it is now more than a decade since you wrote sapiens. it was a worldwide hit, and in essence, it was a very sort of positive explanation of how we humans have come to sort of dominate this planet. it was about our ability to cooperate, to tell shared stories, to give ourselves common purpose. i just wonder whether, in the last decade, you ve lost some of that optimism. i think our shared stories and our ability to cooperate, both as a species, but also on the national level, is collapsing in more and more places. i see it now in my home country of israel, which is really on the verge, maybe, of a constitutional crisis or even a civil war. maybe what we need to understand, specifically, about democracies is that democracy, in essence, is a conversation. you know, dictatorship, there is one person dictates everything. democracy is trying to reach some agreement through conversation, and conversation is not always possible. for most of history, large scale conversation was just
hello and welcome to this special tribeca film festival edition of talking movies. in today s programme, with sections on gaming, television and virtual reality, is tribeca moving away from just being a film festival? we will always be about film, there is no question. that is in our dna. it was a festival in which the wonders of virtual reality were fully on display. if you sit in a movie theatre and the character turns and looks at the camera, they call at breaking the fourth wall. but in vr there are no walls. plus, tribeca had movies from around the world. a drama set in china, and the story of women s emancipation in switzerland in the 1970s. bexley had these arguments in the 1970s. they were, like, if women do politics it is apocalypse. then there were tribeca s political films, apocalypse. then there were tribeca s politicalfilms, the politically charged confusing times. we are living in a surreal time, i just don t know what to make of it. and a feature on people for
also ahead: an spectacular win for anthonyjoshua. it was billed as the biggest fight in british boxing history, and it definitely lived up to expectation. joshua powers past wladimir klitschko to become the unified heavyweight champion of the world. a pension pledge from theresa may. she promises to tackle irresponsible bosses, as jeremy corbyn sets out his plan for workers rights. president trump marks his 100th day in office, insisting at a rally he s kept one promise after another. more recycling, selling wonky veg, and scrapping best before dates. we ll hear why mps think serious action is needed to tackle food waste. and sarah has the weather. good morning. good morning. a rather mixed picture today. wet and windy weather for the south west of england and wales as well. elsewhere, still breezy, but with some sunshine. i will have a full forecast for you in about 15 minutes. thank you very much. good morning. first, our main story. the parents of madeleine mccann say th
for 30 hours before being rescued at sea is recovering in hospital in belfast. the family of guy hedger, who was shot by intruders at his home in dorset, have paid tribute to him athletes like paula radcliffe could lose their world records under proposals to rewrite the record books in an effort to improve credibility over doping. ode to a nightingale. how singers are trying to save the endangered songbird. coming up in the sport on bbc news, world snooker champion mark selby admits he is at the peak of his powers as he becomes only the fourth modern player to retain his title at the crucible. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended his shadow home secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the party s plans to put an 10,000 extra police officers on the streets. mr corbyn insisted he wasn t embarrassed in the slightest by diane abbott s difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election
april on record. only four millimetres of rain for the whole month. amazing weather pictures though. in the highlands, not a cloud in the sky. western scotland, you will see the best of the weather this week. yesterday, the warmest in the country. we could see 19 today. little dip in the middle of the week but by the weekend, backed up to 19, 20. a good slice of dry weather here. temperatures around 17 celsius. certainly, west is best in terms of the sunshine. a few isolated showers through the afternoon but nothing particularly significant. nowhere near enough to water the garden is that the show was will drift their way steadily through the south and west preventing temperatures from falling too globe. in sheltered glens in scotla nd too globe. in sheltered glens in scotland temperatures could be down as far as scotland temperatures could be down as faras minus scotland temperatures could be down as far as minus two. the little weather front down into the south east with mo