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an agreement not to allow foreign militants on afghan soil. the rebuke came after a us drone strike in kabul killed ayman al—zawahiri, the leader of al-qaeda. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. im at the firstsite gallery, in colchester, in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artists the singh twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. the singh twins combine their dual british and indian heritage ...

♪ ♪ john lennon was shot by an unknown at this time white male. >> the world has reacted with immense shock and grief to the first rock and roll assassination. >> it was like in one moment, the 60s and the 70s got murdered. >> in his life hes given more love than most men and women on the face of this earth. were here to prove that love is not dead, even though john is. >> you start the decade with the death of a beatle. you dont really know where youre going to go from that poin...

we do that you couldnt have on network television. >> people are really trying to do something adventurous. >> shame on you! >> this is more celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. >> there is always something on television and some of it may be better than we deserve. >> that was cool. ♪ ♪ >> listen to it. oh, they know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, good-bye to the 80s. >> ten, nine, eight -- eight, eight, eight! >> oh, will...

but sometimes, do these two traditions collide? singh twins, welcome to hardtalk. now, you were born in england, but you took a trip for the first time to india when you were teenagers in 1980, and thats when you were first exposed to indian miniature paintings. you describe that as a turning point in your lives — why? well, the trip to india was a turning point in our lives for a couple of reasons, really. we were born and brought up in britain. we were aware of our indian heritage,...

of a climate change catastrophe, including human extinction, are not being taken seriously by scientists. the authors say that the consequences of warming beyond three degrees celsius have been "dangerously underexplored". now it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am the first site gallery in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artist, twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. they combined their work here. they combined theirjewel british and ind...

change catastrophe, including human extinction, are not being taken seriously by scientists. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. im at the firstsite gallery, in colchester, in the east of england. my guests are the contemporary artists, the singh twins, who have a major exhibition of their work here. the singh twins combine their dual british and indian heritage to make provocative art that has a strong political messag...

♪ >> listen to it. oh, they know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, good-bye to the 80s. >> ten, nine, eight -- eight, eight, eight! >> oh, will this horrible year never end? >> when the 90s began, we started to see a lot of experimentation. and "the simpsons" i think in some senses was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television, but a distrust of a lot of the ways in which television was talking to us. >> tv respects me. it laughs with me. not at me. >> youre stupid. >>...

>> theres no longer this theory of what popular entertainment must be. >> incoming! >> who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their fall lineup of shows. and every executive in hollywood knows how well "the sopranos" is doing on cable, which is a network problem. >> i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. >> we are dependent on sponsors. theres so m...

interfere with the media. >> excuse me! >> we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. >> when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. >> what is this world coming to? >> the american public was hungry for more. >> mor...

80,000 artefacts that will be returned for display in museums in the drc. now on bbc news, its time for click. this week we are live at the hay festival for 100 years of the bbc in 23 minutes. well look at the secrets behind the broadcasting technologies that changed the world. a radio legend talks about legendary radio. i used to set my watch by the pips, and my favourite pip is always the last one because its extended. and artificial intelligence goes bird spotting and in the quest f...