people have been warned not to leave their homes. a state of emergency has been declared in the area after 20 carriages came off the tracks. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford upon avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it s a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it s 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in as you like it. and my mum had packed us all
if gas prices keep rising. fuelling controversy. opec slashes production to boost oil prices, sparking an angry reaction from president biden. plus too broke for beauty? women around the world say they are cutting back on cosmetics so how is the industry responding? we ll hear from a top entrepreneur. we start here in the uk, where as you ve been hearing, prime minister liz truss has been presenting her plans to boost the economy in her keynote speech to the conservative party conference in birmingham. she re stated her commitment to lowering taxes just two days after being forced to abandon a pledge to cut income tax for the highest earners. markets remain nervous about the outlook for the uk s finances under ms truss s government after the mini budget statement on september 23rd that sent the pound to a record low and borrowing costs soaring. but she argues the disruption will be worth it. whenever there is change, there is disruption. and not everybody will be in f
after a train carrying ammonia derailed near the south eastern city of pirot. now on bbc news, ending the falklands war. and a warning, this programme contains content some viewers may find upsetting. recording now. yeah, yeah, yeah. right, i m ready to go. are you keen to answer it as well? oh, yes, yes. you can stop to think about an answer, you don t have to do it all in one go it sjust a conversation with me and i ll take you i ll take you through the experiences. absolutely, yeah. um, yeah, 0k. clapper bangs. you re literally lying face down, pressed yourface into this frozen earth, thinking, i don t want to die here. i don t want to die here. why? sniffs. yeah. you know, that, i think well, it was, for all of us, it was hugely traumatic. there s corpses of your enemy, corpses of your friends, you know, just lying there. it had a massive effect on me and i know it had a massive effect on a lot of my friends, too. that scene of horror will never, never leave my
spain. heavy rains hampered efforts to retrieve the bodies throughout the weekend. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford upon avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it s a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it s 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in as you like it. and my mum had packed us all into the back
you are watching bbc news. next it s time for charles s kingdom. born a prince, he grew up in the public eye, the man who would be king. with the queen s passing, the responsibility for the united kingdom and the wider commonwealth now rests with king charles iii. amidst the pomp and circumstance, the royal family s private grief has been on very public display. but once the wave of sadness and sympathy subsides, what will the future hold? as the latest census underlines how northern ireland has changed utterly, and the clamour for scottish independence continues, we ask can the monarch keep his kingdom united? it s one o clock in the morning in south east london and there s no time to lose. hearing rumours the uk s longest queue might soon be closed to new arrivals, this group of friends, straight off the plane from belfast, hurry along. it s only when they are sure they ve passed the point of no return that kathryn beggs and her companions from county tyrone pause to explai