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hello and welcome to the bbc�*s headquarters here in central london for another edition of unspun world. this week, whats it like for a journalist to be treated like an enemy in moscow? as relations deteriorate between russia and the uk and russia and the west, and just when you think they cant get any worse, they get worse. you know, that makes it difficult. the civil war in myanmar, something the outside world seems completely unaware of. it really is a david and goliath war here, ...

versus russian jets. so if they do win, it will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid—19 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now who believe that chinas primary aim here isntjust to deny the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility that covid came from within chinas borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could well be a delibera...

cheering and applause. her stories often centre on oppression and brutality. most famously, her 1985 novel, the handmaids tale, a dystopian vision of america, in which women are enslaved, now an emmy award—winning television series. theres an eye in your house. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio a programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how, even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics....

cultural life, the radio 4 programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how, even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds. # it makes them feel just like new. # plink—plink, plink—plink. laughter. i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural life. thank you very much. happy to be here. on this pr...

by the use of atomic bombs in a single night. i am afraid that the answer to that question is yes. -♪ -(clock ticking) jon else: robert oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. he was this complex ball of contradictions. oppenheimer: they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. richard rhodes: oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. how else would the world know what it was? eleanor roosevelt: dr. oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to contro...

happy to be here. on this programme, i ask my guests to choose the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped their own creativity, and your first choice is your parents. yes. tell me about your parents. well, first of all, they, um, were very innovative and able to improvise, because, of course, if you live in the woods and there arent any shops, you have to be, and they were both very outdoorsy. but they also allowed us to make messes in our rooms and didnt make us ...

# maria callas is one of the most extraordinary and influentialfigures in the history of opera. # ..anima viva. # you must serve music- because music is so enormous and can envelop you into such a state of... ..of perpetual anxiety and torture. when music fails to agree to the ear — in other words, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses — then it has missed its point. she enjoyed the bright lights of fame and endured its dark side. her every word and move scrutinised by pre...

branding of the program. we can go with the more accurate polish version or how about the ukrainian spelling and pronunciation? the polish version probably closer to my roots. im not the only one with name pronunciation on the brain these days. florida governor ron desantis kicked off his presidential run last week. perhaps the only thing more confusing than trying to launch the campaign was hearing the candidates last name. >> come again. the same day he released that video, he appear...

announce their participation. one of them former vice president mike pence submitted his government forms today. correspondent mark meredith is on the story tonight. good evening, mark. >> bret, good evening, like you said, its getting bigger by the day. the three men jumping into the race this week are all former prominent trump supporters. clear candidates feel more comfortable taking on the frontrunner. the question remains will republicans want an alternative next year. >> hello, i...

ephemeral legislation. >> yeah. >> that went from being the word of the day a couple days ago, to now i think its the word of the week. ephemeral or malodorous, its one of the two. >> its still early. we have a couple hours ahead. maybe we can find another one. meanwhile, the florida governor is seizing on a potential weakness in trumps third presidential bid. well show you what he had to say about that, and how he responded to questions about his last name. is it desantis, is it decem...