Last week. The revolution fits a pattern repeated in several of the sub saharan or sahel states and has russian fingerprints all over it. This time, neighbouring countries sound prepared to intervene. A think tank expert intervene. A think tank expert will explain it all to me as culture wars engulf all human activity, a new border might be opening up in gardening. The key opening up in gardening. The key fault line is over weeds. Should they be identified as disruptive interlopers or as indigenous british plants whose diversity should be celebrated . We speak to an r. S gold medal winner who seeks balance. Nicholas kenyon seeks balance. Nicholas kenyon will shortly join us in the studio , the former director of studio, the former director of the bbc proms and the Barbican Centre will opine that the arts council got it very wrong with its attempt to push the English National opera out of london. And of course, Stefan Kyriazis will be here and hell update us on the latest from the west
New york city to an Award Winning reimagining of a Tennessee Williams a streetcar named desire. The curtain rises named desire. The curtain rises on all of that again, but first News Headlines with tatiana sanchez. Michael, thank you and good morning. The top stories from the gb newsroom. Shadow health the gb newsroom. Shadow Health Secretary wes streeting says doctor dan poulter has not been offered a peerage to defect to the labour party. Speaking to gb news, camilla tominey, mr streeting defended the move and the nhs , admitting there are the nhs, admitting there are challenges in the Health Service but those are mainly down to the conservative party. Conservative mp doctor dan poulter said hed sit as a labour mp until the general election, then stand down. He described the nhs as being in chaos. The decision comes just days before local elections across england and wales on may the 2nd. The Prime Minister has again this morning refused to rule out a general election in july , amid
Debating whether the oil industry has been a good thing for the world. And before all of that, here are your latest news headunes that, here are your latest News Headlines with ray addison. Headlines with ray addison. Thanks, michael. Good thanks, michael. Good morning. Its 11 01. Thanks, michael. Good morning. Its11 01. Our top stories this hour. The Prime Minister will work to convince voters and the Party Faithful that hes ready to make tough decisions for the country. As the conservative Party Conference gets undennay. You conference gets undennay. You are not welcome in manchester, where protesters are making it clear that they want their voice heard during the four day event, which starts this afternoon as questions continue over the future of the hs2 rail project and levelling up in the north. Rishi sunak is announcing a £1 billion fund to help regenerate high streets across the uk. 55 high streets across the uk. 55 towns will be given £20 million towns will be given £20 mill
Have died since the start of the war in october. As fergal keane now reports, while the world worried about a wider war between israel and iran, in gaza, the suffering continued. Airraid sirens blaring the eyes of the world were on a bigger drama, played out in the skies above israel. Shouting but in gaza, nothing changed. This was rafah today after 15 children from one family were killed in an air strike. Translation show me one man among them. L theyre all children and women. You can see my identity is completely erased with the deaths of my wife and children. A pregnant woman was among the dead. Her Baby Daughter was saved in an emergency operation. A child born to a mother she will never know. There is the story of everyday death, and the story of what follows for the families caught in the shadows of death. Nawaras husband, abdulrahman, was one of more than 70 civilians killed in an israeli raid to rescue hostages in february. These were the couples children in the aftermath of th
If i could ask you to stand there, please. Thank you very much. In that case, sir, when the crowd has gone, ill happily escort you out. Gideon falter told the bbc how shocked he was at what happened. I think its time for sir mark rowley to go. He has had long enough to get to grips with the situation, to get his police force under control, to tell his front line officers, dont worry, we are going to send enough police to back you up so that you can make the right decisions. And instead, he hasnt done that. And because of that, he has to go. The time has come. A little earlier our reporter Angus Crawford outlined the pressure now lying upon the met police commissioner. Well, its been very interesting. Here in london, since the 7th of October Attacks and israels response, if you like, the politics of The Middle East has been played out on the street every weekend with demonstration and counterdemonstration. The met police has come under huge pressure to get the balance right. What balanc