Hello, and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week. Something we didnt expect President Trump defending nato against attack from a european leader. Something we did expect a teenager shaking up a Global Climate change conference. And something where no side dares trust its expectations a british election. My guests this week are abdel bari atwan, an analyst on arab affairs, portuguese writer eunice goes, henry chu, International Editor of variety, and marc roche of french news weekly le point. Welcome to you all. Now, is it too easy to knock nato . At a fractious summit to mark the alliances 70th birthday, the french president stood by his assessment that it was brain dead, the american president said such comments were disrespectful, the turkish president retorted that it was the french president who was brain dead and the canadian Prime Minister got caught on camera gossiping about the american president , who then said the canadian was two faced. But natos secretary
Youre questions answered. Thats with plaid cymrus liz Saville Roberts. Taking you straight to Ironbridge Gorge in shropshire for the pictures of the demolition of four cooling towers the. We just got to that a couple of moments later after the charges were set. 120 metres high and they cost of £10 million. Crowds gathered to see that historic moment as the towers at the coal fired power station in Ironbridge Gorge in shropshire came down. The work of so long comes down in a matter of seconds and as you can see, a cloud of dust is all that is left. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is watching the demolition. That was quite an amazing sight. It has gone completely to plan. There was concern that some would fall into the river severn. Essentially where that dust cloud is at the moment, but everything seemed to happen quite perfectly on time. You really have to be 60 years old or older than that to remember what it was like before that. 55, 60 years ago when they started building these power
5 live and online. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. At least five people have died and several others are missing after a volcano erupted at a popular tourist site in new zealand. The eruption on white island happened just after 2pm local time. One tourist who was leaving the island, filmed the eruption as it sent a thick plume of ash and smoke into the sky. Other footage showed a group of visitors inside the crater. New Zealand Police say that around 50 people were on or near the island at the time, including travellers from overseas. Both New Zealanders and overseas tourists are believed to be involved. We believe a number of these tourists have come from the ovation of the seas cruise ship. We cannot confirm the nationalities of these people involved. Due to the current risk, Emergency Services are unable to access the island. Samantha olley is a reporter for nz me and joins me from north island. I know you have flown over in a helicopter and you can bring us the lates
With the us continues to bite. And. Machines with a sense of touch. Well be visiting a university developing an electronic skin which is 1,000 times faster than the human nervous system. And well be talking to one firm working with thousands of Tech Companies to try and boost diversity. Last week we brought you the story of the 120,000 bananas sold as art. Its now been eaten. What is the most expensive thing youve eaten . Let us know, just use the bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. The art world is literally going bananas and we will get to that story later. We often hear it said that governments around the world should take more of a lead on tackling waste. The french Authorities Say they are doing just that, and are hailing their new anti waste law as a world first. Its still being debated in the French Parliament but are the proposals Ground Breaking . The french government says its promoting a circular economy, by banning the destruction of unsold non food items. This cove
Corbyn is promising too much and i dont understand where he will get the money from. Im a painter from london, im called peterand i the money from. Im a painter from london, im called peter and i dont think ill bother getting out of bed this time if you feel like this youre not alone according to one survey, 20 of voters are still undecided about what to do on thursday. So let us know what it is that youre waiting for. What are you hoping for, expecting in the final four days of this intense, sometimes bitter, toxic Election Campaign thats going to help you finally make up your mind. If youre on twitter use the hashtag victorialive, or e mail victoria bbc. Co. Uk and theres facebook too. All but two of our audience today say they are still undecided well ask them what policies, if any have cut through, if any have downloaded or perhaps even read a manifesto, whats most important to them in this election and what they think of the main party leaders. We are here on between two and bbc n