pakistan. the country s prime minister has called on the central and provisional governments to work together in order to help people affected. at ten o clock, reeta chakrabarti will be back with the headlines. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford upon avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company, greg doran. why do we continue to make much ado about william shakespeare? gregory doran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be here. well, it s a real pleasure to be on your stage here at the royal shakespeare company. you first set foot on this stage 35 years ago. idid. in fact, this month, it s 50 years since i saw my first show at the rsc, which was eileen atkins in
climate change. the family of archie battersbee lose their latest legal attempt to move him from hospital to a hospice to die, but supporters say they will fight on. we inherited a bunch of formulas from the labour party that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas, then they. rishi sunak s words to an audience in tunbridge wells. he s defended his remarks, saying it s notjust cities which are in need. the first hosepipe ban of the summer comes into force in much of hampshire, with more areas to follow. and it s never too late george miller becomes the oldest commonwealth games gold medalist in history at the age of 75. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it s back. crystal palace take on arsenal in the first game of the new premier league season. good evening. the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the uk, analysis by the bbc has found. it shows that more than a third of doctors who joined the health service last
instructing residents to evacuate as the hostilities resume. more than 170 people have been killed, say hamas, in the first 12 hours of the bombardment. we will get the response of the israeli government tonight and why the negotiations have collapsed. also tonight, charles iii addresses the cop summit in dubai wearing a tie sporting greek flags. and expelled from the us house of representatives, only the sixth member in history to be thrown out. good evening. the us secretary of state antony blinken says the seven day truce in gaza came to an end because hamas reneged on commitments it had made. the idf would resumed bombing this morning and has struck more than 200 targets in the territory. the hamas run health ministry says 170 people were killed. palestinian aid agencies say the new offensive will be disastrous for the 1.5 million people already displaced. this was a map published by the israeli military showing the evacuation zones in the gaza strip. the map, labelled in
jean noel barrot, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how surprised were you by emmanuel macron s pretty extraordinary decision to call a snap election? well, obviously i was surprised, because it s a very unique way to take a democratic decision, when the political situation in a given country is so severe that it basically limits the ability of the country to act for itself. there are very few leaders in this world that would take such a democratic decision in the face of such important choices. such a democratic decision, you say. many french people, including people very close to emmanuel macron, would call it an almost crazy gamble. no, a majority of french people support this decision. and the reason is simple you re never wrong when you hand the power to the people. and with a situation where the majority was too thin to be able to reform in a political situation where, after the european elections or during the european elections, french citizens expressed some anger,
jean noel barrot, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how surprised were you by emmanuel macron s pretty extraordinary decision to call a snap election? well, obviously i was surprised, because it s a very unique way to take a democratic decision, when the political situation in a given country is so severe that it basically limits the ability of the country to act for itself. there are very few leaders in this world that would take such a democratic decision in the face of such important choices. such a democratic decision, you say. many french people, including people very close to emmanuel macron, would call it an almost crazy gamble. no, a majority of french people support this decision. and the reason is simple you re never wrong when you hand the power to the people. and with a situation where the majority was too thin to be able to reform in a political situation where, after the european elections or during the european elections, french citizens expressed some anger,