Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. 80 years ago, hundreds ofjewish children were smuggled out of nazi occupied europe by train in a covert humanitarian mission which became known as the kindertransport. My guest today, Dame Stephanie shirley, was one of those children. She went on to live an extraordinary life of achievement and philanthropy, blazing a trail for women in business. So, what lessons can we learn from a woman determined to make the most of a life so nearly extinguished in childhood . Dame stephanie shirley, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Weve invited you almost 80 years exactly 80 years from that moment when you were forced to leave your home. Your father put you on a train, its called the kindertransport, and you ended up in an alien country, in london, in england. What do you remember of that journey . Well, of course, i was only five years old, so all the things that i remember, the childish things. I remember the li
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Nick miller and Sarah Keith Lucas round up the worlds most extreme and significant weather events of recent months, including record breaking heatwaves. Its hot and it is getting hotter. As scientists predict more frequent extreme heat waves we look at how rising temperatures affect how we live, work and travel. I will be investigating how extreme heat cripples our railways, and why travelling underground sometimes it seems like a test of human endurance. And im looking at how raising temperatures impact our homes, and what is being done to make them more heat resistant. And how the way we build homes can be much kinder to the environment. Also coming up. The worlds biggest storms and the destruction they bring. Landslides and flash floods as extreme rainfall becomes more common. And Freak Weather that brings hail as deep as snowdrifts. Plus, how rising sea temperatures are impacting wildlife around scotlands Shetland Islands. So temperatures are going up a bit, and just a small change
Now on bbc news, my very extended family. Two years ago, julia, a High School Student from ohio, received an email out of the blue that changed her life forever. Julia, who was conceived by sperm donor, discovered she had a half sister. But that was only the beginning. In this remarkable film, julia goes on a journey to explore what family means. All right. Lets go for a walk. I always knew that i was donor conceived. Donor 1317 from california. I grew up in cleveland heights, ohio, with two moms, kathleen and betsy. I really dont miss having a dad because they both completed a different area of me growing up. This is the family. My sister, sarah and i, we have lived together for almost two decades. We fight over socks and we steal each others headphones and i love sarah to pieces. Its so nice out. Its beautiful. Im happy were together. Me, too. It was the beginning of my spring break of senior year. My mom got an e mail that said, hi, i think your daughter is my daughters half sister.
The north of scotland bringing some showers here at High Pressure dominates further south, clearing away a weather front that brought cloud to the south first thing. The satellite image shows the cloud breaking up towards the channel isles, but a peppering of showers to the north west of scotland. We will continue to see a few showers, blustery conditions for the north and north west of scotland. Elsewhere, try winds and things should stay dry. Feeling fresher than yesterday, winds rotating from the west or north west. Temperature 1722, the west or north west. Temperature 17 22, pretty pleasant, particularly in the south with blue skies and sunshine. This evening and overnight, keep the clear skies over england and wales, more cloud over scotla nd england and wales, more cloud over scotland and Northern Ireland with the breeze picking up. Under the clear skies, quite chilly with temperatures well down into single figures across england and wales and the odd mist and fog patch likely. M