Some pieces to bang your head on. Yeah. We have a grand piano if you d like to entertain us. A grand piano? yes. I can open it, but i couldn t play it. John laughs michael palin, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. You were born in sheffield in 1943. What are your earliest memories of childhood, home life? um, i think it was shopping in the ration book era. Um, and i can remember going with my mother to get. . . I think we were given free orange juice at that time. Really, this must have been. . . I must have been three or four. And watching it being filled up and handed over. Your father was an engineer in the sheffield steel industry. Yeah. What sort of man was he? what was he like? he was. . . He was quite a difficult man in a way. He was a little bit sort of. . . Could be quite cantankerous. And i think a lot of this went down to the fact he had a stammer all his life. He was a man with a good sense of humour, but probably unable to telljokes because of the stammer. So i thin
I think both sides have ruled out that this is talking about the uk rejoining the eu in any way, shape orform, or even the customs union, for that matter. But what this is about is some quite concrete bilateral talks. This is the fifth meeting, but this is the first official visit of the prime minister to berlin. And it s just two months after he was elected as prime minister. Now, for his predecessor, rishi sunak, it took 18 months. And i thinkjust that alone is a signal of what london wants to achieve. It s, on the one hand, it s a strong signal that the uk is now open for business with germany and, you know, is very serious about pushing forward some quite concrete bilateral agreements, particularly on defence, because i think that s something that the two countries are keen on working together on. What they can t really do much is when it comes to trade, because that s within the. . . That s within the responsibilities of the eu. But what. . . I think when it comes to closer cooper
Killed what it calls nine palestinian terrorists. Israel has called its attacks a counter terrorism operation targeting what it described as a mixture of terror groups and terror cells. It claims iran, which backs hamas, is trying to open a new front against israel in the west bank. The israeli raids took place in the cities ofjenin, nablus, tulkarm, believed to be the first time in some 20 years that several west bank cities have been targeted at the same time. Let s take a closer look at the west bank and what it actually is. It s land on the west bank of the riverjordan and bounded by israel and jordan. It s been occupied by israel since the 1967 middle east war, but decades of talks between israel and the palestinians have left its final status unresolved. The international court ofjustice has let s cross live now tojerusalem where we can speak to our correspondent yolande knell. Just bring us up to date on this operation. Just bring us uptodate on this operation operation. Th
On the government to ban flavoured and disposable vapes to protect children against what they say is a growing epidemic in the uk. A bill aimed at restricting the sale and marketing of vapes, especially to children, ran out of time to pass into law under the last government. The british medical association says bold action is needed. Here s our health reporter michelle roberts. According to the latest estimates, around 8% of 11 to 17 year olds vape. Although it s already illegal to sell e cigarettes to anyone under 18, the british medical association says more needs to be done, and quickly, to protect children and young people from a vape epidemic. The bma wants disposable vapes and all flavoured ones to be banned. It s also calling for curbs on how vapes are marketed and sold, similar to cigarettes, with plain packaging and products kept behind the counter. If you re stopping smoking, you need a tobacco flavoured vape to just transfer from one to another. There is no need for any of t
Hello, i m samantha simmonds. You re watching the context on bbc news. The uk sets out plans for an ambitious reset with europe as the prime minister visits germany. Sir keir starmer has made his first bilateral trip as uk prime minister on a two day visit to some of europe s biggest powers. In the last few hours, we ve seen him arrive in paris where he met with french president emmanuel macron at the elysee, ahead of the paralympics opening ceremony. Earlier, the pm met with german chancellor olaf scholz in berlin. The pair announced they re working a new bilateral treaty to deepen cooperation on areas such as security, and the economy. Keir starmer said it was part of a wider reset with europe. A new uk anew uk a new uk germany treaty, and once in a generation chance to deliverfrom once in a generation chance to deliver from working people once in a generation chance to deliverfrom working people in britain and in germany. A new agreement, a testament to the depth of potential