one writer at the new york times has a wild idea on how the country can recharge. leaders from all, how can we heal when we are all exhausted? prescription? one week off, one solid week, no work emails, no school work, no one working in restaurants, full nation vacation. it comes with a big catch, there would be no internet, no instagram lives, no netflix and chill, no gaming streams on twitch and everyone in the media would be on this break so there would be no 24-hour news cycle. juan, i feel like they are trying to freeze us out. we are the problem! their prescription is juan: i don t know, man. sounds like heaven to me. i think this would be great. i am in for it. the thing that strikes me is we are in a moment of optimism. it feels like it is springtime outcome of the flowers are blossoming, people are striding down the avenues. i think there is a lot of happiness out there and so i am all for it. i will say, we have to hold onto the exceptions you were talking abo
thank you so much for being here at this hour. a fragile cease-fire holds. but for how long? this morning there are new clashes between palestinians and israeli police in juice juice. showing you this video of police firing rubber bullets and stun grenades in response to what they say was a riot. this is just today. more than a dozen people reportedly injured. this comes just hours after a cease-fire set in, pausing the most intense conflict between israel and hamas in years. but not before more than 200 people were killed. most of them palestinians. leaving israeli and palestinians further apart than ever. this morning israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called the 11-day conflict with hamas an exceptional success, the operation put against hamas there. cnn s nic robertson is joining me for more on where things stand live near the israel/gaza border. what are you seeing there? reporter: kate, if there was going to be a flashpoint to re-ignite the conflict it would ha
in emulation mode. after weeks of controversy, the world s second richest man makes his saturday night live hosting debut complete with a groundbreaking admission. a lot of bitcoin humor, and his mom. and then next hour, a special report. are we ready to go back to normal? a look at the psychological toll a year-plus in isolation has taken and whether we re mentally prepared to get back out there. but we want to start with that breaking news in the world of sports where this year s kentucky derby-winning horse medina spirit has failed a post-race drug test. its hall of fame trainer bob baffert has been suspended from churchill downs. he was told the horse tested positive for a steroid. he calls it, quote, a complete injustice. however, this is not the first time one of baffert s horses have tested positive. four others in his care tested positive in just over a year. here s what churchill downs is saying. the connections of medina spirit have the right to request a test o
hello, i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme that brings together bbc specialists with foreign correspondents who file their stories to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week america draws its troops down and out of afghanistan. russia builds them up, but would it go into ukraine? and the changing of havana s revolutionary guard this weekend after six decades in charge. with me is the american henry chu of the los angeles times, italian writer and film maker annalisa piras, whojoins us from italy, and here in the studio at a safe social distance, the bbc s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. good to have you, lyse, and good to have both of you with us on dateline. now, it was the 9/11 attacks on the united states in 2001 which led to the invasion of afghanistan. presidentjoe biden announced this week that september the 11th 2021 will mark the end of its military presence there. 20 years ago vladimir putin, already running the kremlin, was one of
elizabeth for more than 70 years. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme that brings together bbc specialists with foreign correspondents who file their stories to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week america draws its troops down and out of afghanistan. russia builds them up, but would it go into ukraine? and the changing of havana s revolutionary guard this weekend after six decades in charge. with me is the american henry chu of the los angeles times, italian writer and film maker annalisa piras, whojoins us from italy, and here in the studio at a safe social distance, the bbc s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. good to have you, lyse, and good to have both of you with us on dateline. now, it was the 9/11 attacks on the united states in 2001 which led to the invasion of afghanistan. presidentjoe biden announced this week that september the 11th 2021 will mark the end of its military pr