Rival, richard parker. Votes rechecked, a recount in coventry and this result in the last hour or so. The number of votes recorded for each. Weve waited all day for this moment. Its happening now. The result. And i do hereby declare that richard parker. Cheering. This is the most important thing i will ever do. This week, people here voted for the person and the party. | they recognise that a labour mayor can make a positive. Difference in this region. Where do i go . A winner and a loser and the finest of margins. Mr street, commiserations. What do you put your loss down to . Very straightforward, chris, isnt it . We didnt persuade enough people across the West Midlands of our record and our plans for the future to give them confidence to go and vote on thursday. Ive always said it was my campaign and we didnt get over the line. Very straightforward. Bluntly, is Rishi Sunakto blame . No, this was my campaign. Idid it. The famous words. I did it my way, and it was always going to be li
for another president terry szuplat. he crafted nearly 500 speeches for barack 0bama, working as his deputy director of speech writing until 2017. welcome to the programme. does that sound familiar, the weekend locked away in camp david, reworking the speech? away in camp david, reworking the seech? ., ~ ., away in camp david, reworking the seech? ., ~ ., , , ., away in camp david, reworking the seech? ., ~ ., ., speech? you know, this state of the union is a beast speech? you know, this state of the union is a beast of speech? you know, this state of the union is a beast of a speech? you know, this state of the union is a beast of a speech, - speech? you know, this state of the union is a beast of a speech, it s i union is a beast of a speech, it s like a speech on steroids. all the challenges you have with every speech are tenfold with a state of the union. everybody in government wants to have their policy included. 0ne wants to have their policy included. one of the many th
for this appalling way of governing our country. for this appalling way of governing our country- for this appalling way of governing our country. let s return to the news that the former presenter of university challenge, bamber gascoigne, has died at the age of 87. let s speak now to bobby seagull, maths teacher and writer who of course appeared on university challenge himself in 2017. welcome. thank you forjoining us. how do you see bamber gascoigne? when we think about the uk and our great cultural exports, wimbledon, the beatles, the queen, talking about the weather, quiz shows are something we should be proud of as a nation and if you think about our great game show host, i think he sits at the top because at the pinnacle, the godfather of quizzing i think is bamber gascoigne. brute pinnacle, the godfather of quizzing i think is bamber gascoigne. we quiz show host you i think is bamber gascoigne. we quiz show host you mention i think is bamber gascoigne. we quiz show host yo
caroline hawley, bbc news. let s look more closely at what it might mean for the outside world especially the united states to negotiate with the taliban. retired us army colonel, chris kolenda, is the first american to have both fought the taliban as a commander in combat and negotiated with them in peace talks as a key pentagon representative at talks most recently in 2017. welcome, the first thing i have to put to you as we have heard reports that the head of the cia has talked to the taliban only this week. should such talks continue after sist should such talks continue after 31st august and about what? thank ou ve 31st august and about what? thank you very much 31st august and about what? thank you very much for 31st august and about what? thank you very much for having 31st august and about what? thank you very much for having me - 31st august and about what? thank you very much for having me on - 31st august and about what? “t ia ir. you very much for having me on