Good evening. One of the biggest names in british television, sir Michael Parkinson, has died at the age of 88. In a career spanning seven decades, he interviewed some of the worlds greatest stars on his tv chat show, including the legendary boxer muhammad ali, sir eltonjohn and george michael. And damejudi dench. The bbc s director general tim davie described sir michael as truly One Of A Kind and the king of the chat show. David sillito looks back at his life. Dont you get fed up of each other . Oh, yes, yes. I call him golden balls, you know, now. Did you ever say, you dirty rat . Never. Jimmy cagney. Orson welles. Jimmy stewart. These were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. The fact is that youre a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he . Why is that . Well, number one, hes ugly. His interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. He cannot talk. And who told him he could sing . But of all thos
System and, of course, in china as well. I think what it means also is that amongst all of the various imbalances in the economy in china right now, the Property Sector might be the weight on the economy that lasts the longest simply because it is going to be such a slow slog in terms of restructuring this debt. We have seen pictures of unfinished buildings, families and even sometimes having to squat in those buildings because they cannot afford to pay the rent and pay their mortgage on these properties. What can china do to try to boost this up . Somehow the key to this issue right now is to complete Unfinished Projects because this will at least keep some of the financing flowing. As you mentioned, many, many projects are presold and the households that buy those properties, they make Mortgage Payments even if they are not able to take delivery of the product but as construction has come to a halt, they stop making those and that means no Income Accruing to the Property Developer th
There for you. Saudi arabias crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, has been invited to visit the uk in the autumn. The visit is likely to prompt sharp criticism over the gulf leaders Human Rights Record. It would be the first trip by the crown prince to the uk since the murder ofjournalist Jamal Khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. Us Intelligence Agencies concluded that the prince must have authorised the killing. Lets talk to may darwich, senior lecturer in the International Relations of The Middle East at the university of birmingham. Thank you for coming out of the programme will solicit about first while this invitation has been extended. I while this invitation has been extended while this invitation has been extended. ~. ,. , extended. I think there are several reasons as extended. I think there are several reasons as to extended. I think there are several reasons as to why extended. I think there are several reasons as to why the extended. I think there are severa
Through the us legal system and of course in china as well. I think what it means also is that amongst all of the various imbalances in the economy in china right now, the property sector might be the weight on the economy that lasts the longest simply because it is going to be such a slow slog in terms of restructuring of this debt. We have seen pictures of unfinished buildings, families and even sometimes having to squat in those buildings because they cannot afford to pay the rent and pay their mortgage on these properties. What can china do to try to boost this up . Somehow the key to this issue right now is to complete Unfinished Projects because this will at least keep some of the financing flowing. As you mentioned, the many, many projects are presold and the households that buy those properties they make Mortgage Payments even if they are not able to take delivery of the product but as construction has come to a halt, they stop making those and that means no Income Accruing to