ceo of interviewed a guy, he was the ceo of a crypto company who was arrested for fraud last friday, a crypto company who was arrested forfraud last friday, thursday. went to el salvador, the only country trying to make it real money and it is not working and that i interviewed... we and it is not working and that i interviewed. . ._ and it is not working and that i interviewed... we had quite an adventure- _ interviewed... we had quite an adventure. we _ interviewed... we had quite an adventure. we are _ interviewed... we had quite an adventure. we are not - interviewed... we had quite an adventure. we are notjust - interviewed... we had quite an i adventure. we are notjust talking about challenger banks, we are talking about established banks like goldman sachs and other banks who are also interested and have departments dealing with cryptocurrency. in a way, do those banks give it legitimacy? that cryptocurrency. in a way, do those banks give it legitimacy?— banks give it legitimacy? that is - re banks give it legitimacy? that is pretty funny. — banks give it legitimacy? that is pretty funny, original— banks give it legitimacy? that is pretty funny, original story - banks give it legitimacy? that is pretty funny, original story was | pretty funny, original story was bitcoin was going be peer—to—peer currency and now the democratic decentralised future of money brought to you by goldman sachs or blackrock, and the narratives have changed, and at the end of the day

cryptocurrency does not do any of the things that it says it does, it does not bank the un—banked and does not build generational wealth. it is not build generational wealth. it is not even the future of money, it is actually the past. if cryptocurrency were an organised currency, that would be private money that is an idea we tried in the 19th century in america and the free banking era. 1837 until 1863. it was a failure. in part due to a...— 1837 until 1863. it was a failure. in part due to a... you talk about celebrities _ in part due to a... you talk about celebrities who _ in part due to a... you talk about celebrities who endorse - celebrities who endorse cryptocurrency and urge people to buy it and they are getting paid for it whether or not it works. are they notjust doing what celebrities do? should they actually have some kind of moral centre? {131 should they actually have some kind of moral centre?— of moral centre? of course they should and _ of moral centre? of course they should and they _ of moral centre? of course they should and they might - of moral centre? of course they should and they might even - of moral centre? of course theyl should and they might even have of moral centre? of course they i should and they might even have a liability. there is a massive difference between selling somebody car insurance work soap and selling somebody of financial product. the

latter is actually a legal if that product turns out to be an unregistered and unlicensed security and celebrities are not licensed initial advisors and should not be giving advice. there is a massive difference morally, ethically and potentially even legally. rank you ve much potentially even legally. rank you very much for— potentially even legally. rank you very much forjoining _ potentially even legally. rank you very much forjoining us. -- - potentially even legally. rank you i very much forjoining us. -- thank very much forjoining us. —— thank you. that's all almost all from us tonight. before we go, today we lost george alagiah, a great colleague and a good friend. he has died at the age of 67, nine years after he was dignosed with bowel cancer. here he is talking to his former bbc colleague craig oliver on his podcast desperately seeking wisdom last year. goodnight. i had to get to a place of contentment and the only way i knew how to do that was literally to look back at my life, because actually when the guy's sitting there telling you you've got cancer and it's not looking good, the first they think you're thinking it, "oh, i'm being cheated, i'm being robbed, i'm being robbed of all the things i could have become, i'm being robbed of all the experiences i might have had".

and i had to stop and say, "hang on a minute, if the full stop came now, would my life have been a failure?" and actually when i look back and i looked at myjourney, where it all started, the family i have, the opportunities my family had, and the great good fortune to bump into fran who has now been my wife and lover for all these years, the kids that we brought up, it didn't feel like a failure.

but, on the nearby beach, a business owner had come to take a look. and found his concession destroyed. we lose the business. we are... we have good health, _ and we are hopeful to fix it again. it's a sign ofjust how quickly things change. the winds very strong now, and we've been told we need to get out, because the fire may be coming towards us. it seems unstoppable. firefighters now battling to save more villages from the flames. all those who fled can do can is watch and hope. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the bbc has apologised to the former ukip leader nigel farage over a report about the reason why his account at the private bank coutts was closed. our media editor katie razzall can tell us more. the head of natwest, which owns coutts bank, has already apologised to mr farage. now the ceo of bbc news has written to him to say sorry and the journalist behind the story has tweeted an apology,

because earlier this month, the bbc reported that a private bank had closed the former ukip leader's bacnk account for commercial reasons. he had always said it was a political decision, and after the bbc report, mr farage was provided with highly crtical internal coutts documents which showedd the bank considered he held xenophobic and racist views. the bbc�*s business editor simonjack tweeted today that the information he based the story had been from a trusted and senior source, but he added it turned out to be incomplete and inaccurate. tonight, mr farage, speaking to the bbc, said he accepted the apologies with good grace, but that natwest was at fault and he still wants answers from the bank. you're live with bbc news. george alagiah, one of the bbc�*s most highly—respected, and much—loved presenters, has died. he was 67 — and he'd been living with bowel cancer since 2014. george died at home with his family today —

nine years after being diagnosed. george won many awards in a hugely successful career which took him from southern africa to many other parts of the world. the bbc�*s director general, tim davie, described him as "one of the best and bravestjournalists of his generation". but above all he was a very fine human being — as his friend and colleague allan little now reports. three, two, one... go tape. at six o'clock — the ground war on iraq has begun. millions knew him as the face of the six o'clock news... ..and for his calm, unflappable authority. good evening and welcome to the bbc�*s news at six. he was born in sri lanka in 1955 to christian tamil parents. as a child the family moved to ghana. this is the road... and he was swept up in the early optimism of a young nation newly independent of british colonial rule.

we knew that africa was going to be united and that ghana, this country, was going to be at the centre of it, and i think that was a kind of dream. at 11 he was a migrant again, this time to england, where his parents enrolled him in a portsmouth boarding school. here, though there was some racism, he learned to adapt to a new culture and to thrive. at durham university he met his wife frances. i think when we got married, we were aware of a sort of meeting of cultures. you can see that in the wedding photos. we've got two sons, adam and matthew. in a turbulent and often dangerous working life, she and their two boys were the still and unwavering centre of his existence — his solid ground. and welcome to the rainbow nation. forjust over a year now, south africa has been my base as the bbc�*s africa correspondent. i knew george as a foreign correspondent. we worked together in africa, the continent whose fate ran through his life

like a thread through cloth. so, this is where... your house? hey? oh, it's nice, it's nice. i thought of him as a kind of mentor, i was inspired by his example. he was brave, calm and kind. ok, you get the water from here and do that. i admired his gift for reaching into the hearts of those caught up in war or natural disaster. winning their trust, even at the worst moments of their lives. in a refugee camp in eastern zaire, hundreds were dying every day of preventable illness. i asked her what she wanted from life. "ajob," she said, "so i can look after little petty." in somalia he met a woman whose ten—year—old daughter had just died. his own children were about the same age. it seemed wrong to be there at what should have been a moment of private grief. she said it was all right if it might help to save her other daughter. i haven't the heart to count and it doesn't really matter...

there were moments when he crossed the line between merely witnessing and actively intervening in the pain of others. we took those we could manage to the french military hospital, at times like this it's impossible not to cross the line that divides us, the observers, and those we observe. the rwandese translator we worked with then, seth ngarambe, told us his tutsi wife had been murdered by hutu extremists. but he was later accused of complicity in her murder and jailed. george wanted to know the truth, however painful, and went to find him in prison. the nature of their reunion, the power of it, says something profound about the george we knew and his extraordinary talent. you're looking well, you're looking better than i thought. yes. hey? seth, can we go and talk somewhere? it's wonderful. he even charmed men at the heart of sierra leone's normally secretive diamond trading business. this is the biggest you've seen all day and... the world of the so—called blood diamond. this is something

to write home about? no, this is about $2,000, $2,500. so you're in the clear? in ghana, he went back to his old school. somewhere in here is me. go on, yes... well done! he would later say that he was destined to spend his adult life in africa dispelling the dream he had nurtured so carefully as a child. he was injohannesburg in the mandela years, a time of bright promise, mandela in his �*70s was about to remarry. and now, sir, the future, you're a man in love? it is a wonderful moment for me, as anybody else, to be in love. when he returned to the uk he brought to the studio a wealth of wisdom and experience gathered over years on the road. though in the seconds before his first six o'clock news, there was some trepidation. at six o'clock, these

are tonight's top stories... he was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. after a gruelling round of treatment and multiple operations, he couldn't wait to be back in the tumult of the newsroom. he was deeply moved by messages of support and affection sent in by countless viewers he would never meet. and on his first day back made this a small concession. and i just want to say it's...good to be back with you. off—screen, george was funny, clever, a generous and confiding friend and full of energetic hope. there was something infectious about his optimism. you always walked away from time with george feeling better about the human race and the world in general. and that's the bbc�*s news at six. the migrant boy whose family left sri lanka with nothing found his home in a changing britain and he took this country to his heart. it's goodbye, the news continues, though, here on bbc one... i watched george for years up close and thought this of him —

that people wanted to tell him that story because, in hisjournalism, they saw the outstretched hand of a shared humanity and of solidarity. they're watching you stay reporting live from singapore. let's talk about two movies that got the world's attention at the box office this past weekend. barbie and oppenheimer delivered the strongest opening weekend at the box office this year. the barbenheimer" phenomenon. there was a huge marketing blitz from toymaker mattel and warner bros, the barbie film was always expected to do well. globally its estimated to have made around $337 million dollars during its opening weekend. in north america, barbie made $155 million alone, which makes it the fourth—highest grossing film debut ever in north america. it's only behind two instalments of the avengers franchise and a star wars film.

oppenheimer also delivered, it made $174 million dollars worldwide, which was much higher than expected. live now to yasmine kandil, a film critic. thank you forjoining us on news today. let's start with barbie, no spoilers because i have more state, but what did you think of the movie? i love to barbie, i think it's a special movie considering it comes from an ip, special movie considering it comes from an if, it could easily have been a money grab kind of felt but it has a lots of heart and soul, and that's down to the director. what that's down to the director. what about oppenheimer, _ that's down to the director. what about oppenheimer, do - that's down to the director. what about oppenheimer, do you think it is done to better partly because it came out at the same time as barbie? funnily enough, when it was first announced that they had the same opening day, lots of people thought it would interfere with each other but if anything the social media phenomenon around it has lifted that. oppenheimer box record states,

given that people are doing a double future all we can. if given that people are doing a double future all we can.— future all we can. if someone has in which either — future all we can. if someone has in which either of _ future all we can. if someone has in which either of them, _ future all we can. if someone has in which either of them, which - future all we can. if someone has in which either of them, which should | which either of them, which should they watch first, barbie are oppenheimer question mark this was controversial subject because i watched oppenheimerfirst controversial subject because i watched oppenheimer first because controversial subject because i watched oppenheimerfirst because i had a list of deep thoughts, but you can do it anywhere you want. some amazing barbenheimer memes on social media as well, do you have any favourites? i media as well, do you have any favourites?— media as well, do you have any favourites? i have been living on the fan posters _ favourites? i have been living on the fan posters coming - favourites? i have been living on the fan posters coming out - favourites? i have been living on the fan posters coming out not l the fan posters coming out not necessarily the memes, people are talented on social media and seen the combination of these films which are polar opposites which have acclaimed directors and acclaimed

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than 30 seconds, are you - hello. some parts of the uk, particularly parts of northern england and northern ireland, have already seen the wettestjuly on record. and you probably won't be too surprised to hear that we have got more rain in the forecast at times through the remainder of this week. now, tuesday brings a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. we won't all be seeing the rain during the day on tuesday, but let's look at the rest of the week. this is the jet stream. these winds you can see here continuing to drive areas of low pressure in towards our shores with showers or longer spells of rain moving their way through from the atlantic and pushing gradually eastwards. now, tuesday morning,

a few spells of showery rain across parts of central scotland. also the odd shower for wales, south west england, east anglia too. heading through the day, this area of cloud and rain nudges further south and then we start to see showers bubbling up for eastern scotland and eastern england, which could be really quite heavy, potentially thundery, with some hail mixed in too. a bit more cloud and a few showers later on for northern ireland, but some sunny spells elsewhere. northern scotland, wales, south west of england, with just 15—21 degrees at best, a little below par for this time of year. heading through the overnight period, not into wednesday, then, most of the showers tending to ease away, one or two continuing perhaps parts of wales, north west england to start the day on wednesday. but another fairly fresh night with temperatures getting down into single figures, in the countryside at least. heading through wednesday, here's the next area of low pressure, only gradually moving its way in from the west. so ahead of that, a fair amount of dry weather, particularly through the morning for much of scotland. few showers parts of northern and eastern england, but some sunshine for east anglia in the southeast. there's the cloud and the rain spilling into northern ireland, parts of wales, in the south west of england. later in the afternoon, the wind picking up too. temperatures, perhaps a degree or so up, but still below average, onlyjust1li—21, perhaps 22

in the south. moving through into thursday now and low pressure sits out towards the north west of the uk. so we've still got a few lingering weather fronts. could be a bit more rain for parts of northern scotland, perhaps around the south coast of england where it'll be quite breezy. elsewhere, we're looking at a day of sunny spells again and a few showers cropping up. still, temperatures only about 15—21, perhaps 22 degrees on thursday. and then that unsettled showery spell continues right through the end of the week and the weekend into next week, too. perhaps something eventually a little bit drier and warmer as we head through towards the second week of august. bye for now.

welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur, and today i'm in brussels, below the antarctic ice, along the entire length of the english channel, all of these feats of superhuman things have been undertaken by my desk today, louis. why does he do it, to focus his attention on the climate crisis and its impact on our blue planet. his death exploits have won him political access from downing street to the kremlin, but is the response to the kremlin, but is the response to little too late?