It s tight. Juliette binoche, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you for having me. You were born in paris in 1964 and you spent your early years there. Both your parents were actors. What sort of work did they do? well, yes, they were actors but they were doing other things to survive because it was hard to be an actor. So, we re not poor but we were very restricted. And my father was a communist and he was, like, fighting for the people, and but, yes, they were back and forth into directing and writing, as well as acting and travelling. So, they were both very artistic people. Yes, and struggling people as well, you know. Right. Your parents divorced, i think, when you were four years old and you were sent to a boarding school with your sister. So, that s a young age to be sent away. Was that pretty tough? yes, they separated when i was 2. 5 and then, we were put into different places. One was in a boarding school and another place was at my grandmother s, who separated my sister
Days since the murder of three young girls in southport on monday. Sir keir starmer, speaking from number10, described the violence as far right thuggery. He said those involved would be swiftly brought to justice, and the home office announced that mosques are to be offered greater protection. Some rioters have since been sentenced using evidence from social media accounts. To explain how this worked, i m joined by nazir afzal, former chief crown prosecutor for the north west of england. The internet is a force for good, but it s also on this occasion a crime scene. And so you ve mentioned social media. Yes, there s an enormous number of platforms. The ones we know about, there are others. There are messaging apps, there are people who ve been whatsapping each other and groups have been broken into, or people from within the group have shared what the content of those messages are. There are forums and discussion boards, you must know of reddit and lichan and a few others. There s liv
But when will it be ready? hello. Welcome to the programme. I m lewis vaughan jones. We start in russia, where ukrainian forces have destroyed a strategic bridge in the kursk region, cutting a supply route, as they continue their incursion into russian territory. In his nightly address, ukraine s president zelensky said: we see that the occupier is suffering losses, and this is useful, very useful for our defence. He s described the territory captured by ukrainian forces since they launched their incursion 12 days ago as an exchange fund, implying they could be swapped for ukrainian regions occupied by moscow. From sumy, near the border with russia, here s our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. Ukraine isn tjust targeting russian troops, but their supply lines too. A missile makes light work of a major bridge in russia s kursk region. It was a counteroffensive which surprised just about everyone. Apart from the ukrainian paratroopers who ve released this footage. Complete with dra
Us presidentjoe biden has warned all sides involved in ceasefire negotiations not to undermine efforts, saying a deal between israel and hamas is closer than ever. He has sent his secretary of state, antony blinken, back to the region, with talks to continue in cairo next week. Now on bbc news: ukrainecast presented by lucy hockings. Hello, iam hello, i am the co host of ukrainecast. Earlier, my colleague lucy and i recorded a special live edition of the programme featuring questions for our listeners all about the incursion of ukraine into russia. ~. ,. , incursion of ukraine into russia incursion of ukraine into russia. ~. ,. ,. , russia. We are now into the 11th day of russia. We are now into the 11th day of ukraine russia. We are now into the 11th day of ukraine was russia. We are now into the| 11th day of ukraine was made unprecedented incursion into russia, you will know this is the deepest cross border advanced since moscow launched its full scale invasion back in february 20
Casualties. Tension is high in the region. Hezbollah and regional allies have promised retaliation from the killing of hamas weetah. Israel claimed responsibility but has not made any comment on another assassination. Early on saturday the us embassy made an urgent warning to us citizens telling them they need to leave lebanon on any ticket available. These are crowds of passengers queueing at the airport departure terminal. The uk government has also called for british nationals to leave wanting the situation could deteriorate rapidly. Correspondence has special flights may be needed to everyone can leave. The foreign secretary today was blunt. He said, leave now. Now, david lammy was in beirut this week with the new defence secretary. He said the situation could deteriorate rapidly. He said the consequences could be catastrophic. They hope that people will leave by commercial flights, which are still operating, but the government is now gearing up for a possible evacuation, if that s