Because a play that you originally wrote in 2012 and put on in 2012 has been revived at the National Theatre in london in just the last few days. And its got me wondering, as you have been heavily involved with the revival, how have you sort of seen the evolution of your own writing and what interests you . Have you changed in the decade . Yes, i think i have. I mean, its so interesting to go back to something you wrote just over ten years ago. As you say, 2012 was the first production of it. Its a play called the effect, and it follows. It follows two triallists taking part in a Clinical Trial for a new antidepressant and two doctors running it. And the triallists basically start to fall in love, but dont know whether they are actually falling in love or if its an effect of the new antidepressant that theyre trialling. And of course, when i wrote it originally, i felt very close to these young sort of Romeo And Juliet 20 somethings feeling excited and romantic for the first time. And
in what police say was not an accidental shooting. president zelensky welcomes the announcment of us military vehicles, as putin s unilateral ceasfire appears to have had little effect on the frontline. it s a huge weekend for the technology industry as the annual consumer electronics show gets under way in las vegas. votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us house of representatives has a new speaker. after days of deadlock and dramatic scenes on friday night, the republican, kevin mccarthy, has finally been elected. it took four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded. this is how his election was announced. representatives. thereforety hahn rablt kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. applause well, kevin mccarthy addressed the house
Everything has been intertwined in terms of your campaigning work, your academic work. Ijust wonder whether you ever, for a moment, considered going into something entirely disconnected from your own personal circumstances . Something like accountancy, law, geology . You know what, there are short people, restricted growth people in all of those professions. There are farmers, teachers, solicitors, everything. But i did not go that way. So as a social scientist, ive always been interested in what others experience and so obviously disability has to be top of the list. Let me ask you about growing up. Your family has its own history, which is important to talk about, i think. Your grandfather, it seems, experienced a mutation, a genetic mutation. My father. So, he was born in 1927. William shakespeare unfortunate name. And his father, geoffrey, who was a Junior Minister in the liberal government the last time the liberals were in coalition was very worried about it and was very upset ab
explosions lighting up the night sky. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9400 people have now been killed in the territory. hamas is classed as a terrorist organisation by several western governments. meanwhile, diplomatic efforts aimed at assisting palestinian civilians continue. a meeting in thejordanian capital on saturday said there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. mr blink and wants humanitarian forces and israel insist there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. water will have more on the diplomacy shortly, but we start our coverage without correspondence jon donnisson. there are distressing images from the outset of the report. four weeks into this war, the death and the suffering is endless. and in gaza, no place is safe. the un says this school in jabalia in the north was hit this morning, killing at least 15 people. thousands had been seeking shelter there. god will take my vengeance, this young boy says. i was stan
as a ukrainian journalist, i ve been following russia s full scale invasion from day one. when moscow took the area around the southern city of nova kakhovka, i realised it could become a flash point. the city is close to a key reservoir and europe s largest nuclear power station. live from london, this is bbc news. dozens of towns and villages are flooded in ukraine after a major dam is breached. let s go live now to kyiv, speak to bbc ukrainian s viktoriia zhuhan, who s there. for today, we understand from ukrainian authorities that about 16,000 residents on the banks of ukraine controlled areas are in immediate critical danger. our team has been investigating for many months. water supplies are of key importance in the hot and dry south of ukraine, and russia previously targeted the waterways here, along with other civilian infrastructure. ..man made flood into a weapon. yet this breach caused much bigger disruption. i knew that soon this story would fade from the headline