witness some of the most historic moments. from richard dimbleby, the bbc s first war reporter, who broadcast from raf fighter planes during world war two. the bombers of the main force are now streaming in above and below us. as we drive steadily over cologne in a dead level straight line, the german flank is winking and flashing. ..to kate adie, on the scene as chinese troops fired on protesters in tiananmen square. after hours of shooting and facing a line of troops, the crowd is still here. they re shouting, stop the killing! and, down with the government! and who can forget michael buerk s reports from africa as he revealed the full scale of the famine in ethiopia. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside korem, it lights up a biblicalfamine. his reports were a watershed moment that led to this. # feed the world. bob geldof s live aid concerts raised tens of millions in the wake of the bbc s journalism. and when covid swept
there ve been further revelations by prince harry about his life in britain s royal family. his new book isn t due out until next week but parts of it have already been made public. it contains a series of claims, including an allegation his brother prince william physically attacked him. now on bbc news: addiction a mental health crisis? a warning this programme deals with upsetting themes. hello. hi. tony. jeremy. it is april 2021 and i am in north west england meeting tony. covid rules apply. we still have our masks on. with a bit of luck we re getting the end of it. thankfully we hit it off and that is good news because for the next year or so i will see a lot of him. when we finish with this what would you like people to understand about you and people like you that we do not understand at the moment? we feel love and hate like everybody else, we are people just like everybody else. we are human beings. most drug addicts have a reason that they are addicted. for tony
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. paralysis continues in the us congress the republican leader in the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has failed in his 11th attempt to get elected speaker of the house. the session has now been adjourned and voting will continue on friday. a small group within kevin mccarthy s own party has been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in november s midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary o donoghue reports. the total number of votes cast is 434. it hasn t taken this long to elect a speaker in more than 160 years, and that was before the american civil war. now, into a third day, the deadlock remains. the republican leader still unable to get enough votes within his own party but nor can anyone else. we are just going to keep working until we solve it. or maybe not. a speaker has not been elected. and
it contains a series of claims, including an allegation his brother prince william physically attacked him. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. we humans know that one day we will die. but as long as our end has no specific timetable attached, many of us choose to shelve the thought, avoid it. covid, which took such a grim toll in so many countries, challenged us to confront the reality of our mortality. but still, health care professionals say what they call death literacy is lacking. my guest is rachel clarke, a doctor who made a choice to work with the dying, and who s written about it too, from a personal and professional viewpoint. can death be life affirming? dr rachel clarke, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. now, you have had pretty much two decades of doctoring. how has that time changed the way you do the job? well, i think i was pretty naive when i started, in the sense that i went through medical school that taught me essential