child crying i m amberand my husband is frank. we live outside of birmingham, alabama. we have four beautiful boys frankie who is 17, stephen who is m, and then we have a set of boy twins who are four years old, and they are non verbal autistic their names are alex and will. laughter we are the ellis family. my husband and i have known each other since grade school. we were friends the whole time. we dated in high school and married in college and this is our 20th wedding anniversary. because we have some issues with the boys, we have not been on a trip in a really long time. they re not very effective at communication, so it takes a lot of intuition to figure out what they need. we have a lot of meltdowns. 0h, did he throw it? child cries 0h, did he drop it or did he throw it? he dropped it. it s ok. crying. then when there are two autistic non verbal children, the behaviours can be exponential. sometimes they play off of each other. it s alright, it s alright, it s ok.
now on bbc news, it s time for take me to the opera, with zeinab badawi. i ve been an opera fan for decades, and i m on a mission to share my passion and introduce you to some of the big names today and superstars of tomorrow and ask how they re responding to the changing world of opera. cecilia bartoli, the italian mezzo soprano who originally wanted to be a flamenco dancer, and brings flair and a female perspective. peruvian born tenor juan diego florez, whose first ambition was to be a pop singer and brings rock star appeal. two of the leading lights in opera. but how are they helping to define its future? we also meet a couple of rising stars south african soprano masabane cecilia rangwanasha. she says opera needs greater diversity. and french tenor benjamin bernheim, who welcomes the use of technology, alongside the power of live performance. let me take you to the opera. i m keen to ask juan diego florez and cecilia ba rtoli, two of the most loved and respected star
you can hear the sound of shooting and explosions. the family of novak djokovic launch a scathing attack on australia as the tennis player is held in quarantine, fighting deportation from the country. # a kiss is still a kiss. and the award winning american filmmaker peter bogdanovich has died at the age of 82. hello and welcome to the programme. we started in the us. a candlelit vigil on the steps of the capitol building has marked the end of a day of remembering the first anniversary of the invasion of the us capitol. # god bless america, land that i love. # stand beside her and guide her. # through the night with a light from above. members of congress, including house speaker nancy pelosi and senate majority leader chuck schumer, paid tribute to police officers and officials who had defended the us capitol. they held candles and observed a moment of silence as a band played patriotic music at the steps of the capitol building. #my # my home, sweet home. earlier, president
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. doctors take an oath to do no harm . we trust them we have to to do all in their power to diagnose and treat us and, if they possibly can, make us better. but sometimes they can t. what should doctors do when confronted with terminal illness that brings with it great suffering? well, my guest today is a doctor who believes in assisted dying, and it is personal for 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 t
us politicians hold a vigil on the steps of the capitol building to mark one year since the attack, asjoe biden blames donald trump for the riot. #a # a kiss is still a kiss. and the award-winning # a kiss is still a kiss. and the award winning american director of the last picture show and paper moon, peter bogged down burch, has died at the age of 82. peter bogdanovic. hello, and welcome. we begin with some breaking news from the main city in kazakhstan, al marty, there has been further violence security forces try to quell an uprising. almaty. local officials say troops have regained control of the municipal building but were facing fierce resistance around the main square. the president is due to address the nation later on friday. meanwhile, russia says its first military units and to support because our authorities have now arrived in the country. to support kazakh authorities. this is the aftermath of the mass unrest violent clashes between riot police and