I cant think what it was. It was something. Ken loach, welcome to this cultural life. Its a great pleasure to come. And good to see you. You, too. You were born in 1936. You grew up in the midlands. Tell me about your family. What did your parents do . My father was an electrical engineer. Took his apprenticeship in the mines. The whole family, my fathers family were miners from the warwickshire coalfields, and he worked at Alfred Herberts machine tool factory all his life. Ao odd years. Skilled worker, then . Yes, a skilled worker, electrician. And he had a work ethic that was formidable. He worked seven days a week and my mother had been a hairdresser. But like women of that time, it was a matter of pride for my father that she should not have to work. But. Lovely woman, very kind. What sort of cultural upbringing did you have at home . Well, it was a very normal, i guess, suburban house, semidetached, in nuneaton. Erm. Cinemas nearby . There were cinemas, but we didnt go as a family
Whove been persecuted in their home country of myanmarfor decades. Life in the camps is hard. Rations have been cut to 8 a month, employment is prohibited and crime is rife. Five rohingya gangs now operate in the camps and theyre Killing Hundreds of their fellow refugees. At 1 30am, we get reports of another murder. Entry to the camps is forbidden at night, but our team is just outside and have made contact with the victims family. His name was muhammad yusuf. Nabi hossain is a rohingya drug gang that uses the camps to Traffic Methamphetamines from myanmar to bangladesh. As muhammads family wait for the body to be released, they tell us the gruesome details of how he was killed. With the gangs stalking the camps, its too dangerous for refugees to speak openly about the violence. But this man has agreed to meet a secret location. Mohammed taher was a Community Leader in kutupalongs camp 16. Two years ago, gangs started Smuggling Drugs through his area. Taher was blindfolded and taken to
That is why the who stated it was a variant of interest. As far as whether it causes any more severe disease, the evidence so far is it probably isnt. Although we are seeing more cases of infection, although there are more infections are occurring in england than a year ago, we are actually seeing substantially fewer hospitalisations, so the balance of evidence as at his not going to be causing a large amount of hospitalisations unless Infection Rates go very high. Paul hunter. Now on bbc news it is The Travel Show, Winter Wonderland adventures. Hello, and welcome to a Special Edition of The Travel Show covered in ice, snow, and that special kind of magic, as much of the world prepares to celebrate christmas, and also the end of another year. We spent most of 2023 on the road, so its a great opportunity to be at home to recharge and look back at some of our favourite Winter Adventures here on the programme. So without further ado, lets jump straight in and remember the time when ade he
It comes as israel continues to expand its Ground Offensive in gaza, with the Hamas Run Health Ministry there saying almost 200 palestinians have been killed in the past two days, bringing the total to over 21,000. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government. Shamaa khalil reports. No funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. A bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave. Their final resting place. Israeli forces are expanding their Ground Offensive into the Densely Populated Urban Refugee Camps in central gaza. And this is the scene at the neighbouring al aqsa hospital. 0verwhelmed, they have had to treat the injured on the floor and in hallways. Across gaza at the moment, Health Capacity is at about 20 of what it was 80 or so days ago. So almost all of the hospital beds, almost all of the hospital services, have stopped functioning. 0n foot, donkey carts or crammed onto the back of trucks, those who fled from Northern Gaza Have come here for safety, but t
Are scared to death that donald trump is going to get a second term and he is going to clean house in america. We need to think much more cleverly about how we produce food and how were going to sustain those systems. Weve got to remember that the planet is on fire. Im telling you, theres. Going to be a revolution. We are using ai in a way to subjugate people, reduce their autonomy, reduce their agency, reduce their contribution to production. In the spirit of your title of hardtalk, youre completely wrong. Welcome to this special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. Welcome to this special year ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. Its our chance to look back on some of the most telling and compelling encounters of 2023. How will this past year be remembered . Well, a grim new phase in an intractable conflict will loom large. On october the 7th, hamas the Islamist Group which controls gaza and is proscribed as a Terrorist Organisation in the uk and th