to kill a mockingbird. it is all a long way from the isle of wight where langley, whose biological father was egyptian, was adopted and grew up. back then, you probably weren t seeing, you know, yourself reflected back in many of the people on that island. no, i was, um. i think what they would describe me as is exotic , and it gave me a great sense of independence and, you know, i was bullied a little bit in school as well, and so i had to really tough it out. my tour guide is now dame donna for services to film and entertainment, a brit who is redefining showbusiness on earth and perhaps even in space. katie razzall, bbc news, los angeles. and you can hear the full interview with donna langley on the media show in the bbc sounds app. time for a look at the weather. here s nick miller. a double rainbow end to the day after the rain cleared with the sunshine appearing. still heavy showers around. we have seen quite a few continue into this evening. quite a lot of rain so far
headline i m intrigue, the novelist in me is intrigued by the headline, describing it as a fire sale. and that connection is quite scary. but as often happens with the economics, and certainly in terms of fiscal situations, one person s fire sale is another person s opportunity. and the ft quotes several private equity firms who are talking about how these economic conditions are actually very attractive for people who want to buy some of those assets, and some of the pension funds will have to deep dig to get more liquid assets like property. but for everyone who s having to make a sale, there s also someone who will have to make a purchase. and that is how the markets operate. and i think what worries me is a former investment banker about what s been happening over the last two weeks is this sense that everything is a snapshot and looking very scary, whereas if you can just hold your nerve and take a step back, and wait for things to settle, what you often find is the ma
railways. we start with the war in ukraine, and russia is denying that its invasion has caused a global food crisis, despite the fact that we ve seen soaring wheat prices driven by the collapse of ukrainian exports. its foreign minister, sergey lavrov, is in the turkish capital, ankara, for talks with his turkish counterpart mevlut cavusoglu. on the agenda creating a potential sea corridor for ukrainian agricultural exports. throughout the war, russia has been blockading black sea ports, including odesa. 20 million tonnes of grain is now stuck there grain many countries are reliant on. but mr lavrov says the onus is on ukraine to demine the waters around them, which were laid by ukraine as part of its defence. here s mr lavrov. to resolve this problem, we need one thing for the ukrainians to allow access to their ports, either by demining or the provision of safe corridors. nothing more is required. ukraine wants proper assurances that any safe, demined pathway wouldn t
yeah, good evening. i think so. i think projects like ours, the west eastern divan orchestra orchestra, the academy in berlin, these projects are extremely important, especially in a situation of crisis like this one. we see a lot of polarisation, a lot of division around. almost we are the only ones that promote this idea of cooperation and mutual understanding that i think is very important. marion millican i wonder if you can describe how music like this and this orchestra brings people from different backgrounds together. the orchestra started after daniel and my late orchestra started after daniel and my late husband edward discovered, became my late husband edward discovered, became good friends and they broke barriers became good friends and they broke barriers and they extended it to their barriers and they extended it to their people. and daniel made an orchestra their people. and daniel made an orchestra out of it. the idea of the orchestra orchestra out