23/04/2016 BBC Weekend News

President Obama has been taking questions from young people

at an event in London as he continues his UK

visit which has been dominated by his intervention

He urged his audience to reject cynicism and calls to pull

back from the world, and praised the special

between the United States and Britain.

There is not a challenge on this planet that our two countries don't

And as long as your generation nurtures that

special relationship and learns from one another

and stands together, I'm confident the future is brighter

than the past and that our best days are still ahead of us.

Let's go now to our correspondent Christian Fraser.

He was there. What has been the reaction to him today? This was a

much more intimate affair than the press conference yesterday. What the

Americans called a town hall meeting, 500 people sitting around

the president freely asking whatever questions they wanted. He was at

home in this setting, his shirt sleeves rolled up, his jacket off,

listening intently to young people. Interesting that was not one

question on the future of Britain in Europe. This audience was more

focused on global issues, marriage equality, equal rights, civil rights

movement in the US, climate change, these things. The nearest we got to

the European debate was the president urging them to think

globally, not parochially. He likes to listen to young people

because he said yesterday about the EU. Very much so, the Times said it

was laced with menace. We have seen an angry reaction from Brexit

supporters about his involvement. Boris Johnson saying it was

irrelevant, inconsistent, hypocritical. And Liam Fox on

Newsnight last might saying he talked about the friendship between

the two countries and then if we voted to leave the European Union

we'd be taken out for, in his words, a punishment beating. Strong words.

The Remain Campbell hope the president can energise their

campaign. It suggests that the young people are much closer to Europe and

feel part of it. If he can do that he'll have had a very good couple of

days. Thank you, Christian. More than 100,000 patients

are expected to have their treatment disrupted as a result of next week's

strike by junior doctors, Tuesday and Wednesday will see

the first full walkout in the history of the NHS by junior

doctors including those working Our Health Correspondent

Sophie Hutchinson reports. Junior doctors during

the last strikes. Next week they will be joined

by their colleagues who would have been working

in areas of emergency care. But NHS England says

all hospitals are now ready They say plans are in place

to ensure the safety of services. It is concerning to have doctors

withdraw urgent emergency care. Nevertheless, hospitals have put

in place arrangements to make sure that A, intensive care,

maternity, those critical Almost 113,000 outpatient

appointments have been That is more than twice as many

operations as for previous strikes, Sources close to the Government have

said a longer planning process had been necessary because of

the unprecedented nature The doctors' union, the BMA has said

it regrets the disruption. At least eight people have been

killed in rural Ohio It's believed the victims,

seven adults and one teenager, Three young children

survived the shootings. It's understood the suspect

is still at large. The singer was found

dead on his estate Events are being held

across the UK and beyond to mark the death -

400 years ago - of the man widely considered to be the world's

greatest playwright, The Bard is believed

to have died on this date, The celebrations of his life and

work are centred on his birthplace, Our Arts Correspondent,

Lizo Mzimba, is there. It is a glorious day there.

Absolutely. This is the place where so much of the focus of today's

celebrations will be, Stratford-upon-Avon. It began with a

parade through the town centre this morning watched by thousands of

members of the public. Local dignitaries, VIPs and people in

Shakespearean costume came through the town centre to remember its most

famous son. Throughout the day they will be lots of smaller events,

things like sword fighting displays and readings from the works of

Shakespeare. The Prince of Wales will visit the town later, you will

see the church which houses the grave of Shakespeare and see a

building where Shakespeare lived for much of his time in the town and

this evening he and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall will be guests

of honour at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre the Shakespeare Life.

Onstage, actors like Sir Ian McKellen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dame

Judi Dench, Dame Helen Mirren and more well-known faces will perform

some of their favourite dramatic pieces from the work of the Bard.

Bringing to an end a day of celebration for the most famous

playwright in the world. Thank you. You can see more on all of today's

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