i think another 999 in the cast of thousands, and there s one reason why it hope it s not the last hearing. i really enjoy that hearing coverage with you on the nights after they ve had one of these hearings so i m looking for the more than just wednesday night thank you for saying that, i feel a little bit guilty, in saying that, but there are very few nights, the collection of some debate some things of that, for all of us get to be together like in the same dugout, you know what i mean? instead of just hosting our individual hours, i find it so rewarding, so interesting, i find it super intellectually stimulating i really, really like, it some looking forward to. it will get to watch me learn stuff on tv, when i m listening to everybody else speaking, because everybody captures something. everybody there, will grab something that i didn t, grabbed or agency that, way i hadn t framed that way, or wasn t taking notes fast enough. so it s informative, it s been informat
who s died at the age of 90. ms lynn enjoyed a successful, six decade long career. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. as the war in ukraine rages on, we speak to a russian rock legend whose life and career have mirrored his motherland s journey from the soviet era, through the break up of the soviet union, to putin s authoritarian state. my guest is boris grebenshchikov. he last played in russia the day before putin invaded ukraine in february, and is now living in london. bg, as he s known to his fans, risks prosecution for his anti war comments if he returns to russia. the role cultural icons have to play in the politics of protests is a well trodden one, but do their voices have any impact inside russia? boris grebenshchikov, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. all right, so you last performed in russia just six hours before putin invaded ukraine. you say you had a sense of foreboding that something monume
and i m martine croxall here in the studio. i ll be speaking to a former press officer to the queen for his thoughts as the nation continues to pay tribute. hello and welcome to cardiff, where king charles has begun his first official visit to wales as monarch by attending a service of prayer and reflection for queen elizabeth ii. in the senedd, an hour ago, about a thousand people were standing in sunshine and welcoming the king and the queen consort as they visited the queen consort as they visited the senedd. it was completely calm, quiet and still as everyone turned to watch the big screens when king charles addressed the parliament not just in english but also in welsh, a hugely symbolic moment for people here, to hear the king speaking welsh so fluently and talking about his mother and his memories of his time here in wales and what the country meant to him and to the royal family. when he left, there were lots of cheers. there were a few people who were not happy that
ukraine in february, and is now living in london. bg, as he is known to his fans, risks prosecution for his anti war comments if he returns to russia. the role cultural icons have to play in the politics of protests is a well trodden one, but do their voices have any impact inside russia? boris grebenshchikov, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. all right, so you last performed in russia just six hours before putin invaded ukraine. you say you had a sense of foreboding that something monumental was going to happen. what did you think was going to occur? you know, we played a concert on the night before the invasion, and i had this weird feeling that i m playing in hamburg in 1939. so i knew that something really bad is coming. i couldn t predict the war, but, you know, it felt bad. and now, when you see ukrainian cities, where you performed, either being destroyed, some of the very theatres where you actually played, and also places like kherson, one of the four provin
one of her new songs, replacing a word after disability campaigners raised concerns about the lyrics. we start with the war in ukraine. a ship has left the port city of odesa for the first time in months as part of a landmark deal with russia. it s carrying over 20,000 tonnes of grain. this is the moment it finally got going. remember, ukraine is known as the bread basket of europe . many countries depend on it for grain. lebanon is one of them that s where the ship is headed. the green dot shows where it is right now. you can see that progress is slow that could be because it needs to navigate around mines scattered in the water. let s hear from the un secretary general. today s secretary general. departure is an enormous collective today s departure is an enormous collective achievement by the joint coordination centre set up last week in istanbul under united nations auspices. what we have witnessed today in odesa is an important starting point. it must be the first o