fights, loads of them and huge ones too, confessions of infidelity, someone who'd cut off their own legs, a man whose wife left him because he wanted to live in a cardboard box, the ku klux klan on set with members of thejewish defence league — all featured on thejerry springer show. it was announced today that the talk show host has died at the age of 79. he transformed television — inviting people who you didn't regularly see on tv, onto tv, as they shared intimate and sometimes excruciating details of their lives. springer was accused of exploiting those guests, something he always pushed back on. his format was copied by dozens of other tv hosts around the world but he was the 06. what's going on? so, i'm here today because ijust recently found out that my boyfriend

of three years has been cheating on me with some little skank. audience: ooh! and, do you want to know the best part about it all, though? yes, i would like to. his own mother was the one who walked in on them. jeremy paxman interviewed jerry springer back on newnight back in 2014. here's a bit of it. jerry springer, the godfather of the confessional chat show, is here. are you ashamed of it? uh, the show's stupid, i've always thought the show's stupid. ashamed? no. shouldn't you be? no, not any more than a journalist should be doing the news. because, for example, you would make a living... let's say you're a journalist, let's say you do the news every night. every night, you tell stories about very bad things and it's very profitable for the station. you're not necessarily helping the people you talk about. newspapers are in that business all the time. you could decide only

to put well scrubbed, wealthy people who speak the queens english on television and just do that. but that wouldn't reflect the whole society. you're being facetious, aren't you? no, i think television... no, i'm dead serious. let me finish. television should reflect free society, the entire culture. if all the shows were like mine, that would be wrong. but you can'tjust have television that's like friends, seinfeld, all these wealthy people, good—looking people, and you love it. if some wealthy, famous person goes on television and talks about who he or she has been sleeping with, we can't get enough of it. we cheer them. but if it's some person of low income, all of a sudden we say, "trash." jeremy versus jerry. a couple jeremy versusjerry. a couple of jeremy versus jerry. a couple of the front pages. the daily telegraph, my place in the coronation proves the king and racist diversity. a picture

of baroness luella benjamin. they have what they say is the report into the bbc chairman, richard sharpe. they say he breached the rules of the johnson sharpe. they say he breached the rules of thejohnson lamb, a report thatis rules of thejohnson lamb, a report that is due tomorrow has found that mr sharp broke the code on public appointments by failing to inform the committee that interviewed him about his part in the loan. he will come under intense pressure to resign. the guardian. the met may be failing to spot serial killers. and the daily mail. vindictive, that is what they call the rail unions for calling further strikes around the fa cup final, the derby and the eurovision. that's all from us tonight. faisal�*s here tomorrow — we'll be covering that expected report into the bbc chairman richard sharp. that is all from us tonight, have a good evening.

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thousands of us and philippine troops have been taking part in one of the largest ever military exercises carried out by both countries. the exercises follow a deal announced earlier this year for us forces to use an increased number of bases in the philippines, including one near taiwan. laura bicker sent this report. life is fragile in this northern frontier of the philippines. impenetrable limestone cliffs and frequent storms can cut the island off for weeks. but people here face a new threat, caught between two superpowers, trying to gain supremacy over these seas. cyrus is out to catch flying fish, the islanders�* favourite. but on his days out at sea, fishing and the philippine waters just south of taiwan, he spotted chinese ships getting ever closer.

the chinese fishermen used to harass us. even chinese coastguard used to roam around the island. chinese coastguard? yes. the native islanders have forged a living, fishing and farming on this island for centuries taking only what they need. it's very fresh air. we live here in peace. but their proximity to taiwan has made them both a strategic us ally and a vulnerable foe. the us and the philippines held combat drills here to practice defending an island from aggressors. part of the largest military exercises the two allies have ever staged. this is about more than a show of arms. this is about washington building an arc of alliances across asia. south korea, japan,

the philippines, australia. the idea is to build a reliable coalition, just in case there is conflict with china. but some fear an increasing us presence will provoke the people's republic of china. we don't want a war with prc. we do not want that, we do not desire that, we are not provoking that. a war with the prc is good for nobody, including the prc. our method of operation here, and a goal of our campaign in the region is to deter conflict from ever occurring. this sleepy town in the far north of the filipino mainland is now part of that deterrent. santa ana is home to a tiny naval base, one of four new naval sites the us can access. but some fear it could make the area a target. it's really difficult.

that's why we try to provide some input about it, the feelings of our people, so that more superpowers will see, you know, how hard it is for us to choose between the two. between a neighbour who had never been our enemy, and between a long ally with so many difficulties too. but distance from the politics and the rhetoric, the people of these islands try not to dwell on what could be and enjoy what they have. an island life is a simple life, they tell me. with a close eye to the north, they pray daily that it will stay that way. well as laura's report shows china's influence is growing in south east asia and a new report looking at data over the last five years in the asean region has concluded the same thing. the report has been produced by the lowy institute — an independent think tank based in sydney.

it concludes that beijing is more influential in all ten countries in the bloc but especially so in two of them in its economic relationships. let's get more from the lead author of the report susannah patton, director, southeast asia programme at the lowy institute. she joins us from sydney. great to get you on the programme. in the first instance, how did you measure the influence of china and the us in the asean countries? we look at four different measures of influence including economic relationships which is the most important. relationships which is the most important-— relationships which is the most imortant. , . ., important. defence networks, so the deployments. _ important. defence networks, so the deployments, combined _ important. defence networks, so the deployments, combined exercises, l deployments, combined exercises, defence dialogues between countries in the region. we look at diplomatic influence so the size of the diplomatic networks, the extent of diplomatic networks, the extent of diplomatic contact between the foreign ministers and leaders of the countries in the region and china

and the united states and we also look at cultural influence. consider things like media influence, people to people connections and so forth. in many ways the economic relationships talking on trade, investment, economic diplomacy like free trade agreements is really the critical factor. free trade agreements is really the criticalfactor. i free trade agreements is really the critical factor.— critical factor. i think that underlines _ critical factor. i think that underlines money - critical factor. i think that underlines money really. critical factor. i think that - underlines money really does talk critical factor. i think that _ underlines money really does talk in some parts of this region, certainly when it comes to chinese funds. what is your sense of how the us is doing? is your sense of how the us is doinu ? ~ . is your sense of how the us is doinu ? . ., ., is your sense of how the us is doin ? . ., ., ,.,, doing? the clear trend from the past five ears doing? the clear trend from the past five years is — doing? the clear trend from the past five years is that _ doing? the clear trend from the past five years is that in _ doing? the clear trend from the past five years is that in almost _ doing? the clear trend from the past five years is that in almost every - five years is that in almost every country the united states has become a relatively less important economic partner. that is both in terms of two—way trade, but also increasingly in terms of investment. where china's investment to the region has grown quite rapidly. the exception is in vietnam where many us

companies who were looking to diversify away from china actually increased their investment. that is a bit of an outlier. in some countries especially those countries that are geographically close to china, like sayjan markham that are geographically close to china, like say jan markham allows, or cambodia, the discrepancy between us and chinese influences very much large. d0 us and chinese influences very much larae. , ., us and chinese influences very much larae. ,, , us and chinese influences very much lane. , ., us and chinese influences very much larae. , ., . ., large. do you see that changing in the near future? _ large. do you see that changing in the near future? is _ large. do you see that changing in the near future? is there - large. do you see that changing in the near future? is there anything j the near future? is there anything the us can do to to the balance in its favour?— its favour? the united states is negotiating _ its favour? the united states is negotiating a economic- its favour? the united states is i negotiating a economic agreement with most regional countries called the indo—pacific framework but that agreement does not contain negotiations for market access. so that means that it is likely real—world impact will be quite limited. and it's really more of a long—term bet that by working together on common standards, us

companies will be incentivised to invest more in the region. susanna from low — invest more in the region. susanna from lowy institute, _ invest more in the region. susanna from lowy institute, thank- invest more in the region. susanna from lowy institute, thank you - invest more in the region. susanna from lowy institute, thank you for | from lowy institute, thank you for joining us. the controversial american talk show host, jerry springer, has died at the age of 79. his tv show became cult viewing and ran for almost 30 years. here's david sillito. audience: jerry! jerry! when it began, thejerry springer show had aspirations to tackle... the serious issues. they soon realised where the ratings were though. who are you? marquis says he's scared the truth will get him in big trouble. and there in the middle, urbane, witty, the ringmaster. jerry springer. well, she does now, she's watching backstage. calm, confident and completely relaxed about the madness. the show is stupid but i've always thought the show is stupid.

most of the people on my show i really kind of like. not everyone, but most of them. theyjust didn't get the breaks in life that i get. the luck he'd had, the son ofjewish refugees who had been born during an air raid in london's highgate tube station, had taken him to america. i'm jerry springer and i want to be your governor. and a political career which wasn't helped by this revelation in a campaign ad. some nine years ago, i spent time with a woman i shouldn't have and i paid her with a cheque. i wish i hadn't done that. so, a failed politician who became a tv star and to some, a symbol of moral decay. audience: jerry! jerry! but he brought to the chaos wit, warmth and always a jerry final thought. know this, there's never been a moment in the 25 years of doing this show that i ever thought i was better than the people who appear on our stage.

i'm not better only lucky. till next time, take care of yourself and each other. jerry springer, who's died at the age, of 79. finally before we go i will tell you about how he a history textbook for chinese a history textbook for chinese schoolchildren has mentioned the country's covid pandemic response for the first time. chinese communist party leaders declared a "decisive victory" over the virus earlier this year. however, the country has also been accused of not being transparent in sharing coronavirus data. a short clip showing a paragraph of a history textbook for grade eight students on douyin, china's domestic version of tiktok, started trending on wednesday. and you can find out more about that story, if you log onto the bbc news website.

oi’ or simply download the bbc news app if you have not. thank you for watching. hello there. we've seen a lot of cloud again today, with rain developing more widely. there will be some changes in the next few days. tomorrow, a drier day than today and it's warming up a bitjust in time for the bank holiday weekend, although there will be some sharp showers around as well. earlier on today, it was particularly wet in cornwall, an inch of rain falling in places. since then, that heavier rain has pushed through the midlands towards the south—east of england. it's heading up towards east anglia and lincolnshire as well. there'll be a lot of cloud around overnight, but the worst of the rain tending to move away towards the end of the night. it will be a mild start to friday and quite a bit milder than of late actually in scotland. there'll still be some rain left from overnight first thing, especially across northern england. the worst that moves away out into the north sea.

we've got some damp weather heading down with that cloud in scotland. the rest of the uk probably brightening up a bit. some sunshine coming through that could lead to 1—2 showers, particularly in northern ireland. a few heavy ones here in the afternoon. but temperatures are getting up to 16 celsius here and could make 18—19 in the south—east as it brightens up. so, a warmer day, quite widely, compared with today. now, temperatures did get close to a0 celsius in southern parts of spain. we're not tapping into that hot weather. instead, our air is coming more from the azores. it does mean temperatures are going to be higher, but there's still some cold air in place across northern scotland and temperatures will be depressed in scotland and northern england underneath that cloud. england, wales and northern ireland seeing some sunshine, but also a few more showers that could be heavy and thundery. but those temperatures are continuing to rise a bit. could make 20 in the south—east of england, but still only around eight in northern scotland. into sunday, and quite a bit of cloud to come, maybe more showers breaking out, again, some of them heavy with the risk of thunder. wetter weather slides across northern ireland into western scotland.

so temperatures probably won't be quite so high, but still better than we've seen over the past few days. by the time we get to bank holiday monday, this area of high pressure is trying to build in from the atlantic. a little belatedly maybe, but there should be fewer showers around on monday. most of those highlighted there across northern scotland, east anglia and the south—east though one or two could develop elsewhere, but there will be some sunshine around. it's turning drier from the west. the winds will be quite light and temperatures reaching a pleasant 16—17 celsius. his match with shaun murphy and that is what impressed me most. that is what you look for, the sign of a top player, his cue ball control. he has got it. player, his cue ball control. he has not it. , player, his cue ball control. he has .otit, , , player, his cue ball control. he has at it. ,, ., player, his cue ball control. he has notit. , ., ' got it. this black, leaving him 71 oints got it. this black, leaving him 71 points ahead — got it. this black, leaving him 71 points ahead with _ got it. this black, leaving him 71 points ahead with just _ got it. this black, leaving him 71 -

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this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from berlin, i'm stephen sackur. vladimir putin's all—out invasion of ukraine delivered the mother of all political shocks to germany's elite. suddenly, russian energy supplies could not be relied upon, and germany's traditional foreign policy—making principle — putting business first, not military power — well, suddenly it looked like weakness. chancellor 0laf scholz promised dramatic change.

my guest is state secretary for economic cooperation niels annen.