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the former president of the soviet union, the man whose policies of glasnost and perestroika were supposed to reinvigorate the soviet system but which, in fact, hastened its demise. well, today, hes going to reflect with me on the current state of east—west relations. mikhail gorbachev, welcome to hardtalk. it was 1989 here in berlin when the wall came down. it took two more years for the soviet union to collapse. but in your view, was it inevitable when this wall came down here in b...

impressive for earlyjuly, 17—19. we finished the day with persistent rain across in northern ireland. thats going to be affecting northern ireland through the evening, then spread into parts of central southern scotland, northern england and western parts of wales as we go through the night and into tomorrow morning. not a desperately cold night, temperature is around 9-13 to cold night, temperature is around 9—13 to start the weekend. heres the chart for the weekend. saturday, wev...

unpaid work from five oclock today — unless ordered to do so, amid a pay dispute. xijinping defends chinas model of ruling hong kong — during a visit to mark 25 years since britain handed over control — but the territorys final governor, chris patten, labels the comments "absurd". cheering in sport, britains heather watson is through to the last 16 of wimbledon after beating kaja juvan in straight sets. and coming up on the film review later, if you want some comedy the minions a...

anniversary of taking hong kong back from britain — and claims the territory now has true democracy. ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride — as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. good afternoon. borisjohnson is facing calls to suspend one of his mps whos alleged to have groped two men...

armed resistance against the militants would be considered a rebellion. hundreds of people took part on saturday in a silent vigilfor zara aleena, who was murdered in east london while walking home. the 35—year—old was minutes from her front door when she was attacked in ilford last week. 29—year—old jordan mcsweeney has been charged with her murder. ayshea buks was there. has been an extraordinary day here, very emotionalfor has been an extraordinary day here, very emotional f...

ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysycha nsk — but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian—held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures from russias state—owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies claims that russian—backed fighters have encircled the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile s...

the male—only meeting also declared that any armed resistance against the militants would be considered a rebellion. hundreds of people took part on saturday in a silent vigilfor zara aleena, who was murdered in east london while walking home. the 35—year—old was minutes from her front door when she was attacked in ilford last week. 29—year—old jordan mcsweeney has been charged with her murder. ayshea buks was there. it has been an extraordinary day here. obviously very emoti...

hello, and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysychansk, but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian—held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures from russias state—owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies claims that russian—backed fighters have encircled the city. elsewhere, russia...

ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysycha nsk but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian—held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures from russias state—owned domestic news agency ria novosti show drone images of battles near the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraines military says the city of mykolaiv has been hi...

prepare to watch the show�*s final episode. the opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games takes place in birmingham tonight. prince charles will represent the queen and 30,000 people will be inside the alexander stadium, with millions more watching around the world. the show will include performances from local music and dance groups, emphasising the citys diversity. more than 5,000 athletes are set to compete over a packed 11 days. they will be representing 72 nations and terr...