human condition. the best comedy comes from your living experience. every comic sees the world through a prism that the average person doesn t see through. all we do is point out the obvious really and then twist it somewhere. i just can t believe the way people are, what is it with humanity, what kind of world do we live in? you re not alone ultimately. i think that s what the comic s saying. reality is fodder for comedy. because it s what we have, so, where else can we find comedy if not in real life? as opposed to what? fake life? you know. life is real, yeah. we got that. first a philosophical question. have you ever noticed when you re driving that anyone who is driving slower than you is an idiot? and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac! you see a million things a day in your life and they all go on the back burner of your six burner wolf ridiculously priced mind. a comedian comes out and brings it to the front burner. i don t like other peopl
continue to liberate parts of their country, a special report from inside a police station where russian forces are said to have tortured people. and the giant of the french new wave cinema, visionary film directorjean luc godard, has died at the age of 91. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. another emotional staging post has been completed in the queen s long journey from balmoral to westminster abbey. her coffin is now at buckingham palace for the night after it was flown from edinburgh airport to raf northolt, west of london, a few hours ago, accompanied all the way by her daughter princess anne. the weather changed from sunshine in scotland to pouring rain in london, but still huge crowds lined the roads on the journey into central london. traffic came to a standstill as people pulled up and got out of their cars to watch the queen s hearse pass by on the other side of the carriageway. on wednesday, her coffin will travel to westminster hall wh
environment experts blame the recent heatwave and drought in parts of the uk for autumnal conditions which are already being seen in england, a month ahead of time. and coming up at 5.30, the latest technology news with click. good afternoon. train passengers are facing a further day of disruption, after thousands of rail workers started another 24 hour walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. across the country, only around 20% of services are running. the government say the strikes could be ended if the unions put the pay deals on offer to their members. this report from our correspondent, helena wilkinson. a now familiar sight for rail passengers across the country half empty stations, weekend plans and services severely disrupted. so, we ve had to leave early from home due to the strike action. obviously that s gonna take a lot of time now to get to the stadium and we re worried about what time we will get back and also what time the trains are running till. obvio
welcome to bbc news. we ll start with the conflict in ukraine, because ukrainian troops are reported to have carried out more attacks on russian forces in the crimean peninsula. smoke was seen rising from the headquarters of russia s black sea fleet in sevastapol, with moscow claiming it shot down a ukrainian drone. russia has occupied crimea since 2014 and there have been a series of recent attacks on russian military infrastructure there. james waterhouse sent us this report from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. it is what and where this is, which makes this smoke significant. another apparent strike in russian occupied crimea. over the last 11 days, there have been a series of explosions on mostly military targets. out of all of the ukrainian territory which moscow has taken, crimea is where its grip has been strongest. but that grasp appears to be weakening. translation: russian s commanders aren t saying what happened, - but it is either a failure of russia s air defences,