in sometimes unlikely places, omid djalili was born in london to iranian parents. he has thrived as a cross culture comedic chameleon, but is it possible to be funny without being mean? omid djalili, welcome to hardtalk. stephen sackur, my friend, my fellow presenter in the business of show, man who is so unbelievably good looking and thin that he walks into snooker hall, they start chalking his head. i am so happy to be here, this is one of my favourite shows. well, if you carry on like that, this won t be an interview, it will be a monologue! let me ask you this, you have been doing comedy for almost 30 years, do you find the same stuff funny today as you did back then? what a tricky question! what a way to start. that is such a tricky question. look, at the end of the day, it is a big subject now because we saw the oscars and we saw will smith smack chris rock. can i just tell you, just to speak personally, i saw the video the day after, and i bleary eyed woke up on monday
the floods in bangladesh that have killed dozens and left millions stranded the un warns of a deteriorating situation. we will hear about the life of young journalists and protesters in hong kong, ahead of the 25th anniversary of it s handover, from uk to chinese rule. of its handover from uk to chinese rule. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbq news bbc singapore. this is bbq news bbc news. it s tuesday. it s newsday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 2a.m. in central ukraine where around a thousand people are thought to have been inside a shopping centre when it was hit by a russian missile. so far at least 13 people have been killed, and more than 50 injured but it s feared the death toll could climb significantly. g7 leaders have said attacks on innocent civilians constitute a war crime. the attack happened in kremenchuk in central ukraine a long way from the front line. the governor of the city said it was unlikely many survivors wou