Good evening and thanks for being here. I am very excited to be with my newest best friend, eboo patel. I have had a wonderful time reading his book. Im very excited about having a conversation with him and in drawing him into that drawing you when that conversation. One of the delights is his disclosing something of his own spiritual practice, particularly during the holy season of ramadan. He had me when he said that prior to entering the day he would get up, have his small breakfast and then have a time with a poem. One of my favorite poets. I thought it would be wonderful if we all could have a moment of centering around one of his favorite running pomes. How does that sound . All right. Thank you for that invitation and thank you all for being here this is a poem that i actually first heard in turkey. Come, come, whoever you are, wonder, worshiper, lover of leaving. It does not matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come
Gates of hell, until they are brought to justice. The United Nations will build a coalition to join the Islamic State group for the killing of a second american journalist. The head of al qaeda announcing an expansion of his group in the indian subcontinent. Bad news for chocolate lovers. A hazelnut crop has been devastating. Well tell you what it means. It is, many say, the most important n. A. T. O. Summit since the end of the cold war, the worlds most powerful military alliance made up of 28 western nations. Among them nuclear powers, the United States, britain, france all meeting in wales. Ukraine will dominate the opening day, a war in n. A. T. O. s backyard involves the old foe russia. Vladimir putin has not been invited, but petro porashenko is there. We have reporters at the summit in eastern ukraine, reaction from moscow. Lets start with the diplomatic editor james bays at the summit in wales. The head of n. A. T. O. Setting the tone. Absolutely. There has been talk of possibl
And are affected you can get in touch on twitter its annita underscore mcveigh or hashtag bbc your questions. Also coming up this hour. Grim Economic News for spain, italy and france as new figures reveal the dramatic imapct lockdown has had on their economies. Vietnam confirms its first death from covid 19 after an elderly man who had tested positive died in the city of da nang. In wales, up to 30 people can meet outdoors and children under 11 will not have to social distance from monday. Bas owners posts huge losses and say it will take until at least 2023 for passenger levels to recover from the impact of the pandemic. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im annita mcveigh. More than four Million People across parts of Northern England have been told to comply with new lockdown rules because of a rising number of coronavirus cases. The changes, which were announced late la
Be here tonight to introduce almond rushdie who was probably doesnt need an introduction. Well, give them a short one. Anyway, who the author of so many acclaimed novels the the nice children, of course the satanic verses which we can talk about these new book is the most important thing and languages of truth a collection of wonderful. Wonderful essays. Im going to ask about some of those that he had public between 2003 and 2020. So it was quite a political and cultural span there and again, im really honored to be here and and happy to see you. Again. Thank you carla. Hes so great of you to do it. I always remember. Meeting you in in miami a million years ago. And listening to you. Give me the inside story on everything that happens in, florida. Ive kind of tempted to ask you to do that again now, im surprised you youve ever come back since that conversation. I usually scare people away. Whats happening now as well, you know as well known we have Governor Desantis and our covid battl
Im mariam demise ear. Very one. Welcome to the news. Our ally from london coming up for the next 60 minutes. The u. S. U. K. France and germany urge military restrain to round ukraines nuclear sites. As more shelling is reported near the russian controlled zap morisha plant. Im 30 several in the city of nikolai in southern ukraine. 6 months ago, the ukraine and army managed to prevent the advance of Russian Troops towards this city. But even today, people say its under constant attack, Russian Police launch an investigation into a car bomb explosion that killed the daughter of a prominent and ally and iraq iraqi rescued team search for survivors under the rubble of a shrine. Hit by a landslide near the city of competing in sports ukrainian, alexander use. It remains the heavy weight. Well champion and weve got premier League Action is chelsea yeah. Hammered by leads while Manchester City a given a scab. Why newcastle ah welcome to the news our there is growing concern over the face of