Hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. The headlines Prince Andrew speaks publicly for the first time about his friendship with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. In an exclusive interview with bbc newsnight, the duke says he was wrong to stay at epsteins house and admits he let the side down. That is the bit i kick myself for on a daily basis because it was not something. Prince andrew said he had no recollection of meeting Virginia Roberts who claims she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 after being groomed by epstein. The duke denies any inappropriate conduct. The education secretary has ordered all universities to review fire safety in their buildings, after two people were hurt when fire ripped through student halls in bolton. Jeremy corbyn has led a meeting of senior labour figures to decide the pa rtys manifesto, promising a vision for a better britain for everyone. A battle over the environment the conservatives pledge to plant 30 Million Trees a yea
Last week. The revolution fits a pattern repeated in several of the sub saharan or sahel states and has russian fingerprints all over it. This time, neighbouring countries sound prepared to intervene. A think tank expert intervene. A think tank expert will explain it all to me as culture wars engulf all human activity, a new border might be opening up in gardening. The key opening up in gardening. The key fault line is over weeds. Should they be identified as disruptive interlopers or as indigenous british plants whose diversity should be celebrated . We speak to an r. S gold medal winner who seeks balance. Nicholas kenyon seeks balance. Nicholas kenyon will shortly join us in the studio , the former director of studio, the former director of the bbc proms and the Barbican Centre will opine that the arts council got it very wrong with its attempt to push the English National opera out of london. And of course, Stefan Kyriazis will be here and hell update us on the latest from the west
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