We started to imagine, well, what if there was a character at the centre of this story who couldnt connect, who was incapable of connecting, in a world that seems, at least from the outside, totally interconnected 7 what if you are incapable ofjoining that . And that is really where evan came from. I dont know if you can tell but this is me just pretending. What is your view now of social media . When we started writing the show, we lived in a very different world than we live in now, in the sense that what we were talking about in the show about a young man and this journey through. Lies and half truths online felt like a Young Persons story in a lot of ways. And its impossible for us to ignore now in the world of 2019 that lies and the internet and social media, its not a Young Persons phenomenon any more. In many ways it drives the news. Yes. In both of our countries, i think. They are hoping that sense of shared cultural experience will see their all american story succeed in londo
And england will face croatia in their opening game for euro 2020, on ilijune. Good evening. One of the victims of the London Bridge attack has been named as jack merritt a cambridge graduate who was helping to coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near the scene. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent, Daniel Sandford. 25 years old and a keen traveller, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. He was described by his father today is a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that he had helped organise. In the aftermath, his killer was wrestled to the ground by other former prisoners
Areas, most of the eastern half of the uk staying dry and temperatures well into double figures, including into scotland stop big uncertainty comes on saturday. Some computer models want to take that across the uk, bringing outbreaks of rain to start the weekend. We are favouring the computer models that are taken more towards the mediterranean, which means the start of the weekend, the emphasis is on dry conditions for saturday occasional cloud, some sunny spells, and a bit of rain out of the west of scotland and maybe through the english channel, but as i said, the emphasis is on the dry weather, more likely to be dried and wet, so keep an eye on that forecast. Whatever happens, that low pressure will dominate to the west of us. A bit of a southerly flow, windy weekend store, but milder than the weekjust gone. More in the way of rain at times, a very close i will be kept on that, but as that low pressure system pushes eastwards, it could turn colder yet again. Hello. This is bbc news
I hearjerusalem bells are ringing. As for coldplay, they have a lot to work out. Their last tour used 32 trucks and there was the carbon cost of flights for over 100 crew members. But the band famous for their song yellow are serious about going green. Colin patterson, bbc news, jordan. Thats it. Newsnight is getting under way on bbc two with emma barnett. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday im connie mclaughlin. The new tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he wont make the same mistakes this time that he made at previous clubs. Move over, andy. Great britains other murray, jamie, helps them reach the quarter finals of the davis cup. And well also hear from Antony Joshua, whos philisophical about that shock defeat to andy ruinr, as he prepares for their huge re match. Welcome to the programme. Hes had some Interesting Press conferences in the premier league over the years there was the special one. The special one time
The snp launches its election manifesto saying its time to put scotlands future in scotlands hands and calls for a second independence referendum next year. Who should decide scotlands future . The people who live here or Boris Johnson . A vote for the snp on december 12th is a vote to escape brexit. Clive james, the australian writer and broadcaster has died at the age of eighty. After a cinema chain bans a new film about gangs after brawls broke out, its director tells us his movie had nothing to do with the violence do you believe that this film brings its people, is a colour thing . I dont know, man, it was upsetting. And, the theatre director, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Miller has died, at the age of 85 Jeremy Corbyn says he has evidence that the nhs is at risk from a post brexit trade deal with the United States. At a News Conference this morning, the labour leader produced documents which he said showed talks had taken place about drugs pricing and access to nhs contracts.