nikesh shukla, talking about. it sets people on the path, ithink.ou very much. thank you. good evening. it has certainly been a splendid sunday across much of the uk today. a lot more sunshine around, even across the northern half of the country. you can see here in aberdeenshire, blue skies overhead. there was a little bit of cloud across the hebrides and towards orkney and shetland earlier. you can just see that on their stunning satellite image from nasa earlier on. this whiteness here isjust the high cloud across the south. a blue sky day, get used to it. lots more to come. high pressure firmly in charge, right across the uk, it does not want to shift much either. while that sits there, we stayed largely dry, too. a dry night tonight, the breeze across the hebrides, orkney and the shetlands, has been clear through the day, some clear skies for a time through the night, a bit more cloud into the morning and temperatures away from the major cities, down into single figures to start monday morning but generally speaking, by night and by day, things

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nikesh shukla, the author of that the one who wrote destiny, thank you.ent start to the weekend for the greater part of the british isles. the satellite imagery really does tell the tale aboutjust how cloudy it was across northern scotla nd cloudy it was across northern scotland and elsewhere the sunshine to sport on three. overnight, underneath the clear skies, temperatures predicted in the countryside dribbling away into single figures but not as cold as it has been. with that amount of clear skies, sundays go game to be a really decent day again. perhaps more in the way of cloud to east anglia and parts the south—east but eventually i think we will see some sunshine getting in to the shetland islands. highs of 25 degrees or so but for many of us, the only way is up but for many of us, the only way is up with regard to the temperatures. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: tens of thousands of people march through london to demand a vote on the final deal on the uk's departure from the eu. the will of the people is to have a proper and informed refere

author nikesh shukla, a fierce and funnyjourney into the lives of three immigrants in yorkshire.elcome to look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me i have robert fox, defence editorfor with me i have robert fox, defence editor for the with me i have robert fox, defence editorfor the london evening standard and rachel cunliffe, commons and features editor at city am. first off, a reminder of how those front pages are looking. the mailon those front pages are looking. the mail on sunday reporting that the defence secretary gavin williamson has warmed the prime minister that if she doesn't commit an extra £20 million on defence spending that he would vote down at the next defence budget that would effectively be a vote of no—confidence. the express focuses on a letter that has 60 mps urging theresa may to walk away from negotiations and not pay any divorce bill money if britain did not get a good trade deal at the upcoming eu council meeting next week. the sunday telegraph, the conservative mp says that to deal with the housing shortage, britain needs the s

nikesh shukla, author of the one who wrote destiny, thanks very much.t live update from bbc weather. how much it will be warming up for most of us in the next week, and today's top temperature, 21.3 in hampshire. next week will end up in the hottest place, very close to 30 celsius. not everyone's cup of tea, not everyone getting that hot, but widely in the low to mid—20s. cooler air moving across the uk but as high pressure moves in right across the british isles, it will cut off that flow of air. some warmer colours, warmer weather. temperatures going up day by day in the next week. this is the picture as we go through the rest of the night. a bit of patchy cloud around parts of scotland. most places, though, are clear. the wind continuing to ease. i know we have a warmup on the way, but it is quite chilly overnight and first thing in the morning. temperatures quite widely down into single figures. low single figures in the very cold spots. it will feel fresh out of about first thing in the morning, but there will be plenty of sunshine, and the tempera

nikesh shukla, author of the one who wrote destiny, thanks very much.cross much of the uk today. a lot more sunshine around even the northern half of the country. you can see here in aberdeen sure, blue skies overhead. you can see that on the stunning satellite imagery from nasa early on, this whiteness here is the high cloud across a south. but for most a blue sky day, lots more to come. high pressure firmly in charge across the uk, doesn't wa nt to in charge across the uk, doesn't want to shift much. and whilst that sits there, was a larger he tried to. 10 degrees across the aberdeen is, of the more clout into the morning. temperatures down into the single figures to start monday morning. but generally speaking, by night and by day, things are warming up. the high pressure is in charge, but not really importing the warm airfrom the but not really importing the warm air from the south. they are circulating and gradually warming up day by day across the uk. there'll be subtle fluctuations day to day depending on where the breezes. 0n monday the breeze w

nikesh shukla's novel the one who wrote destiny is also about struggles inside themself, the daughterchooses a career as a comedian but unfortunately isn't terribly funny. but the book is, despite its unflinching exploration of racism. welcome. it would be very easy on this subject to write a very angry book, you know, a brittle book, full of fire. and there is anger in this book, but fundamentally it's very funny. do you think that's a better way of doing it? yes, i've read a lot of very heavy books about immigration and race in the last three years. i edited a collection of essays called the good immigrant, and i am by nature a writer, so i wanted to get to something that got to the heart of these people and these wonderful characters.

i'll meet the author this week, my guest is the young writer nikesh shukla, whose novel is a serious and funny journey into shukla, whose novel is a serious and funnyjourney into the lives of three generations of kenyan immigrants in yorkshire. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are charlie wells, from the economist and joel taylor, deputy news editor at the metro. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. we will begin with the ft. it leads with china's move to ease capital reserve rules to help cushion a potential trade war with the us. the telegraph says the transport secretary has called on mps to back a third runway at heathrow airport ahead of a commons vote tomorrow. the metro's front page has claims that the defence secretary tried to oust the prime minister over a funding dispute. it also features a photo of england captain harry kane celebrating today's win over panama. we'll have a look at it in a minute. the express has warnings from the police federation over resources ahead of donald trump's visit to lon

nikesh shukla, author of the one who wrote destiny, thanks very much.can give you an update on the world cup game as england are playing panama. you will see there, coming up to the 83rd minute. panama have scored, the 37—year—old baloy, came on as a substitute and scored their first world cup goal into the england net. a lot of people saying it was really poor defending from england. from about 77 minutes it was noted that panama had started to push their men forward. there has been quite a lot of scrappy play from the team. there was a yellow ca rd from the team. there was a yellow card for murillo for holding. england almost had a seventh for maguire, from a henderson assist. people hoping for a clean sheet for england, but that's not happening. six or seven minutes to go of the match and we will be back with the final score when it ends. more now on saudi arabia lifting the ban on women driving. it's being hailed as an important step towards modernisation by crown prince mohamed bin salman. earlier my colleague ben brown spoke to najah al—otaibi, a

my guest is the young writer nikesh shukla. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news.land have scored five goals for the first time in a world cup. after a blistering 45 minutes against panama in russia. two goals for captain harry kane. two forjohn stones. 0ne captain harry kane. two forjohn stones. one for captain harry kane. two forjohn stones. 0ne forjesse lingard. a win means they will go to the knockout stages of the competition. this is harry kane putting in the fifth penalty. his second goal. just lining it up and putting it there on the left—hand side, back of the goal. gerryjackson the left—hand side, back of the goal. gerry jackson is the left—hand side, back of the goal. gerryjackson is in newcastle where people are watching on the big screen. what can i say? 5—0! 5-0. the screen. what can i say? 5—0! 5—0. the atmosphere of anticipation before this game has certainly given way to celebration. the sense of relief when the first went in was quickly replaced with one of relief when they got the two goal pushed. from there, three, four, five onwards. it has bee

and at the later time of 11:16pm in meet the author, this weekjim naughtie speaks to nikesh shukla aboutw book the one wrote destiny. that's all ahead on bbc news. but now it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm olly foster, live in moscow. this is sportsday at the world cup. these are your headlines: it's "allez les bleus" — france are through to the last 16, but peru are simply blue. they'll be going home early. the socceroos keep themselves alive. another var penalty sees them draw aaginst denmark. join me, david ornstein, for the latest from the england camp, where all the talk today has been about a lea ked tea m all the talk today has been about a leaked team sheet. i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. also coming up on the programme: bat dominates ball again, as england start chasing australia's 310 in the latest 0di at durham. and no playing second fiddle for stradivarius, as he wins the ascot gold cup. plenty to pack in tonight, but we'll start with events it's day eight, and we are bracing for ourselves for the big match, argentina against croatia. we'll get to that later.

i'll meet the author this week, my guest is the young writer nikesh shukla, whose novel is a seriousants in yorkshire. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are charlie wells, from the economist and joel taylor, deputy news editor at the metro. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. we will begin with the ft. it leads with china's move to ease capital reserve rules to help cushion a potential trade war with the us.

this weekjim naughtie speak, to nikesh shukla about his new book, "the one who wrote destiny".s the result of racism and could have been entirely avoided, according to a new report. kamil ahmad was an iraqi asylum—seeker. he was stabbed to death by his neighbour, jeffrey barry, who'd been released from a psychiatric hospital just hours earlier. michael buchanan reports. drunk and armed, jeffery barry heads towards his neighbour's flat. a knife is visible, and moments later, it would be used in a frenzied and sustained attack that killed kamil ahmad. shortly after dismembering the iraqi asylum seeker, jeffrey barry called the police. today's report says mr ahmad should be alive, and that a failure to recognise his killer's racism contributed to his death. both men had mental health problems, and lived in this sheltered complex. between 2013 and 2016, barry attacked ahmad here on six different occasions. jeffrey barry was obsessed with kamil ahmad because he was an iraqi asylum seeker. he was a racist who was mentally unwell, says today's report, rather than a mentally sick man w

nikesh shukla, author of the one who wrote destiny, thanks very much. hello there.4—5 days of temperatures being well above average that either classify as a heat wave. high pressure is holding relatively dry air, so the humidity is not too high or uncomfortable over the night, but because we see temperatures getting higher, they will drop so low overnight. —— won‘t drop so low overnight. but glenn‘s of scotla nd drop so low overnight. but glenn‘s of scotland will still be a tad cool through the coming night, and we pick upa through the coming night, and we pick up a bit more clout as we go into monday morning across the northwest, but most weather fronts have been pushed to the north of the uk in thejet stream, so have been pushed to the north of the uk in the jet stream, so this heat continues to build day by day, and increasing the lease so by night, so it will be a tad more uncomfortable as the week goes on. by monday the differences a little bit more clout coming in east southeast, drifting and a northerly breeze, more clout for northwest of the northern isles.