next up, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. today, i m in the white cube gallery in london as cultural life starts to re establish itself after many months of lockdown, and my guests are the artistic duo gilbert & george. now, forfive decades, they ve been producing controversial, provocative work, and this exhibition they call new normal pictures. but is there anything normal about gilbert & george? gilbert & george, welcome, both of you, to hardtalk. thanks very much. very kind. very nice. we re sitting in this gallery space. this is your latest exhibition. it s called new normal pictures. is this your response to what the world has been through in the last year and more? that is, the covid pandemic and lockdown? no, not at all. the title of the show and the pictures predates the pandemic. we created the pictures before the pandemic. we only called it new normal because we were so interested that people in england use the term what s the term they alw
and new research shows we should all be hugging and we should be doing it for longer. we ll talk to a profession cuddler on how to embrace the hug. hello and welcome to the programme we start with breaking news from india: the prime minister, narendra modi, says he s decided to repeal agricultural reform laws that have sparked a year of protests by hundreds of thousands of farmers. in an address to the nation, mr modi said the government had been unable to convince some farmers of the benefits of the three laws. let s get more from our correspondent in delhi, arunoday mukharji. do we have any idea why this has happened? do we have any idea why this has happened? there are several reasons attributed has happened? there are several reasons attributed to has happened? there are several reasons attributed to this - has happened? there are several reasons attributed to this very i reasons attributed to this very surprise decision taken by the indian government and announced b
we begin in india where as you heard earlier india s prime minister narendra modi has announced that he will be repealing the three controversial farm laws in the winter session of parliament, following more than a year of protests against the legislations. joining me now is our corrspondent in delhi, arunoday mukharji. quite extraordinary and for many people pretty unexpected. how important is agriculture to the indian economy? the indian economy? very critical and the indian economy? very critical and this the indian economy? very critical and this was - critical and this was absolutely unprecedented. the government had made it very clear, in fact prime minister modi and senior ministers had made it clearfrom modi and senior ministers had made it clear from the beginning that there was no question about repealing these laws. they could still explore the idea of amending the laws but repealing was never on the table. they have been in place for the last one year and we
This is bbc news. i m victoria fritz, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world: in the past hour, a surprise u turn from the indian prime minister as he repeals three agricultural reform laws that sparked almost a year of massive protests by farmers. belarus moves a migrant camp away from its border towards poland as diplomats try to resolve the crisis. australia s men s cricket captain resigns, after he admits sending lewd text messages to a female co worker. we meet the australian based transgender entrepreneur exposing the difficulties her community experiences, back in malaysia.
Demonstration so far of the fast growing european anti nuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it s opening the country s remaining whites only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries old windsor castle, - one of the queen s residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. - 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, - which has caused millions. of pounds worth of damage. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a surprise u turn, from the indian prime minister as he repeals three