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director of the royal shakespeare company, 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...

half of them americans in exchange for a three—day humanitarian cause. 0ur international editorjeremy bowen has travelled with the israel defence forces into gaza and while the bbc had editorial control of the next report, the section with the idf has been viewed by them. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations tojoin israels invasion of the gaza strip. theyre moving in as the war approaches a critical p...

more than 200 hostages. jeremy bowen has been embedded with the israel defense forces, inside the territory. while the bbc retained editorial control of the report, the sections featuring the israeli military have been cleared by the idf. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their final preparations tojoin israels invasion of the gaza strip. theyre moving in as the war approaches a critical point. their colleagues already insid...

might be enough for them. the home side had other ideas. an equaliser and when inside the last ten minutes. the teenager with a crucial strike there after united failed to clear. the faltering season goes on and the pressure really on. matches, bayern munich still there place in the knockout phase after beating galatasaray. two from harry kane make sure they cut the deficit in stoppage time. real madrid are also into the last 16. they, like buying, have won every match in europe this s...

word from israeli officials that hamas has lost control of northern gaza. 50,000 palestinians have left gaza city after israeli forces opened the main road leading south. the route was kept open for about five hours and is affected to reopen again on thursday. the hamas one health ministries is almost half of those killed in gaza in the last day were killed in the south, an area meant to be safe. the health ministry also says more than 10,000 palestinians have now been killed. there is...

hello, im christian fraser. youre watching the context on bbc news. the national zoo in washington bids farewell to its beloved trio of giant pandas who were loaned as goodwill ambassadors from china. welcome back, a russian battalion comprised of ukrainian prisoners welcome back, a russian battalion comprised of ukrainian prisoners of war will likely deploy to ukraine in the nearfuture. in an apparent violation of the geneva convention. they will be deployed to the east of the country...

finally some respite for england at the cricket world cup — as a ben stokes century helps them beat netherlands for a much needed win in pune. good evening from ramallah, the seat of the palestinian authority here in the west bank. the pa, as it is known, is responsible for governing 3 million palestinians here, but has limited control over the territory, which under international law is illegally occupied by israel. the war further south in gaza is deeply worrying to people here, wi...

on behalf of the trump family. and thats because ivanka trump worked very closely on these loans that are in question to the banks. but on the stand, ivanka trump said that she had never worked on her fathers financial statements, echoing a lot of the defence that her brothers have used over the last few days. but in other moments, even when presented with email communications with the banks where they were negotiating some of these favorable terms, she noted that she didnt recall thos...

and celebrating shakespeares first folio, the collection that saved his plays, and his language, for us. and on newsnight at 10:30... well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to the key players on todays big stories. plus — a first look at tomorrows front pages. good evening. were live in ramallah, the seat of the palestinian authority, here in the west bank, territory which, under international law, is illegally occupied by israel. as you can imagine, the warfurther south ...

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