afrobeat, political music, a way to address social change that was pioneered by the legendary fela kuti. the latest incarnation of afrobeats is less politically charged. omah lay sings about love, heartbreak and longing. with western megastars like ed sheeran and madonna tapping into this musical style, what does it mean for the way that afrobeats will evolve? omah lay, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. fela kuti described his afrobeat music as, a fusion and combination of highlife, jazz, funk, psych rock, salsa, black power, anti colonial and anti corruption politics. how would you describe your music? i think it s probably the same thing, but i don t know if i m going to say politics, anti corruption, i don t know, but every other thing is the same. it s just that i do it differently now because, you know, music is different now. and, yeah, highlife is still the same, afro is still the same, the elements that makes afrobeat is still the same, it s just that, you know, it
this says about the leadership race so far. in golf, australian cameron smith hits a birdie blitz at st andrews to claim the open championship for the first time. jenny from the block becomes mrs affleck nearly 20 years after they first dated, jennifer lopez and ben affleck have reportedly tied the knot. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s 7am in singapore and 6pm in texas where a preliminary report into the uvalde school shooting has found systemic failures in the police response. the report says that while almost 400 officers responded, there was a lack of urgency and no one took overall command. 19 children and two adults were killed when the 18 year old gunmen opened fire. a texas state committee has been looking into why it took police more than an hour to confront and kill the shooter. state representative dustin burrows said the committee met the uvalde families to discuss the report, ahead of its release. my biggest fear, and i also shared th
to his fans about the facial paralysis that s forced him to cancel a series of shows. england s cricketers have it all to do at trent bridge today, after a dominant start to the second test by new zealand, who are building a big first innings. good morning, for many of us the weekend promises some warm sunshine, but the further north you are across the uk, there will be some pretty hefty showers around and it will be windy. i ll have all the weather details here on request. on breakfast. good morning, it s saturday june. the high court has ruled that a flight taking asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda can go ahead on tuesday, despite a legal bid by campaigners. it s the first flight under a new government policy deporting those who illegally enter the uk to rwanda to apply for asylum there. mark easton reports. is it lawful to give people seeking asylum in the uk a one way ticket to rwanda? telling them to pursue refugee status thousands of miles south in east africa? th
performances this week he s experiencing facial paralysis. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin with the british government policy on sending asylum seekers to rwanda. prince charles is reported by the times newspaper on saturday morning to have privately described the british government s policy of sending some asylum seekers to rwanda as appalling. clarence house insists the prince is politically neutral. he s due to preside in the rwandan capital, kigali, at the commonwealth heads of government meeting in ten days time. on friday, an attempt to block a flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda next tuesday was rejected by the courts. our home editor mark easton reports. is it lawful to give people seeking asylum in the uk a one way ticket to rwanda? telling them to pursue refugee status thousands of miles south in east africa? the first migrants are due to make that journey next tuesday, with campaigners failing in their legal bi
prince charles is reported to have described the government s rwanda asylum scheme as appalling . his office say he remains politically neutral. police in brazil searching for a missing britishjournalist say they have found possible human remains in a river. borisjohnson urges ministers to do everything in their power to secure the release of the two british men sentenced to death for fighting russian forces. the government is expected to reject proposals to introduce a new salt and sugar tax in england. a father and son have been killed in a crash at the isle of man tt. five riders have now died at this year s event. as you can see, this eye is not blinking. and singerjustin bieber reveals he is suffering from facial paralysis after cancelling shows this week. now on bbc news it s the travel show. this week on the travel show: i m in america s oldest national park as it celebrates its 150th birthday by welcoming back these magnificent animals. it never gets old. never.