home in connecticut. the statement from kissinger associates did not give a cause of death. tributes have started pouring in. former president george w bush has said on x america has lost one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs with the passing of henry kissinger. here s a look back at his life from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. to some, henry kissinger was one of the cold war s most influential statesman who advised presidents and prime ministers for decades. to others he was a war criminal. we call for the arrest of henry kissingerfor war we call for the arrest of henry kissinger for war crimes. whose ruthless defence of american interest cost thousands of lives. he was born heinz kissinger in nazi germany. hisjewish family fled to america in 1938 but the young henry, as he became, returned to europe fighting with the us army. in peacetime the soldier became a scholar at harvard university making his name arguing that nuclear
In my first play with the rsc, but when i came in the next day, there was someone from the wardrobe waiting for me, and they said, we heard about what happened last night and were very sorry, but we understand why you did it, and we have taken your cloak and made it much shorter so it wont happen again. Thats the kind of people you work with in the Wardrobe Department of the Royal Shakespeare company. If, around the world, fans of the rsc knew this was happening, they would flock here just to take a little piece of history away with them. And my wife has yet found more garments to wear. What am i going to do . Put my hand in my pocket, i suppose. Prices start atjust £1, so pretty affordable to make all the world your stage. Hannah bayman, bbc news. Time for the weather now. It feels summary. Time for the weather now. It feels summary. It has been a pretty dismal septembers so far. We have a southerly and its going to improve as we go into the weekend. We have a weather front arriving
Rebecca jones. Im here at the British Library to guide you through five moments in chinese history that helped shape the country. Well meet an archaeologist whos worked on the Terracotta Army site for decades. A man who took part in the student protests at Tiananmen Square, and a former red guard. But our first witness is sidney rittenberg. He visited china as a gi during world war ii and stayed on. He joined the communist party. And during chinas civil war, he got to know the revolutionary leader, chairman mao. He was so idolised. And it was so impossible to criticise him. He finally convinced himself that china needed an emperor figure. I think mao before coming to power and after coming to power were two quite different personalities. But he was enormously courteous. He was disarming. He could make you forget that you were in the presence of someone from history. He was a large man and he had great personal dignity and was very easy to talk to. Yunnan was the nerve centre of the ent
He says grass roots supporters will dominate the conference, meaning some shadow cabinet members and labour mayors wont get the chance to speak from the main stage. 0ur deputy Political Editor john pienaar reports from brighton. You would never know he had lost the election, but to the labour army of corbyn supporters, he is a winner the leader who ran the tories close when few believed he was a winner at all. Their leader, who is now setting about shifting power from the mps who often doubted him to the grass roots members, many of whom trusted him and bought into his socialist vision from the start. His message he was heading not just a party but a movement, and one that could win. To bring about the socialjustice we want, to bring about the society we want, the unity we want and together, together, together, we can, and will do it thank you very much. Cheering. The leaders plan is to give the grass roots, many of them members of the pro corbyn group momentum, more power and more of