earlier in the week. the tesla founder elon musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had funding secured to take the electric car maker back into private ownership. the former sex pistols frontman, john lydon, has failed in his attempt to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest. he d hoped his song hawaii would give him the chance to raise the issue of his wife s alzheimer s disease, but his band public image limited came fourth out of six acts. from dublin, daniel rosney reports. ladies and gentlemen, it s the late, late show. eurosong, 2023. welcome. john lydon s song was a tribute to his wife nora, who lives with a form of dementia. # remember me. # i rememberyou. and you ve been together many years. yeah, nearly 45 now. 45 and she s not so well. yeah, she, unfortunately, got alzheimer s. - and so this song from an idea from the fabulous lou here i we pieced together to try and tell the story as genuinely and real. as we possibly
for his metal clothing designs and fragrances has died at the age of 88. he made his name with space age designs in the 1960s. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the historic university city of cambridge in the uk. now, it s the beginning of term and students are coming back and like many generations before them, they ll be benefiting from some of the best educational resources in the world. and that includes valuable treasures looted from afar on colonial expeditions. but we re here because the university has recently announced it s actually returning some of those, specifically benin bronzes, to nigeria. and it s there in what was once known as the kingdom of benin that i want to start this story. for centuries, this street igun eronwan, has been famous for one particular craft bronze casting. its name literally translates to the place where bronze works are made. just five min
corner of the studio, but a story in two parts, the weekend weather, it starts with a lot of cloud but a mild feel. it ends on sunday with something a little bit chillier but much brighter. but certainly right now we have got a lot of cloud out there, that cloud actually thickening up enough to produce drizzle, some mist and murk of a high ground, limited clear breaks. but with that cloud cover, temperatures not dropping too far, 6-9 , temperatures not dropping too far, 6 9 , so i really might start to saturday morning, but a cloudy start for most. if you look closely at the map, some breaks appearing in the cloud, there will be some spells of sunshine, but equally, for northern ireland and scotland, this band of rain pushing in from the west, eventually with something brighter following on behind. 9 12 degrees. but as the band of cloud and rain sinks further south and east during tomorrow night, the rain will weaken but we will start to introduce something colder behind this
is the one who called on the a.g. to investigate this and just moments he s going to join us live and has an update for us. you have all these cartels that basically run this border. selling people and drugs across, big money. unless this situation changes and we take back control from the cartels for the trafficking coming across our border, it will only get worse. sandra: residents in border towns have been warning for months these cartels are now in control of their areas, and this gruesome cartel-style execution is leaving a california town in complete shock and might just be proving their case. sandra smith in new york. john, hello to you. john: middle of the week. at least six people were killed in what police describe an early morning massacre, all the earmarks of a mexican drug cartel attack, due to the brutality and the sophistication of the murders. victims, a teenage mother and 10-month-old baby chased down by a gunman as they ran for their lives from the h
policies to try to boost the uk economy, despite the turmoil it s created in the markets. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. two weeks ago, 22 year old mahsa amini died in iranian police custody. she d been arrested for allowing strands of hair to escape her headscarf. since then, iran has been rocked by protests led by women demanding freedom and equality. it could be the most serious threat to iran s theocratic leadership since the islamic revolution. for my guest, it s a new phase in a long struggle. masih alinejad began an online movement demanding women s rights from exile. it s made her a regime target. is hers a struggle that can be won? masih alinejad in new york city, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, you have been campaigning for women s rights in iran, both from inside the country and from exile in the united states, for decades. have you been