Edition of hardtalk. I am Stephen Sackur and today i am joined by an audience here at the Bbc Radio Theatre to celebrate 20 years of hardtalk interviews. Who better to have on our birthday than sir ian mckellen . Whether you think of him as richard iii or gandalf, he has won hearts and accolades around the world. Not just for decades of work on screen but his passion of public campaigning, particularly on the issue of gay rights. Please give a warm welcome to ian mckellen. That was quite a welcome. Ian mckellen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Theres a lot to talk about both personal and in terms of yourcampaigning. But there are very few actors with the diversity you have offered your audiences, from the great shakespearean roles to Comic Book Characters in x men. Is there a Common Thread through everything you have done . The Common Thread is there is no Common Thread. There is a variety. What i always admired in my youth was people playing different sorts of parts in different envir
Edition of hardtalk. I am Stephen Sackur and today i am joined by an audience here at the Bbc Radio Theatre to celebrate 20 years of hardtalk interviews. Who better to have on our birthday than sir ian mckellen . Whether you think of him as richard iii or gandalf, he has won hearts and accolades around the world. Not just for decades of work on screen but his passion of public campaigning, particularly on the issue of gay rights. Please give a warm welcome to ian mckellen. That was quite a welcome. Ian mckellen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Theres a lot to talk about both personal and in terms of yourcampaigning. But there are very few actors with the diversity you have offered your audiences, from the great shakespearean roles to Comic Book Characters in x men. Is there a Common Thread through everything you have done . The Common Thread is there is no Common Thread. There is a variety. What i always admired in my youth was people playing different sorts of parts in different envir
Business news live from singapore. The dow breaks another record on wall street, but what will it take for the rallies to spill over into asian markets. Mothers milk against formula. Why is the latter a favourite option in hong kong . Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Its a tuesday. My name is rico hizon. I am glad you could join us. Rico hizon. I am glad you could join us. We start the programme with the markets. The dow jones us. We start the programme with the markets. The Dowjones Industrial Average posting the ninth straight record, finishing the session like this. Much of the gains driven from strong corporate numbers from Companies Like apple and others. We will look at is the positive sentiment is filtering through to asia. Unfortunately not. The nikkei is flat. The all 0rdinaries Index is up is flat. The all 0rdinaries Index is upa is flat. The all 0rdinaries Index is up a little bit. A mixed day. Earlier, i spoke to an analy
Have fancied her chances but a host of others had gold in their sights, among them two time 0lympic of others had gold in their sights, among them two time olympic champion caster semenya. After tactics and truffles ca m e caster semenya. After tactics and truffles came the mad for medals, Faith Kipyegon made her move on the final straight and never looked back as britains laura muir tried to get bronze but. After the disappointment of the mens and womens 100 after the disappointment of the mens and womens100 and is, jamaica finally has something to cheer about. 0mar mcleod led from start to finish in the 110 metre hurdles adding the world title to his 0lympic hurdles adding the world title to his olympic gold. Defending champion should think of competing as a neutral got the silver with baji of hungry taking the surprise bronze. Time for overdue celebrations. This was the overwhelming favourite to win the gold in the hammer and there we re win the gold in the hammer and there were no
Members of the public will be able to Ask Companies to delete information collected, or posted on online and firms found in breach of the rules will be hit with much largerfines. Rory cellan jones reports. Your data, a valuable resource flowing around the world giving companies and governments all sorts of intimate details about how you live your life. Now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. The law reform is an opportunity to keep up with the change in technology. Companies will have more accountability and consumers are going to have more control. The new law includes a right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what Data Companies hold on you and get it erased. There will be an end to tick boxes on websites which often seek consumers handing over data by default. And the Data Watchdog will be able to Fine Companies up to £70 million, or 4 of their global turnover. The new law is almost entirely based on a major new European Data protection regulation that co