and we are at the royal albert hall for the opening night of the bbc proms.is the world today on bbc news. the world's greatest classical music festival is back this summer with a host of special concerts at the royal albert hall. from mozart and tchaikovsky to disco, the bbc proms is set to have something for everyone. over a period of eight weeks, the event aims to bring the best in classical music to a wide audience let's speak to our reporter emer mccarthy who's live at the royal albert hall. it is the perfect venue for such an event, isn't it? it it is the perfect venue for such an event, isn't it?— event, isn't it? it is. hello from central london _ event, isn't it? it is. hello from central london at _ event, isn't it? it is. hello from central london at the _ event, isn't it? it is. hello from central london at the royal- event, isn't it? it is. hello from i central london at the royal albert hall, it is currently interval time for the first night of the proms, and have spoken to a few attendees, one man ijust spoke to said he has been coming to the f

royal albert l always a great event. absolutely, i good evening from royal albert hall here in central london, is gorgeous and sunny summer bbc proms. it is always an a very exciting affair. tonight, the first night, is going to be conducted by eileen chang, this is ourfirst night conducted —— herfirst eileen chang, this is ourfirst night conducted —— her first time rather conducting the first night of her cycle, and she's going to be conducting beethoven's fifth symphony, a very exciting piece of music. if you can believe it, bbc proms has been held here at the royal albert hall since 1895, so for the next eight weeks, there will be 90 concerts held here, and absolute glory of classical music. earlier, i spoke to the director, david picard, about what she is most excited for over the next eight weeks. we have an amazing — over the next eight weeks. we have an amazing programme, _ over the next eight weeks. we have an amazing programme, we - over the next eight weeks. we have an amazing programme, we have i over the next eight weeks. we have i an amazing programme, we have five pieces— an amazing programme, we have five p

for eight weeks, the royal albert hall in central london behind me will become a flurry of nearly 90or david pickard. i asked him what he's most looking forward to over the next eight weeks. well, we've got an amazing programme, we've got five pieces of music, and i think between them they kind of sum up the proms because we've got two really well known pieces of music, beethoven's fifth symphony and the handel fireworks music, and then three pieces in the middle that i think will be curiosities for our audience, and a brilliant piece by a young british composer. absolutely. and this is your final season as director for the proms. how does it feel? well, it feels strange at one level because normally this year i'm this time i'm thinking about next year. and i'm not thinking about that now. but what i'm determined to do is enjoy this last final year. i've done nine years, and it's been an amazing privilege to do this job, and i'm looking forward to 2024 just as much as i was my first season back in 2016. and even if you're not a traditional classical music fan, you're bound to find so

and last fall, raye played royal albert hall in london with a 90-piece orchestra. >> you look so happylves when you translate your entire album into a symphony. ♪ now i've had a taste, i'm like this is the life i want. you know what i mean? >> yeah. >> also an expensive life. so -- >> but one to aspire to. >> one to aspire to. >> that was our anthony mason with british superstar raye. stay with us. "cbs news roundup" will be right back. it's time to get away and cash in at cache creek casino resort. to rock and to roll. to go all out or go all in with four stars and rising stars. northern california's premier casino resort is the perfect place to do as much... or as little as you want. make your getaway now and cache in at cache creek casino resort. >>> saudi arabia is not really considered a peak travel destination, but the kingdom is determined to change that. they've got an $800 billion plan -- that's right, billion with a "b" -- to attract tourists. wendy gillette took a trip there to see how that's all working out. >> reporter: a vacation often includes a hike, and this one was bi

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now, the 90s, hip-hop band cyprus hill, performing with the london symphony orchestra at the royal albert hall all started as a bit of a joke and a simpsons episode from 1996 when the band accidentally book the orchestra to play with them. here's a clip who is play with the london symphony orchestra? man, we order orchestra was something dishonest. talk is true, come from an old man about this may just got to do can go do some oh, yeah. yeah. we think we did do you know when saying in the brain almost as weird as an episode they broadcast last year featuring yours truly it is how you know that you've truly arrived. and that's all we have time for. don't forget, you can find all our shows online as podcasts at cnn.com slash podcast. and on all other major platforms i'm christiana amanpour in london. thank you for watching and i'll see you again next week

entire black sunday album in full live in concert with the london symphony orchestra at the royal albert hall. of course, the group said the concert was inspired by the episode homerpalooza and had been in the works for years. i thought this was fantastic. i mean, the simpsons had predicted other things, but this one was the result of that prediction that they made, and i got to go back and listen to that. or maybe they'll put it online. i can hear how it all turned out, because i love cypress hill. back in the day, man, i had yeah, cypress hill was a bomb. >> who are you trying to get crazy with this? hahahahaha! >> you think i'm loco? all right, we're going. we're going way back. yeah. all right, all right, there you go. all right, coming up on mornings on two. the nine. it seems like everything is getting more expensive these days, including stamps, stamps , how much you can s giving economists some hope that we are closer to an interest rate cut. overall, prices are up nearly 20% in the last few year. >> when in the real world is experiencing 3.1% inflation year on year. and we, you know,

also coming up on the world today — we'll be at the royal albert hall for one of the biggest events ofhe classical music calendar — the first night of the proms. welcome to the world today, an hour of international news from the bbc. it's been a day of worldwide it chaos after a global outage hit systems in multiple countries, affecting millions of people. more than 4000 flights have been cancelled globally, banking and health care has been affected and some tv channels have been taken off air. a cybersecurity company, crowdstrike, said it's found a defect in a software update for users of microsoft windows and that a fix had been put in place. microsoft said their apps and services have now recovered, but the computer difficulties caused some of the biggest us and european airlines to ground their planes, causing chaos at airports around the world. this is the airport in berlin in germany, where queues have been forming all day. in the airport in the spanish capital madrid, you can also see the passengers waiting for their flights. airports in the italian capital rome have also been s

orchestra at the royal albert hall. it all started as a bit of a joke and a simpsons episode from 1996 when the band accidentally book the orchestra to play with them. here's a clip who is play with the london symphony orchestra? man, we order orchestra was something dishonest. talk is true, come from an old man about this may just got to do can go do some oh, yeah. yeah. we think we did do you know when saying in the brain almost as weird as an episode they broadcast last year featuring yours truly it is how you know that you've truly arrived. and that's all we have time for. don't forget, you can find all our shows online as podcasts at cnn.com slash podcast. and on all other major platforms i'm christiana amanpour in london. thank you for watching and i'll see you again next week this is cnn breaking news hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i'm fredricka whitfield and we begin with this breaking news israel conducting devastating airstrikes in a human maga terrion zone near khan younis in

tonight, thatjoke becomes a reality at the royal albert hall.edia, and the london symphony orchestra replied. and we started speaking with them back and forth. "how can we put this together?" and they seemed to be interested about it, so we just kept carrying on the conversation. fortunately, you know, they were available and interested and willing to do it as well. so it took a few years, but we finally got it. # insane in the membrane # insane in the brain...# cypress hill were the first rap group to be given a star on the hollywood walk of fame, and tonight's show will feature their black sunday album being played in its entirety. it sold more than three million copies in the us, and spent a whole year on the uk charts. and the london symphony orchestra are very excited they're getting to play with them. i hope people willjust have a great time. i hope it will bring some nostalgia to people who might be coming, because they actually saw the episode at the time and thought, "what a funny thing to happen." but i also hope it brings people's att

and now here we are. 28 years later, life imitating art again at the royal albert hall in london. the performers there with the london symphony orchestra. now, was it really a prediction? well, apparently they kind of planet, at least it was heavily promoted with your entertainment report in hollywood. i'm andy riesmeyer. >>and that does it here for us at kron-on will be back with the morning news at i'm stephanie iraq and thanks for watching. have a great night. ♪ ♪ >> kevin: tonight... remembering shelley duvall. star of "the shining." >> aren't you shelley duvall? i am a s

tonight, thatjoke becomes a reality at the royal albert hall. life till a tweet happened. in 2017, the band reminded people about the episode on their social media, and the london symphony 0rchestra replied. and we started speaking with them back and forth. "how can we put this together?" and they seemed to be interested about it, so we just kept carrying on the conversation. fortunately, you know, they were available and interested and willing to do it as well. so it took a few years, but we finally got it. # insane in the membrane # insane in the brain. ..#_ cypress hill were the first rap group to be given a star on the hollywood walk of fame, and tonight's show will feature their black sunday album being played in its entirety. it sold more than three million copies in the us, and spent a whole year on the uk charts. and the london symphony orchestra are very excited they're getting to play with them. i hope people willjust have a great time. i hope it will bring some nostalgia to people who might be coming, because they actually saw the epi

. >> well, the 176 foot albert memorial stands opposite the royal albert hall in kensington gardens.r queen victoria's late husband in 1872, when the british empire stretched across a third of the globe. >> yes, it includes a golden sculpture of the prince consort himself, along with four groups of large statues representing the people and animals of four continents. >> so is it really offensive, or is this just yet another unnecessary addition to the ever lasting culture war? >> thought they were over, lisa nandy said they were anyway. well we can now speak with historian and broadcaster rafe heydel—mankoo. rafe. what's all this about? i mean, really? >> yeah. i mean, this is one of the most ludicrous and risible stories that i've heard this yean stories that i've heard this year, actually, you know, there's no denying that fact that, you know, 19th century europeans did believe in a hierarchy of the races. >> that's simply a fact. >> that's simply a fact. >> but what's notable, you know, is that this monument was commissioned by queen victoria, who was remarkably progressive and li

. >> royal albert hall yeah, and give me a seat to a padded seat. >> there we go. >> there we go. >>that's what's so incredible is that it's so big. right at the back you get the sort of oldies with the comfy seats. >> something to do with being old by quality. yeah, quality. and it's not quality without all of that , unless you're stoned of that, unless you're stoned out of your head and drunk and mad, whatever. >> that's fine . >> that's fine. >> that's fine. >> no, anyway, today is the start of wimbledon. that's nice. that's a good thing to go to, and if you are going and you are going to be in one of the auditoriums or whatever, what they call arenas or courts or whatever courts , let's see what whatever courts, let's see what the weather be like. here's honour , a brighter outlook with honour, a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello, good morning and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, quite a changeable week ahead with some rain and showers. plenty of dry weather on offer though where it will feel ple