leader of the soviet union. and we talk to the child refugee from ghana who s now at the summit of britain s fashion journalism. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has been accused of shelling a town near the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, where a team from the un nuclear watchdog is expected on thursday. the plant, which was taken by russia in march sits on the banks of the dnieper river, 200 kilometres from crimea, which it annexed in 2014. our correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. the chances of international inspectors making it to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant were once remote. they are now looking a lot more promising or probable. at the moment, they are in the city of zaporizhzhia, a good hour and a half from the plant itself, but there are still bends in the road. moscow installed officials say they don t yet have the right permissions to make it through their own military checkpoints. in their words, they will have to g
at least eight people have died. the south korean president has called an emergerncy meeting now on bbc news, take me to the opera. i ve been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you, so i m on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i ve come to munich to meet one of my all time opera heroes, the german tenor jonas kaufmann, who s widely viewed as the world s leading opera singer. he s a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures of staying at the top are immense. the highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. to get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. are the sacrifices worth it? the moment it all falls into. place and you are at a position that you ve hardly ever dreamt| of is so much of a pa
he s a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures of staying at the top are immense. the highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. to get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. are the sacrifices worth it? the moment it all falls into. place and you are at a position that you ve hardly ever dreamt| of is so much of a payback that everything, all the worki that you ve done before, seems to be minimal. jonas kaufmann unveiled. let me take you to the opera. singing jonas kaufmann is an opera legend. he s already assured of his place in history as one of the greatest ever tenors. applause like millions of others, i m a huge fan ofjonas kaufmann and i try to see him perform whenever i can. i am in awe of his almost supernatural talent, but now i can go o
leader of the soviet union. we talk to the child refugee from ghana who s now at the summit of britain s fashion journalism. and painting the town red the notorious spanish tomatina festival returns after a covid enforced absence. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has been accused of shelling a town near the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, where a team from the un nuclear watchdog is expected on thursday. the plant, which was taken by russia in march sits on the banks of the dnieper river, 200 kilometres from crimea, which it annexed in 2014. our correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. the chances of international inspectors making it to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant were once remote. they are now looking a lot more promising or probable. at the moment, they are in the city of zaporizhzhia, a good hour and a half from the plant itself, but there are still bends in the road. moscow installed officials say they don t yet have the
festival returns after a covid enforced absence. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a long delayed un report says serious human rights abuses have been committed in the chinese region of xinjiang against uighur muslims. it also found that allegations of torture and sexual abuse during what china calls vocational education and training are credible. beijing, which saw the report in advance, dismissed it as a farce. we can go live now to geneva and speak to peter irwin from the uighur human rights project. very good to have you with us, thanks forjoining us, peter, particularly in the middle of the night for you. i understand how important you consider this report, but what if any implications do you think that the release of this report will have? i the release of this report will have? ~ . . , have? i think certainly it will have? i think certainly it will have implications. have? i think certainly it will have implications. we - have? i think ce