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now on bbc news, let s watch the media show. hello. in march this year, the bbc gave one of its biggest soaps, holby city, a do not resuscitate order after 23 years. injuly, channel 5 decided we no longer needed good neighbours and the sun went down on ramsay street after 37 years. but cast your minds back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watts divorce papers after she d lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? what s their place in the cultural landscape? are we going through a messy den and angie divorce with them? or is it still enduring love, like scott and charlene? i m ....
for sir salman rushdie, authors have been gathering in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was seriously injured in a knife attack. hundreds of writers gathered at the city s public library to read his works and pay tribute. and now on bbc news, it s the media show. hello. in march this year, the bbc gave one of its biggest soaps, holby city, a do not resuscitate order after 23 years. injuly, channel 5 decided we no longer needed good neighbours and the sun went down on ramsay street after 37 years. but cast your mind back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watt s divorce papers after she d lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 mill ....
joining us now with the very nst latest, own kevin corke kevin , big news in d.c. today in delaware today, very big indeed. sean, evening to you. you re right. taxy violations unregister foreign lobbying and false statements. just some of the many charges that hunter biden could soonn be facing. thates telling fox news the federal investigation into the younger biden and his tax affairs have reached a , quote,a critical stage with officials said to be looking into whether or not the son should be charged with various tax violations, possible foreign lobbying violations and much, much more on biden, as you know, has been under federal investigation since 2018. that according to a source familiar with the matter. a separate source, by the way, tells fox tonight f that a federal grand jury looking into hunter s businesski dealings, sean, wrapped up its latest term late last month. st the investigation being conducted by delaware u.s. attorney david weiss, a prosecutor app ....
over kabul in afghanistan to the taliban, women in afghanistan have fewer rights now because we have a female vice president here who can t even speak correctly. so they know all of this is coming. the second half of 2020 two is going to be even worse than the first half. now, the new york times, let me just tell you quickly, as a pollster is notoriously pro democrat, pro hillary in 2016, biden in 2020 just quickly in in twenty 20, they said trump was going to win montana by six. he won by 16. they said he s going to win kansas by seven. he won by 14. they said your bottom is going to win ohio by one. he lost by eight. he was going to win florida by three. he lost by three. the list goes on and on . so sample sampling s never really great. it s never really great for republicans, always tilted towards biden and it s their poll. the new york times poll that says sixty four percent of democrats want somebody beyond joe biden. 2020 four. 94% that basically everyo ....
the nato summit in madrid and, before that, the g7 in the bavarian alps. both promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes. general sanders was arguing for muscular deterrents, the not very disguised message to presidents and prime ministers being, do you want history to remember you as it remembers neville chamberlain, who delayed war by appeasing hitler but did not prevent it? liz truss, the uk s foreign minister, seemed to get the message, declaring, we are keen to protect the defence of taiwan against beijing. this in a week when china s president xi jinping visited hong kong 25 years after british control came to an end. he was celebrating its rebirth. the uk isjoint guarantor of hong kong s freedoms. well, that went well, didn t it? in the studio with me, suzanne lynch, an irishjournalist now based in brussels for politico. polly toynbee, who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 1988 which means she s seen off six prime ministers so f ....