to twitter, she explained how she had suffered long bouts of depression since the us open in 2018, adding she never wanted to be a distraction. this is how the french federation of tennis has responded. we are sorry and sad for naomi osaka. the outcome of naomi withdrawing from roland garros is unfortunate. we wish her the best and the quickest possible recovery. we remain very committed to all athletes well being and to continually improving every aspect of players experience in our tournaments. british former number one and commentator annabel croft says the tennis world is reeling but will have to find a path forward together. it is a difficult balance for the grand slams because we can t treat her differently. no one person can be bigger to the sports and they need to make the commitment to the media so these events can take place. osaka says she will now take some time away from the court.
this is bbc news, the headlines: the japanese tennis star and world number two naomi osaka says she s withdrawing from the french open as a result of controversy over her refusal to speak to the media during the tournament. she said she got huge waves of anxiety about speaking to the press after matches. events have been taking place in the city of tulsa in oklahoma to mark the centenary of a race related massacre in which up to 300 black people were killed. an alleged assault of a white teenage girl by a black man led to widespread shooting, burning and looting. china has announced that couples will now be allowed to have three children instead of the current limit of two. annual births plunged to a record low of 12 million last year and communist authorities worry it ll get steadily harder to support hundreds of millions of retirees. now on bbc news the media
beginning to understand that racism is a system and there s levels to it. it begins as small as microaggressions, implicit bias, and now white people are becoming more aware of their implicit biases. things like, can i shorten your name? it s too hard to pronounce. the reason we re here in the first place is because people are either uneducated or wrongly educated, so we can progress without education, and that is happening. yeah, i would like to think that when i m older we won t be having the same conversation. are we in a better place a year on? i m hoping that people have taken a look at the last year and seen what people can do in terms of coming together. different races showing solidarity around something so horrific. when i try to talk about these things to other white - people my age, they say, i i can t be racist because i m
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur, and this is the restaurant kitchen of my guest today, one of britain s top chefs tom kerridge. now, for much of the past year, this place has been eerily quiet, but now lockdown is over and the noise, the heat and the smells are back. but what will the long term impact of covid be on the hospitality business? and has it prompted us to rethink the relationship between our food and our health? tom kerridge, welcome to hardtalk, and thank you for letting us
great, of course. yeah, i get that. and if you re comparing the two things together, just in terms of cost, it s massive. however, if you re comparing it in terms of heritage, staff skill set, where it comes from, the process, the complete understanding of the whole package, then no, we re very conscious that everything should have value and justifiable value for money. and that s something that i m very conscious of. but there is a skill set. this is a thing where, you know, we go back to the skilled staff shortages. you know, if you undervalue people people need to be paid for doing this. and the one thing that we see from, i suppose, the coronavirus fallout, we ve all been able to buy meal kits from our favourite restaurants or been able to cook at home. we ve all been able to get alcohol from the shop, so we can eat and drink. all right? but the one thing that we miss is the spaces that are provided to do it in, the place, and that comes with the skill set, the warmth and the ene