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good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to li% — their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many people are already struggling with energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards — but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase will help to cu...

people have been warned not to leave their homes. a state of emergency has been declared in the area after 20 carriages came off the tracks. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford—upon—avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my gues...

spain. heavy rains hampered efforts to retrieve the bodies throughout the weekend. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford—upon—avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just—retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare compa...

territory since friday. the head of the uns nuclear watchdog — the iaea — says hes increasingly alarmed about the risk of disaster at the zaporizhzya power plant in ukraine. rafael grossi said military action could threaten public health and the environment. the plant is in the hands of occupying russians. cuba has requested help from the us and other neighbouring countries to tackle a major fire in fuel storage tanks, which were struck by lightning in the city of matanzas. i7 fire...

warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the school holidays. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford—upon—avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and border...

what was left behind. the wind direction changed and its pushed it this way, north. so the houses, where are the houses? just over there? the houses are sort of down here, through the trees, yeah. so when that happened, the decision was made to start evacuating some of them houses. not one house was damaged. david swallow�*s team managed to contain the blaze, helped by his expertise as the uks leading wildfire tactical advisor. he had been monitoring temperatures and the wind for wee...

it was a hoax. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford—upon—avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just—retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about w...

pakistan. the countrys prime minister has called on the central and provisional governments to work together in order to help people affected. at ten oclock, reeta chakrabarti will be back with the headlines. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford—upon—avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, trans...

greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, its a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, its 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in as you like it. and my mum had packed us all into the back of her beige mini and we had come down from preston, an...

ending federal protection for the procedure. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford—upon—avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just—retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we con...