Well, here at saint pancras station, perhaps the first chance for members of the Great Britain Olympic Team to get a sense of the impact that theyve made on audiences and the General Public here in britain. Of course, the paris games, as close as were going to get to a home olympics, just a trainjourney away. And thatjourney for some of the medallists, a chance perhaps, to really begin in earnest a sense of reflection. My coach said it quite nicely, theyve got a whole lifetime for it to sink in. And i guess that takes in a little bit, like im going to be an olympic champion for the rest of my life, and this whole game has been an amazing experience. And to yeah, to say it again, like to be part of this team. Im so, so proud. And for the third time as well, itsjust phenomenal. Even before i left, my family were already organising a party on the 24th for me just to get. And i was like, its only going to be my family. But now i think the whole community is going to turn up. Um, but yeah,
John kirby warned that iran or its proxies could launch a significant attack as early as this week. In preparation, the us has beefed up its regionalforces over the past few days. Sending a guided Missile Submarine to the Middle East on sunday to support israel as it braces for a potential attack. Our Middle East correspondent, Wyre Davies sent this update in jerusalem. There have been increasingly credible intelligence reports in western governments and in the region and perhaps an increasing expectation that sooner rather rather than later iran will follow through with its vow to respond against israel, either directly or indirectly through hezbollah, for those attacks believed to have been carried out by israel in iran and in Southern Lebanon against seniorfigures in hamas and hezbollah. How and when those iranian responses will take place we simply dont know but the israeli government says its military is prepared for an attack. All of this comes against increasing international p
Let me take you up. Up into the air. Up above the clouds. Above the weather. Above all the aircraft. This is the stratosphere. A place yet to be conquered by humankind. Up here the air is thin and calm. And it is here that youll find the zephyr. This is a strange beast, and the fact that it flies this high is the least strange thing about it. See, it only travels at 40mph. It only weighs 75kg. Its launched by hand. Its completely Solar powered. And in theory, it may be able to stay up here for months. I was last at zephyr s base in farnborough in the uk in 2018, when it had just stayed aloft for very nearly 26 days. Since then its done 64. So, this is how it works. During the day, The Sun hits the Solar panels, which charge the batteries and power the propellers, and the plane climbs to 75,000ft. When The Sun goes down, the batteries completely take over. The propellers do slow down and the plane does lose altitude. The trick, though, is to make sure youre still above 60,000ft by the t
Saying the war was not bbc news, in athens. In anyones interest. It comes as White House national Security Spokesperson John Kirby warned that iran Around The World and across the uk. Or its proxies could launch this is bbc news. A significant attack as early as this week. In preparation, the us has lets look at some other beefed up its regionalforces stories making news. Over the past few days. Sending a guided missile two 12 old boys are submarine to the Middle East the youngest to be convicted on sunday to support for their role in the recent israel as it braces for a potential attack. Riots across parts of the uk. They cannot be named because of their age. One was caught on cctv throwing an object at police in southport and the other admitted to two charges of violent disorder heres the state departments principal Deputy Spokesman in manchester. Vedant patel addressing the planned ceasefire talks. A doctor who treated Valdo Calocane who fatally the Prime Minister of israel stabbed
Now, to an outsider, you do seem like a deeply rooted writer. That sounds so dull, doesnt it . Yeah, no, ishould have gone places and done things, and i did a little, but, yeah, i returned to ireland. But would you acknowledge that those roots are hugely important to you . I pass the building where i was born when i go into town. So it is, it is quite close. Yeah. Its fascinating because, just the other day, i interviewed a colombian novelist and he said to me, i only really was able to write about my country and the things that really mattered to me when i left it, when i had a little bit of Space And Distance and freedom to actually express what i really thought. But youve always felt free enough from within. Orfoolish enough one or the other to say whatever i wanted to say at any given time. Yeah, um. So i think it was difficult in The Deep past for writers to write from within the country. And a lot of people do thrive in exile. I like to. Write about people who leave and come back