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it s very hard to carry pots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. from the hot desert. ..to the cold mountains. ..and dry, arid plains. it s backbreaking. i want to find out when will the walk be over? when will water come home? in 2019, prime minister narendra modi made a promise. to bring water through taps to each home in every village by 202a. he said it will ease women s daily lives. i ve set out on a journey across the country to check out the government s claims. these are the dry, arid plains of central india. they used to be green, but after recurring droughts, this is the kind of water some villages are left with. buffaloes bathe here, and some women, too. some take this water for washing and cleaning. managing the family s water needs is women s work here. there aren t many choices. these villages are infamous for their water crises. it s a hard life that no woman would choose. famil ....
and you know, we get into law school every so often on this program and we get into barack obama s unearthed law school manuscript and what he says about safeguarding american democracy, which is pretty relevant. but we begin with huge breaking news. a billion dollar verdict. that is the total damages for the liar proven in court to be a liar and right wing conspiracy theorist, alex jones. the lies matter. because the sanctions for them matter. because what is happening right now tonight in america is according to so many victims family, justice long overdue for these families who lived through the unthinkable. the murder of their children at sandy hook and the man you see on your screen tried to lie about and harass and defame and profit off all that. well that ends. that ends today. that was put to an end in court with and i want you to hear this number because it is way larger than any number i have ever read in any newscast to you as news. $965 million in damages ag ....
if it s absolutely necessary. david. and in that phrase, if it s absolutely necessary, is kind of the nub of it. we re told the boy is he s a nobody. he s a villager from far away. no one knows who he is, but of course he isn t. he has a father who then arrives at the villa and says, you must pay reparations by travelling with me to my home to bury the boy. ralph fiennes s character says, we re not going with him. i don t know who he is. you know, maybe they want money or maybe worse. but then the film kind of bifurcates between, on the one hand, the villa where all this debauched revelry is going on, and on the other hand, the journey of his character. this is directed by john michael mcdonagh. i think it has very good performances, not least by ismael kanater, who plays the father of the boy driss, who when you first meet him, he s very sort of hard to read, but as the drama goes on, says an awful lot often not with words, but through expressions. i think ....
or prince charles thinks about things. i or prince charles thinks about things, i am unsure what the reality is. , , , ., is. the papers will still go with it. i am sure is. the papers will still go with it. i am sure we is. the papers will still go with it. i am sure we will is. the papers will still go with it. i am sure we will read - is. the papers will still go with | it. i am sure we will read about what they have been up to. thank you very much, that is eight for the papers tonight. the papers will be back tomorrow evening when we will know who the new tory leader and prime minister in waiting will be. jenny kleeman and natasha clark will be having a look through them, do join us then, but if you can, from now, from me, good night. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i mjane hill, and back with us after a summer break, mark kermode, good to see you again. nice to see you again. so, interesting week. we have the forgiven with ralph ....
power. water as well. we re going to get a live update on what he ll hear and see as well. also this morning, court is in session. it s the first day of the supreme court s nine-month term with justice ketanji brown jackson making history as its newest member. the history-making docket, the justices have teed up, after their last blockbuster term. opening statements are under way in a trial involving the oath keepers. their founder and other members are the first capitol attack defendants to be tried on seditious conspiracy charges. coming up, what it could mean for future cases against january 6th rioters. we want to start though with the aftermath of hurricane ian and our reporters on the ground in hard-hit lee county where serge and rescue operations are under way. we are now into day five of the search-and-rescue mission which is currently ongoing. you ve been on the ground for the last couple of days. speaking a lot over the weekend as well. still the devastation ....