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now on bbc news, stephen sackur talks to american author, stephen king, on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. millions of readers all over the world are drawn to fiction that explores our fears. horror sells, and no—one does it better or more prolifically than my guest today, stephen king. hes written more than 60 books, sold close to 400 million copies. he is the master manipulator of dark places and the paranormal. if youre not a reader, you may have seen the shining...

hardest thing. to believe it requires something bigger than ourselves. >> we have never had a significant anniversary of d- day where democracy and western democracy felt as under threat and as fraught as it does this year. both in europe and at home. >> what you make of donald trumps threats to jail his political opponents? >> i will talk you in about three years from now. >> you have to take donald trump at his word. i think there is nothing that will stop him from doing such things....

hiroshi sasaki, suggested comedian naomi wattanabi, who is a plus—size model, should wear pig ears, at the opening ceremony. he later apologised, admitting it was "a huge insult". rule that the doctor richard friedman fitness to practice is impaired by reason of its misconduct. it would not consider what sanction if any to impose. —— the ioc has ruled that the doctor. next to the all—england championships in badminton where all of indonesias players and a turkish competitor hav...

county official with a post erased in which he shared a t-shirt blaming china for the coronavirus saying the suspects in the shooting just had a bad day. >> he does claim it was not racially motivated. i spoke with investigators that, yes, he understood the gravity of it and was pretty much fed up, at the end of his rope and yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did. >> this was a really bad day for the victims too. >> today, celebrities are speaking out. testifyin...

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer and tom newton dunn, chief political commentator with times radio. welcome back to you both. so lets start with some of the pages we already have. the metro writes that the eu has threatened to take life—saving covid jabs bound for britain — after blaming the uk for what it calls the "continents creaking vaccination rollout". the fina...

he probably has to shoulder some of the blame for some of the things that got wrong. some might think its a bit rich, given the fact that he was thought to have broken the spirit of lockdown rules at a really critical point in the first lockdown, and that sent out a particular message to the public. so id do think some of this is just people lining themselves up, you know, putting blame on other people, taking some of the credit for themselves. i think coming back to themselves. i thin...

country as police investigate what may have motivated these murders. anti-asian attacks and hate crimes have been rising sharply since the pandemic hit. lets get the latest from ryan young live this morning in atlanta. good morning. >> good morning. eight people killed. thats a number that so many people are astonished by. we know police were able to use surveillance video which tied all these scenes together. its an investigation that still is ongoing. a shooting rampage at three spas...

day to all those who are irish and everyone else who wish they were. we are monitoring texas right now with the drone view you will see only here on fox. meanwhile, 400 miles north in dallas, the governor getting ready to give an update on the migrant kids the state is holding and overflow facilities there. >> sandra: president biden told those migrants, do not come over to the u.s. but in cities like war as mexico, that is not stopping thousands from making the dangerous journey, cart...

motive. >> we have received a number of calls about is this a hate crime. we are still early in this investigation. we cannot make that determination at this moment. >> the georgia shootings do follow a wave of unprovoked attacks across the country of people of asian descent. president biden has just been briefed. vice president kamala harris also addressing the terrible shootings. >> we dont know, we are not yet clear about the motives. i want to say to our asian communities we stand ...

on that day. june 6th, 1944. its to listen to the echoes. theyre asking us to do our job, to protect freedom in our time, to defend democracy. to stand up against aggression abroad and at home. >> president biden stressing the importance of democracy from the very cliffs that allied forces scaled 80 years ago to fight the nazis. >> plus, the far right is finally facing accountability, with steve bannon ordered to report to prison next months and alex jones forced to liquidate his asset...