putin s surprise visit to the russian occupied city of mariupol devastated in the early months of the war. like all ukrainians, like all mariupol residents, i feel today a war criminal vladimir putin visited the scene of a crime he committed for several months. it s been 20 years since the us led coalition began its war in iraq to topple the dictator saddam hussein we ll assess the history. # i ll take the world apart to find a place for a peaceful heart. and the return of a 60s pops icon we hear from yusuf cat stevens, about music, faith and performing at glastonbury. hello and welcome to the progamme. switzerland s biggest bank ubs has agreed to take over its troubled rival credit suisse. the rescue deal follows a weekend of emergency talks between the two banks, after credit suisse saw its value plummet over the past week. banking regulators hope the deal will restore confidence to the financial markets. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty tri
boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. he s made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how? james daunt, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i used to use paper cash. i pretty much don t anymore. i used to write checks in a checkbook. i certainly don t do that anymore. why are you so convinced that iwill, still, continue to use ink on paper, physical books, for years to come? books remain, i think, by far and away the most pleasurable way, and most memorable way, to read most books. you can read on an e reader, of course, and that will have some advantages, particularly for some sorts of books. and millions and millions of people across the world. and millions of people happily do. and the numbers are growing. and the numbers are not growing, actually, within developed markets. in the uk, the us, for example, i think, pretty much, it reached a peak and then came down to a level and is now steadied out. lots of people enjoy d
in sometimes unlikely places, omid djalili was born in london to iranian parents. he has thrived as a cross culture comedic chameleon, but is it possible to be funny without being mean? omid djalili, welcome to hardtalk. stephen sackur, my friend, my fellow presenter in the business of show, man who is so unbelievably good looking and thin that he walks into snooker hall, they start chalking his head. i am so happy to be here, this is one of my favourite shows. well, if you carry on like that, this won t be an interview, it will be a monologue! let me ask you this, you have been doing comedy for almost 30 years, do you find the same stuff funny today as you did back then? what a tricky question! what a way to start. that is such a tricky question. look, at the end of the day, it is a big subject now because we saw the oscars and we saw will smith smack chris rock. can i just tell you, just to speak personally, i saw the video the day after, and i bleary eyed woke up on monday
the floods in bangladesh that have killed dozens and left millions stranded the un warns of a deteriorating situation. we will hear about the life of young journalists and protesters in hong kong, ahead of the 25th anniversary of it s handover, from uk to chinese rule. of its handover from uk to chinese rule. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbq news bbc singapore. this is bbq news bbc news. it s tuesday. it s newsday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 2a.m. in central ukraine where around a thousand people are thought to have been inside a shopping centre when it was hit by a russian missile. so far at least 13 people have been killed, and more than 50 injured but it s feared the death toll could climb significantly. g7 leaders have said attacks on innocent civilians constitute a war crime. the attack happened in kremenchuk in central ukraine a long way from the front line. the governor of the city said it was unlikely many survivors wou
As a nation, we are united and when people harm americans, we dont retreat, we dont forget. We take care of those who are grieving and when that is finished, they should know we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice, because hell is where they will reside hell is where they will reside all right. Mika, boy, what joe biden said yesterday, very strong. Im sure a lot of people, a lot of republicans on capitol hill have been calling for stronger words. It might take some of that. What do you think . I think he is tapping into a growing sentiment in a country that might be war weary but certainly is not impervious what we have seen the last two weeks. Sounds likes the guns of war across america. You heard the Vice President saying america would follow isis to the gates of he hell to get justice. The secretary of state says they dont want to contain is circumstances, they want to destroy isis. You know what is happening here, they are hearing from constituen