in recent years, jane birkin maintained her celebrity status after inspiring the hermes birkin handbag. when it was released the song je t aime was banned on radio stations in several countries and condemned by the vatican because of its overtly sexual lyrics. speaking in a bbc documentary in 2015 jane birkin reflected on the controversy. the vatican and the bbc did not like the heavy breathing without the heavy breathing without realising the beauty was i love you. i played it for my mother and father and i used to do itjumping the heavy breathing. what a beautiful tune, they would say. and my brother came by the house and got the whole thing all of the breathing and it s a beautiful tune. and my father, they were stoic but can you imagine having your daughter in such a scandalous thing right up in the charts in england were talked about it and it must ve been a nightmare. tributes have been coming in following jane birkin s death. the french president, emmanuel macron has t
would provide lethal aid to ukraine. this asian country has one of the biggest stockpiles of ammunition in the world, and ukraine is facing severe shortages of them, especially artillery shells. and south korea has been facing growing pressure from its main allies in the us and in the uk to start providing lethal aid to ukraine. but interestingly, neither president zelensky nor his south korean counterpart mentioned about lethal aid today at all. they spoke about economic assistance, about humanitarian aid, but nothing about weapons or ammunition. president of south korea spoke about the military aid, but only in the context of providing helmets and body armour. he also mentioned about de mining equipment that south korea provided in the past, and he said that he hopes his country would provide even more of such aid in the future. but state policy of south korea prohibits providing any military aid to a state that is at war. so south korea is unwilling to break this rule beca
the mediterranean next week. our simonjones has more on how nations across europe are coping. how big is that? you can see it over the fence! battling to save homes in the sweltering heat. in this town near alicante in spain, wildfires have been breaking out. one man from bristol, on holiday at his grandparents , was forced to tackle the flames himself. i was inside trying to get away from the heat and my brother came to me, rather nonchalantly going, hey, do you want to see a fire? he didn t really realise how bad the situation was, so we both go outside. the fire just started spreading. as a collective family we were attempting to try and hose it down. on the spanish island of la palma, at least 500 people have had to leave their homes, and the warning is there s more extreme hot weather on the way. in greece, the temperature could reach as high as 47 degrees in the coming days. it s forcing the country s most popular tourist attraction, the acropolis in athens, to close
je t aime.moi non plus, sung with her lover, the late french singer serge gainsbourg. it was recorded months after they met on the set of the film slogan. in recent years, jane birkin maintained her celebrity status after inspiring the hermes birkin handbag. when it was released the song je t aime was banned on radio stations in several countries and condemned by the vatican because of its overtly sexual lyrics. speaking in a bbc documentary in 2015 jane birkin reflected on the controversy. the vatican and the bbc banned it just because of the heavy breathing without realising the beauty of the text which is i love you, nor do i. i played it to my mother and father, i used to do itjumping the heavy breathing so my mum said what a beautiful tune! and it was of course and my brother came by the health and put the whole thing on with the breathing so mum kept to her thing of saying it was beautiful tune and my father it was a beautiful tune and my father too, they were stoic
bad the situation was, so we both go outside. the fire just started spreading. as a collective family we were attempting to try and hose it down. on the spanish island of la palma, at least 500 people have had to leave their homes, and the warning is there s more extreme hot weather on the way. in greece, the temperature could reach as high as 47 degrees in the coming days. it s forcing the country s most popular tourist attraction, the acropolis in athens, to close during the hottest hours, to protect visitors. but for some, it s proving too much. the red cross has been offering first aid, plus refreshment and a little bit of shade, for those who need it. we re here again to give people water and also to give leaflets concerning the high temperature period here in greece. this climate scientist told me he s concerned. so what we re seeing at the moment in much of europe, is that the new norm for the summer? whilst of course having a heatwave in the summer isn t unheard of, w