about running for president. rolling out the rocket that could pave the way for astronauts to return to the moon. after one venue cancels his latest production, over comments on trans rights and the metoo movement, monty python s terry gilliam, says british theatre, needs to be more courageous. i think the whole artistic community has to be brave. it is what art is about, pushing the limits. it s hello and welcome to the programme. officials in ukraine are warning that the situation at the russian occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear power station is approaching critical . emergency workers in the nearby city of zaporizhzhia have been staging drills to practise cleaning operations in the event of radioactive contamination. russia took control of the nuclear plant the biggest in europe in early march and there s been recent heavy shelling at and around the site with both sides blaming each other for the attacks. our correspondent james waterhouse reports from the nearby city
of the evidence in these hearings. big news out of madrid tonight where turkey has given the green the light to finland and swedens membership of nato. it stretches nato s border with russia, and significantly bolsters europe s eastern flank and is this a 1937 moment, the head of the british army says the uk is under prepared to meet the renewed challenge from russia. tonight with the context, former adviser to hillary clinton amanda renteria the former uk national security adviser lord peter ricketts and former federal prosecutorjoe moreno. hello and welcome to the programme. in the last few hours we have heard some of the most stunning testimony from the january 6th committee. cassidy hutchinson, a senior aide to the white house chief of staff, has given evidence that former president trump and his senior aides not only knew there were plans to march on the capitol onjan 6th, they knew days before of the potential for violence. and ahead of the speech on the elipse that
the head of the agency says he believes russia is strategically reducing supplies now to prevent european countries from stockpiling gas. now on bbc news, in a new series of take me to the opera, zeinab badawi travels to la scala in milan, italy, to follow four young singers as they are put through their paces. i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i have come to italy, the home of opera, and to its leading opera house, la scala in milan. every aspiring opera singer dreams of performing here. i am meeting four young opera hopefuls reaching for the stars as they train at the prestigious la scala academy. i had to come to europe, especially italy, to develop my career, so i can achieve my goals and my dreams. i was the first female chinese singer in this academy. i was very, very proud of myself. if you are here in the academy of la scala, it s because you i w
between the two air masses. it will continue to give showers into southern england into the evening. monday, it tends to drift away to the south. wind is far light across scotland and in sheltered spots, temperatures dipped down as low as three or 4 degrees. a fresher night. first thing monday, lots of sunshine, the winds in the east will continue to far light, to the north west, the weather front will push mask allowed into scotland, some rain on and off for orkney and shetland. call here. elsewhere, the low 20s. more fine weather to come, anticipate across england and wales we could reach the mid to high yet again. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. the transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes this week. itjust seems the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it is a very sad situation and i call on them to reconsider. voting is under way
this is bbc world news, the headlines. union leaders say that talks to try to prevent rail strikes next week have failed and the walk outs will go ahead. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. thousands of people march in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. now, ina now, in a new series of take me to the opera, zeinab badawi travelled to la scala in milan italy to follow four young singers being put through their paces. i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i have come to italy, the home of opera, and to its leading opera house, la scala in milan. every aspiring opera singer dreams of performing he