it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are those t
30 seconds to on air! 0k, and you are just here. couldn t i sit farther back? sir anthony hopkins playing an ordinary man with an extraordinary story. sir nicholas winton was just 29 in 1938 when he embarked on a campaign to bring hundreds of refugee children from prague to london. for 50 years, he didn t talk about his efforts until they were revealed by the bbc tv programme that s life. if they hadn t been rescued and brought over to england, these children would have been killed by the nazis. i m the bbc s culture editor, katie razzall, and for this edition of the arts interviews, i interrupted sir anthony s busy filming schedule to talk to him about his role in one life. is everybody happy? are you happy, sir anthony? yes. tony. i think this whole story has affected me and has actually stayed with me throughout the whole of my life, really. i also speak to the younger nicky winton actor, johnny flynn. the experience of making it will never leave me. ..and 90 year old rena
the executions have been condemned internationally. those are the headlines. now on bbc news: talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. eyeing up africa as the west competes with china, who will end up having the most influence on that fast growing continent? as the g7 uses its summit injapan to draw the world s poorest countries closer, we ll recent visits to africa by its leaders pay off as they look to tackle concerns about food and energy in return for natural resources. i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are, this former senior us trade official who now helps build bridges between private companies and opportunities across africa. also the african union s trade commissioner, who tells me what his continent really wants from the rest of the world as it looks to advance its own prosperity. also on the show, keeping safe online.
round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello thanks forjoining us. manchester united manager erik ten hag says he s expecting brighton to be out for revenge tonight. they only met ten days ago. when united won their fa cup semifinal on penalties. preventing brighton from getting to their first cup final in a0 years. they go again today this time the prospect of european football being on the cards. brighton are 8th in the premier league but with three games in hand, while united travel to the amex knowing a win could move them up to third, 7 points clear of fifth. if you get beaten, you want to have revenge. and that is normal that they have a huge motivation to beat us but we have to match that. not only match that, we have to do more. we have to show more, that we have more hunger than they have to win this game. they set one that he and hodgson are two rough sex premier a total of 30 managers have been sacked this year. i a total of 30 managers have been sacked this ye
criminal court in the hague. most of the world is not afraid the agresser must fear the full power ofjustice, only him, yet this is our historical responsibility. the un humanitarian chief says sudan s two warring parties are keen to continue fighting, despite hopes of a ceasefire. and with just two days to go until the coronation excitement is building on the mall, where crowds are camped out waiting to see the king. the us has dismissed. they claim was false and that washington did not encourage or enable ukraine to strike outside its borders. ukraine has denied any strike outside its borders. ukraine has denied any responsibility. - strike outside its borders. ukraine has denied any responsibility. we | has denied any responsibility. we can speak now to. thank you very much coming on the programme. what do you make of these latest claims that these drone attacks on the kremlin were an attempt to assassinate president putin? i kremlin were an attempt to assassinat