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hes a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures of staying at the top are immense. the highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. to get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. are the sacrifices worth it? the moment it all falls into. place and you are at a p...

have a series of reports looking at life in afghanistan. also on the programme: more than 80,000 tourists are stranded in a chinese resort, after a coronavirus outbreak sparks a lockdown. and the icelandic volcano spewing out lava and molten rock, thats become a hit with tourists. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. there were tears ofjoy amongst democrats in the us senate as a landmark bill to tackle climate change w...

days of hostilities. but, its reported the israeli military has struck targets in gaza within minutes of the ceasefire coming into force. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. russias war on ukraine has turned culture into a battleground. in countries supportive of ukraines resistance to putins invasion, some russian artists, musicians and dancers have been stripped of their platforms or theyve been asked to denounce russias military aggression. when does s...

my guest is the world renowned soviet—born conductor semyon bychkov. is art the loser when politics takes centre stage? semyon bychkovjoins me now. welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are like all of the great musical maestros, youre peripatetic, your career takes you all around the world, you are constantly travelling. is there one place you can point to and say that has done the most to define you as a person and an artist? no, i dont think so. maybe because my destiny made it so t...

clings on to power. same story for every where she can imagine, the sun describes the prime minister is defiant or with the headline you will have to dip your hands in blood to get rid of me. the males front page says boris is staring down the mutiny from his ministers. the metro fund page get brexit done slogan and said they turned it into get exit done. the times front page picture earlier today, theyjust got the prime minister of having to fight for his life. same picture on the fro...

into monday, and there is some rain but again its then the far north—west of scotland, that is where all the rain has been over the past month or so and ahead of that dry, nothing more than fair weather cloud, sunshine to come, light ones as well in the sunshine, it continues to heat up so we are looking at temperatures rising close to 30 degrees across the south—east of england on monday afternoon. hello, this is bbc news. im shaun ley, and these are the headlines... air raid sire...

it wasnt quite as super saturday on the track for the home nations of the track for the home nations of the commonwealth games, but still, keely hodgkinson winning a great meal on night of athletics. temperatures are set to rise. we could see a heatwave once again in parts of england and wales this week. its sunday 7th august. our main story — 12—year—old archie battersbee has died in hospital after weeks of legal battles over his care. his mother hollie dance said she was the pr...

with a controversial stop in taiwan, not ruled out, not confirmed. a live report from kentucky where a deadly flood is deaf stath rural areas. >> this is by far the worst flooding disaster, at least of my lifetime, in kentucky. it has wiped out what we believe are hundreds of homes. we have half of some of our counties under water. we will lose double digit lives. in pete we trust. i will be joined by our legendary justice correspondent pete williams as we pay tribute to his remark...

politics in the uk at the moment, do you still have confidence in the prime minister, is he the right person to lead the uk? i have absolute confidence in the prime minister. hes doing a fantasticjob. he has led on... ..delivering on brexit, helping britain recoverfrom covid, we were the first country to fully develop the vaccine and get it rolled out and now hes doing a brilliantjob of supporting ukraine in the appalling war against russia. and the conservatives have just lost two imp...

there are warnings of possible dispersal of radioactive particles. in the uk, the two candidates trying to become the next prime minister set out their plans to deal with forecasts of an economic downturn. chinese fighter jets fly close to taiwans coastline, as bejing halts co—operation with the us on key issues including climate change. and europes record drought leaves more than 100 french towns without fresh drinking water. now on bbc news, take me to the opera — zeinab badawi f...