linton kwesijohnson, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. so you were 11 when you came over from jamaica in 1963 tojoin your mother, who was already working here. how formative was that experience for you? it was a bit of a shock when i arrived. it wasn t what i had expected. in my childhood imagination, you know, you literally imagine the street of london paved with gold and palaces and carriages with kings and queens and that sort of thing. well, it has that sometimes! they chuckle. so it took a bit of getting used to. but when you re young, it s easier to adjust to a new environment than when you re old. and once i started school, you know, i settled down and, um. i did rather well at school because the education i had injamaica i went to an elementary school was in some ways superior to what i was confronted with at my secondary school, tulse hill secondary school. for example, they didn t teach grammar in english, which i did injamaica. mm hm. and it took a couple o
hello, i m sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american made f 16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraine s ground forces says they re close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in the assault on bakhmut many from the wagner mercenary group. our diplomtaic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. for more than eight months, in what s now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut. the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands in particular in the hands of fighters like these from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader yevgeny prigozhin claimed to have full control here. from house to house, he said, we took the
the north west we have areas of cloud across southern and eastern england as well but most places looking dry through the night. temperatures about 6 10 but we could see temperatures of 3 or 4 with clearer skies. a little bit fresh first thing tomorrow, slightly cooler with the wind is coming from a more northerly direction. more cloud through the morning across northern ireland and scotland, a few spots of light rain in the far north and more sunshine south but you could catch a rogue shower. temperatures at about 20 degrees for the warmest spots and a touch could close to the east coast. we have got moderate to high levels of uv out there where you see the sunshine breaking through. tuesday night into wednesday stays dry and settled with more cloud once again on wednesday working from the north west. most places with long spells of sunshine and wednesday will be a little bit warmer than tuesday so top temperatures at 21 degrees. high pressure holding on as we look towards t
complaint after their striker viniciusjunior was racially abused vinicius junior was racially abused by viniciusjunior was racially abused by opposition fans. welcome back to bbc news. i am. here in the uk the home secretary says she s confident nothing untoward happened in relation to a speeding fine she received last year. suella braverman asked the civil service for advice about arranging a private speed awareness course. suella braverman was asked about the issue whilst on a trip to a children s charity in london. did you ask civil servants to arrange a one on one drivers course for speeding? arrange a one on one drivers course forspeeding? it s arrange a one on one drivers course for speeding? it s a yes or no question. i for speeding? it s a yes or no question- for speeding? it s a yes or no question. i am focused on the priorities question. i am focused on the priorities for question. i am focused on the priorities for british question. i am focused on the p