in 2020, oscar nominated actor elliot page announced via his instagram that he is a transgender man. star of the x men series and hit filmsjuno and inception, as well as netflix super hit the umbrella academy, page has enjoyed the career heights actors could only dream of all the time crushed under the weight of a secret identity battle. now he s ready to share even more about his life. and he s invited us for a sit down chat to talk about his gender, his mental health, and his career in hollywood. elliot page, welcome to the bbc. thank you so much for speaking to us. thanks for having me, for wanting to talk. how are you doing right now? i m doing pretty good, yeah! so we re here to talk about your book, pageboy. yourfirst book, your memoir. what made you want to write the book now? gosh! well, one of the reasons was that it really. felt possible for the first time. in the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, there s no way i could have sat down and bee
match of the day sees andy murray face stefanos tsitsipas. there s a host of grand slam champions elsewhere too and keeping across it all at the all england club is chetan pathak. chetan, bring us up to speed. the rain going on with the death first and second round matches played this in time but the sun is out in tennis is relentless. cheer on centre court behind me when liam brody the british wildcat he was a upset last year is playing casper ruud who is the fourth seed who has reached three of the last four grand slam finals and brodie has levelled things up and is two set since heading to a shoot out on centre court and whoever wins the deciding set will be in for the third round and other casper ruud is not a natural glass course player and his biggest success have come in a different court and he says he is still figuring out at the surface but the whole crowd is getting behind him. he beat british world champion before. three time grand slam champion is through to the
to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. the saudis are splashing out on sport. golf, football and boxing are all being punched with cash. but what does this middle eastern money mean for the business of sport? qatar, bahrain and the uae are also upending the sporting establishment. but is it all about prestige, profit, or trying to take the focus away from human rights concerns? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. a leading expert on the links between sport and politics, and a top us sports investor who thinks there s millions to be made from playing for profit. also on the show, i m going to catch up with the man who puts the big deals together for boxers such as anthonyjoshua and jesse rodriguez. i m going to ask him how saudi arabia s vast oil wealth is reshaping the prizes on offer in his big money sport. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. here in the uk, a service has been held at westminster abbey to celebrate the seventy fifth anniversary of the national health service. the nhs is unique because of the way it s funded it s paid for, through general taxation but it s free of charge for all users, regardless of treatment. today s event is one of a series marking the milestone. is hundred health workers joined royalty and politicians for the ceremony, which included readings from the prime minister rishi sunak and the labour leader, sir keir starmer. but the occasion has prompted questions about its ability to survive in its current form into the future. three leading think tanks say the nhs won t reach its centenary unless there is significant investment. you can see why politicians are keen to pick should be to be nhs but half of brits say it is one of the things that make them fee
of an explosion here at this courthouse. a man who d been detained eight years ago regarding an attack on the ukrainian parliament back in 2015 was at a hearing at this courthouse after the two hour hearing, the interior minister has told us. he then detonated a device, locked himself in the toilet, was confronted by guards as emergency services and special forces came to the scene. there was a further explosion which injured two of the guards and then eventually another explosion in which the man himself died. that s the latest that we ve been told from the interior ministry. they don t know how, for instance, he got those explosives into the courtroom. that s the subject of a criminal investigation. i should say at the moment there does not appear to be any link to russia s invasion of ukraine in this incident. yes. and as you said, one wonders how he would have got any kind of explosives into a courtroom. one would assume that security is so tight in those circumstances. t