The song sung by katya and lel 20 years ago suddenly became a worldwide hit. Russian fashion as a protest against the erasure of the feminine in the west. News of the week, sunday, 20 00. All news is always available on the media platform, see in the app or on the website smotrim. Ru, they follow developments in russia abroad. Stay with us. The longawaited premiere at the bolshoi theater the ballet the queen of spades is an unexpected departure from pushkins story, featuring an orchestra that performs yaschakowskis famous works with accordion and saxophone. About one of the brightest and most unusual performances of the season. Board of his heroine , with whom german fell in love , its impossible not to love her, i didnt do it too hard, when i threw him off, german igor tsvirko is nearby practicing a fight with the old countess, who is in excellent physical shape, the main female part, according to ancient ballet traditions of playing infernal old man, the men were given the shovel to
clean sheet and it is about time we got one of them as well. whilst attention is on the battle to avoid the drop, brighton are still very much in the mix for european football. they re seventh but have three games in hand over spurs and liverpool above them, whilst champions league qualification is still a distinct possibility for roberto di zerbi s men although the brighton boss maybe isn t looking that high up. we wa nt we want to achieve our target and i think it is clear for everybody, we are fighting against a big team, tottenham hotspur, aston villa, liverpool, for the euro. and at the moment, i think we are deserving to reach the best position. lewis hamilton may have endured a challenging season so far, but the seven time f1 world champion has some optimism after coming through the field to finish 6th at the miami grand prix. after enduring a difficult season so far, lewis hamilton has some optimism after driving through the field to finish 6th at the miami grand prix
we begin in the us, where the treasury secretary janet yellen has sounded a stark warning over the country s debt ceiling. this is the amount of money the us government is allowed to borrow to pay for pretty much everything they do. speaking to abc, she says that if lawmakers fail to raise that ceiling the us could be left unable to pay its bills by the beginning ofjune. it is congress s job to do this. if they fail to do it, we will have an economic and financial catastrophe that will be of our own making and there is no action that president biden and the us treasury can take to prevent that catastrophe. russ mould is investment research director at aj bell. we have been here before. all of the same warnings that the us could tape off a cliff if it doesn t raise the debt ceiling and yet more warnings. yes, we have and i think the us debt ceiling has been raised 75 or 80 times in its history and we have had eight government shutdowns while a new debt ceiling has been wor
for this year s song contest. here in the uk it s been an historic coronation weekend starting with the pomp and pagentry then street parties and a night of music to round off the celebrations. at last night s coronation concert at winsdor, a crowd of 20,000 people saw performances from stars including katy perry and take that. the prince of wales paid tribute to his pa king charles, saying the late queen elizabeth ii would be a proud mother . well, as we ve just seen, the uk s flair for pomp and ceremony has been on full display this coronation weekend. but will all that splendour be a benefit or burden to the uk economy? joining me now is independent economist julianjessop. how much the coronation will cost the taxpayer? there are two ways of looking at this. the first is the cost of the celebrations themselves. that might be of the order of the cost to the taxpayer but that part for more than pay for its because of the additional spending in sectors like hospitality
world, shaking their hands but there were also placards, some protests, people calling for reparations. and i think if we are honest this topic is not necessarily anything new but when we have these royal visit or event like the coronation, it does lead some people in the caribbean to say, look, we are assessing what all of this means there has been renewed calls for reparations. when i interviewed the prime minister of saint kitson and need this, he said to me that he once king charles to acknowledge that a wrong was done in the past. he wants an apology and when we have reached to buckingham palace for a statement they said that slavery is an issue that the king takes profoundly seriously and he cannot describe the depth of personal sorrow and suffering caused by savoury. we know that king charles says that he welcomes a study that is exploring the relationship between the monarchy and the slave trade in the 17th and 18th century, and when i talk to the prime minister of st