you so much. hello.hursday, 21 in london, it doesn't feel like the last few days of october out there, it will stay very mild into the weekend, often windy and there will be further rain at times with low pressure anchored to the west of the uk and around it spinning towards us these weather fronts to give these spells of rain but also drier, sunnier moments at times, too. all the while, the air coming from a long way south of us, although temperatures take a little bit of a step backwards during friday, they will head back up again during saturday. starting with a lot of rain across western parts on friday morning, some strong winds, too, gales in places, a lot of standing water spray northern ireland, the heavy rain runs into western scotland, here there could be some flooding disruption. we'll all see a spell of rain in the morning, not much across east anglia and the south—east, compared with elsewhere. look how far away from the far north of scotland and northern isles, just about gone into the afte

he was making certain moves that you would make as a prospective candidate and, zeinab, he was getting. it was clear that he was tapping into something but then, he didn't announce. and by the time we got to 2015 when he did declare, i didn't want to write about it until he actually announced. they came to me, his folks, trying to get me to do a story, and i didn't want to do it because i felt as if we had all gone through this act with him before and i didn't want to just give him headlines if he wasn't actually going to announce. now, that was, in hindsight, not the greatest call, but it was a defendable one. by the time we got to 2016, it was clear that he was having an effect with voters that was happening in spite of how many scandals he was facing, in spite of the fact that there was just a rolling sense of controversy around him all the time. i did think at points that he had a shot at winning. it wasn't every day that i thought that and it wasn't every month, but there was certainly a staying power that he had and there were voters who just had long—standing concerns about hill

now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi.me hardtalk with zeinab badawi. to the special editio of welcome to the special edition of hard tour from the taiwanese capital, taipei. people here in taiwan which is self governed live under constant threat from china which lies about 160 kilometres across the waters. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory, and in the past few months has carried out hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, hundreds of military sorties neartaiwan, leading hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china, my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister, audrey tang and taipei welcome to hardtalk. thank you, happy to be here. xi jinping reiterated at the recent china party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification from taiwan and he will never give up the option to use force. some up briefly

welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi.haberman has covered trump's rise in new york city to his presidential campaign, presidency, and difficult period after leaving office. now this pulitzer prize winning journalist, who is a new york times star reporter, has published a new book about him called confidence man.

welcome to this special edition of hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi from the taiwanese capital, taipeiters. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory and in the past few months has carried out hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion.

welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi.oviet era, through the break—up of the soviet union, to putin's authoritarian state. my guest is boris grebenshchikov. he last played in russia the day before putin invaded ukraine in february, and is now living in london.

hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from liberty square in taipei, the capitality of taiwan. the main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. in the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. the chinese president, xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. meanwhile, the united states, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with president biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. so, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the united states and china. that is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world? applause welcome to the taipei new horizon building. this is a lively and buzzing cultural centre in the heart of the city. i have a panel of top voices from across the region who are going to be answering questions from our