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endured when they were young. here s laura kuenssberg. i always believed the press would kill her in the end, but not even i could imagine that they would take such a direct hand in her death. charles spencer s fury at the way the press treated his sister, diana, made him famous. it is a point to remember. his anger at her funeral, raw, after years of intrusion and pain. ..a girl given the name of the ancient goddess of hunting was, in the end, the most hunted person of the modern age. decades later, there s been a frenzy around the current princess of wales, kate even around a family photo. but does the rumour and online speculation compare to what diana endured? no, i think it was more dangerous back in the day. the circumstances of her death were so shocking that it did make the industry that supports the paparazzi really consider more carefully what it could and couldn t do. not because they had a moraljudgment, but because it was unacceptable. he s publishing a m ....
this week, i m in turkey, where they re gearing up for the country s 100th anniversary. rising from the remains of the ottoman empire a century ago, turkey inherited a disparate group of cultures and began a process of rapid modernisation under its founder, ataturk. i m travelling the country to understand how all of these diverse cultures were brought together. from the burial grounds of the god kings of ancient anatolia. ..to the turquoise coast, where queen cleopatra is claimed to have once bathed. ..to an original ottoman coffee house in gaziantep, and the hotel frequented by the founder of the republic here in istanbul. welcome to turkey. ship horn blares. now this has to be the best possible way to arrive in istanbul down the mighty bosphorus. it s this body of water that separates the city but also separates continents. and look at that, that silhouette with the domes, the minaretsjust popping up above the horizon. that is dolmabahce palace. that s where the fo ....
whatever family they are born into . charles spencer also said the press attention suffered by his sister was more dangerous than the attention online focused on kate, the current princess of wales. princess diana s brother was speaking in an interview to be broadcast tomorrow on the bbc s sunday with laura kuenssberg. earlier i spoke to graham satchell, who has been reviewing the material in the interview and asked him what was the main thrust of earl spencer s comments. well, this was a searingly honest interview with earl spencer, and at times difficult to watch, to be honest. he has written a book about his experiences of his childhood, particularly at boarding school, and he talks about suffering shocking levels of violence from the age of eight and being sexually abused from the age of ii. he also talks in some detail about his experience at home with his sister, princess diana, and particularly suffering at the hands of a violent nanny, nanny forster. and this ....
hywel griffith was watching the announcement. a two horse race where both men stuck rigidly to the centre but in the end of the new leader of the welsh labour was elected byjust under two 52% of the vote. vaughan gething, congratulations. after being responsible for health and the economy, vaughan gething will now take a big step up to become the first black first minister of wales. today we turn a new page in our welsh history. a history that we write together. notjust because i m the first black leader of any european country, but a generational dial hasjumped, too. i want us to use this moment as a starting point for a more confident march into the future. a march into the future in behalf of a generation that too often is being asked to pick up the pieces and the bill for those who came before them. in pieces and the bill for those who came before them. pieces and the bill for those who came before them. in his campaign video, he tackled came before them. in his ....
keeps rearing its head. when will the general election be? and it s not going to be on the 2nd of may because in an interview with itv in the west country on thursday night, rishi sunak said there will not be a general election on the same day as the local mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections, which are happening that day. now, whether you love or hate speculation about the general election campaign, the fact that there is so much and the way it s been going, actually, it is quite revealing about what s happening in politics. so we will kick off with that on this episode of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in the studio. and it is chris in cardiff today, because there s a splash of democracy and voting going on here, with a new labour leader being elected on saturday who will become the new first minister next week. and talking of other stories that have occurred today, michael gove, the levelling up and communities secretary, u ....