of record temperatures. hamas releases two more hostages their families are overjoyed, but many in israel are still waiting to hear news of their relatives. the israel gaza truce continues as america s top diplomat, antony blinken, visits the region, in search of a longer ceasefire. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start here in the uk, where the former health secretary, matt hancock, has been defending his role during the covid pandemic. in a long day of evidence to the covid 19 inquiry he said many many lives could have been saved if the first lockdown began three weeks earlier than it did in march 2020. he also described what he called a toxic culture in government. mr hancock was a familiar face at regular press conferences that took place during that period, giving updates to the public about social distancing measures, the state of the nhs and the vaccine programme. here s o
of the post world war ii era. he passed away at his home in connecticut. here s a look back at his life from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. to landale. some, henry kissinger was one to some, henry kissinger was one of the cold war s most influential statesman who advised presidents and prime ministers for decades. two others he was a war criminal. whose ruthless defence of american interest cost thousands of lives. either way, the sweep of his life was immense. he was born heinz kissinger in nazi germany. his family fled to america in 1938 but the young henry, as he became, returned to europe fighting with the us army helping to liberate concentration camps. in peacetime the soldier became a scholar at harvard university making his name arguing that nuclear weapons could be used in conventional wars. n0 audio although in conventional wars. no audio although that is less desirable. it was president richard nixon who brought him into government, first as national s
Lets prick our fingers on one of mattis medals and mix our blood. Oorah grab em, mad dog im feeling faint stop struggling announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight Rex Tillerson and the suicide pact. Plus, stephen welcomes Morgan Freeman. Grace gummer. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause band playing cheers and applause band playing stephen i didnt mean to do that. Hey cheers and applause how are ya . Good to see ya hey jon cheers and applause audience chanting stephen jon heyaaaah whoo stephen thanks, everybody. Please have a seat. cheers and applause thats an incredible thursday crowd right there. Thats the kind of crowd i want on friday. Might as well stick around for the second show on friday, id like that. Welcome to the late show, everybody. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Folks cheers and applause piano riff im glad you guys are feeling cheerful tonight b
Lets prick our fingers on one of mattis medals and mix our blood. Oorah grab em, mad dog im feeling faint stop struggling announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight Rex Tillerson and the suicide pact. Plus, stephen welcomes Morgan Freeman. Grace gummer. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause band playing cheers and applause band playing stephen i didnt mean to do that. Hey cheers and applause how are ya . Good to see ya hey jon cheers and applause audience chanting stephen jon heyaaaah whoo stephen thanks, everybody. Please have a seat. cheers and applause thats an incredible thursday crowd right there. Thats the kind of crowd i want on friday. Might as well stick around for the second show on friday, id like that. Welcome to the late show, everybody. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Folks cheers and applause piano riff im glad you guys are feeling cheerful tonight b
Yes, sir, well be fine. Thank you. Come on, baby, lets go outside. Attention, please. The talent show will continue in 30 minutes. [clears throat] ii really i really enjoy your music, mr. Knox. Thank you. Yeah, i got all your albums. All of them. Had my neighbor download them for free on the internet. [grumbles] [grunts] [sighs] uh, you know, my grandson, hes in the competition. Oh, yeah . Who is he . Oh, hes a little kid named henry matthews. Oh, yeah. Hes very good. Yeah. I just wished that he would sing your style of music. You know what . Im just gonna have to do this with wet hands. What . Thud [grunts] excuse me. Henry . Yes . Im so sorry, but the competitions fixing to continue, and we were wondering if you wanted to go on. [sniffles, sighs] [clicks tongue] aw. Youve come so far. Are you sure, baby . Come on, henry. You can win this thing. Thats gonna open up so many doors for you. [sighs heavily] okay. Oh, great. Mom . Yeah, baby . Can i be alone for a few minutes . [sniffles]