who s died at the age of 90. ms lynn enjoyed a successful, six decade long career. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. as the war in ukraine rages on, we speak to a russian rock legend whose life and career have mirrored his motherland s journey from the soviet era, through the break up of the soviet union, to putin s authoritarian state. my guest is boris grebenshchikov. he last played in russia the day before putin invaded ukraine in february, and is now living in london. bg, as he s known to his fans, risks prosecution for his anti war comments if he returns to russia. the role cultural icons have to play in the politics of protests is a well trodden one, but do their voices have any impact inside russia? boris grebenshchikov, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. all right, so you last performed in russia just six hours before putin invaded ukraine. you say you had a sense of foreboding that something monume
what happened here wasn tjust a defeat for president putin, it was a complete humiliation. twitter confirms that the world s richest man, elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. australia announces plans to halt its extinction crisis and save more than one hundred endangered species. # when i was born a coalminer s daughter. and, musicians and fans pay tribute to the american country music star, loretta lynn who s died at the age of ninety. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it is one of the most severe humanitarian crises anywhere in the world right now. somalia is in the grip of the worst drought since the 1980 s. hundreds of thousands of people, many trapped by conflict, are facing extreme hunger and death. a full blown famine, where households have no food children suffer acute malnutrition and people die every day from starvation is likely within a matter of weeks. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding reported on soma
died at the age of 90. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week s show, we re day tripping across the uk. and through here, and this way. oh, good boy! so, let s go. with autumn coming into full swing here in the uk, summer seems like a distant memory with its record high temperatures and a bounceback in tourism, after two years of stop start travel restrictions. well, earlier this year, we dropped in on some of the uk s top attractions and destinations, meeting the people getting as excited about travel again and hearing how they ve had to adapt to survive. if you were watching last week, you will have seen how inverness in the far north of scotland is sprucing up their castle and how local businesses adapted to meet changing demands. but this week, we re looking back at what the story was in england, wales and northern ireland, starting with that great northern powerhouse and football and cultural hub, manchester. so, this is no ordinary taxi ride. hello! so
of the death of our monarch after 70 years reign. i think it has reflected the emotional reaction that there s been amongst many people. but it s also, i think, been able to capture how britain has been on display in such a way where we ve showed the best of all of us, really, and what we ve been able to do is demonstrate that this is a modern country which is still a great country and is proud and is not shy in putting front and centre all that we stand for. so, ithink. you know, i understand and would be able to appreciate that, for some people, sometimes there s probably been more than they wanted not everybody would ve wanted to watch it all day, every day. even the most ardent of monarchists need to have a bit of variety in their diet. but no, i think it s been good. marcus ryder, it has been the story, certainly in the way it s been told, of a nation united in grief. is it that simple, do you think? thank you so much for inviting me on. unfortunately, i don t think t
surrogate pregnancies. and now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. do you remember when a politician promised to borrow tens of billions of pounds to rescue the country without spelling out where they would get the money was accused of being irresponsible, of being reckless? of finding a magic money tree? that man wasjeremy corbyn and he s my guest this week. he was of course leader of the labour party. these days he is not even a labour mp, after keir starmer expelled him from the parliamentary party. but what will be clear at next week s labour conference is he remains the leader of the left. jeremy corbyn, welcome to political thinking. thanks for inviting me on. did you have even a hint of a smile when you heard a tory chancellor stand up and say it s perfectly responsible to borrow tens of billions