Has killed at least one civilian and wounded five. Officials said the missile hit an education centre. Earlier on President Putin spoke at the annual Navy Day Parade in st petersburg, the same city he was meeting african leaders. There was a flotilla of ships present and the russian president gave a speech in which he said the russian navy baguette that 30 new battleships and thanking naval trips for their services and the love of the motherland. Lets take a listen to some of putins speech. Translation patriotism is at the core of the particular Neighbour Culture which helps them fulfil the tasks and evokes pride among our people in the strong fleet. This pride proves that the people of russia can hold the power on the seas. Today, the Russian Fleet is solving the tasks of National Policy and increasing its strength. This year alone, 30 new battleships are joining the navy one of which has been named after a glorious seafarer and it is great that we have this tradition to give the name
So, this is a Radio Drama Studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker, whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric Radio Drama Studio of bbc broadcasting house. Ken, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. A show about cultural inspiration, cultural influences. What is your earliest cultural memory, do you think . Something that had a big impact . I think, early doors, i can remember Winston Churchills funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. The World Cup Final of 1966, where the nation stopped. And in our own household, my brother had a sort of flir
The famous sta keknife. He was obviously someone who had access to the higher levels of the ira. An ira spy catcher skilled at interrogating Suspected Informers. An ira enforcer and executioner. Theres not one killing that Freddie Scappaticci was involved in that the ira did not sanction. Freddie scappaticci denied his double life when exposed. I am not guilty of any of these allegations. His death was announced while a multiMillion Pound Police Investigation into his activities is ongoing. Much is unknown about Freddie Scappaticcis life in the shadows. Butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the states books. This is a story of a spy who got away with murder. West belfast in the 1980s. An irish republican enclave where many were subject to the iras rules. Such warnings to so called touts were frequently borne out. Archive charlie mcllmurrays body was found in this van on sunday. I charlie mcilmurray, a west belfast taxi driver, suspected of being a t
that s focusing most of the rain. we still have that weather front, though, sitting through the english channel. so cloud and rain here, moving on to the south coast at times, threatening the south east of england. the rain affects more of scotland through the day, and it gets wetter again across northern ireland, northern parts of england and wales. but further south, maybe a slice of something a bit drier, and eventually brighter, with some sunshine. but as you can see, it s not particularly warm for this time of the year once again. low pressure continues to drive in across the uk and it s pushed in on these upper winds. this is the jet stream, and with the jet to the south of the uk, we re in cooler air. as one area of low pressure gets moved away, another one comes in as we arrive into wednesday. that will bring some wet weather, especially across england and wales. and the start of august isn t really going to get any warmer because, as the rain clears away later in the week, we