unlike the italian man who didn t go to work for 15 years but got full pay, we have come back to work! and we have been here! oh, yeah! we have just not been doing this. we have just not been doing this, and now we are! which is great. terrific, isn t it? i was trying to think what productive use i had made of my thursday evenings, and i can t really account for it. laughter. all those wild nights out on a thursday night? speak for yourself, chris! blimey! but it is very nice to be here. and it s great that you re back for this edition of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in the studio. and laura in the studio, two metres apart. and chris, down in the corridor, glad to be back in the socially distanced lair of news. and to help us celebrate our return to television, we have a special guest. it s sir alan duncan, former foreign office minister, former mp and now diarist. chuckling. welcome, sir alan. thank you! chris, have you got the book in the cupb
natalie pirks watched the action for us. it s been seven years since chelsea s last champions league quarter final but tonight, they were favourites. it hadn t exactly been a perfect build up, though. a 5 2 thrashing on saturday, a training ground bust up on sunday, and porto were relishing their underdog tag. and mendy had to make sure. in a topsy turvy season, travel restrictions meant this was being played in seville but tuchel needn t fret. mason mount was about to settle chelsea nerves. it s a lovely turn by mason mount, and that s the goal that chelsea wanted! a balletic turn and goal to further cement his england euros claim. with the minutes ticking down, chelsea kept pushing for a winner. but it came from an unlikely source. defender ben chilwell robbed the defender, beat the keeper, and couldn t miss. and he walks it in! his first champions league goal, a second away goal for chelsea. a semifinal draws tantalisingly near. natalie pirks, bbc news. that s it. now on b
far-right military gang, called the oath keepers. that s a big deal for a number of reasons. first, here is how the law defines seditious conspiracy. i ll quote for you. if two or more persons conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the government of the united states, or to levy war against, them or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the united states. now, that law on that charge, the dishes conspiracy, was most notably use against puerto rican nationalists in the 20s it century. in fact, that moment they were charge, for was the most violent moment to happen to the capitol. four of them stormed in the capital, injuring five representatives. but, in recent decades, there is also the use against right-wing anti government groups. including, a group of white nationalists who were charged with sedition, ultimately acquitted by all white jury in the 1980s, after they tried to overthrow t
well, my guest today is a doctor who believes in assisted dying, and it is personalfor henry marsh, a leading brain surgeon who has an advanced form of cancer. should death ever be the desired outcome for a doctor? henry marsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you received a cancer diagnosis last year so i think i have to begin by asking, how are you? well, i m pretty well, all things considered. and as a doctor, of course, i know how bad things can be. i was diagnosed a year ago now with what s called advanced prostate cancer not necessarily terminal, but it s spread beyond the prostate. and my psa, which is a marker of the severity of a disease, and the probability of recurrence and ultimate death was very high 130. only 5% of men have a psa as high as that. so, obviously, this was deeply upsetting and shocking at the time. and i ve been having to come to terms with it since then. it s quite a long and complicated story. as a doctor, of course, i spend all my life livi