The Anti Immigration Hungarian prime Minister Victor Orban meets Pope Francis in budapest. Britains18 year old Emma Raducanu has won the Us Open, in one of the most dramatic victories in modern tennis. She beat19 year old Leylah Fernandez of canada in two sets, 6 4 6 3. Raducanu only made it into the tournament as a qualifier, but she won the title Without dropping a single set. Shes the first british woman to win a grand Slam Singles Title in 44 years. Heres the bbc s sports correspondentjoe wilson. The borough of queens on a sunny day, and the extraordinary progress of one young woman. Shes been absolutely amazing this whole tournament. She has a lot of energy. Shes so composed and ruthless. Shes going to smash it. You know who theyre talking about. Well, there were two teenagers in the Us Open final, canadian Leylah Fernandez at the top of the screen. As early as the second game, we saw intense rallies and we saw Emma Raducanu prevailing here. Both players settled immediately to dis
A scientist who is taking part in a trial of Humanoid Robots to see if they could make realistic life partners. Almas ideal match has been created using algorithms based on her brain scans, her responses and research involving 17 Million people. As it happens, alma has a soft Spot Forforeign men. Enter Dan Stevens as tom, a charmer who speaks fluent german with an english accent. Alma is initially sceptical, but when she starts to warm to tom, she plunges into a period of Self Analysis and self doubt. Im your man has a very sharp sense of humour, and a Pitch Perfect Dan Stevens makes the most of comical misunderstandings between humans and ai. But this also takes a serious look at identity, humanity, attraction and happiness. The set up recalls everything from Blade Runner to the 2013 Sci Fi her. But this is inspired by a Short Story by emma braslavsky, and directed by Maria Schrader and the female perspective makes it a distinctly different work. Im your man is a playful intelligent C
Carefully by scientists. The United Nations has urged afghanistans neighbours to keep their Borders open, potentially allowing Tens Of Thousands of people fleeing fighting against the taliban, to reach safety. Aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe, as the militants continue their sweeping advance across the country. The taliban have made rapid gains sincejuly, the red areas show where they had control. A month later more and more districts have fallen under their control leaving the map looking like This. Latest reports suggest they now control another provincial capital, pali alam, just 45 miles south of the Capital Kabul, from where our correspondent, yogita limye, has the very latest. The biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. This is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. The taliban were born in This province. To show off their games, the fighters found themselves walking through their provincial governor
Another Metoo Moment . WIth me to dIscuss that, MarIa MargaronIs Is a JournalIst And Maker of radIo documentarIes, especIally about greece. StephanIe baker wrItes for bloomberg, the us medIa group. WIth me In the studIo, Bbc Presenter and foreIgn correspondent, clIve myrIe. Good to have you wIth me clIve and stephanIe and marIa. Lovely to see you both agaIn. Now. Now. The talIban are now In control In logar provInce, just 45 mIles south of kabul, the capItal. It Is to the regIonal warlords and mIlItIa groups that PresIdent Ashraf GhanI has turned In AfghanIstans Hour of need. EvIdence that hIs army 300 soldIers, traIned and equIpped by the now departed amerIcans and theIr allIes Is Inadequate to the fIght agaInst the talIban. One by one provIncIal capItals have fallen. ClIve, when We Look at the pIcture 234 afghanIstan. James used to be the dIrector of natIonal IntellIgence and worked WIthjoe BIden In the whIte house, saId today It was InevItable. Once The AmerIcan troops leave, It was
Reopening england. The british Prime Minister lays out what can and what cant be done, starting next week. Basically, haircuts and outdoor pints. Plus, Paper Bags . Check. An Ironing Board . Got it. Too much time on his hands . Probably. How an australian Art Director has been making the most of his quarantine. Hello, im Katty Kay in washington. James reynolds is in london. The Vaccine Effort Here in the us is steaming ahead. Fatalities are down. Spring is upon us and, not that you can see it, but the sun is shining outside our offices Here in washington dc. All good news, right . Well, not really. Because people are now talking about the possibility of a Fourth Wave of Covid Infections in america. With the majority of states reopening in one way or anotHer, cases have been rising again across the nation. New Hospital Admissions have seen an increase as well. The us Vaccination Programme is going strong 165 Million doses have been administered since the programme started in december. I