.| imagine the hadrian's wall border crossing. | laughter but do you not think that we possibly havewe have a lot of wind in scotland. can we use this? can we generate more power? can we sell this power? we've heard the saudi arabia of renewables, the state—owned energy company. these are all things the scottish government could have done and snp said they wanted to do, and they just haven't done. so how do we know that's not going to happen after independence as well? there are so many little things, i and all they are asking you is, i "do you want to be independent or do you not?" _ it's a yes or no question. how difficult... that's a difficult thing to answer. if they get a chance — because they, we, are waiting for the supreme court to rule on the legality of another referendum. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. the sri lankan author shehan karunatilaka has won this year's booker prize. his book the seven moons of maali almeida is set during the sri lankan civil war. he was awarded the prize by the queens consort in a ceremony in london tonight. good evening. we are celebrating th

imagine the hadrian's wall border crossing. | do not think we possibly have resources?e scottish government could have done, that the snp said they wanted to do, and theyjust have not done. so how do we know that it's going to happen after independence as well? there are so many little things. all they are asking - you is do you want to be independent, do you not? it's a yes or no question. that a difficult thing to answer. if they get a chance, because they — we — are all waiting for the supreme court to rule on the legality of another referendum. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. well let�*s return to our top story and yet more u—turns by the government as it ditches almost all of last month�*s mini—budget, the latest twist in what�*s been an extraordinary few weeks. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been to coventry and nuneaton to see what people there make of it all. in the warwickshire countryside, this historic hotel and golf course, like many businesses, battled through the pandemic to be faced with rising bills and economic instability. 0wner rick has

in the city center or the garden of eden was created right under the fortress wall at the gates of hadrianttention to every detail is amazing. wherever it looks this design is quite creative craft even i would say well here are a lot of natural material elements a combination of modern and vintage. in the village, the ceiling is even in the toilet. well, and the bath, of course, is a whole work of art, as from last century. beauty in such a place you fall asleep, with just one thought. how wonderful life is, and in the morning the first thing, of course , is to the beach. true, the beaches when staying in the old town will be a little less accessible than with an all inclusive vacationer, but there are still options and the interesting small beach itself among the merlin rocks. this is the oldest coastal recreation area in antalya. as you understand, judging by the number of umbrellas, this is a cult place and you just can’t get here, the beach belongs to the restaurant and to enter you must first buy a ticket. much more famous popular municipal beach 10 km sand nut burning sun and caressi

russia can't really build a great wall of china or hadrian's wall around russia. the country is too big. but the defensive strategy has been to add territory to make russia as territorially large as possible. you can say the success of that project to be measured by the circumstance. the largest country in the world is is russia. second largest country in the world is i believe, canada. but that's a lot of fairly northern real estate as well. but russia is by far, i think, ten or 11 time zones by far the world's largest country. now, how is it that you build territory? how is it that you expand your territory? is a country. it's obviously empire building and conquest. so in a sense this is, again, this sort of dilemma or this paradox, perhaps that offense and defense are intertwined in russian foreign policy. if you think that you make yourself more secure by having more territory, you defend yourself by becoming bigger. the only way that you can do that is by going on the offense to acquire that territory. so you can study. you know, if we had a computer graph, w

russia can't really build a great wall of china or hadrian's wall around russia. the country is too big. but the defensive strategy has been to add territory to make russia as territorially large as possible. you can say the success of that project to be measured by the circumstance. the largest country in the world is is russia. second largest country in the world is i believe, canada. but that's a lot of fairly northern real estate as well. but russia is by far, i think, ten or 11 time zones by far the world's largest country. now, how is it that you build territory? how is it that you expand your territory? is a country. it's obviously empire building and conquest. so in a sense this is, again, this sort of dilemma or this paradox, perhaps that offense and defense are intertwined in russian foreign policy. if you think that you make yourself more secure by having more territory, you defend yourself by becoming bigger. the only way that you can do that is by going on the offense to acquire that territory. so you can study. you know, if we had a computer graph, w