it is now more than a decade since you wrote sapiens. it was a worldwide hit, and in essence, it was a very sort of positive explanation of how we humans have come to sort of dominate this planet. it was about our ability to cooperate, to tell shared stories, to give ourselves common purpose. i just wonder whether in the last decade, you ve lost some of that optimism. i think our shared stories and our ability to cooperate, both as a species, but also on the national level, is collapsing in more and more places. i see it now in my home country of israel, which is really on the verge maybe of a constitutional crisis or even a civil war. maybe what we need to understand specifically about democracies is that democracy, in essence, is a conversation. you know, dictatorship, there is one person dictates everything. democracy is trying to reach some agreement through conversation, and conversation is not always possible. for most of history, large scale conversation was just techn
it was a worldwide hit, and in essence, it was a very sort of positive explanation of how we humans have come to sort of dominate this planet. it was about our ability to cooperate, to tell shared stories, to give ourselves common purpose. ijust wonder whether in the last decade, you ve lost some of that optimism. i think our shared stories and our ability to cooperate, both as a species, but also on the national level, is collapsing in more and more places. i see it now in my home country of israel, which is really on the verge maybe of a constitutional crisis or even a civil war. maybe what we need to understand specifically about democracies is that democracy, in essence, is a conversation. you know, dictatorship, there is one person dictates everything. democracy is trying to reach some agreement through conversation, and conversation is not always possible. for most of history, large scale conversation was just technically impossible. you had small scale democracies, lik
that runs between the north coast of scotland and the oakney islands. it s an area well known for vicious winds and ripping tides. and that makes it the perfect location for developing new forms of clean energy. this narrow strip of water experiences tremendous title forces every single day, in fact they are some of the fastest tides in the world, and that means that there a tremendous reserve of energy if you can tap into it. and that s what s going on just over there, off the island of stroma. beneath the surface, are for gigantic turbines are four gigantic turbines which are generating electricity, right here. the power generated in the murky waters of the first by the power generated in the murky waters of the firth by these vast turbines is already being sold to the national grid. the past five years has been spent testing the technology, and the company behind them says it s ready for a major expansion. so fraser, tell me what we ve got here. we have a 150 tonne, 1.5 mw
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, june 15th. i m victor blackwell. and go where? midway through june already i m amara walker. thank you so much for being with us. and here s what we re watching for you this morning i want to show you live pictures out of london working charles s birthday celebration is underway right now, but the star of the show, catherine, the princess of wales, who we saw just a few moments ago for the first time since she announced she is being treated for cancer, nearly six months ago. resume biden is on his way to the west coast this morning after back-to-back overseas trips, more on the star-studded fundraiser on his schedule today and how he s prepping for his first debate with donald trump of this cycle and a major dome of extreme heat is sending temperatures soaring two near triple digits. the city please that could see record highs and wellness when we will start to cool down bonus, the faa says is looking into how
arrangements for 1,300 events have been reassessed. all 22 victims have now been named most recently, tributes have been paid to 15 year old megan hurley from merseyside. good morning. it s saturday 27th may. also ahead, world leaders at g7 talks, agree on measures to tackle terrorism but they re still struggling to reach a deal on climate change. and good morning from wembley where they are giving the grass a final trim on fa cup final day. frilly managers, it is double or quits. chelsea s conte going for the double. could it be arsene wenger‘s last game in charge of arsenal? in scotland, celtic are going for a domestic trouble. trouble. and the age of the great adventurers revealed we take a look of the rediscovered footage filmed by explorers in the early decades of the 20th century. and darren has the weather for the bank holiday weekend. thank u. good morning. we still have some warm sunshine to come this weekend but the heat and humidity has already given us