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a cold start to the day in highlands, temperatures overnight falling to three degrees but for many of us it will be dry with some sunny spells, just a few showers around, and into the weekend it all changes as we start to see some rain. its wednesday the 31st of august. our main story. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war and is widely considered one of the most influential po...

primary defeat, saying shes thinking about running for president. the congresswoman is one of donald trumps fiercest critics, and lost to a candidate hand—picked by mr trump. she says shell make a decision in the coming months. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. london prides itself on being a culture capital. this city buzzes with creativity. now artistic trends come and go, of course, but my guest today has retained his status as the godfather of pop...

so what keeps his creativity alive? sir peter blake, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. are you still creating, painting, doing the collage every day? do you still get that urge? i do. i get quite a lot of pain at the moment. ive got a sore neck, which sometimes begins to hurt and i have to stop, but i work every day. i havent worked today yet, but i looked at what im working on. let me take you right back, because im always interested with artists to figure out what impelled them to crea...

many factories have been ordered to close, and shops are restricting their normal opening hours. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. london prides itself on being a culture capital, this city buzzes with creativity. now, artistic trends come and go, of course, but my guest today has retained his status as the godfather of pop art for some six decades. sir peter blake came to fame in the 1960s. he is still painting today. so, what k...

welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. london prides itself on being a culture capital, this city buzzes with creativity. now, artistic trends come and go, of course, but my guest today has retained his status as the godfather of pop art for some six decades. sir peter blake came to fame in the 1960s. he is still painting today. so, what keeps his creativity alive? sir peter blake, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. are you still creating, painting, doing the collage every day? do you st...

the president of cop28 sultan al—jabar said its an "historic" agreement that sets the world in the right direction. but many had wanted a stronger form of words, calling for the "phasing out" of coal, oil and gas. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has been following the negotiations around the demands and interests of various groups. we waited and we waited and then... hearing no objection, it is so decided. ..with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause and it got a standing...

Which is this very modest little picture which we can pick up on, that i think is the biggest selling record ever. i think. im not sure about that. the pictures that surround us here are fascinating, not least because of the eclectic subject matter. and you... ..did many portraits in your time. one which intrigues me and which is directly facing us there, is of queen elizabeth. yeah. now, you didnt do a sitting with herfor that. ive done three of the queen now and none of them have been official...

Yeah. now, you didnt do a sitting with herfor that? ive done three of the queen now, and none of them have been official. i know you are a very great royalist. as youve said, youre a working class kid who reached the top of the art world and you became, i think, quite familiar with the royals. you met, ithink, prince charles several times. i guess what im getting to is whether youve become a bit of an insider? you began by perhaps being seen as something of a rebel, launching a movement in the l...

Were building a military so strong, $716 billion. next year 700, this year, were building a military so strong nobody is going to mess with us. but i dont want to have to use it [ overlapping speakers [ overlapping speakers ] >> whats the verification process going to look like? >> were going to have a very strong verification process. now, if you read the agreement, which most of you didnt, point after point after point he gave including getting back the remains of our great heroes, of our grea...

$700 billion this year, were building a military so strong, nobodys going to mess with us. i never want to have to use it. quiet. quiet. so obnoxious. >> -- americans can sleep well at night -- >> -- process going to look like -- >> were going to have a strong process. if you read the agreement, which most of you didnt, point after point after point he gave. including getting back our -- the remains of our great heroes, okay, our great, great heroes. we means some people are crying in the street...