this is a present for you from the british library. that's amazing.'ve just handed david tennant a new copy of a very old book. well, it is fascinating to see it all as it was. first published in 1623, shakespeare's first folio was 400 years old this year. to celebrate, the king and queen played host to an original copy and theatre�*s royalty, many of whom can thank the folio for their most memorable roles. chatter will these hands ne'er be clean? the collection of plays was put together by two of shakespeare's fellow actors seven years after his death. it includes 18 plays that had never been printed before. plays like 12th night... what kind of man is he? ..the tempest... our revels now are ended. ..julius caesar... friends, romans, countrymen... ..and macbeth. stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more. these plays would all have been lost had it not been for the first folio. do you want me to do a clap? i am the bbc�*s culture editor, katie razzall, and i caught up with david during his rehearsals for macbeth and asked him about the role shakespea

yes, and this is a present for you from the british library, who own the first folio. wow!ere 750 published and about 230... 235. ..235 still exist, which is a lot for a 400—year—old book, which obviously shows its always been cherished. there's always been something about these words that people have taken care of. for a third of them to still be around 400 years on is a lot. it means these words have meant so much to so many people for hundreds of years. do you know your lines or do you still need to keep learning? i know — i have a good working knowledge of them. i can learn my lines directly off this! well, i've put a handy — just a little place mark in for you there... thank you! ..because that is the tragedy of macbeth. there it is! if it were done when �*tis done, then �*twere well it were done quickly. if the assassination could trammel up the consequence and catch, with his surcease, success. that but this blow might be the be—all and the end—all here. but here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we'd jump the life to come. but in these cases, we still have judgemen

were digitalized, the british library said the library of the great omari mosque is one of the most in palestine, adding the project will help in protecting manuscripts through digitalizing them and providing suitable storage conditions. in its case against israel, south africa asked the icj to protect against further severe and irreparable harm, including that to heritage sites, the palestinian people under the genocide convention. israel has accused hamas of using mosques, schools and other civilian infrastructure to hide its fighters. turning now to the race for the white house. voters in new hampshire are gearing up for their part in the 2024 us presidential primary. on tuesday, new hampshire's voters will become the second in the country to cast ballots in the presidential election process. it comes after a dominant victory by former president donald trump in the iowa republican caucuses. he won 51% of the republican vote, well ahead of florida governor ron desantis and and former un ambassador and south carolina governor nikki haley. gfthree days out from new hampshire, the la

were digitalized, the british library said the library of the great 0mari mosque is one of the mostdigitalizing them and providing suitable storage conditions. in its case against israel, south africa asked the icj to protect against further severe and irreparable harm, including that to heritage sites, the palestinian people under the genocide convention. israel has accused hamas of using mosques, schools and other civilian infrastructure to hide its fighters. tata steel has defended its decision to cut thousands ofjobs at its port talbot site in south wales, saying changes are necessary to make production much greener. two blast furnaces will be replaced with an electric alternative. unions say industrial action is likely. plaid cymru says the uk government should consider nationalising the port talbot steelworks, to allow for a "phased transition" to greener steel production. the changes will see the loss of up to 2,800 jobs, plus others in firms which supply the plant with goods and services. here's david rees, a member of the welsh parliament for aberavon — where port talbot is

this is a present for you from the british library. that's amazing.eare's first folio was 400 years old this year. to celebrate, the king and queen played host to an original copy and theatre's royalty, many of whom can thank the folio for their most memorable roles. chatter will these hands ne'er be clean? the collection of plays was put together by two of shakespeare's fellow actors seven years after his death.

were digitalized, the british library said the library of the great omari mosque is one of the mostg suitable storage conditions. in its case against israel, south africa asked the icj to protect against further severe and irreparable harm, including that to heritage sites, the palestinian people under the genocide convention. israel has accused hamas of using mosques, schools and other civilian infrastructure to hide its fighters. a neighbourhood in chicago in the us has long been known as little palestine. bridgeview has shown various forms of support for palestinians in gaza. billboards and signs all around the area call for a ceasefire. many members of the palestinian community there say they also bear the brunt of the current conflict. they hold the official us position towards the war, and mainstream media rhetoric, responsible for what they see as a rise in hostility towards them. the bbc�*s sally nabil reports. this is little palestine, or bridgeview, a suburb of chicago, illinois. a large palestinian community lives here, and their presence is visible. they are thousands of

the british library says its main catalogue, with more than 36 million records, is returning online,k last year. it is the first significant step in the restoration of services for readers and researchers after the hack. the library has warned that full recovery of all its services will be a gradual process. you can get more on all of those stories on the bbc news website or app. you are live with bbc news. a rebel group in western myanmar says it has captured a strategic town near the indian border from the ruling military. the arakan army, part of the rebel coalition, said it had taken the town of paletwa in chin state, one of myanmar�*s main routes to india. live now to bangkok, to speak to our south—east asia correspodentjonathan head. what exactly has happened? it looks like the myanmar— what exactly has happened? it looks like the myanmar military _ what exactly has happened? it looks like the myanmar military has - what exactly has happened? it looks like the myanmar military hasjust i like the myanmar military has just completely overstretched by the fighting right across the

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the british library says its records are returning online after a cyber attack last year. all of its services will be a gradual process. you're live with bbc news. in iowa, republican voters will gather across the state for its caucuses, where they state their preferred candidate, to kick off the party's nomination process. donald trump is the frontrunner. it was mr and sat nav: and keep left at the fork. the long, unpredictable road to the white house begins in iowa. every presidential cycle, the quiet, corn—producing midwestern state gets swamped by politicians. and this year, a once—in—a—decade winter blizzard. it's the first us state that gets to pick its party's nominees for president. the democrats have changed their schedule, so it's all eyes on the republicans. and polls suggest the field is frozen. donald trump dominates, despite his legal problems, and so much of the battle here is about who can take him on. if you will caucus for us on monday... there's the former un ambassador, nikki haley, who has called trump the wrong choice for america. if you're willing to

on the front page of the ft, british library reeling from a cyber hit.e did earlier, resignation over a climate which eat adding a by—election to sunak�*s worries. that's it breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. u nfortu nately unfortunately where they've been told to go has been bombarded. there frankly is no safe place in gaza, installations flying the blue flag are not safe. there's been some 217 incidences of the premises being bombarded or bombed, and 62 of those are direct hits— each of them are violations of international humanitarian law. we even have to any two instances of the israeli military using unwra installations for military operations. and we've had some 319 internationally displaced people, local palestinians who have been killed while in un installations. unfortunately even in the south, where some 1 installations. unfortunately even in the south, where some1 million, 1.25 million palestinians have fled, even there it's not safe. and again, there's simply no safe p

the british library says its main catalogue with more than 36 million records is returning online followingn of services for readers and researchers after the hack. but the library has warned that full recovery of all its services will be "a gradual process". you're live with bbc news. a review looking into child abuse in rochdale, in the northwest of england, has found young girls were left at the mercy of paedophile grooming gangs because police and council leaders failed to protect them. the report examined how young people mainly white girls from poor backgrounds were preyed upon by asian men between 2004 and 2013. 0ur north of england reporter rowan bridge reports. get...in. we're just going for us breakfast. get...in. don't cross me. it was a bbc documentary and this drama which prompted today's report. they highlighted allegations the police and authorities had repeatedly failed to tackle the sexual exploitation of girls in rochdale. the report says that was true, repeatedly. the report being published today | finds unequivocally that failures | that could and should have been avoide

, and e sure a copy of mein camp was in all the british camp librariesk they thought that the more the serviceman read it the more they would want to destroy the force, which created it. well, representative censor is one of my favorite figures in the book frames. aiken frank aiken, who was the censor chief in the republic of ireland. that republic of ireland was a neutral country, also had very strict rules. is it a catholic country? so the censors were meant to remove books whichv were in that general tendency. so most the british main publishers fell foul of th at some. but frank aiken was a member of. the edmund de villiers v in a foyle whom, if not german sympathy abuses, were distinctly anti british. so he had to very difficult balancing act to maintain neutrality. so he put people like frank king into high sounding jobs with probably weren't all that important. so he the chief censor and this meant that the irish times had to send all its book reviews to frank and many of them were disallowed or butchered. and this was particularly the case with t

. >> the british library is facing a multi—million pound bill to recover from a cyber attack.ng to reports. it could be forced to spend 6 to £7 million, around 40% of its reserves, to rebuild its digital services. criminals knocked out the national library's website in october and accessed passports and other employee data. the technology outage is still affecting the library's onune still affecting the library's online systems and services, but it's physical sites are open . it's physical sites are open. well, we've learned today that russia has used north korean ballistic missiles in ukraine for the first time. that's according to an independent weapons expert . the united weapons expert. the united states has described it as a significant and concerning escalation in cooperation between the two nations. dutch research houston clemens, who was among the first to examine the debris, says russia is violating international law. >> russia should be adhering to the sanctions on north korea for, uh, even more so when it's in the case of, uh, highly significant type of weapon syste

. >> the british library is facing a multi—million pound bill to recover from a cyber attack, accordingts, it could be forced to spend 6 to £7 million. that's around 40% of its reserves to rebuild its digital services . criminals digital services. criminals knocked out the national library's website in october and accessed passports and other employee data. the technology outage is still affecting the library's online systems and services, but its physical sites are open well, services, but its physical sites are open well , we've been are open well, we've been heanng are open well, we've been hearing today that russia has used north korean ballistic missiles in ukraine for the first time. that's according to an independent weapons expert. the united states has described it as a significant and concerning escalation in cooperation between the two countries. dutch researcher houston simmons, who was among those to examine the debris, says russia is violating international law. >> russia should be adhering to the sanctions on north korea. uh even more so when it's in the case of, uh, high

the british library are only getting back to, um , standard now when back to, um, standard now when they for the post office when it. well that i mean honestly i'm not a fan at all. >> reality is it's going to be owned by the big tech companies, right. this a! stuff, it's going to be owned by all of them. and do they care about data? do they care about your data? no, shown that no, no, they they've shown that they they're they don't already. they're happy in fact, it's happy to sell it. in fact, it's actually facebook's business model to your to model to sell your data to and sell so sell you advertisements. so this is get any better. is not going to get any better. >> i think sometimes the whole ai >> i think sometimes the whole a! debate really overwhelms >> i think sometimes the whole ai deiwhenever overwhelms >> i think sometimes the whole ai deiwhenever weerwhelms >> i think sometimes the whole ai deiwhenever we talkalms >> i think sometimes the whole ai deiwhenever we talk about i find whenever we talk about it, quite bleak. it, i get actually quite bleak. yeah i don't know if peop

british interests have now become legitimate targets. that is, after 5 of their fighters were killed in air strikes, multiple sites across the country where hits, including near the capitol center. in the library, it can be a little bit up on the american and british enemy be a full responsibility for their criminal aggression against all you. how many people, which will not go and onset and unpunished. the many armed forces will not hesitate to target the sources of threats and all hostile targets on land and that see to defend human, it's sovereignty and independence. this brutal aggression will not dissuade human from supporting the oppressed, the palestinian people. and the many armed forces will continue preventing is rarely ship. so others heading to the ports of occupied palestine from navigating in the arabian and red seas. it's the 1st time western countries have launched, strikes against the iran back in groups since it started the attack. and ships in the red sea, late last year. and look at these live pictures. this is in human capital. so not this is the response by humanities, a mass protest against the strikes on the m. and now she hubbard, tennessee reports from washington, d.

library. it could be a little bit up on the american and british enemy be a full responsibility for their criminal aggression against all you know, many people which will not go and onset and unpunished. the many armed forces will not hesitate to target the sources of threats. and all hostile targets on land and that see to defend human, it's sovereignty and independence. this brutal aggression will not dissuade human from supporting the oppressed, the palestinian people. and the many armed forces will continue preventing is rarely ship. so others heading to the ports of occupied palestine from navigating in the arabian and red seas. let's get an update from she every time she joins as live now from washington dc as she have. so we've heard now from the pentagon, what would they have to say the notary about actually we just heard from joe biden, the president is on a tour in pennsylvania. i live in town, small town, but i tried to to look up the economy, but obviously he was almost as honest about the strikes according to the pool. he said, i don't think there's any civilian casualties. that's ano

created in a small palace. for the british queen mary in 1924 there is a throne room, fully furnished rooms, a library like the royal car park. initially, the mini-building was intended as an original gift and collectible toy, but in the end it became a vivid demonstration of the skill of british craftsmen. raising, education of children. russian emperors was considered the standard. a large exhibition in the tsarina, like romanov, invites us to speculate on what today’s schools can borrow from the past. oh, you are a tall girl, almost as tall as alexander i. measure your height against peter i, compare your grades with the report card of alexander ii. unravel the charade of nicholas ii and mentally try on the first uniform of alexander ii. that is, they are at birth. already appointed chief of this or that regiment, they are already military at birth, uniting several museums , the exhibition to become romanov, through authentic things and documents allows you to see russian emperors as children to understand that rulers are not so much born as they become. traditions, starting with peter, they were g

library. it can you look it up on the american and british enemy be a full responsibility for their criminal aggression against all you. how many people, which will not go and onset and unpunished, the many armed forces will not hesitate to target the sources of threats and all hostile targets on land and that see to defend human, it's sovereignty and independence. this brutal aggression will not dissuade human from supporting the oppressed, the palestinian people. and the many armed forces will continue preventing is rarely ship. so others heading to the ports of occupied palestine from navigating in the arabian and red seas. or let's take a look of whether the attacks were carried, darted strikes have been reported in the vicinity of today, the airport, the airport and ties dumber hotline camp inside, and all the landing base. that's north of san a president, joe biden says the us is not gonna hesitate to take further action over the tax and the ride. see highly of the white house. national security council spokesman john kirby told down to 0 that the us does not want a conflict with them and we don'

this is the library of the niavaran royal palace and here we will have an overview of the developments of the last year leading to the islamic revolution of iran based on british confidential documents of artists from different provinces of the country in the two sections of radio shows and television shows. they said that the international festival of fashd theater will continue until the 12th of bahman. the radio theater section of the 42nd fajr international theater festival hosted 11 radio shows. i say that i have decided to go. what's up in this radio show, the main element of your microphone is perspective must. on the other hand, you have a factory that is performing live. it has this charm . the tv show section was added to this period of the festival for the first time. it can help those works that cannot be seen. there are a number of things that he has done well , don't yell at lashkar godwin for sending him here, sir, don't yell. it is very important that we can show the artistic community how special and special plays and special actors can be in this work, how much impact these works can have on the young generation in the sector. the tv show als

the palace, created for the british queen mary in 1924, has a throne room, fully mobile rooms, a libraryoom. if you look closely, you can see household appliances; the palace would not be without a piano. do without the royal fleet. initially, the miniature building was intended as an original gift and collectible toy, but in the end it became a striking demonstration of the skills of british craftsmen. and the blah is savvy somewhere, probably jumping. in the doll palace, of course, there are no problems that residents of real high-rise buildings face. in recent months , there have been a number of incidents when entire streets and courtyards were blocked by snow or debris due to the fault of utility workers. the morning does not start with coffee, in the city of ivanovo, local residents every every day they go out in an organized manner to clear the snow from their home yard, otherwise people simply won’t be able to get out or get their cars out. the same situation is in krasnoyarsk. the manager of the company suggested, put the shovels, here, when it’s snowing , put them, i have nothi

world's largest miniature house, the small palace created for the british queen mary in 1924 has a throne room, fully furnished rooms, a libraryas intended as an original gift. a collectible toy, but in the end it became a vivid demonstration of the skill of british craftsmen. upbringing and education of the children of russian emperors was considered the standard. a large exhibition in tsaritsa to become romanov invites us to speculate on what today’s schools can borrow from the past. unravel the charade from nicholas ii and mentally try on the first uniform of alexander ii. that is, at birth they are already appointed chief of a particular regiment. and they are already military at birth. uniting several museums, the exhibition of becoming a romanov through authentic things and documents allows you to see russian emperors as children and understand that rulers are not so much born, how many become. traditions starting from peter, they were generally repeated and there was nothing new until the seventeenth year. which many children could only dream of, you just need to look at a silver rattle from the 16th century or at the c

world's largest miniature house in a small palace created for the british queen mary in 1924 there is a throne room, fully mobile rooms, a librarylook closely, you can see household appliances. you can’t do without a piano in the palace, just like you can’t do without the royal car park initially, the miniature building was intended as an original gift and collectible toy, but in the end it became a vivid demonstration of the skill of british craftsmen. and the blah, somewhere savvy, is probably jumping. in the doll palace, of course, there are no problems that residents of real high-rise buildings face. over the past months , a number of incidents have occurred when entire streets and courtyards were blocked by snow or debris, due to the fault of utility workers. it doesn't start with coffee in the city of ivanovo, locals every day they go out in an organized manner to clear the snow from their home yard, otherwise people simply cannot help but go out and take their cars out, the same situation is in krasnoyarsk, i suggested that the manager put the shovels here, when it’s snowing, put them there, i have nothing to do there, wh

found something in a british treatise that was really obscure from the 1600s and bravo for finding it, but i strongly suspect that there was no a copy of that treatise in a single libraryn this side of the atlantic -- i'm just not sure how relevant that is. to me, in a way, the historical question for the historians is a little different than the historical questions for the lawyers. i think if it's done right, the historical questions for the lawyers are a little simpler and maybe are manageable even though we are not trained as historians. >> yeah. for me, in the cases i've done, where history has played a big role, first of all, i've especially enjoyed those cases, working on them. moore v. harper was one. the recess appointment case was another one. but i do think that -- i'm not trying to disagree with anything paul just said. because the patrick henry/madi son anecdote is illustrative and very effective. i do think that it is important to in those kinds of cases do one's best not being a historian to actually come to some understanding of what really was the truth of the matter. what really was going on, what were people really thinking? in part because that can

british disasters. emergency committee. and then from that we went on making , uh, from that we went on making, uh, well, we started doing fundraising for very specific projects, like helping a bombed librarytheir homes after the kakhovka dam was destroyed, etc. yeah, it's not much, but that's what what we do. and there are a lot of people like us. >> boris , very briefly, can you >> boris, very briefly, can you answer this question? do you have hope for russia? >> i do , i do hope, for hope russia. >> but i understand very well that the future doesn't look bright for russia the way it is . bright for russia the way it is. is that . the well, there is is that. the well, there is a possible city of russia becoming a sort of northern iran. if it is totally isolated, it can become western china . yeah. if become western china. yeah. if putin becomes peking's satellite . but there is also a hope for revolution. there is also hope. >> boris, i want you to assure the best that's boris akunin. um, join me please, for the second half the show. will be second half of the show. will be debating sorts debating all sorts of interesting things, including secularism. you soon. secularism. see you soon.