England governor, mark carney, warns about the world facing irreversible heating unless firms shift their priorities soon. Raging bush fires are burning out of control across australia, with authorities in the state of victoria saying its now too late for people to evacuate. Temperatures are exceeding a0 degrees in every state. Police investigating the deaths of three british tourists who drowned in a pool in spain on Christmas Eve say it was an accident and that the case can now be closed. Now its time for hardtalk, as Stephen Sackur speaks to Dame Stephanie shirley, one of hundreds ofjewish children smuggled out of nazi occupied europe. Welcome to hardtalk. Im Stephen Sackur. 80 years ago, hundreds of jewish 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, bl
Supporting the community and our partners to keep things moving. 0k, assistant chief fire officer for norfolk fire and rescue, thank you very much. Lets stay with the weather and get an update. Hello there, just about all of us have seen some rain over the last 2a hours, but in places, particularly Eastern England, there has been an awful lot. You can see on the radar picture the way in which this rain continues throughout a good part of the afternoon. For east anglia, weve had reports of flooding, some very poor travelling conditions. That rain easing off over the coming hours and then we have a brief, dry interlude during tonight. But it doesnt last long. Through the small hours of monday, rain returns from the west. Winds will strengthen. A fairly cool night in eastern areas, but turning milder across the west as cloud and rain arrives. Also very brisk winds. We could see wind gusts of 60 70 mph for a time across the Western Isles of scotland. This wet weather pushes its way eastwar
The leader of plaid cymru says he expects a referendum on welsh independence within a decade, and says he sees the nations future as a member of the eu. Adam price told his partys annual conference in swa nsea his partys annual conference in swansea but they need to look beyond brexit and he offered disillusioned voters a new political home. Wales will live and thrive as a european nation, or it will die as a british backwater. That is the choice we face, and on that choice our fate depends. Meanwhile, the green party have gathered in newport with their c0 have gathered in newport with their co leader, jonathan bartley, opening the party conference. In his speech, he stated the green party would abolish the home office and replace it with a ministry for sanctuary. Before setting out the pa rtys sanctuary. Before setting out the partys position on another brexit referendum. We may disagree with those on the other side of the debate over europe. We may disagree with the corruption of the
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
You literally sat in that chair 30 seconds ago. Im wearing my union hat. Go union [ applause ] stephanie and i have a booked a new guest. Since i am your bff i should be the first to know. Stephanie you are going to say squee in such a huge way. Im excited. Is it dick morris . Stephanie no its going to be the liberal orgasm of a lifetime. Chris, jim, and jacki, and then two huge celebrity guests on panel. Ill call you during the break. Here she is with news Jacki Schechner. Good morning, everybody. The obamas are giving their first joint interview since the election today. It is going to be with barbara walters. The president is going to sit down by himself first and then michelle will join them. Afterwards the obamas and dog bo will give a tour of the white house. Hundreds of people are already gathering at the state capital in lancing, michigan as the city prepares for what could be the largest demonstration in history. The legislature has now rushed through right to work legislation