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Clive James: “The grim truth is that I did die and it is my ghost that is talking to you now” 5 years after being diagnosed with terminal leukaemia, Australian broadcaster and poet Clive James says he is near to death but thankful for life.
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Politicians and commentators keep telling us we’re living through unprecedented times. But how unusual is the world we’re living in, really?
John Simpson has spent 60 years reporting for the BBC, witnessing some of the most consequential moments in modern history. He was on the plane that brought Ayatollah Khomeini back to Iran during the 1979 revolution. He watched the Berlin Wall come down. And he reported from Beijing during the protests in Tiananmen Square.
Those experiences have left Simpson with a perspective that’s not entirely pessimistic. Having lived through the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of apartheid, Simpson has seen seemingly entrenched systems change in ways few thought possible.
Now, as wars rage and the global order shifts again, he joins The Global Story’s Asma Khalid to reflect on what those moments can tell us about the present — and whether today’s conflicts are repeating familiar patterns.
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0:00 Are we living through unprecedented times?
0:54 John Simpson and his career throughout the BBC
3:50 The Iranian revolution of 1979
5:55 Did it feel the revolution would last as long as it has?
7:13 The fall of the Berlin wall in 1989
12:55 What is John’s main takeaway from the Berlin wall?
13:23 Tiananmen Square incident in China, 1989
15:12 The U.S and British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan
17:37 Are more unprecedented times ahead?
20:30 John’s message to the younger generation
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After wildfires destroyed 38 homes in the Midlands in August 2026, BBC presenter Mary Rhodes met affected residents, firefighters and experts to examine what lessons can be learnt from this especially destructive event during this UK wildfire season.
With scientists predicting that climate change will increase the frequency and severity of wildfires in the UK, the BBC investigates whether warning systems and preparedness measures are fit for purpose.
From national policy to household action, what changes could help reduce the risk of similar devastation elsewhere in the UK?
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Zelensky: Russia hit Ukraine power plant ‘immediately after’ energy ceasefire announcement. #BBCNews
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Masked men have been filmed attacking Palestinians harvesting olives near the occupied West Bank village of Abu Falah.
The footage shows trees being set on fire while gunshots can also be heard. Israeli military vehicles were also spotted at the scene.
According to one Palestinian organisation attacks have affected more than 147,000 olive trees in the occupied West Bank in the last two years.
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A Ukrainian man has gone on trial in Hamburg accused of blowing up Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines to Germany, four years after one of the most dramatic acts of sabotage in modern European history.
Prosecutors say Serhii Kuznetsov played a leading role in a team of saboteurs that destroyed the pipelines, accusing him of a war crime. His defence has called for the case to be dismissed.
The case is highly sensitive in Germany, seen as one of Ukraine’s closest allies since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, seven months before the attacks took place.
Extradited to Germany last year, Kuznetsov denies the charges, as does a second suspect who is fighting extradition from Croatia.
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@Miss-Placed.1
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Rest in peace Mr James
@IpswichRobert
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
I will never forget the time Noel Edmonds shot him dead
@vinnyvincent2862
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
R.I.P. BOTH ! ❤🙏
@scallywagstv2439
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Having a love affair with Madonna might not be easy. She wears a lot of stuff I don’t know how to unhook, and one of us might be too fragile and feminine to survive the encounter’
Clive James
@mrs9963
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Great interview.
@OfficialELTB
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
I wonder if he liked Bill Hicks
@janiceoliver428
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
A very intelligent,compassionate,creative and funny human being
@needley
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Legend
@mickdevlin
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
One of the funniest and most intelligent men that ever lived. A life well lived, and towards the end of his produced poetry that might even rival his beloved Larkin……..the bloody larrikin that he was.
@donagh1954
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
"…the years have brought a fitting end. If not the one I sought". Great poem.
@jamesmorrin2729
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Rip. Clive.Miss your humour.You will live forever in our minds and youtube.
@cf3443
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
The World has lost a Treasure, RIP Clive James.
@alanwitton5039
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
A great and at times a highly amusing broadcaster! Very sadly missed!
@mrmensa1096
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
I'm re watching his – Clive James a postcard from …………." series – awesome man, we will miss your humour, way with words and insightful observations.
@britturk123
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
A brilliant man who gave us the world R.I.P Clive James.
@borderlord
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
"There are no bigger questions,life itself is the mystery" Clive James RIP
@minto7699
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
There are no bigger Questions…… Life itself is the mystery , and everything that happens within life, is the real subject. And i think there's nothing beyond that. CLIVE JAMES
@jonnydougs
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Right on Clive…..talk about it……so many are afraid
@sarahkofman1921
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Agreed. Great bloke
@flemtastic
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
RIP use to love watching his show
@fredeemoon6053
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
My late father thought clive was so funny. I hope they both continue to laugh at silly things 🧡🧡🧡🧡😁😁
@fredeemoon6053
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Im so amazed that in Clives poem " Japanese maple " he spoke that the maple will turn to flame ( im assuming thie mesns autumn ) andd continues to say that once it turns to flame that is the time he must go.
Isnt it strainge…….he died in november , when all the leaves have fallen , just like he said in his poem.
So beautiful.
Even if i interpreted it wrong, i thought his poem was a beautiful piece of poetry.
I miss you Clive, thank you for everythibg you gave us . Rest in peace wnd no mire pain. 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
@caroleoneill2872
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Oh how sad love his shows but we all have to leave this world one day , its all the more sad now your no longer in it .Great man
@alan9758
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
what a great guy and lovely human he was clever, intelligent, kind, funny, Australian thanks Clive for being you you gave us so much in life now we can give you RESPECT god bless you and your family
@joebrennan.4389
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
I hope I can face my death as bravely as Clive did….R.I.P
@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
and Clive could have come back the next year, and the next and the next. Sad to hear of his passing recently, yet another bright mind extinguished. There seem to be fewer every day…
@maximuscomfort
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
I wonder, IMHO if he pissed someone bad enough in the critic years to zapp his body sick
@kevinbaird7277
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Very intelligent man, he entertained and educated us all over decades, sad to see him looking unwell, a great Austrailian export, thank you. 🇦🇺❤️😍❤️🇦🇺
@martinamcdonald5714
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Loved his programmes , witty and funny, entertained and made me laugh and laugh
@mclare9817
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
'More so than Love'…
@slambies
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Brilliantly funny,he made Sunday night special.
@heath2510ok
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
RIP Clive ❤️❤️🇬🇧
@shaunfoley858
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Clive is a true legend. A sad loss to the world now he has now gone.
@graceonline320
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Lovely man, however, there IS an afterlife.
@Funkstar124
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
So sad he's gone. I always loved "Clive James on Television" and his love of introducing Margerita Pracatan! R.i.p. Clive.
@BavonWW
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Great man. Brave man.
@JCASHES1
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Very intelligent lovely man.
@Utuber-hk9xj
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
One of the last people on TV that was funny, not that many years ago!
@celticmad66
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 pm
Rip Clive 😭