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Bloomberg
13-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Big Take: Bloomberg's Keir Starmer Interview
Ahead of next week's G-7 Summit in Calgary, Canada, Bloomberg Weekend Editor-at-Large Mishal Husain sat down for an exclusive interview with British Prime Minister Kier Starmer. The wide-ranging conversation touched on Israel's ongoing strikes on Iran's Nuclear facilities, the US-UK trade agreement, defense spending and more.
Bloomberg
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Ailbhe Rea: Keir Starmer Sits Down With Bloomberg
While the world reacts to Israel's attack on Iran, Keir Starmer has been sitting down in Number 10 with our very own Mishal Husain (yes, that Mishal Husain, who is now our esteemed colleague at Bloomberg) in Downing Street to discuss a situation changing rapidly even as they spoke. The prime minister didn't go into the specific intelligence assessments, but told Mishal that 'we are gravely concerned' by Iran's nuclear programme — before swiftly adding that he is calling for de-escalation in the region.
Bloomberg
13-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Starmer Says He Sees 'No Obstacles' to UK-US Trade Deal
"We're in the final stages of implementing now," UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says when asked about the progress of the UK's trade deal with the US. "We haven't got any hiccups or obstacles." He made the comments during an interview with Bloomberg's Mishal Husain at 10 Downing Street. (Source: Bloomberg)
BBC News
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bradford Live ballroom to host city Literature festival events
A Regency style dance workshop and an evening of Romani music are among the events due to be held at Bradford Live as part of Bradford Literature venue's grand ballroom will host 20 events during the 10-day festival, which begins later this those appearing in the building's Art Deco style ballroom are former BBC broadcaster Mishal Husain and poet Lemn grand space will join venues including Bradford City Hall, the University of Bradford, City Park, the Loading Bay, Salts Mill and the Bradford branch of Waterstones. The £50m Bradford Live venue is due to open later this year after Trafalgar Entertainment took over the running of the site in well as hosting major concerts and shows in the main auditorium, Trafalgar said the ballroom and the building's various bars would host stand-alone events once the venue opens, according to the Local Democracy Reporting events include a Regency Dance Workshop, which allows people to "learn the steps, etiquette, and social customs that defined the world of Jane Austen."Another will looks at how the 7/7 London terror attacks unfolded and how they continue to shape the country. that changed Britain: Mishal Husain will be discussing her memoir Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence. There will also be an evening celebrating Faiz Ahmed Faiz, one of Urdu's greatest poets, featuring hi grandchildren Adeel Hashmi and Mira Ash Sarkar and Michael Chessum will host a debate on "the rise of cancel culture and wokeism to the increasing fragmentation of progressive movements". Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bradford Literature Festival CEO says no topic is off limits
Multi-culturalism, the Israel-Palestine conflict and freedom of expression are among the topics due to be discussed at this year's Bradford Literature on 27 June, the annual event will be held in venues across the city, and feature panel discussions, lectures and workshops over 10 the guests due to appear at the event are poet John Cooper Clarke, broadcaster Mishal Husain and actor Larry co-founder Syima Aslam said: "We are rooted in books, but I always say there is nothing in the world that there isn't a book about so there is nothing that we can't talk about." Ms Aslam, who grew up in Bradford, launched the festival in 2014 with a view to making literature accessible to the city's diverse said she wanted to overcome the financial barriers for people in Bradford, as well as other cities in the UK, which stopped many from enjoying cultural events."We have to recognise that those barriers are real, with the cost of living and all of those things," Ms Aslam said."One of the tests that I've always applied to the festival is if you're a single mum with four kids to feed, are you going to feed them or are they going to come to the festival?"So, we've done a lot of work in that area to ensure that's not the case." Bradford Literature Festival is a Community Interest Company, which means it exists to benefit the community rather than private Aslam said: "Having a festival that is openly accessible to everyone, that everyone feels they can take part in and there are no financial barriers is really, really important."I don't think we can talk about wanting everyone to engage in culture and not think about the barriers that actually mean they may not be able to."So, for us it's a founding principle and it's one of the foundations that we are built on."The full programme is due to be published on the Bradford Literature Festival in the coming weeks. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
