this festive season how will the great white way handle the set back? and a magical reunion the cast of harry potter are back together for a 20th anniversary special, on new year s day. thank you forjoining us. for more than 30 years, the human rights organisation, memorial, has been chronicling the abuses of the soviet era to ensure the crimes and victims are unearthed and are not forgotten. but now the supreme court has banned russia s oldest human rights organisation, liquidated it to use their language, accusing it of violating a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents. it comes at the end of a year in which the kremlin has cracked down vigorously on its critics. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. more and more, it feels as if russia is turning the clock back. liquidate, the judge says, as she orders one of russia s oldest civil rights groups, international memorial, to shut down. the n60 was found to have broken russia s draconian foreig
teenagers whose parents smoke are four times more likely to take up smoking, according to new research. in a uk government campaign, doctors urge parents and other caregivers to kick the habit. tim muffet has more. 0ur our children are watching what we do much more than they are listening to what we say sophie say do not smoke cigarettes and we are smoking ourselves, our behaviour will have a much greater impact. a new film from the nhs aimed at parents who smoke. why do children take up the behaviour of adults around them? despite the huge drop in smoking, around the behaviour of adults around them? despite the huge drop in smoking, around one the behaviour of adults around them? despite the huge drop in smoking, around one in the behaviour of adults around them? despite the huge drop in smoking, around one in eight adults in the uk still smoke, according to the office for national statistics. new research shows teenagers whose parents or caregivers smoke, art four times mor
festive season how will the great white way handle the set back? and a magical reunion the cast of harry potter are back together for a 20th anniversary special on new year s day. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for more than 30 years, the human rights organisation, memorial, has been chronicling the abuses of the soviet era to ensure the crimes, and victims are unearthed and are not forgotten. but now the supreme court has banned russia s oldest human rights organisation liquidated it to use their language, accusing it of violating a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents. it comes at the end of a year in which the kremlin has cracked down vigorously on its critics. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has described it as an affront to human rights. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. more and more, it feels as if russia is turning the clock back. as she orders one of russia s oldest civil rights groups
now on bbc news, curtain up on coventry. this summer, coventry s streets were transformed into a giant stage as it finally got to celebrate the start of a covid delayed year as uk city of culture 2021. radio: good morning. happy saturday. - this is rachel. i hope you have had some caffeine in you already because today is going to be a very big day. the start of a summer weekend in coventry. but this is no ordinary saturday. today, the whole city will become a giant stage to mark the start of a big year. as the uk city of culture. stay with us all day because we re going to make sure that you not miss a moment of this. coventry. it s been a long time coming. coventry won the honour back in 2017, way back before covid 19 forced their artistic director to change all of her plans. you see the track, it s down here. because we can t be bringing audiences together in large numbers or even participants, we ve had to think very differently. for a start, what is about to take place on
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for more than 30 years, the human rights organisation memorial has been chronicling the abuses of the soviet era to ensure the crimes and victims are unearthed and are not forgotten. but now the supreme court has banned russia s oldest human rights organisation liquidated it, to use their language accusing it of violating a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents. it comes at the end of a year in which the kremlin has cracked down vigorously on its critics. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has described it as an affront to human rights. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. more and more, it feels as if russia is turning the clock back. liquidate, the judge says, as she orders one of russia s oldest civil rights groups, international memorial, to shut down. the n60 was found to have broken russia s draconian foreign agents law. disgraceful decision, the reaction from the