welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. it's exactly a year since a historic power—sharing agreement was signed between the civilians and military in sudan after the fall of president bashir. my guest in this exclusive interview is the civilian prime minister, abdalla hamdok. the world celebrated with the sudanese people after the successful revolution, but has that euphoria now given way to harsh realities and unfulfilled expectations? prime minister abdalla hamdok in khartoum, welcome to hardtalk. the euphoria at the removal of president omar al—bashir, how far is that really now a long—distant memory? thank you very much, zeinab, for having me on hardtalk. today marks the first anniversary of the signing of the constitutional document that paved the way for the establishment and the formation of the transitional government. and i think we have all the reason and the cause to celebrate the victory of the great sudanese revolution. it came about because of the judicious and hard work of the young people, women, and through

come to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi.reasing tensions between united and china have plunged relations to their lowest level in decades. this comes at a time when the world is facing its worst recession in living memory. could this reshape the global order? my guest is one of asia's most influential thinkers, kishore mahbubani, a former singaporean diplomat. he believes that covid—i9 has weakened the west and made china boulder. is he right that this is now asia's century? kishore mahbubani, in singapore, welcome to hardtalk. why do you believe that covid—i9 will mark a shift in power to a sharp? covid-19 will only escalate the shift of power it was already happening beforehand, so we saw since the yeari until the 1800, beforehand, so we saw since the year i until the 1800, china year 1 until the 1800, china and india were always the largest economies and they are coming back but clearly covid—19 is accelerating it because what is a big shot to the world is that the most competent commentaries in dealing with the pandemic

hello, and welcome to london for this edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi.as coronavirus changed our view of what we expect from our leaders? uncertainty still grips many nations and people are looking critically at how politicians have responded to the pandemic. will this usher in a new social contract between citizens and governments and help reframe the role of the state? that's coronavirus crisis: will it change our politics? well, i'm now inside the bbc‘s fi fig a g l: g ftgfé fi is e ifi'fiéffi: eifjfiffi?§'?§1 and as always to bring you this edition of global questions our two panelists, and our audience members join us via video link. let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week. james graham is an acclaimed british dramatist and playwright. political discourse has been central to his work since his first big success in 2012 with this house which was a critical insight into the workings of british politics. he's gone on to produce many film and television dramas on contemporary culture. and lysa john is secretary—general of civicus, that's the world alli

welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. politics is a tough business.puts you in the limelight, but sometimes for the wrong reasons. my guest is katie hill. she was seen as a rising star for the us democrats, but she resigned last year as a congresswoman, barely 12 months in office. she claims she was the victim of sexual double standards after she admitted an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staff member and after nude photos of her were published in the media. what does her case tell us about american politics in the metoo era? katie hill in washington, welcome to hardtalk. you made headlines in november 2018 when you flipped a seat in california from the republicans to the democrats. young woman, early 30s, rising star and all the rest of it. a year later, you resign. what went wrong? well, the basics of what went wrong is that i had a relationship preceding my swearing in as a congressional member. and after i left my husband, which was about in the middle of my time in congress, those photos... there were photos that were leaked that i di