former new zealand rugby international campbell johnstone has become the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. music and we remember the man behind many motown hits, barrett strong, who has died at the age of 81. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where the us secretary of state has been holding discussions to try to resolve the escalating crisis there. antony blinken said that urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israelis and palestinians, following days of rising violence. he travelled tojerusalem for talks with israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he ll meet the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, later. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports. injerusalem the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in it wache. israel s knew far right elise minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestinian attackers and their families. this home in occupied eastjerusalem was bulldozed east jeru
new zealand lgbt rights activist, max tweedie explains just how momentous this occassion really is for the country. it is really significant for us here in aotearoa, our communities have been talking about this for a while, when will we see the first all black who is gay, so that as a mark of how much they are role models back here and aotearoa, and also the significance as head of the reach of the all blacks into notjust urban communities here but also in a rural communities as well, how important that visibility is in these regional centres in new zealand. ~ . these regional centres in new zealand. . zealand. what has been the reaction. zealand. what has been the reaction, max, zealand. what has been the reaction, max, not- zealand. what has been the reaction, max, notjust - zealand. what has been the | reaction, max, notjust from this sporting community but i suppose across the wider drop of new zealand and how i m people of new zealand reacting to this? t people of new zealand