to be banned. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. russia s war on ukraine has turned culture into a battleground in countries supportive of ukraine s resistance to putin s invasion, some russian artists, musicians and dancers have been stripped of their platforms or they ve been asked to denounce russia s military aggression. when does solidarity turn into censorship? my guest is the world renowned soviet born conductor semyon bychkov. is art the loser when politics takes centre stage? semyon bychkovjoins me now, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are like all of the great musical maestros, you re peripatetic, your career takes you all around the world, you are constantly travelling. is there one place you can point to and say that has done the most to define you as a person and an artist? no, i don t think so, maybe because my destiny made it so that i was born in russia. i lived there 22 years before emigrating to america. leningrad was a ci
of the children killed. china has made a show of strength in the taiwan strait for a second day. the us has accused china of fundamentally irresponsible behaviour after beijing said it was stopping cooperation with the americans on a range of key issues including how of key issues, including how to tackle climate change. now on bbc news: take me to the opera. zeinab badawi finds out how the opera world is making itself fit for the future and what it takes to become a top opera star. i ve been an opera fan for decades, and i want to share my passion with you, so i m on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i ve come to munich to meet one of my all time opera heroes, the german tenor jonas kaufmann, who s widely viewed as the world s leading opera singer. he s a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures
to denounce russia s military aggression. when does solidarity turn into censorship? my guest is the world renowned soviet born conductor semyon bychkov. is art the loser when politics takes centre stage? semyon bychkovjoins me now, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are like all of the great musical maestros, you re peripatetic, your career takes you all around the world, you are constantly travelling. is there one place you can point to and say that has done the most to define you as a person and an artist? no, i don t think so, maybe because my destiny made it so that i was born in russia. i lived there 22 years before emigrating to america. leningrad was a city, when it was called leningrad. leningrad today, st petersburg. the dna, the roots are there, i ve always been, always will be. but then what happens is that i come to america, i live five years, my first five years in new york, and then i conduct grand rapid symphony in michigan, and buffalo philharmonic, so alt
for the procedure. a hosepipe ban is to be imposed in parts of southern england after months of dry wet up a mistake and not be used to water gardens or cars. this is arlington reservoir in sussex. part of the region the environment agency describes as seriously what it stressed following the driest first six months in the year in england since 1966. we months in the year in england since 1966- since 1966. we monitor water levels wantonly since 1966. we monitor water levels wantonly and since 1966. we monitor water levels wantonly and we - since 1966. we monitor water levels wantonly and we are i levels wantonly and we are seeing a drop into early drought triggers now and what is interesting is the rate they are dropping. is interesting is the rate they are drowning- are dropping. water use has soared with are dropping. water use has soared with south are dropping. water use has soared with south water - are dropping. water use has i soared with south water having t
transgender athletes in elite women s events. from now on, transgender swimmers are required to have completed their transition by the age of 12. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. russia s war on ukraine has turned culture into a battleground in countries supportive of ukraine s resistance to put in his invasion, some russian artists, musicians and dancers have been stripped of their platforms or they ve been asked to denounce russia s military aggression. when does solidarity turn into censorship? my guest is the world renowned soviet born conductor semyon bychkov. is art the loser when politics takes centre stage? semyon bychkovjoins me now, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are like all of the great musical maestros, you re peripatetic, your career takes you all around the world, you are constantly travelling. is there one place you can point to and say that has done the most to define you as a person and an arti