spain. heavy rains hampered efforts to retrieve the bodies throughout the weekend. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford upon avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it s a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it s 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in as you like it. and my mum had packed us all into the back
no path to becoming speaker of the house because a bunch of conservative members of the republican conference have dug in against him. what has changed this morning? why should today be any different after the three failed votes yesterday? a couple things mccarthy is doing like send his allies fanning out across the conference, trying to get some members voting present instead of no. we ll talk about that in a second. keep in mind, the numbers here. mccarthy can only atord four defectors to become speaker. if everybody votes for a earn. he started with 19 tuesday. he finished off with 20. steve kornacki is going to join us to break down the math and tell us what to expect. another thing that s new today, former president trump getting off the fence to push fellow republicans to, i m quoting here, vote for kevin. close the deal. how much will that matter? we ll get into it because right now it is parls in the building behind me. nobody in charge. no end in sight. no work getti
going on in georgia. democratic senator raphael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker faced off last night. was there first and likely only debate before election day. team fox news coverage, and discovering the president he is in portland, oregon with that visit. let s first let s go back down to georgia, atlanta. with the election week looks like to come. hey there eric, it was a while debate indeed. as you pointed out by the only one we are going to see between democratic senator raphael warnock and republican star athlete herschel walker. the fireworks were flying this bard over series including abortion, take a listen too. it s too narrow and small and cramped space for a woman, her doctor, and united states government. he s a neat talker but did heat not mentioned there s a baby in that room as well? and the topic of election integrity walker acknowledge president biden legitimately won the 2020 election. senator warnock dodged but he would support t
cereal has suddenly got a lot more expensive. we re just half an hour away from the start of the 150th open championship. to mark this historic milestone, they re back at st andrews regarded as the home of golf with it s world famous with its world famous fairways and greens nestling between the town and sea. and while there might be the odd shower at st andrews and the north of the country, mostly sunny spells, feeling fresher. that still extreme heat coming our way next week. it s thursday, july 14th. our main story. a second round of voting will take place in the conservative leadership contest later, with six candidates remaining in the race to become the next prime minister. former chancellor rishi sunak topped the first vote of conservative mps yesterday he s now facing a strong challenge from the trade minister, penny mordaunt. our political correspondent, helen catt, has the latest. now there are six candidates to be the next prime minister. by the end the day, th
to the un. tonight with the context, victoria coates a former advisor to the us energy secretary and long term trump staffer and anand menon, director of the thinktank uk in the changing europe. hello. welcome to the programme. it is a crucial night for the january 6th committee. this will be their eighth hearing, maybe the final televised hearing before the report is pubished in the autumn. and this is the point at which the committee mustjoin the dots for their prime time audience. through seven previous hearings, the committee has laid out a case, that the former president was at the center of witnesses, including former trump and white house officials have testified the president knew he had lost but continued to pressure state officials, lawmakers and thejustice department to overturn the result in his favour. and when it failed, when vice president pence refused to help him, he called on the mob. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to