new guidance on transgender athletes, saying that any person who s been through male puberty can t compete in the female category at international events from the 31st of march. officials argue that such athletes have an unfair advantage, due to a difference in strength and muscle mass. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show. ..mont saint michel marks its millennium. that view is pretty amazing. there s the shadow of mont saint michel on the sand. oh, yeah! the parps and toots that make this port one of a kind. horns blaring. one, two, three, four, five. and saving these bundles of fluff from extinction. twittering and squawking. yeah, he s thinking about it. all right. we ll give him some time. there he comes. i m beginning this week in northern france on a journey that 2.5 million people take each year. i m kind of getting an idea of how popular this place must be because it s off season, it s super cold, but this bus is packed. you can see it. i ve
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in ukraine, soldiers are engaged in brutal trench warfare reminiscent of battles in another war, more than a century ago. the fighting around the key city of bakhmut is some of the bloodiest, with neither side gaining a significant advantage. our correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera operator darren conway, have been to the frontline where some of the fiercest fighting of the war has taken place. into a crater of no man s land, where even tank armour can be breached. up close and in range, serhii s tank crew releases everything it s got against russian targets. explosions the enemy is just 500m away across this field. watch serhii s round hit, top right. gunfire the orders are get in, get out, and take cover. we are right behind them. quickly! go to position. go, quickly. go, quickly! 0pen ground is their enemy s friend. explosion translation: our tank worked successfully on the target, - so the enemy arti
who s asking what s going on? the government offers this explanation. it s the legacy of covid and it s, of course, what putin is doing. but are ukraine and covid the full story? i think the uk is probably poorer than most people think. the system isn t producing like it should. that is the result - of choices we ve made. this is definitely not what normal looks like. this is what failure looks like. the government rejects talk of failure or decline, and it s true, britain is one of the richest countries in the world, but if that s the case, why do so many people feel so poor? cornwall is home to more than half a million people. it s where i grew up and where my parents still live. these days, cornwall relies on fishing, farming and, most of all, tourism. it s one of the most popular destinations in the country. it s also one of the poorest in the uk. cornish workers are among the uk s lowest paid. with rising food, housing, and energy prices, life has got harder in the last
international competitions. in ukraine, soldiers are engaged in brutal trench warfare reminiscent of battles in another war, more than a century ago. the fighting around the key city of bakhmut is some of the bloodiest, with neither side gaining a significant advantage. our correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera operator darren conway, have been to the frontline where some of the fiercest fighting of the war has taken place. into a crater of no man s land, where even tank armour can be breached. up close and in range, serhii s tank crew releases everything it s got against russian targets. explosions the enemy is just 500m away across this field. watch serhii s round hit, top right. gunfire rapid gunfire the orders are get in, get out, and take cover. we are right behind them. quickly! go to position. go, quickly. go, quickly! open ground is their enemy s friend. explosion translation: our tank worked successfully on the target, - so the enemy artillery is now targetin
officials say they d have an unfair advantage due to increased strength and muscle mass. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, from prague, i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin hoped that europe s determination to stand with ukraine after russia s invasion would not last. he counted on a winter energy crisis and economic disruption to weaken european resolve. has that happened 7 well, my guest today is the newly elected president of the czech republic, petr pavel. now, he is a former nato general and a staunch ally of ukraine. so, is europe still ready and willing to do whatever it takes to back kyiv? president petr pavel, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. i must start, mr president, by congratulating you on your recent inauguration. but i must admit, it doesn t really make sense that you are sitting here with me as president of the czech republic, because just a few short years ago, you said, i am a soldier at heart. i do not intend