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ben schofield in cambridge. irate you very much. ben schofield in cambridge-— cambridge. cambridge. we can go to adina campbell in london where they cambridge. we can go to adina - campbell in london where they are counting for the london mayor and london assembly. siddique khan saying his people were saying that turnout is down, is that your sense? at the moment, only seven constituencies of the 14 have their counts _ constituencies of the 14 have their counts in — constituencies of the 14 have their counts in progress. what we have seen _ counts in progress. what we have seen so _ counts in progress. what we have seen so far— counts in progress. what we have seen so far is that turnout has been higher— seen so far is that turnout has been higher than— seen so far is that turnout has been higher than expected. so that has gone _ higher than expected. so that has gone against what we were hearing yesterday _ gone against what we were hearing yesterday and in the days before that _ yesterday and in the days before that we — yesterday and in the days before that. we are sta

richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge.e's matt taylor. hello. whilst it's been a dry and sunny day for a few of you, for others, there's been some intense showers and thunderstorms and there are more to come again on monday, some of the worst of them in slightly different areas to where we saw through today. still some sunshine in between and whilst we've got the showers around at the moment, some of them will fade through the night, but there will be some continuing, particularly across parts of england and central scotland. a reasonably mild night, i think, for many, with temperatures dropping down into low single figures probably in northern ireland and south—west scotland. now, as we start monday, a fair bit of cloud around, but some sunny spells. many will start dry. there will still be some showers from overnight across scotland, northern and central parts of england, butjust notice how the showers blossom, again, perhaps fewer across the western half of england and wales compared with what we saw through today, but

hugh pym, bbc news, cambridge. there've been five matches in the rugby super league and two two in rugby union's premiership tonight. one of those games was at kingston park where newcastle falcons beat northampton saints with spectators present for the first time in 14 months. still on the same theme. museums in england, scotland and wales have re—opened their doors again, and one of those welcoming the public was the museum of natural history in oxford. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito went to have a look at one rather familiar object on display. oxford university, the museum of natural history, and not even

injail, khan studied with cambridge university's learning together prisoner education scheme.gethen _ he became their poster boy, even recording a video for them. after his release, living in a flat in stafford, he stuck to the rules, lulling everyone into a false sense of security. but mostly he spent days alone playing violent video games. a prison psychologist had warned that if he started isolating, it was a worrying sign. once he knew he was travelling alone to london, khan started to prepare, shopping for four large knives and materials to make a fake suicide belt. that same month, the public protection panel, mappa, that was responsible for him, met to discuss his case but didn't even consider the risk of him taking a train by himself to the capital. neither m15 nor counter—terrorism police told them about the intelligence that khan might be intending an attack. i mean, that was the piece of intel that they had, and so, to not share that one piece is, well, it's unforgivable. and so the scene was set for khan's brutal attack at an iconic london location. as jack merritt

death, a treasure trove of the personal papers of stephen hawking will be preserved at an archive i cambridge>> welcome to world news america. the president of belarus has accused western nations of launching a modern war against his government. in his first comments since orion airplane was forced to land and a journalist was arrested, lukashenko argued that the backlash against those actions were a planned provocation. many nations have blocked flights to and from dolores and advised airlines to avoid flying over the country. >> in minskappearances are deceiving. this is a country in deep political turmoil. we were heading to meet a woman plunged into the heart of it. she asked to meet in the open at the end of town because her daughter is in a prison arrested with her activist boyfriend when their flight over europe was diverted by force to belarus. the last she heard from her daughter was a text message that said mom. the next was video confession taped her interrogators. it seemed clear it was doing -- done under duress. >> we are in such a state that we keep saying to each other this ca

richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. did you understand all that? it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. whilst it's been a dry and sunny day for a few of you, for others, there's been some intense showers and thunderstorms and there are more to come again on monday, some of the worst of them in slightly different areas to where we saw through today. still some sunshine in between and whilst we've got the showers around at the moment, some of them will fade through the night, but there will be some continuing, particularly across parts of england and central scotland. a reasonably mild night, i think, for many, with temperatures dropping down into low single figures probably in northern ireland and south—west scotland. now, as we start monday, a fair bit of cloud around, but some sunny spells. many will start dry. there will still be some showers from overnight across scotland, northern and central parts of england, butjust notice how the showers blossom, again, perhaps fewer across the western half of england and wales compare

civil rights leaders with martin luther king jr., and james baldwin and a bill and melinda gates cambridge scholar. after graduating phi beta kappa from stanford university and a master degree as well from the university of cambridge in multidisciplinary gender studies. and also we have with us, thomas healy with hit latest book "soul city: race, equality and the last dream of an american utopia" in which he narrate this forgotten story of the unsuccessful attempt to build a city dedicated to racial equality in the heart of -- current lay professor at seton haul law school and has received fellowships from the guying the guggenheim university and to all our outend -- i have an agency sents. that what's little is what happened when we grew 'with a different language but i did not have an accent when i think and hopefully when i moderate because i'm so excited to be here. sew encourage you to, please, please, please, ask a question. there's q & a box on the screen and we'll select many of them during this conversation, and particularly during the last few minutes of the title, and number two

in other news, the duke of cambridge has slated the bbc for failing to investigate properly complaintsrince william said leaders at the bbc had looked the other way. the corporation has apologised. now on bbc news, click. this week — we meet the biohackers. the super—agers. and the brain trackers. to find out if tech really can stop us from getting old. welcome to click. we�*re outside again. great to see you in the flesh again. and you. i can�*t believe it. no matter how long it is since i�*ve seen people, as soon as i see friends and family again, it�*s

inquests have ruled that two young cambridge graduates were unlawfully killed by a convicted terrorist rehabilitation event in london after a string of failures by police, the security services and probation service. jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by usman khan during the attack at fishmongers�* hall in 2019. he'd been released from prison on licence less than a year earlier, and was allowed to travel alone to the event in london, where he carried out his planned attack. the family of one of his victims was scathing about the event's organisers, accusing them of "scant regard" for safety. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. convicted terrorist usman khan heading to london alone on a train. recently out of prison, secret intelligence had warned he might be planning an attack, but still, the trip had been authorised. it ended with hand—to—hand fighting on london bridge, just outside fishmongers�* hall, while inside, two young people, saskia jones and jack merritt, were dying. today, an inquestjury said the unacceptable management of khan and poor

he engineer at cambridge university. together we're going to recreate one of the mill. hey, 7 most famous experiments that camera obscura. we found this one for you. tell us what you think very, very nice. what's the view like we have this our ok, i think met clocked how all we need to do is black out the windows and get the screen in place. ah, the camera obscura is essentially a giant pinhole camera, the size of a room, so that we can stand inside it. although the idea of the camera obscura was known about previously in the haste them's accounts is the earliest to mathematically explain how it works. he used it as proof that like travel over the straight line. ok, i just now need to make a whole. so if you get the screen, i'll turn the lights out and we'll see if we can get me the tower. well that's quite incredible. in a home it looks like a painting doesn't. it doesn't always doesn't look real. and you know, all we've done is, is block out the light from the room and then allow it to come through the small hole. that is the clock tower. you can see the size detail j

in a lab in cambridge this team says it is working on the next light revolution.ised our lives and our technology and now we may be on the cusp of the third stage in the history of light. we have single photon sources, devices that can emit one particle of light at a time. and that is the key here, being able to separate off those individual light particles. i'll explain why that is important in a second but first, here's how they do it. on this disc here, you can't see it, is a crystal that is one atom thick and it's got little defects on it the size of an atom and when you fire a laser at those defects they ping out individual out individual photons, individual particles of light, and you can actually see them here, these bright yellow areas are the defects with the photons are coming out. this is where it gets weird. by singling out photons you can unlock what is known as the quantum world we are very, very small things behave very differently. you will need to pay attention to this bit. so there are two main properties that we can harness. the first one is sup

the duke of cambridge has slated the bbc for failing to investigate properly complaints about the waye william said leaders at the bbc had looked the other way. the corporation has apologised. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

he did his masters at cambridge, his degree at cambridge, and he is still open to learning _ cambridgeelling me about how he was going _ jack, he was telling me about how he was going into corporate law and was going _ was going into corporate law and was going to _ was going into corporate law and was going to make millions. after one year with— going to make millions. after one year with us, he totally changed his future _ year with us, he totally changed his future he — year with us, he totally changed his future. he learnt about injustices in the _ future. he learnt about injustices in the criminaljustice system, he said he _ in the criminaljustice system, he said he wanted to be a part of it and he — said he wanted to be a part of it and he totally turned around and wanted _ and he totally turned around and wanted to — and he totally turned around and wanted to make it better. he wanted to make _ wanted to make it better. he wanted to make it _ wanted to make it better. he wanted to make it better for people he met in prison _ to make it better for people he met in prison. jack wa

the jury found that a catalogue of failings led to the deaths of the cambridge university graduates.amily of one of the events... our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the background to the case. both committed to helping others. the man who murdered them was living under a curfew, having just come out of prison. he was also still being investigated by mi5. but still travelled alone to london to kill. convicted terrorist, usman khan, travelling to london alone on a train. only recently out of prison, there had been intelligence that he was planning an attack but the trip had been authorised. it ended with hand fighting on london bridgejust it ended with hand—to—hand fighting on london bridgejust outside fishmongers�* hall, while inside two young people, saskia jones and jack merritt, were dying. the inquest said the unacceptable management of khan and poor sharing of vital intelligence had contributed to their deaths. for those who hide behind the cloak of secrecy, to search their own conscience and review their own potential failings. however, it is beyond understanding

he has also responded to the duke of cambridge who delivered that statement on thursday evening.was obtained fuelled her isolation and paranoia. martin bashir responded saying, i cannot imagine what their family much feel each day, although i know a little of that myself having lost a brother and father prematurely. but he says in the 1990s there were stories and secretly recorded phone calls and he says he wasn't the source of any of that. he goes on in some detail to talk about the fact they were friends and remained friends? yes, he said they had a very close relationship. he said they first bonded after he made a programme on postnatal depression. she told him about her experience. he said diana talked about her own experience of postnatal depression, she spoke about bulimia and he said she said something about feeling suicidal, although he didn't take notes on that. in fact he said they grew so close that diana came to visit his wife on the day that they had their third child in hospital. he says they were friends, he says she was spectacular. and yet, and yet behind all thi

in a lab in cambridge, this team says it's working on the next light revolution.w we may be on the cusp of the third stage in the history of light. we have single photon sources, devices that can emit one particle of light at a time. and that is the key here, being able to separate off those individual light particles.

inquests have ruled that two young cambridge graduates were unlawfully killed by a convicted terroristt a prisoner rehabilitation event in london after a string of failures by police, the security services and probation service. jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by usman khan during the attack at fishmongers�* hall in 2019. he'd been released from prison on licence less than a year earlier — and was allowed to travel alone to the event in london — where he carried out his planned attack. convicted terrorist, usman khan, heading to london alone on a train. only recently out of prison, there'd been intelligence that he was planning an attack, but still the trip had been authorised. it ended with hand—to—hand fighting on london bridgejust outside fishmongers�* hall, while inside, two young people, saskia jones and jack merritt, were dying. today, an inquestjury said the unacceptable management of khan and poor sharing of vital intelligence had contributed to their deaths. this is for those who hide behind the cloak of secrecy to search their own conscience and review the

hugh pym, bbc news, cambridge. for many it's been the first time family and friends have been allowed to hug their loved ones in months. jon kay has been with one mother who's not been able to embrace her daughter for over a year — until today. finally, the day viv has been dreaming of. this is a bit bizarre, isn't it? exciting. and also very emotional. yes. gosh. you want to go home, don't you? yeah. viv spent the pandemic on the nhs front line. we filmed her in february, when she was exhausted and missing her kids. i am a hugger. and i can't wait to hug... i can't wait to hug my family. well, double vaccinated, today is the day. the only person i have hugged in the last six months is my husband, so it's like, oh, this is going to be, this is, wow. can't wait. to see my mum, give hera hug. waiting, her daughter, teresa. she also works for the nhs and has had both jabs. you just miss that personal contact. you know? i am not an overly huggy person, but when it comes to my mum, she's my best friend and, yeah, ijust

he has also responded to the duke of cambridge who delivered that statement on thursday evening.interview was obtained fuelled her isolation and paranoia. martin bashir responded saying i cannot imagine what theirfamily much responded saying i cannot imagine what their family much feel each day, although i know a little of that myself having lost a brother and father prematurely. but he says in the 1990s there were stories and secretly recorded phone calls and he says he wasn't the source of any of that. he says he wasn't the source of any of that. ., , ., ,., ., ., that. he goes on in some detail to talk about the _ that. he goes on in some detail to talk about the fact _ that. he goes on in some detail to talk about the fact they _ that. he goes on in some detail to talk about the fact they were - talk about the fact they were friends and remain friends? yes. talk about the fact they were friends and remain friends? yes, he said they had _ friends and remain friends? yes, he said they had a _ friends and remain friends? yes, he said they had a very _ friends and remain friends?

in i jail, khan studied with cambridge university's learning together prison education scheme.deo for them. after his release, living in a flat in stafford, he stuck to the rules, lulling everyone into a false sense of security. but mostly he spent days alone playing violent video games. a prison psychologist had warned that if he started isolating, it was a worrying sign. once he knew he was travelling alone to london, khan started to prepare, shopping for large knives and materials to make a fake suicide belt. that same month, the public protection panel that was responsible for him, met to discuss his case but didn't consider the risk of him taking a train by himself to the capital. neither mi5 or counter—terrorism please tell them about the intelligence that khan might be intending an attack. that was the key piece of intel that they had. and so, do not share that one piece is, well it is unforgivable.- one piece is, well it is unforgivable. one piece is, well it is unforuivable. �* ,. unforgivable. and so the scene was set for khan's _ unforgivable. and so the scene was se

talk to jonathan mcdowell an astronomer at the hobbit the sony unsensible astrophysics based in cambridge massachusetts thank you very much indeed sense of being with us here on news some us more about this massive chunk of metal plunging back to earth how big of a concern is this. you know it's a moderate concern individual people shouldn't be panicked because the chance that it's going to hit them is really small but we did see the last 1 time this type of rocket was launched large chunks of metal crashing hundreds of miles an hour into the ivory coast damaging a couple of buildings and really scaring people so. probably because so much of the world is water this will fall in the ocean but there's a significant chance that it won't and so we are tracking this very closely do you know where it's heading. so we're starting to get an idea so we built we believe it's going to come down sometime between 23 hours and 9 hours greenwich mean time and that for orbits of the earth's it goes all the way around the earth 4 times during during that time and so we can say some areas now like the west

the cambridge english dictionary defines an insurrection as, and i quote, an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence. and then from the century dictionary, the active rising against civil authority or governmental restraints, specifically the armed resistance of a number of persons to the power of the state, as one of the members who stayed in the capitol and on the house floor who, with other republican colleagues helped barricade the door until almost 3:00 p.m. that day from the mob who tried to enter, i can tell you the house floor was never breached, and it was not an insurrection. this is the truth. there was an undisdisciplined mob. there were some rioters and who some clit acts of vandalism. but let me be they're, there was no insurrection, and to call it that is a bold-faced lie. watching the tv footage of those who walked through the capitol showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the ropes taking videos and pictures. if you didn't know the tv footage was a individual free throw january 6

and in britain the duchess of cambridge revealed today she has received the first dose of covid-19 vaccineience museum at kensington palace and paid tribute to everyone involved in the rollout of the vaccination program. kitty logan has more. the uk government wants to lift all covid restrictions that their increasing concerns about a new india variant spreading faster than other strains. 3398 new covid cases the highest figure in two months and a majority of those new cases are the india variant. so far vaccinations are helping to keep it under control. 59 billion had their first dose in the uk and to complete that vaccination program before cases rise further. >> we will do we can't to have people have both jabs. it's very important. the second thing is we monitor these new variants really really carefully to check the effectiveness of the vaccine. the duchess of cambridge received her vaccine today hoping that other young people will follow her example. restrictions are slowly easing. initially the gardens have reopened of the country supporting up to 3000 cases daily. the virus has rea

with more than half a 1000000 followers on instagram we arranged a corona safe meeting with him in cambridge england and asked him how we should interpret the information we are getting from china. the entire now where often information is not america clear. and not only west but that to their own citizens to trans people internet is censored and state propaganda machine is is purely. tells part he is lying. am i how do you think thailand has handled the outbreak. after the beginning there they have agreed has said. kontrol information is in the very essential task for the party so they don't see the information objective but the right there is or you are or benefit the party. i am way way has been making confrontational artwork and documentary films for almost 40 years as a place. in mexico. highway studio in beijing was a free zone in the city for many years but in 2011 he was arrested and imprisoned for 81 days since the corona virus outbreak he has been analyzing the information from move on the city where the doctors who 1st reported the danger of the new virus were silenced they delaye

richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. a bit easier to grasp thanks to the talent of our weather presenters is the forecast. here's matt taylor. hello. whilst it's been a dry and sunny day for a few of you, for others, there's been some intense showers and thunderstorms and there are more to come again on monday, some of the worst of them in slightly different areas to where we saw through today. still some sunshine in between and whilst we've got the showers around at the moment, some of them will fade through the night, but there will be some continuing, particularly across parts of england and central scotland. a reasonably mild night, i think, for many, with temperatures dropping down into low single figures probably in northern ireland and south—west scotland. now, as we start monday, a fair bit of cloud around, but some sunny spells. many will start dry. there will still be some showers from overnight across scotland, northern and central parts of england, butjust notice how the showers blossom, again, perhaps fewer

the pandemic stopped his travel but not his outreach, which he continues from his home studio in cambridge and with his latest release, "songs of comfort and hope." >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... and by... corporate funding is provided by... ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> yo-yo ma, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you so much, margaret. it's such a pleasure to be with you. >> you have said that you didn't realize that you wanted to be a musician until you were over 49. why did it take so long? >> i know. i'm a slow learner. [ chuckles ] and one of those things is that, i grew up with music all around me, and it's like i'm one of those kids that really kind of grew up in it, and by growing up in it, i never felt i made a choice. and certainly from traveling as a musician, i was aware of the world around me, you know, learning and being exposed to more and more different ways and perspectives of looking at the world. and i thought, "well, you know, music is a tiny part of it. and is that the best way to be effective impactful?" just because i love it didn't necessa

. >> he continues his outreach from his own studio in cambridge, massachusetts and with his latticed latest release. >> firing line with margaret hoover it is made possible by the market foundation, robert grimm erie, charles r schwab, the fair weather foundation, craig newmark philanthropies and by corporate funding is provided by stevens inc. and morgan stanley. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >>o-yo ma, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you so much, margaret. it's such a pleasure to be with you. >> you have said that you didn't realize >> yo-yo ma, welcome to firing line. >> thank you so much margaret it is such a pleasure to be with you. >> you have said that you didn't realize that you wanted to be a musician until you were over 49. why did it take so long? >> i know. i'm a slow learner. and one of those things is that i grew up with music all around me. and it's like i'm one of those kids that really kind of grew up in it and by growing up and it, i never felt i made a choice and certainly from traveling as a musician, i was aware of the world around me. you know, learning and being exposed to more a

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currencies come with a massive carbon footprint, according to the center for alternative finance at cambridgeniversity. bitcoin alone uses more electricity each year than entire countries such as malaysia or sweden. brent: it makes sense that you have the ceo of one of the world's leading manufacturers of electric vehicles citing with manufacturers and not energy guzzlers. peter: yeah, even though it's not quite clear that that is what it changed his mind. elon musk wants rate 14 -- once raked 14 billion dollars off tesla's stock price after tweeting that he thought it was too high. what makes this even more eyebrow raising, i think, is the fact that musk has demonstrated not quite the same amount of concern for the environment when it comes to some of his other projects. take his aerospace company, spacex. last year alone, it launched some 25 rockets into space, more than any other company. that released roughly 4000 tons of carbon into the atmosphere, the equivalent of flying from paris to new york and back 4000 times. right here in germany, musk has come under fire from environmentalists f

with more than half a 1000000 followers on instagram we arranged a corona safe meeting with him in cambridge england and asked him how we should interpret the information we are getting from china. the entire now where often information is not very clear. not only to the west but that to their own citizens to train these people the internet is censored and state propaganda machine is purely. tells the parties in. honor. of how do you think china has handled the outbreak. after the beginning and there they have agreed has said taking. control of the information is in the very center. task for the party so they don't see the information objective but to read their users who are to benefit the party . i am way way has been making confrontational artwork and documentary films for almost 40 years that's up to it. connects to. highway studio in beijing was a free zone in the city for many years but in 2011 he was arrested and imprisoned for 81 days since the corona virus outbreak he has been analyzing the information from wolf on the city where the doctors who 1st reported the danger of the new vi

the duke of cambridge said the incident contributed to her "fear, paranoia and isolation".hat they knew in their internal investigation. it is my view that the deceitful way the interview was obtain substantially influenced what my mother said. the interview was a major contribution to making my parents' relationship worse and has since hurt countless others. it brings indescribable sadness to know the bbc's failings contributed significantly to herfear, paranoia and isolation that i remember from those final years with her. but what saddens me most is that if the bbc had properly investigated the complaints and concerns first raised in 1995, my mother would have known that she had been deceived. she was failed notjust by a rogue reporter, but by leaders at the bbc who looked the other way rather than asking the tough questions. it is my firm view this panorama programme holds no legitimacy and should never be aired again. it effectively established a false narrative which, for over a quarter of a century, has been commercialised by the bbc and others. this settled narrativ

that night, at her home in cambridge massachusetts in an hour-long discussion with rachel meadow. senator warren said this, >> we can't lose hope because the only way we make change as we get back up tomorrow and we get back in the fight. we persist. that is how we make change, and it feels like we're never going to make change until we make change. we were never going to elect a catholic until we elected a catholic. we were never going to elect a black man until we elected a black man and were never gone elect a woman until we elect a woman so we're just gonna stay in this. >> after serving eight years in the senate, senator warren is finally going to be in the room where tax law is written because in january at the beginning of her ninth year in the senate, elizabeth warren became the newest democratic member of the senate finance committee with jurisdiction over taxation. but even as their junior most member of the senate finance committee, senator warren has been names the chair of the subcommittee on fiscal responsibility and economic growth. and last week, and her first hear

members of the royal family are getting onboard dutchess of cambridge received first dose kate yesterdaylockdown restriction and kitty logan joinings from london i know this is a serious story but i have to say really she looks good even getting vaccine. it is not fair, right? >> that's true. yeah. but on a more serious note u.k. is set to lift all covid restrictions in three weeks time but that is now in doubt as casey is here, the delay would have cost politically we saw today, protesters gathered in london they were with objections to the vaccination program. but the government is very keen to accelerate those vaccinationings. the u.k. reported a sharp increase in covid cases for the second state running today and majority of those u.k. cases are indian variant so far vaccinations are helping to keep it under control. but the race is now on to present the population before those cases rise further. >> working as fast as we can to get people to have both jobs and very important and thankfully up stake very high but the second thing is that we monitor these new variants really, really c

hakimi he's the lead researcher on afghanistan at chatham house in london he joins us on skype from cambridge in the u.k. kimi how secure is this peace process. the peace process was never as it was. started and very last year between the trumpet ministration the taliban it was never sent there on a gun laws it was not about the afghan civilians and it's not surprising to me that things are unraveling unfortunately so badly. the peace process gave the taliban a lot of concessions it also allowed them to have a kind of. sort of a humanizing project where initially there were constant demonize those terrorists and everything else including by the united states suddenly they were out and this international arena doing talks what they what the americans so i think as far as the taliban of concern from their viewpoint the peace process for them has delivered a lot has given them concessions that they've been able to negotiate for things you know asked far as the afghan government is concerned it's been absolute devastating for them not least because they have remained unfortunately politically mea

thank you very much. professor roxanne farr want to find me on from cambridge university. thank you. we go to the united states now police in louisiana release body count footage of the arrest which led to the death of a black man. 2 years ago it shows ronald green being tasted, punched and choked by white officers. and as allan fishing reports, the police force is being accused of a cover up it is shocking video that has taken 2 years to be released and lead to allegations of a cover up. i don't know. i don't know why on your own, you're barely morning been was stopped by police in louisiana after a teeth following an alleged traffic violation. his family was told he died in a car crash instead. he was teeth beaten and left in distress by officer for more than 9 minutes. oh oh. oh okay. sorry. now i'm going to wash my hands down. i'm going to check the car out and search it all those things. sure you want to do that. but you really want to secure mr. ring. get a minute patrol car getting sitting up and then inquire about m s. and there. i thought the 1st time and i did th

the duke of cambridge has slated the bbc for failing to investigate properly complaints about the wayts journalist martin bashir secured an interview with his mother, princess diana. responding to an independent report, prince william said leaders at the bbc had looked the other way. the corporation has apologised. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. russia's relations with the west have been poor for some time, but now they've reached a new level of hostility. since the imprisonment of russian opposition leader alexei navalny, new sanctions have been imposed by both the us and the eu. the ukraine conflict, allegations of cyber attack and covert operations — the list of unresolved issues is growing. my guest is russia's eu ambassador, vladimir chizhov. is confrontation with the west president putin's strategic choice? ambassador vladimir chizhov in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. ambassador, you've been in post a long time. i think i'm right in saying 16 years. is this the worst state of russia—eu relations that you can remember? well, actuall