Hello. Imjohn wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 Podcast Series in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. My guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time. He became the first black principal of the royal ballet and set new standards of grace and athleticism in theatres around the world. Having retired from the classical stage, he set up his own cuban dance company, acosta danza, and is also director of the birmingham royal ballet. Welcome. Lets start in cuba, with your family, your upbringing. A happy childhood . Very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, still, our family was on the. I would say it was poorer than most families, but still there was a big, big sense of community. It was a good time for cuba anybody c
Pushing for a un backed police force. The Transitional Council announced by the Caribbean Community bloc will be in charge of nominating a new Prime Minister, but haitis gangs are demanding a seat at the table. Our Central America correspondent will grant is just outside of haiti and sent us this report. This is the Border Crossing between the Dominican Republic and haiti and we have already seen dominican authorities deporting patients back to the poorest country in the americas at a time it is facing an acute humanitarian crisis, since the 2010 earthquake. They are being deported into applicable vacuum. Prime minister ariel henry stood down citing the fact his situation was untenable due to the violence in the capital Port Au Prince. The caricom and the us Secretary Of State held an emergency meeting Injamaica Emergency Meeting in jamaica and Emergency Meeting Injamaica and made clear that they saw the roadmap towards the transmission of administration in haiti starting with his resi
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good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, october 10th. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin the show with the war in ukraine. overnight, multiple explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv for the first time in four months. according to the mayor of kyiv, explosions went off near the center of the city in an area that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. the number of casualties is not yet clear. ukrainian media is also reporting explosions in several other cities including a refuge for many people fleeing the fighting. air raid sirens sounded in every region of ukraine except russia annexed crimea the past four hours. yesterday russia also launched a missile attack that hit a residential building, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more. at least ten children were hurt in that attack. according to the ukrainian air force, six missiles were launched from russian occupied areas in the city. the city