Live from our studio in singapore. Welcome to the programme. Starting with news in the us where its been a busy day for politics with President Biden at the centre of events both willingly, and unwillingly. The day began with the republicans in Congress Launching Impeachment Hearings they accuse him of profiting from his sons Business Ventures while serving as vice president. Its worth noting that several previous investigations, including one by thejustice department, hasnt found any evidence of that but the republicans say there is a case to answer. The house has uncovered amount of evidence Thatjoe Biden abused his Public Office for his financial gain. For years hes lied to the American People about his knowledge of and his participation in his familys corrupt business schemes. While that was happening in washington President Biden was making his way to arizona, where he made the latest of his set piece speeches as he campaigns for re election. This one was about threats to democracy and its pretty clear where he thinks theyre coming from there is something dangerous in america there is something dangerous in america right now. The maga movement. There is no question that todays Republic Party is driven that todays Republic Party is driven and intimidated by maga republican extremists. Earlier, i spoke to sean dilley, our correspondent in washington, to get the latest. There is no evidence of any president s being removed from office. Its down to the Upper Chamber in congress to vote by a 2000 majority to remove that person for office and we saw with all the impeachment before that the senate would not do that, particularly at the moment. There is a 51 49 majority even with mr menendez his got his own legal troubles at the moment. Why now . Well, the speaker is under a lot of pressure from the hardline republican party, people including Marjorie Taylor green which is looking increasingly like a Government Shutdown. This sunday, the politicians in congress have got until saturday to reach a deal there. What it is about is mr mccarthy keeping the support of that hardline republican party. He said he wouldnt even move towards Impeachment Proceedings without a vote on the house of congressmen and women, the house of representatives. He buckled under a lot of pressure. You have to bear in mind that the speaker in congress is not like the speaker in the uk House Of Commons or indeed the canadian House Of Commons. He is worried about his own position. The dutch police have arrested a gunman, after three people died in shootings in the city of rotterdam. Officers say the 32 year old, opened fire in a house before setting it on fire, then entered a local medical Centre Opening fire. Anna holligan has sent this report from rotterdam. The suspected gunman was a student studying at the Erasmus University, which is affiliated with the hospital as shots rain out. 0ne one of their own members suspected of multiple killings, one for teachers among the dead. Those that the medical centre say the killings have left a scar on the community. fix, left a scar on the community. Place where people learn how to save lives but he came to take them. He was studying at the Erasmus University which is affiliated with the hospital. As shots rang out staff were rapidly evacuated some pushing their patients to safety. 0thers, terrified and trapped, taped calls for help to hospital windows. We cant get out now. We heard that there was a shooting first. We all had to stay inside and then suddenly we all had to go outside. I was working with children and we had to get them all out of the consulting rooms. Elite police units, including snipers, storm the hospital as the suspect rampaged through. A 43 year old male lecturer was shot dead in one of the classrooms. Footage has emerged showing a man in Camouflage Clothing being taken from the Hospital Building in handcuffs. A mile away, this was the site of the first shooting. Hes suspected of killing a woman who was 39 and her 14 year old daughter, then lighting a fire. The motives are still unclear. All the indications are he was acting alone. Anna holligan, bbc news, rotterdam. Its now thought around 70,000 people have fled their homes, in the small region of Nagorno Karabakh, a landlocked area in the south caucasus mountains. Its internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but for three decades has been controlled and largely occupied by armenians, many of whom are now trying to escape, after an Azerbaijani Military incursion, to retake control. On thursday, separatist leaders say theyre officially ending independence efforts. 0ur Eastern Europe correspondent, Sarah Rainsford has the very latest. The children of Nagorno Karabakh have known two wars in their short lives. Now theyve fled as refugees. The land they grew up on has been disputed for decades but for them, it wasjust home. Their father fought for karabakh in 2020 and again last week. So i ask how he feels about leaving, about surrender. Translation very bad. Terribly bad. Should it have been done differently . Could you have got more help . Translation what else could we do . I dont know. Im too upset. I cant answer these questions. The Armenian Border town of goris has taken in so many refugees. Some are sleeping in their cars. Vehicles that now carry a lifes worth of possessions. The exodus happened so quickly, many here still seem stunned. There is a giant scramble to help the tens of thousands in need, including the most vulnerable. Donations are flooding in. Scooped up by exhausted families who have often travelled for days to reach here. Sophia and angelina are still recovering from their trip and from a day under fire in their village right on the front nine. On the front line. Mariams husband was hit by shrapnel then but he didnt want to be filmed. The family are being hosted by a woman who fled Nagorno Karabakh in the last war. Now she is helping a new wave of refugees. Today, they all saw the official decree that their separatist republic, which they call artsakh, was being dissolved. Translation 30 years building our lives there l and they say there is no artsakh any more. That is a tragedy for the armenian people. But we have no strength left to fight because we were left alone. We were abandoned. Nagorno karabakh is rapidly emptying out. But as they go, the Ethnic Armenians are not only leaving their homes and their property, they are also surrendering their long dream of independence. The actor sir michael gambon, who played Albus Dumbledore in six of the Harry Potter Films has died in hospital at the age of 82. Sir michael, who won four tv baftas, worked across television, film, radio and theatre in a career that spanned nearly six decades. David sillito looks back on his career. Welcome, welcome to another year at hogwarts. Michael gambon as dumbledore. A Great Acting Talent who never took it too seriously. Tom tom, you are sitting here 0h, back where i started . His Stage Breakthrough was in alan ayckbourn� s the norman conquests, and in particular, a scene in which he ends up dining on the little chair. You are all right where you are. Good evening. Carry on, talk amongst yourselves. No, not that one. The table was down like that. I actually saw a bloke one night fall out of his seat in the circle, laughing. I mean, you couldnt stop them. The whole house up. Brilliant. Im sorry, the shame. But it was the tv drama the Singing Detective that truly made him a household name. However, his Screen Career had begun. Im gavin kerr . With a bit of Scottish Swashbuckling in the borderers. He left School Without any qualifications, but he had a talent for acting which led to dozens of roles on stage and screen. Heres your chance to improve your table conversation. Here, in the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover, with helen mirren. Im going to smile when i think about mike, because he was incredibly funny. He had this natural irish sense of humour. Naughty, but very, very funny. An extraordinary actor. What do you want . I brought you some coffee. If i wanted coffee, id have rung for it. And we will all miss him a lot. His name was also famously attached to a certain corner on top gear. He enjoyed the accolade. He had a taste for devilment and hoodwinking gullible journalists. Please. Dumbledore and harry potter may have brought him a new global recognition, but he was defiantly un starry. He described his face as looking like an old wet bag. But in becketts ehjoe, he could use it to hold an audience without saying a word. Beneath that cloak of mischief was a seriously good actor. The 15 Year Old Girl stabbed to death on her way to school in south london yesterday has been named as Elianne Andam. Herfamily have been to the scene tonight and paid tribute to their daughter who was they said the light of their lives. They say they cannot comprehend what happened. A 17 year old boy who knew the victim was arrested an hour after the attack. Police have been given more time to question him. Daniel sandford has the story. Gathering in mourning at the south london bus stop where Elianne Andam was stabbed to death on her way to school, herfamily, who had come to see where she fell. Her mother, dorcas, In The Black And White dress, led the mourners. The shock of what had happened was written on their faces. The local bishop, with eliannes aunt beside her, spoke in behalf of the family. Our hearts are broken. We are overwhelmed by sorrow and grief. 0urfaith in the lord is strengthening us. We would like to express our gratitude to those who have taken the time to send as thoughtful and compassionate messages and prayers. They said elianne, who talked of being a lawyer, was the light of their lives, bright and funny with her whole life ahead of her and with hopes and dreams for the future. The family said eliannes dreams had now been shattered and they said their lives and those of the wider family had fallen apart. Earlier, Police Officers who had been called to the scene yesterday morning and some of whom had been involved in trying to save eliannes life, laid flowers 30 metres from the place where the horror played out. She had been on her way to the local Private School where she was in year 11, and was wearing her green School Uniform when she was attacked at the bus stop. Detectives said the 17 year old boy they have arrested knew elianne and they are trying to work out the exact relationship between the two of them. The Prime Minister described what happened is horrific and appalling. The idea that an innocent young girl, not much older than my own kids, could have their life so cruelly ended is absolutely shocking. Herfamily originally came from ghana. Her father writes religious books and her mother is an nhs nurse. Theyd raised the money to put her through the local Private School. But all their hopes for her future were dashed in a few moments of violence at a south london bus stop. Daniel sandford, bbc news, croydon. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. The bbc has overhauled its social media guidelines for staff, after a number of high profile presenters, including gary lineker, were criticised for expressing opinions on current affairs. Presenters should now be allowed to express opinions on issues, but must stop short, of political campaigning. The broadcasting Regulator 0fcom has begun an investigation into tuesdays episode of dan wootton tonight on gb news. The watchdog says its received around 7,300 complaints after laurence fox insulted the journalist ava evans asking what self respecting man would climb into bed with her. Both dan wootton and laurence fox have been suspended by the channel. A bbc investigation has found that Police Officers are widely misusing Video Cameras worn on their uniforms to record incidents. Officers have switched them off when force is used, deleted or not disclosed footage and shared video on whatsapp. The home office says police use of cameras must be lawful and justified. Youre live with bbc news. The maldives will choose a new president this weekend, in a run off race that is being framed the ncumbent developed close diplomatic and commercial relations with india, while the challenger advocates closer ties with china. But the geopolitical rivalry is hanging over an election that is dominated by issues from terrorism to climate change. Earlier i spoke to azim zahir a maldives analyst and a lecturer at the university of western australia. I asked him if the maldives was caught in a tug of war between india and china. There is a truth to some extent to that. In fact if you look at the opposition campaign, one of the key pledges is that independent sovereignty is under threat and that is from india so a key pledge for him is that if he gets elected he would be seen to send back indian technical and Navy Personnel stationed in the maldives. So one of his key pledges is that hes going to send back these indian personnel presenting in the maldives and a core part of his voter base, the most vocal part has been conducted in an india 0ut campaign and that will not be taken very positively by the current. If the opposition gets elected then there could be a very serious diplomatic row between the two. From a local perspective, the kind of rivalry between india and china doesnt completely define this election. There are a lot of issues that are more locally driven but to the extent that this is definitely a contest between two Political Parties with completely different sides when it comes to india china rivalry and the growing competition within the indian ocean. Four of six women rescued from the back of a lorry in france on wednesday must leave the country within 30 days, a French Public prosecutor said. The four vietnamese and two iraqi women were found by police after getting into the lorry, which they believed was heading for the uk. One of the women spoke from inside the vehicle to a bbcjournalist, who then contacted the french police. 60 young women are sitting inside a lorry in france. They were in big trouble at the time. I was in very, very distressed state. I was so panicking. I thought maybe they didnt have a lot of time left to get out safely. I realized that there were three people in the group supposed to be together with them, but then the three people decided not to get into the truck and they took a photo of the back number of the lorry they were in. And i send that information to the police to check down the lorry. At the very beginning i was so horrified. I wanted to wait till they thought that i was the only one who could help them at that point and they didnt know where to do it. You must have felt such a great sense of responsibility because you had the power to potentially save their lives. No, i dont think i have any power. Ijust try my best. I didnt think a lot about that. Ijust feel so relieved that, oh, finally they are safe. Nearly 1,000 people have died of dengue in bangladesh in recent weeks. Authorities say this is the countrys most severe outbreak of the disease yet and they are struggled to contain the spread of the disease with hospitals overwhelmed. Bbc Bengali Service corresponent Akbar Hossain gave us an update of the situation from dhaka. A this is a very extraordinary situation. We have seen this monsoon. I have got the just published figure by the bangladeshs health department, which says that nearly 200,000 people have been tested positive for dengue and nearly 1000 people died. And in the last several months and the death figure is increasing every day. To 15 people are dying in recent weeks and the number of infected people infected with dengue is increasing every day. Initially, it started in dhaka city. The Dengue Outbreak, the mosquito borne viral fever. Now it is spread across the country in all 64 districts and patients are increasing in bangladeshs rural areas. As you mentioned earlier, the hospitals are overwhelming many hospitals in bangladesh and now the over capacity. So they are struggling to cope with the patient. And many hospitals are facing the shortage of intravenous fluid, which is necessary to treat their dengue patients, to rehydrate them. So in the meantime, you know, the government has launched Awareness Campaign to prevent dengue, but with no success. Many experts say that this issue, when they warned that the Dengue Outbreak might be at the severe stage, but it was not taken care of by the authorities because they thought it was a seasonal disease and it might go away. So there was no long term planning to curb mosquito and to fight against mosquito as and because this is a mosquito borne viral disease. Lets take a look at some other stories making the headlines. The us is offering a 5 million dolar reward for information leading to the arrest of those behind the killing of ecuadorean president ial candidate fernando villavicencio. Villavicencio, a former lawmaker and crusading anti corru ption journalist, was gunned down in august, less than two weeks before the president ial election. Ecuadorean police have arrested six suspects who they say are all colombians belonging to criminal groups. Health and womens rights activists have been protesting in mexico city to Mark International safe abortion day. Crowds have been marching through the city it comes as Mexicos Supreme Court decriminalised abortion earllier this month. It was a huge victory for Abortion Rights Advocates who pushed for the ruling since 2021. Taiwan has unveiled its first ever domestically made submarine as it seeks to counter chinas growing naval might. The island decided to develop its own vessel after failing to find anyone willing to build it one. The submarine will now undergo sea trials before becoming operational in two years time. A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with the cutting down of one of the uks most photographed the sycamore gap tree, on Hadrians Wall in northumberland. The word iconic can be overused. But this tree at sycamore gap in northumberland most definitely was. Gracing many a photo taken at Hadrians Wall, it was the perfect model to show off the northern lights. And it became truly famous when it featured in the 1991 film robin hood prince of thieves. The great one, i am home but last night, the tree was felled. And the reason it clearly wasnt an accident or a result of last nights storm agnes, is the very clean cut line. It is really sad that someone has felt a drive to do this, because i can imagine whoever or whatever people did this know how important sycamore gap is. Many were shocked at the sight that greeted them here today. Everybody feels bereft by it. Who would do it . Its devastating. Its heartbreaking. Just a special place, i proposed to my wife here. I saw it as a young kid in the states. I for those responsible for the tree, they hope all is not lost. Its a very healthy tree, we can see that now because of the stump. It may well grow a coppice from the stump, if we can nurture that, that might be one of the best outcomes and we keep the tree. Northumbria police say a 16 year old boy has been arrested and is assisting them with their inquiries but the investigation is at an early stage and they are continuing to appeal for information. Alison freeman, bbc news, northumberland. Thats all for now. Stay with us. Closer to this area of low pressure. Another very windy day. Lighterwinds pressure. Another very windy day. Lighter winds further south. Plenty of sunshine around. He where well see most of the showers. Gail is up to 55 mph in northern scotland. Further south, one or two showers. But otherwise mainly dry. Not as warm or humid. A slightly fresherfield dry. Not as warm or humid. A slightly fresher field to things. That cooler air mask with the wind lighter for a while, well in mist fog develop. Single figure values could see as low as 3 4. Mid teens is where we have the wind in the rain. Into sunday, it looks like that front clears its way into the north sea and will have a bit of that hang back with that Weather Front into england and wales. Splashes of rain through the morning. It could brighten up into the morning. Bright sunshine, one or two showers in the north west of scotland. A bit warmer, and murkier across the south up to 23 celsius. A mixed week. It stays fine and settled in the south. Evergrandes once high flying chairman comes under Police Surveillance in china. Well have more on what that means for the worlds most indebted property developer. Plus. The clock is ticking on capitol hill. Will hard right republicans give in or will they trigger a Government Shutdown . Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Im arunoday mukharji. We begin with Chinas Evergrande and the news that its once high . Flying chairman, hui ka yan, has been placed under Police Surveillance. In a statement on thursday, the worlds most indebted developer said the measures against mr hui were taken due to suspected criminal conduct, without offering further details. Earlier in the day, evergrande said trading in its shares had been suspended. That, just one month after the firms previous 17 . Month suspension was lifted. Katherine shi is an editor with distressed debt data service reorg and earlier she told me that this development will further complicate evegrandes restructuring
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