people in the us state are being urged to turn down their air conditioning, switch off unneccesary lights, and avoid using major appliances in the afternoons and evenings. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to this week s the media show. now, we re going to talk about news podcasts this week. there s been a very high profile launch. it s called the news agents. it s from global, and it s presented byjon sopel and emily maitlis, both big figures at the bbc before they left to set this up. emily maitlis has also been in the news because she gave a mactaggart lecture in which she raised concerns about how the bbc is approaching some parts of its coverage. now, emily is not able to join us on this edition, but we will hear from jon sopel. we re also going to hear from deano sophos, the man behind this new podcast, someone the times has called the new prince of podcasts. deano, good to have you on the programme. that s quite a title to live up to. thanks, ros. yeah
a former italian prime minister and leader of the centre left democratic party. is his effort to keep the far right out of power doomed to fail? enrico letta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation. we appreciate your time, particularly because you are in the middle of a fiercely fought election campaign. would you accept that right now, you in the centre left look as though you are going to lose? no, i think we will win. how can you think that, when the raw mathematics of this election look so bad for you? and i say that because the right has coordinated, it has organised, there is a very clear coalition of interests between all the right wing parties. they are fighting as a team. you, on the left, are not. there are two reasons. first reason is the fact that there s 40% of the people saying that they will abstain, or they are not decided. they have not decided what they want to do. second, because the unity of the right is a fake. they are united today, b
on the run following a series of deadly stabbings. president putin steps up his war of words with the west, threatening to let europe freeze. let s turn to california now, which is grappling with a heat wave, and emergency crews are fighting numerous wildfires. temperatures are forecast to remain high in the coming days. the heatwave has left thousands of households without power, and people are being told to conserve energy. sophie long is in los angeles for us. well, we are now into day five of an intense heatwave here in california which has pushed temperatures way up into triple digits in fahrenheit and above 44 celsius, smashing records for this time of year. and the stifling heat continues long after the sun goes down, which is putting massive pressure on california s electricity grid. we haven t yet seen the rolling blackouts that people
welcome to bbc news, i m gareth barlow. our top stories: canadian police say they ve arrested a man who d been on the run following a series of deadly stabbings. myles sanderson was arrested on highway eleven in saskatchewan, this is the scene there live, we ll bring you the very latest. president putin steps up his war of words with the west, threatening to let europe freeze. but the european union isn t backing down, it s outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas. and, california urges people to conserve energy, as a heatwave is leading to demand that could overwhelm power supplies.
welcome to bbc news i m gareth barlow. our top stories: canadian police say they ve arrested a man who d been on the run following a series of deadly stabbings. myles sanderson was arrested on highway 11 in saskatchewan. this is a scene from there, live and we will bring you the latest. president putin steps up his war of words with the west threatening to let europe freeze. but the european union isn t backing down. it s outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas. and california urges people to conserve energy as a heatwave is leading to demand that could overwhelm power supplies.