. —— hillary mantell. first, the plate slid gently off of the restaurant table. people crashed sideways and downward. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb, on a remote pacific air tunnel, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i heard the news earlier. and so my hat went back and back. the constitutional rights of these marchers, are their rights of citizens of the united states, and they should be protected even in the right to test them out, so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but do you worry about it that it will boil over in the states? it worries me, yeah. but i hope everything will be all right in the end of the day. welcome back. this is newsday on the bbc. i am mariko 0i. in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our main stories this hour... the head of the world health 0rganisation says the outbreak of the new coronavirus has e

and hillary mantel says our relentless scrutiny of the monarchy — especially royal wives — spans theoyal women. we only have to look at what happens when our royal ladies give birth. they are perceived as public property, in the same way that tudor women were perceived. it is simply turning the individual woman back into a breeder. i did wonder what you made of the treatment of the duchess of sussex. do you think she's been a victim of racism? it brings me back to this question of the body. it does include the skin, so racism is a factor. i think it's more deeply embedded in people's consciousness than any of us are willing to admit. couldn't it have been managed with less bloodshed ? hillary mantel‘s already adapting her new book for the stage, and she says she'd now rather work in the theatre than at home, writing novels. i've spent enough time sitting in a room by myself and, you know, i'm not sure i want to die at my desk, so you've got to be, erm, sane about this. dame hilary mantel ending that report by rebecca jones. in a moment on bbc news, we'll be bringing you a special pro

and hillary mantel says our relentless scrutiny of the monarchy — especially royal wives — spans thel women. we only have to look at what happens when our royal ladies give birth. they are perceived as public property, in the same way that tudor women were perceived. it is simply turning the individual woman back into a breeder. i did wonder what you made of the treatment of the duchess of sussex. do you think she's been a victim of racism? it brings me back to this question of the body. it does include the skin, so racism is a factor. i think it's more deeply embedded in people's consciousness than any of us are willing to admit. couldn't it have been managed with less bloodshed ? hillary mantel‘s already adapting her new book for the stage, and she says she'd now rather work in the theatre than at home, writing novels. i've spent enough time sitting in a room by myself and, you know, i'm not sure i want to die at my desk, so you've got to be, erm, sane about this. dame hilary mantel ending that report by rebecca jones. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. good eveni