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former new zealand rugby international campbell johnstone has become the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. music and we remember the man behind many motown hits, barrett strong, who has died at the age of 81. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where the us secretary of state has been holding discussions to try to resolve the escalating crisis there. antony blinken said that urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israelis and palestinians, following days of rising violence. he travelled tojerusalem for talks with israel's prime mini...

One i would have felt comfortable and to come out and, so to add the pressure of the all blacks, the publicity, you know, that is only more challenging. i think we have seen, you know, pretty pervasive, hyper— masculine culture in rugby and that has prevented people from coming out or feeling like they could be comfortable and who they are, while playing the sport, and i don't think that is judgement become i think that speaks to sport, generally, and those kinds of hyper— masculine environment so it is really important that a role model i come out and hopefully, i'm sure he isn't the only...