in the mediterranean sea. it comes days after the prime minister, promised harsher prison sentences for human traffickers. britain s prime minister rishi sunak and chancellorjeremy hunt will hold talks with the governor of the bank of england in response to the collapse of silicon valley bank uk. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. what makes the daughter of immigrants willing to risk the wrath of liberal britain by warning that we face an invasion of migrants, that up to 100 million could come here, that those who oppose her plan to stop the boats aren t real patriots? indeed, that they re betraying britain. the home secretary, suella braverman, is loved by some for the stance she s taking. she s loathed by others. my guest on political thinking has toured the news studios all week. this is not another news interview. it is not an interrogation about that policy. it is a conversation, as this whole series is, about what shapes
of the silicon valley bank, and says ministers are doing everything they can to protect them. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for click. this week, we re going low and slooow. although what is it that has given spencer such a shock? ow! tittering. an absolute pleasure and privilege to meet you, sir. how are you doing? life beyond the grave, jim, but not as we know it. william shatner s got plans to keep talking after he s boldly on. this interview is the best thing i ve ever done! - oh, for goodness sake! laughs. and how can your foot flaunt the perfect fit? get ready for the science of stilettos. here s something that s hard to get your head around. more and more tourist attractions are clocking how important social media is in getting their name out there. yeah, we re at the new twist museum in central london, which is filled with a multitude of mirrors and instagrammable illusions that will play with your perceptions. oh, this makes a change look at you down the
you re watching bbc news. now it s time for fault line: the un and the quake in syria. screaming. the earthquake strikes. un aid arrives in turkey immediately, but take several days to reach northwest syria. bbc news arabic investigates. un teams are supposed to deploy within 48 hours of a request. in northwest syria, that didn t happen. what matters in terms of responding to an earthquake is time and what the sort of, the immediacy of the response. and the un just stood there, like, completely paralysed. in this film, we ask, what took the united nations so long? to deliver humanitarian aid across an international border, we need either the consent of the government or in the case that we have in syria, a binding security council resolution. on monday 6th february 00.47am, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 strikes near gaziantep in south east turkey. across the border in syria, strong tremors are felt. hundreds of buildings collapse. as the hours pass, the scale of the disast
and this week patients at a hospice in kent were given some medicinal music which is, literally, fit for a king. alis huws is the official royal harpist who will play at the king s coronation in may. in between practice sessions for that, she performed at ellenor hospice in gravesend, as chrissie reidy reports. (tx next) as the official royal harpist, alis huws is well used to an audience. and now the 27 year old has brought the power of music to gravesend, where she performed for ellenor hospice as part of a musical therapy session. whenever i ve got a little bit of free time in my schedule, i like to make time to come and play for people in the community and like you said, bring music to the people who need it and the people who really can benefit from it the most rather than rely on them to come and find you in a concert hall, because realistically that s not going to happen. alis was appointed the royal harpist to the then prince of wales in 2019, and this year has a very
hello and welcome to the programme. the impact of bbc sports presenter gary lineker s removalfrom match of the day is continuing to affect the bbc s sports output today. the controversy over the broadcaster and his tweets criticising the uk government s policy on asylum seekers shows no sign of abating. he d been told by the bbc to step back from presenting its flagship football show match of the day. on saturday, it led to widespread disruption of the corporation s football coverage, as fellow presenters and commentators pulled out in support of the former england international. steffan powell reports. here is the best of the day s action. a match of the day like no other, not even a theme tune. just football and fan noise. i am going to walk my dog and do my shopping. would you mind letting me do it on my own? but this disagreement between gary lineker and bbc bosses is now much more than one programme. he went on to say that he could not comment on decisions about his