many factories have been ordered to close, and shops are restricting their normal opening hours. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. london prides itself on being a culture capital, this city buzzes with creativity. now, artistic trends come and go, of course, but my guest today has retained his status as the godfather of pop art for some six decades. sir peter blake came to fame in the 1960s. he is still painting today. so, what keeps his creativity alive? sir peter blake, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. are you still creating, painting, doing the collage every day? do you still get that urge? i do. i get quite a lot of pain at the moment. i ve got a sore neck which sometimes begins to hurt and i have to stop. but i work every day. i haven t worked today yet, but i looked at what i m working on. let me take you right back. yeah. because i m always interested with artists to figure out what impelled them to create. you
brazil s first emperor arrives to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least part of him does. let s start with some breaking news: a nine year old girl has died following a shooting in liverpool. the emergency services were called to a house in the knotty ash area of the city at ten o clock last night. a man and a woman also suffered gunshot injuries. both have been taken to hospital. merseyside police say house to house, cctv and forensic enquiries are being carried out. we carried out. will have more details on that we will have more details on that story as the day progresses. it s taken half a century, but nasa is one step closer to putting humans back on the moon, after giving the go ahead to the launch of a major test flight on monday. the agency s artemis mission is being heralded as the start of a new era of space exploration. you are watching the flight readiness review briefing for nasa s artemis one mission. left off of this first unaccrued flight test is currently t
this is bbc news, i m sally bundock, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. mission to the moon, nasa gives the go ahead for its latest test flight, artemis will launch next monday. we are go for launch, which is absolutely outstanding. this day has been a long time coming. lawyers for donald trump take legal action following the raid on his florida home, claiming it was an attempt to stop him running for office. when the lights go out, shanghai s skyline is cast into darkness, as china s severe drought leads to a power shortage. and, return of the liberator,