cuba says a major blaze at an oil storage depot has now spread threatening to worsen an energy crisis on the island. and a big finish in birmingham as the commonwealth games brings the curtain down on 11 days of competition. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the former us president donald trump has issued a statement saying that the fbi has carried out a raid on his florida home at mar a lago. he was not in the state at the time. mr trump said that a large group of agents arrived at the compound with a search warrant. they even broke into my safe! he said. with more here s our north america correspondent peter bowes. significantly, the fbi, thejustice department, are not saying anything about this at all. we know about it because donald trump released a statement, the one that you are referring to. it is quite a long statement. i lljust read a little bit more from it. he says, my beautiful home, mar a lago, in palm beach, florida, is curr
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. there are some human experiences which most of us find very hard to get our heads around. my guest today experienced the unimaginable torment of more than four decades in solitary confinement in a tiny cell in one of america s most notorious prisons. albert woodfox was the victim of ingrained racism and brutality inside america s system of criminaljustice. he is now a free man. but what does freedom really mean after everything he has been through? albert woodfox, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. here you are, in london as a free man. but given everything you have been through, is it possible for you to ever feel truly free? well, yeah, i mean, philosophically, mentally and emotionally, i was free long before my actual physical freedom. and so, that was a part of my survival technique. my survival one of my many survival techniques. it allowed me to survive being in solitary confinem
is being investigated seriously for a crime. that is unprecedented. heat health alerts come into effect at midday across england, with temperatures in some areas forecast to reach 35 celsius later this week. the backlog of people waiting more than two years for a routine operation on the nhs in england has shrunk from more than 22,000 at the start of the year to fewer than 200. school pupils in scotland begin receiving their results from the first set of formal exams held since the start of the pandemic. tributes are being paid from around the world to dame olivia newton john, who s died of cancer, aged 73. the iconic singer and actress was best known for playing sandy in grease, one of the most successful film musicals ever made. her co starjohn travolta has described her impact as incredible . 0ur arts correspondent, david sillito, takes a look back at her career and legacy. # summer loving, had me a blast # summer loving, happened so fast. olivia newton john. for anyone o