Churchill's controversies

Afternoon all, Today’s stories are all about perception. How we perceive a historic figure, how to protect people’s perceptions of a place and how to perceive a big change in your life. It's sometimes questioned why people didn’t listen to Churchill's warnings about Hitler in the late 1930s. One answer could be that he'd used exactly the same language about Gandhi in the early 1930s. Churchill was not a fan of Gandhi. At one point he implied it would not be a bad thing if he died from fasting. It’s just one Churchill’s more controversial points which are often not mentioned when remembering him. He believed there were racial hierarchies, was prepared to use chemical weapons against Kurds and Afghans and was even paid by oil companies to represent them in front of government. The 10 greatest controversies of Winston Churchill's career When the mayor of Paris said she was going to sue Fox News for saying parts of Paris were “no-go” zones for non-Muslims, we wondered about whether it was technically possible for a city to sue. So we asked the lawyers. Unlike a person or company the city of Paris is not a legal entity - it cannot sue for defamation. What it might be able to do is to help bring a "representative claim" on behalf of individual Parisian businesses. These businesses would have to prove that they had been negatively affected as a result of the Fox News item - by suffering financial losses, for example. But that's just one of the hurdles. Can a city sue a TV channel? Alex thought he had “man flu” but it turned out to be an infection which turned into gangrene. He had to get all four of his limbs cut off.

So what he said about that period comes as a bit of a surprise. He says that year of his life was the best ever. It made him think differently about being a dad, a partner and a human being.

He even says he feels happier now than before the illness. 'The year I lost my limbs was the most brilliant of my life'

Meanwhile... A machine-written signature can be legally binding There’s been ugly reaction to an Israeli and Lebanese beauty queen selfie Real Madrid tops the Deloitte football rich list for a 10th straight year

That's it from us today.