About racism and President Trump. 22 years later, prince harry follows in his mothers footsteps as he visits a partially cleared minefield in angola. And i am in doha, well the world athletics championships are under way and the heat is dominating the agenda. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news wales have named an Unchanged Team to face australia at the rugby world cup. And that means a record 130th cap for alun wyn jones. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The former cabinet minister amber rudd has accused number ten of using aggressive language that incites violence. It comes after a turbulent week in which mps returned to the house of commons and took part in furious exchanges in the commons. Today borisjohnson again defended his use of language and insisted that delivering brexit on 31st of october would bring much of the heat out of the debate. Meanwhile, scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has indicated that shed be open to backing Jeremy C
Football the way it was say, 20 30 yea rs football the way it was say, 20 30 years ago. The transfer window closes for premier league clubs. Well find out who did the best business as the new season kicks off tonight. And nothing says summer like a wet weather in a festival field. This is one, but others have fallen foul of weather conditions. Some particularly windy conditions. Ill have the full details later in the programme. Its friday august 9th. Our top story the number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales is the highest it has been in ten years, according to an analysis of officialfigures. The Charity Asthma uk says the deaths are unnecessary, as too many people are failing to get the basic level of care. With more, heres our Health Correspondent, dominic hughes. Nearly 5 Million People in england and wales suffer from asthma, which can cause coughing, wheezing, a tight chest and breathlessness. Treated properly, it should be easy to manage, but the number of
There is plenty of water in the city center to the loss of both several monumental fountains. Water and will and what the people of all spoke made of it thats going to be the common theme for my tour of the city today and as always i have a lot on my list a palace for Art Industrial monuments a boat trip and i really would like to see the birthplace of about published so lets go. Well also look behind the scenes of the. One of germanys most famous puppet theaters. A georgian woman will show us her hometown. And todays your video brings us travel impressions from cambodia. This is the center of the town hall is located on the square at the end of. This Renaissance Building is magnificent although it was almost completely destroyed by bombing in the 2nd world war it was rebuilt in the original style for many centuries was an important Political Center as a prince bishopric and a free Imperial City. The golden hall recalls the citys former splendor. Above the front door a picture shows th
Cultural life, the radio four podcast, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how her passion for playing was there from the start. I knew very young there was no question i wanted to play the violin. There was no question that that was what i must do and had to do and wanted to do. Have you played here much, nicky . They chuckle nicola benedetti, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you so much for having me. Its an absolute pleasure. You were born and brought up in north ayrshire. What are your earliest musical memories at home . What memories do you have of music being played at home . The bee gees and abba. Later on, good dose of shania twain. That was all my dads taste. My mum definitely had a kenny g record. Um. She laughs saxophone . Theyll kill me for saying all of this quite like this, but its the truth both of your parents were born in italy, werent they . Yes. Was it an italian household culturally growing up . Its a good question. I would say both parents
Fans are getting ready for the big game in spain too. The womens game there has seen an explosion in popularity, with the number of women players in federated leagues increasing by almost 200 from 2009 to 2022. Heres one of them. Translation the way they are showing us they are breaking down barriers time and time again the collective Bargaining Agreement a few years ago, the professionalisation of womens football, all this, and also the way they represent the values of sport for me and i think for all of us is a complete inspiration. Off the field during this competition, there have been serious conversations taking place about womens sport and its place in the world, including pay equality. The total prize pot for the womens world cup is 110 million thats a 300 increase from the 2019 tournament. But by comparison, its significantly lower than the 1140 million pot for the mens tournament in qatar last year. At the beginning of the competition, analysis by cnn found that female players