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now on bbc news, the travel show: this week: a glimpse of the queens holiday home in the scottish highlands. i enjoy a right royal day out. i tell you what, i wouldnt mind unwinding here for a little while over the summer months. a green guide for the festival season. make sure that youve got durable camping equipment and that you take it away with you after the festival. and we uncover some of the secrets of the iconic american singer—songwriter who started a musical revolution. jus...

the us and south korea have carried outjoint military exercises over the waters around the korean peninsula. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. taliban rule was re—established in afghanistan almost a year ago. for afghans, its meant the return of repressive religious authoritarianism and new levels of economic impoverishment. the mullahs seem ready to absorb indefinite isolation to reimpose their orthodoxy. but is that a sustainable strategy? my gu...

and that is because this government has done some very big and very remarkable things which they did not necessarily approve of. mr speaker, the prime ministers big plan act is so tired that even once loyal mps dont believe him. one person is killed and many are injured as a car careers into a crowd in berlin police say they dont yet know if it was deliberate. bullying and a blame culture among nhs management. a major review of health and social care in england says training of nhs lea...

since winning a confidence vote, insisting nothing will stop his government from delivering. one person is killed and many are injured as a car careers into a crowd in berlin — police say they dont yet know if it was deliberate. the former hollywood producer harvey weinstein is to be charged with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in london in 1996. and plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda as soon as next week face a legal challenge under emergency proceedings launched ...

world, it is wednesday, june 8th. cnn has learned the most prominent republican in the senate supports raising the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon like an ar-15 from 18 to 216789 mitch mcconnell has said that in private we are told, but he wont say it in public, and it is not likely to be part of any agreement on gun safety as talks heat up between democrats and republicans. republican senator cynthia lummis of wyoming said two weeks ago that she doubted that any plan to c...

tomorrows primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the capitol attack. also this morning, the top headlines from last nights midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. >> yeah. some democrats. willy, you know this better than anybody, when brilliant minds visit our show, who do they quote? churchill, lincoln, aristotle, jesus christ. >> okay. >> of course more dorchester the british governor of ...

to absorb indefinite isolation to re—impose their orthodoxy. but is that a sustainable strategy? my guest is fawzia koofi, former deputy speaker of the afghan parliament, now a democracy activist in exile. is there any glimmer of light in afghanistans darkness? fawzia koofi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. its good to be with you. well, its great to have you in this studio. im sure you wish you were speaking to me from kabul, from afghanistan, but you have been in exile since the tal...

new coal mines. he was speaking at a un climate change summit, where delegates are seeking ways of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. no—one bbc news, time for the travel show. this week — a glimpse of the queens holiday home in the scottish highlands. i enjoy a right royal day out. i tell you what, i wouldnt mind unwinding here for a little while over the summer months. a green guide for the festival season. make sure that youve got durable camping equipment and that you take it a...

unclear. there were at least 13 mass shootings in the country since friday evening as 13 incidents in which four or more people were shot. a map where they occurred from phoenix to philadelphia, also a look at locations of all the mass shootings so far this year. at least 246 and thats just so far. according to the gun violence archive which compiles these statistics, it puts the country on pace to match or exceed the worst year on record. now, in a moment, well have the latest from co...

to the parents i say im sorry. i tried my best. its what i was told to do. please dont be angry with me. new charges from the biden justice department. the proud boys top leaders face ten counts including seditious conspiracy for allegedly directing the storming of the capitol. and shifting politics of crime and prices. san francisco voters decide whether to dere call a liberal prosecutor, and one hopes a tougher on crime message gives him a shot to be the next mayor of los angeles...