Announcer its a late show with stephen colbert. Tonight open states, closed borders plus, stephen welcomes Michael Moore and musical guest Brett Eldredge. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its stephen colbert. Stephen hey, everybody, welcome to a late show. Im your host st come on in. This is my wife. This is my wife, evie. Hello. Stephen is that for me . Or is that yours . No, thats water. Stephen i dont want water. Ew. Comfy . Yeah. Stephen excellent. Anyway, where was i . We have been out of the ed sullivan theater for. How long . Six weeks. Six weeks. I miss it. Being at home with the family is nice. This is lovely. The commute is incredible. But my mailbox doesnt have my name on it in lights ten stories tall. As frustrating as quarantine is, polls show that 71 percent of americans, and 56 of republicans, say they are more concerned about lifting the coronavirus restrictions too quickly than lifting them too slowly. So, we know its th
Mean its a done deal. Theres a way to go. Brexit is like climbing a mountain. Turkeys offensive against the kurds continues. The United Nations says 100,000 people have now fled their homes, in northern syria. The daughter of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe the british woman, jailed in iran on spying charges returns to the uk, after three and a half years. Youre just trying to rattle me. Im trying to save you what are you . 23 . And its will smith vs will smith, in the action packed gemini man. Find out what mark kermode thinks of that, and the rest of this weeks releases, in the film review. Good evening, its 5pm, our main story tonight. Three people have been stabbed at the Arndale Shopping Centre, in manchester. Police say a man in his 40s has been arrested, on suspicion of terrorism offence. Two women and a man were taken to hospital with stab wounds; a third woman, who wasnt stabbed, was treated at the scene. 0ur correspondent Richard Galpin has this report. Police, including from the c
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Saudi arabias Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has said he takes responsibility, as a leader of his country, for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi a year ago this week, but again denied he had ordered the killing. He was interviewed on cbss 60 minutes programme. Well have more from that in a moment. Separately, two people whove listened to covert recordings of the killing of mr khashoggi have described to the bbc what they heard. Members of a Un Investigation Team have told the bbcs Panorama Programme of the horror and shock of listening to his final moments. Jane corbin has this report. A year ago, on the 2nd of october, Jamal Khashoggi vanished after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. We only know what happened next because the consulate was bugged by turkish int
Polling stations since friday, with reports that in occupied ukraine, ballot papers are being collected at the point of a gun. The re election of Vladimir Putin is beyond doubt. With putin is beyond doubt. With Alexei Navalny eliminated, can the russian opposition expose the russian opposition expose the illegitimacy of his rule . The illegitimacy of his rule . Will the sham elections embolden putin in his illegal invasion of ukraine . Speaking of disputed borders this year, england lost a tireless campaigner for the restoration of the Historic Counties which have been mangled by reforms. Pam moorhouse was unflagging in her efforts to have the counties recognised, at least in ceremonial form, eventually enlisting scores of members of parliament into her campaign. Another woman who the campaign. Another woman who the years could not condemn was unearthed literally close to the historic burley house in a remarkable stroke of luck, a roman marble head was disinterred by a mechanical digge
The black cat, londons unofficial mascot now drives through the city electrically. The half of the old tubs was the noise. You know, the thing is the lane discomfort you cramped. Up, this is so smooth, obviously the most important thing is it, weve got 0, make sure i still monies to which finally the icons look about this is probably one of the most recognized vehicles in the world. Exactly like the black runabouts that started to london city escape for over a century. The best of all the old traditions. But marys with new technology. The whole is a special place in the, in, in, in the house of 5 many people peter powell has driven the cab in london for 27 years and he loves his job. Is quite unique. You because youre in charge of yourself for that. So you, you got the freedom to go out to work. So should your life stop driving through london and one of those a chronic black pads is special. Even today we retain the tradition of the black cab. Weve always been invited to the the fresh