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The shadow Helsa tree Jonathan Ashworth said it was an appalling situation so many patients will be languishing on follies waiting longer and longer and longer for treatment and. Overcrowded hospitals I mean this comes after a decade of cuts in our health services a decade of cutting over $50000.00 that we really do have an n.h.s. In crisis the n.h.s. Needs Labour's extra investment several people have been rescued from stranded cars in Oxfordshire during widespread flooding caused by heavy rain more than 120 flood warnings are in place across England the Met Office says up to 2 inches could fall in some parts of England Wales the east and west woodlands have also been badly affected Sean Lloyd reports from the station. Was the open morning shouted to a passing car plowing through the floodwater in the village of dice were it's one of a number of rural communities in Leicestershire to have been affected by flooding in nearby long water and the caretaker of the local primary school was on standby to open up in case people needed to seek refuge but as the rain stopped water levels quickly fell across the Midlands around a 100 schools closed today often because nearby roads were impassable the heavy rain led to disruption for some train passengers with delays and cancellations into New Street station in Birmingham and that be numerous road closures with police warning drivers to take care due to surface water Italy has declared a state of emergency in Venice after the city was engulfed by levels of tidal flooding not seen for 50 years the historic Basilica has been flooded and homes of lost electricity more than 80 percent of the city was under water when tides were at their highest the Italian prime minister Giuseppe going to describe the flooding as a blow to the heart of our country and promised the government would act quickly to provide front funds and resources. Investigators examining the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight m.h. 17 over Ukraine say say intercepted phone calls indicate close links between top Russian officials and the separatist rebels accused of shooting the aircraft down 298 people died when the jet was attacked with a missile in July 2014 Here's our Europe Correspondent Damian Grammaticus. Vladislav Surkov for many years the deputy head of Mr Putin's presidential administration has heard telling one of the separatist leaders who the Dutch team is no prosecuting that military reinforcements were being sent from Russia to help forces fighting against Ukraine's army in another call a separatist fighter says Russia's defense ministers. Was sending men to help take command of units on the ground the Dutch investigators say they are appealing for witnesses who can give information about these chains of command and the Russian missile system that was used to shoot down m.h. 72 students have been killed in the u.s. And 3 others injured after a 16 year old opened fire at a secondary school in California the shooting happened as people were arriving at the school north of Los Angeles teenage suspect who was marking his 16th birthday has been arrested from Los Angeles Regan Morris reports l.a. Officials say school surveillance video clearly shows a 16 year old boy pulling a handgun from his backpack and shooting 5 other teenagers at Saga's high school the boy then allegedly shot himself in the head Authorities say the teenage suspect ran out of ammunition and used his last bullet on himself Los Angeles sheriff's captain can't wait an hour says that today is the suspect 16th birthday police say they're interviewing all the children who witnessed the attack outside the school there were terrible and familiar scenes of children marching out with their hands up and parents searching for their kids authorities have not identified the suspect but children at saggers high school have circulated an Instagram post allegedly from the shooter with a cryptic message Saga's have fun at school tomorrow police are questioning 19 people arrested in a series of raids across London while fizzes investigating the trafficking of women from Romania for sex officers also took $29.00 women aged between $20.42 a place of safety similar tiniest raids were carried out in Romania where one man was detained. Zimbabwe's government has unveiled a budget of $4000000000.00 for next year pledging to endorse territory measures that have affected the poorest communities despite the country facing its worst economic crisis in a decade the government has an optimistic outlook with predictions that the economy will grow by 3 percent next year. In football England have qualified for Euro 2025 to thrashing Montenegro 7 nil at Wembley hurricanes scored a 1st half hat trick in what was England's 1000th fixture. Jim thank you you're listening to the world tonight with. Well in a few minutes we'll hear more from that interview with Labor's John McDonnell on his policies promise to give every home and business free ultra fast Internet access but 1st it's now exactly 4 weeks before Election Day on December the 12th and it's been another busy campaigning day the 2 main parties have been talking about the n.h.s. And immigration how political correspondent Karen is on the line for a search for nomination papers for candidates wanting to run for parliament closed at 4 pm today tell us about the surprises yet today was make your mind up time for people who wanted to become M.P.'s the worst some surprises perhaps the biggest was that the bricks at parties Rupert revealed that he wouldn't now be standing in Dudley north so this was a surprise a last minute decision to pull out. Probably a bigger surprise as well because we were expecting Nigel Farage to go there and campaign with him so those plans are presumably all off now the Green Party and the bricks it pass he went be standing in Canterbury which was the center of some controversy earlier in the week when there lip damn candidate or pulled out unilaterally You might remember one of the big upsets in 2017 was when Nick Clegg was unseated by Gerald O'Meara now the former Labor m.p. Who recently Saturn independent isn't going to be standing in Sheffield Hallam even though he was the subject of that big moment in the 27 election night and the other big picture that people might remember from the night of 2017 was a candidate called Lord Bucket Head who stood against a reason may well Boris Johnson will face somebody called Lord Bucket Head who's standing as a candidate for the Monster Raving Loony Party and Mr Johnson is also again to be facing someone called Can't been face Ok right so let's let's move on to. Some of the other things that were happening today they have been pretty serious allegations that Boris Johnson has tried to buy off some in Niger for us is Brecht's it Party tell us about that yes these allegations have come from Niger for art and other members of the BRICs it Party today as the nominations for the candidates were coming to a close and this evening the b.b.c. Has been told by a conservative source that the Conservative Party in Peterborough had offered bricks at parties parliamentary candidate an unpaid paste in education in an attempt to persuade him to stand down so that's sort of a sign of the sort of things that Mr Farage is saying has been going on this of course comes just a few days after Mr Farage announced that he was standing down candidates in conservative held seats but was going to fight in in up a seat tonight he's ramped up his criticism of the Conservative Party because basically you're suggesting that some senior figures in the BRICs it Party were offered a peerage is in return for standing down candidates it's been a very funny day we've had never before I think in the history of British politics have people who want to stand for election one of our rights as free citizens been intimidated out of standing but our cabinet has there been subjected to thousands of phone calls and emails and threats all over the country I think we're about to 85 some of dropped away most of hell very far but also in juice points at all levels I mean Number 10 Downing Street ringing arc outlets offering people jobs it is quite astonishing So it's Dale of intimidation and I think that it will corruption at the same time now because surveys have party say that neither the party nor its officials have offered bricks at Party candidates jobs or peerage is and they say they do not do electoral. Packed John Curran joining us live thanks very much well let's stay with the election and what is going to happen to Labor's vote in the north of England that's a key question in this election the Conservatives are hoping to win a majority partly by nabbing season Labor's traditional Northern heartland many voters there are keen breaks its supporters so the idea is that they will be persuaded to put their cross in the blue corner because of the conservative strongly pro stance famously they're targeting the so-called Workington man but can Workington man really be won over so easily or will a traditional Northern Labor voter be put off by a policy which is now led by the Southern eat an educated Boris Johnson a one definition of Workington man is that he is not only northern but also a rugby league fan the world went to the town of Featherstone in Yorkshire home of the Featherstone Rove his rugby league team that Albert was an academic and. They really don't care about the weather on a freezing cold evening with a bitter wind doing its best to make conditions even tougher the further strain Rovers rugby league team were having their 1st practice of the new season the god there that was. What I'm watching here is really the last remnants of an old tradition once upon a time the higher levels of rugby league were full of small town clubs many of them from small mining towns like Featherston but the coal mines have gone the services were gloves these days are mostly for much larger towns and cities and the coaches Steve Gillis be telling me about another fundamental shift away from the political beliefs which he says he wants took for granted in the world of rugby league just another element of always been a labor mum I think most will believe plagal been Labor because a lot of them still work to pay you know I think it's changing now I think this is within the belief eternity. Data say some vote Conservative is a completely different world. Although I did get a glimpse of that completely different world as the team came off the pitch carefully bashing the mud from their boots. But most of these players didn't really want to talk about politics or the election but every single one of those who did spoke about the Labor Party as something in the past my neighbors brought their. Rovers back row when I turned 18. Just because that's what's people turn to toe around these parts and you know a moment out and stuff but then the more of what's into it I don't have a carbon as a as a leader it could be a bit weak so of conservative as I go down with your family. So a different effect for our country in a somewhat strong My name's Davis jump play in the 2nd or in the middle and moment on the ground out and you know all relatives have always voted Labor was always understood as you know the work amongst power I sat now. I'm looking at Mark conservative to be honest you know especially with the Bracks a fiasco that's going on just want it finished I think it's voices like that which of convince conservatives that rugby league towns such as Featherston are ripe for the taking There are of course other options in this constituency known as Hemsworth there are the liberal Democrats but they won just 2 percent of the vote to the last election Meanwhile the breaks it Party is expected to stand there for running a Ukip now a rival came in just over 5 percent and if politics here is more polarized between Labor and conservatives a bit of recent history might help explain why. In Featherstone's main cafe the precinct I found. Customers showing each other footage from rugby matches on their phones the club really is a central part of this town and its identity but so too is the town's participation in the 198485 miners' strike as another cost to me here Maureen was keen to tell me I don't remember the static Well the family is. Cookin sharing between us when to think of conservatives they don't think of Maggie Thatcher now she just deal in the mind the mine is everything. Could you be tempted to vote Conservative in the future never. Never can't stand by Johnson's staff let it just come over as a tough it's that image of the toff wage some insist is going to be a problem for the conservatives and their project to win over the rugby league fraternity because rugby league is the only sport which has its very existence rooted in class division created at the tail end of the 19th century it was a breakaway movement by the less wealthy players they had struggled to take part in rugby union because players were not paid gentleman amateur was the union ideal and those origins mean that rugby league is still an unlikely sport for conservatives according to Tony Collins author of the book rugby's great split hey you have a sports that was born in rebellion and prides itself on its democratic egalitarian and working class roots in contrast to a conservative party which of than for a considerable period of time is now actually dominated by members of if not the aristocracy certainly the highest levels of British society those educated 18 and the knowledge in Ruby clubs that form the ruby lake broke away precisely in rebellion against those type of people. There is another traditional pastime very much alive in Featherston the town still has an old fashion model railway shop with Hornby trains running up and down. The shop is a Mini and Korean shelves packed with locomotives carriages and odd bits of track in various shapes and sizes all treated with serious reverence by local model train enthusiastic Robert cine he gave me a potted history of his involvement with this hobby but also his paw. Takes me Dad introduced me to a model of a white but when I was 6 years old and then I went on to electric train locomotives and then girls came along and not helped it all are quite you know going to fault a girl and model why I sold the girls one you know so I got older and I got and I've got my Vade I've gone back to I've been a model that white so you can't see the motorway tradition but I gather your politics have changed I've always voted Labor but I voted Leyva never after Enda and by always trying to make a day away with. So you would you vote Conservative then I think I would I mean exactly a policy 8 ball race I don't think it really go down too well in a lot of their working men's club surrounding it can't do what 10 do you think Conservative Party under Boris Johnson could win a seat like this no no no chance I mean people vote for a Ted if it got late but signed stick on it no I don't think around here. That report was from other worlds Knights Paul Moss Well as you may have heard in the news bulletin John McDonnell the shadow chancellor has unveiled Labour's new plans regarding broadband for the public in an interview with the B.B.C.'s political editor Laura Coons Burge Mr McDonald was asked for the details of the policy if there was a Labor government free broadband to the country apart from some parts of London I'm someone major cities everywhere I go there saying I will either not got broadband at the speeds that we need is holding our economy back the government's come forward with a 5000000000 pound investment but actually it's nowhere near enough so we're saying it's going to cost about $20000000000.00 we'll put the extra $15000000000.00 in it will start with a more difficult to reach areas 1st and then work through but with the way that we'll do it is if we're putting that scale of public money in taxpayers' money and we want to ensure actually we own as well and that means bringing parts of Bt into public ownership Openreach in particular another big rationalization over the big price tag Yup and what will do in the normal way is will 1st of all we'll issue bonds for shares or what we're doing is we're introducing a new tax we've already discussed it publicly which is all multinational so politically those internet multinationals the the warms up again their incomes from the Internet the apples the Googles and the Amazons of this world and in that way will pay for the day today cos. Don Madonna speaking to our political editor Laura Koons Burgo Joining us now is Andrew Ferguson editor of think broadband an independent broadband news and information site Good evening what do you make all of these plans from labor. Aides say it's something of a surprise it's not totally totally surprising but actually to announce it so clearly it's the biggest surprise one would expect is something a little bit souls more halfway house they seem to be going both feet in on this and so essentially nationalizing bts Openreach which owns the bulk of the full fiber network What about the cost and how they going to raise the money. That the 20000000000 that probably is around right it's like old infrastructure projects it's very difficult to predict because there's some houses it might cost on the 20300 pound there's others it may cost 10015000 pounds a day so it's like working that all out and getting it to the nearest pound is very difficult but $20000000000.00 is about right that the cost for maintenance per year once it's all done that looks a little bit like yeah 10 lb less than 10 pound a house hope a year for maintenance and also there's the big question mark of if you if you nationalize Openreach there are other broadband companies in the United Kingdom that are investing now what will happen to them how do you sell your pool band when other people have access to over a nationalized operator for free well I suppose that does prompt the next question does it exist anywhere else that is there is a model that Labor has in mind I've tried to rack my brains for a few minutes before we've spoken and I come from your heart. That they would say that they've nationalized these but normally what happens if you pay like you pay per month like we used to when we had the g.p.o. Back in the seventy's we used to pay for a phone line rental you had to use to find they provide. And various other conditions but you know used to pay the difference here is it seems we're talking about free so basically you put your hand up like please install they come in and what both you need what about those people who've invested in these private companies what about their pensions people people who have invested over a long period of time in these private companies I think that they think that the big debate a creep shares have not really done very well at all so probably the big pension companies that have got large shareholder instead may actually be looking at government bonds but a little bit more attractive certainly a lot more certain about what's going to happen and sold so if the pond guarantees I'm certain but right of return that bait for their own people expect to make out of holding those bt shares they actually baby excited about doing this and they may be keen to go ahead and do it their question is though other firms like Liberty Globo $65.00 they've had hundreds of millions invested by other groups what's going to happen to that money where they're building competing networks try to reach and Andrew Ferguson editor of think broadband an independent probe on news and information site thanks very much Sean Carr now political correspondent joins us from Westminster So this this pledge by labor is the 5th industry targeted for public ownership but in terms of nationalizing industries how plausible does it sound to you Are they going to be able to afford to do it well John McDonnell says that labor can afford to do it this is a big increase in the investment the government has a plan to improve broadband by 2025 and Boris Johnson has talked about increasing investment by 5000000000 pounds what John McDonnell is saying tonight is that Labor will put in an extra 15000000000 pounds on top and they say as we've just been hearing that they'll do that by part national. Wising British Telecom bt rather but also by introducing a new tax on Internet multinationals the tech giants they're going to tax them now we don't know all the details of that yet but that is how they say they gain to pay for it as you say it's part of a broader nationalization program within the last few minutes Nicky Morgan who is the culture secretary has accused labor of over promising she took to Twitter to say this and said that this couldn't be delivered effectively and she said it would kill growth and competition so it's going to be controversial because it is a big it is a big policy announcement and it is of course an other big nationalisation on the on the heels of other nationalizations layers already talked about so on current joining us live from Westminster Thanks now to a development in the investigation into the downing of m.h. 17 the Malaysian Airline flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur shot down over Ukraine back in 2014 when you are moving towards unity of command people with a mandate from show who have been coming here and kicking all the local warlords out of the units. And then people from Moscow will take charge. That is part of a phone call that took place nearly 5 years ago the man the voice names is surrogate Russia's defense minister and Dutch investigators claim it is evidence of links between the Russian government and the separatist leaders in Ukraine requesting military support and political guidance from Moscow the spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry said today this was just more evidence of a stitch up of your addict or the verdict the ruling was made right at the very beginning and all that followed was nothing but shoehorning materials to support the chosen tactic of accusations by the group you mentioned Barry Sweeney's 28 year old son Liam who was on that plane one of 298 people who died in the crash Liam was flying to watch his beloved Newcastle United play a match in New Zealand when the plane was hit by a missile over Ukraine I'll Sperry Sweeney for his reaction to this latest development in the investigation Well it's a long thérèse on north through about 5 or 5 of us know about there because of technology it's very very difficult than without the people know what's up there are just a bunch of people being told you know that you got to speak put it out or go too far because at the end of it they are obvious an ordinary person that lives by you late last night sort of. You know if it's very very difficult you know but what if there's a ball with a cold war let's be in origin every day and if you look after his Our top men may know and when you heard today about this latest development and and the the closeness of these particular people to President Putin. Would some sense of a statement will something from Moscow will President Putin himself make a difference to you Do you think that emotion I would like him to come up and tell us. There's no reason why you called Sam. I suppose as long as they're playing the Ukrainians is very very difficult for him to say yes it was us and sorry we did something but state facts not at the moment and I just feel as Or if. You know he's a big big player on the world you know you've got the Americans the Russians the focus of the British and everybody else and I just think it's it's become a bit of a bit of a chess game and I just want somebody if I a misstep you to quote say look no party sweetie just everybody involved with every 17 why how things are. Going to shouldn't have happened do you think that you speak for lots of the relatives of those who perished in this crash that that actually a salary would make a difference I don't think it's so mostly in the sort he would marry a difference but who helped against the reason why it happened so he's got to be better than enough and has got me but on the stand I don't care and I've got lots of friends the trends British friends and so without regard Australia of you know of all the nations are involved on their bets on the flight at 70 and we really really just want to know but want to know why a game called Bring a lot of Bach it's impossible puts it on a positive low if we knew what had happened what sort of wood or what happened which is why it happened and if we can get if you know bring that swords closer with that William Coleman back it's inevitable cruellest of Johnny is friends of the electoral and it may be 6 people on board I'm a 7 thing will still be nice for someone exists you know just if I want to talk and . When when earlier on in the year 4 people were named as suspects by the government in the Netherlands I wonder if that was a moment that you thought yeah actually justice might be might be being seen to be done. Yes and or because it can't because it won't be extradited to the governments for the trail be very very difficult for them it's all again you probably trailed it's got a couple of conclusion and I don't think that. Was Barry Sweeney whose son Liam was in that 2014 crash of Ukraine. Now 77 Venice is often known as the serene one but the serious tidal flooding which has led to a state of emergency being declared is challenging more than just how the city is viewed They have been deaths and possibly long lasting damage to historic sites and apart from how to help citizens out a political blame game is also being played out now Venice is a UNESCO world heritage site and a couple of days ago the floods reached the 2nd highest level since records began needy a century ago more than 80 percent of the city was under water when times are at their highest nearly 20000000 pounds has been promised by the government in Rome I've been speaking to a member of the Opposition policy in the regional council for Venice a couple Betty he is from the 5 Star Movement He started by describing the moment on Tuesday that water flooded into the local council chambers we are talking about ours I know holding a discussion about very important around 10 pm and then the the water flooded inside our council and its rise up one meter it was unbelievable high the pressure of the water going in no it went through the side our House of course that really would be astonishing and then we went outside we ran outside and we didn't know what we have to do it because we were not suspecting flooding like this it was unbelievable high and also outside stormy weather pushing the water with more and more power. Our council now today on Thursday is it possible for you to gauge the extent of the damage. I don't know I don't know that the government may mix the mission and it's up about 1000000000 euro more or less for the whole city we are very very close with 100 meters from the market. You know it's one of the lowest point in Venice so all it. I. Flooded inside old stores or inside old the houses and I think for everybody you know right now it's one of the more still dangerous moment the whole lot you've had a meeting today what is it that the council has decided to do what can you do on folk Luckily the council did not do what we are asking for so we're asking for 100 . Euros to face the problems that older citizens have to face on the next days so our focus on family only $5000000.00 euros so will be spent on Venice and it's at the regional council you are in New York position inside this town Seoul and the decision has been made to spend a lot less than you are asking for yeah 95 percent less than we're asking for and you know we have that money and we have to understand that right now that East and all the seaside in Beneteau region has to feel how strong is the half or so that we have to put to to help these people but there is now a state of emergency which has been declared by the national government to what extent is that going to make a difference in terms of releasing farms Yeah Pearce of the moon the prime minister is setting up a. 20 millions euros immediately so Venice so it is a very very important signal for us. How important is banning the prime minister has said that the government would also accelerate the building of these structural defenses for then do you think that that is possible quickly I hope so it's a 95 percent to. 30 years that we are expecting for a whole day for structure but. Unfortunately we have on the most that this is the name of this infrastructure we have. Read the book corruption stories in all Italian history 1000000000 of money that is I don't know where we were when. They really do except that the increase amount of of flooding that has taken place in Venice over the last 20 years or so is as a result of climate change yeah for sure but it's not about me it's about the scientific paper that told us that we would be flooded definitely So we would be on the world and we have to understand that this is the problem that we have to face for our next generation so this is the emergency that we have to approach right now how was the regional council member in Venice a couple Betty Zimbabwe now and the government has been presenting its annual budget today in the midst of the country's worst economic crisis in years 2 years after Robert Mugabe was deposed the hopes that were placed in his successor Emerson man and God remain unfulfilled hospitals a shot to nearly half the population is on the brink of starvation guy New Yorker reports on what went wrong and the impact that it's having. That was. On a barren patch of open ground hundreds of elderly men and women all waiting for maize handouts. And unfolding economic crisis compounded by drought has brought around half of Zimbabwe's population to the point of starvation Mark wattles and that 72 year old school bus ticket or has worked miles to get here but the distribution has been postponed and she's left empty handed finding money for food and medication on her own is a struggle Israel kills and what do they feel for the British and these words here. But you need to eat them with food yes and with the food even go to have to ask somebody to give. So that they can take. And how does it make you feel in your chair you cry. Where do you cry. For governor. We think of your children. You know as a journalist you have to be detached but to some of these stories are just so difficult to hear you know these are the most of the people of this country of these communities and they're just struggling to just kind of bite of food to eat on a daily basis it's just. It really is. Once one of Africa's most prosperous nations Zimbabwe is facing economic collapse only one in 5 people have formal jobs and there is a shortage of cash fuel and power the government blames Western economic sanctions its critics say exists of spending rampant corruption and failed policies are to blame public services are on the brink of health service workers on strike. It's just the sound of my footsteps in this clinic ward but on a normal day they'd be a hive of activity wailing new born babies hundreds of people receiving medical care but they've all been turned away and there's only one new set work in the sprawling complex and she is overwhelmed it's costing lives one woman 1000 year old niece died of heart failure who wanted to take him. To the clinic but soon couldn't take it to the team because the police have closed the elusiveness and also to. 'd be told there are no doctors to be then she passed away after 2 days we couldn't take it to private or spittle because it's expensive and now we want to the doctors to sign. The forms so that we can fall for burial but we came here in the morning but up to now used to it it seek to save sleep. During our night when the. Station points doctors have been on strike for 2 months inflation has slashed the center east by 80 percent. And the moment doctor for that income and often just. To Prince will tell is one of almost 300 fired for taking part of the strikes trying to fight for our own for our own survival in the moment the government understand and listen a moment. It was not asked as doctors where dying I came in as a doctor I became a kind in a Ford This is when I'm provided the government says it cannot afford to increase the wages but top officials regularly get medical treatment abroad at the Tx payers expense. It's true here since the fall of Robert Mugabe the man who replaced him in a similar came in on a wave of goodwill and optimism he promised change he promised an end to the corruption and a new start for a nation with so much potential. But as she shows me a collection of plastic bottles she's been gathering school less Dika has seen none of those things. And she doesn't know why she collects the plastic or who will buy it she's been doing it out of a sense of hope that is rapidly a being away. Reporting from Zimbabwe now diabetes has in the past been dubbed the disease of affluence but as we've just been hearing that's no longer the case hundreds of millions of people live with the disease the amount of insulin available is too low and the price is too high the World Health Organization has now said that it will begin testing and approving generic versions of the drug so all the research on drug prices at the World Health Organization She joins us live from Geneva just outline how the the scale of diabetes how much it's affecting people in the in the developed and developing world sure there is an estimated 420000000 people living with diabetes and diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death worldwide and you know when we're thinking about say sub-Saharan Africa specifically the prevalence in adults has more than doubled in the last 35 years according to our latest estimates there are about 25. People in Africa that have diabetes and it's a disease that's completely treatable but the lack of insulin in terms of how how how little there is and how much it costs it must vary in different polls and will give us an idea of what it might cost to some somebody in a developing country yes sure so we've been measuring access to insulin as well as many other such a lot of sins over the last several years using that bone which is w h O's mobile price and availability monitoring and our data from 2016 to 2019 show that insulin 1st is on average available in about half of the facilities that we've surveyed in Africa for instance and when it is available it's not affordable so you know in Europe for instance of patients have this option to obtain insulin through their insurance or through their national governments but this is not always the case in low and middle income countries for instance in some countries that we surveyed the presidents and could cost up to 20 percent of a minimum wage workers monthly income and when you consider that people suffering from diabetes might also be suffering from hypertension this is a lot of money that people are paying out of their own pocket just to stay alive less money that they can use to send their kids to school get transportation to go to work put food on the table and what is it that the World Health Organization is now proposing Well so one of the ways that is trying to improve access is through our insulin prequalification pilot so you know as you mentioned this means a w.h.o. Will certify the quality of certain generic insulins meaning that insulin products passing prequalification are noted to meet international quality standards this means that customer consumers payers international procurement agencies for instance can buy generic insulin that's pre-qualified from more manufacturers that actually have confidence in the quality and then prequalification. Actually increases competition to drive down prices and we've actually seen this in the HIV space prequalification of antiretrovirals reduce treatment costs from about $15000.00 per year to $75.00 per year and you are hoping that this will be across the board in how many countries do you think well so one sun insulin is pre-qualified this actually means that. It's more of a quality standard so if you're thinking about procurement agencies this is a large chunk of low and middle income countries that are actually getting their essential medicines from say m.s.f. Or un d.p. The United Nations Development Program Unicef etc So this means that access will be tremendously increased so the research on drug prices at the World Health Organization thanks for joining us just on for our closing headline Labor is promising free ultrafast Internet access for every home and business in the country under the plans parts of Bt would be brought on the public ownership creating a new state run body called British broadband that would build the network. The challenge also John McDonald told the b.b.c. The country was being held back by lack of ambition and the scheme would be paid for by a tax on big technology companies and just to end England's football team celebrated their 1000 international with an emphatic win over Montenegro at Wembley Stadium earlier this evening the 7 male win secured their qualification for Euro 2020 Meanwhile in Baghdad thousands of anti-government protesters in Iraq's capital also rejoiced in their 21 win over Iran in a much anticipated World Cup qualifying match this is the moment crowds watching the game on the large screen in Tahrir Square so the winning was there to say they're quite excited that for tonight I'm Reza it bar for me and everyone on the program tonight. Studio director was Joe Wallace and the editor John Fenton for sure. Represent a 3rd party political pop out of a given on television new technology has always been used by political parties to influence voters each time they do so there are those who worry about what it would do to our politics and the quality of democracy is the exploitation of social media anything different as long as there have badly have political communication and there been people who bench trying to use it to mislead other people looking back at the influence of technology upon elections being truthful as we always have Wallace yourself. Pandora's ballot box this Saturday night at 8 b.b.c. Radio 4. This is speed b.c. Radio 4 Well now we continue our easing of Sean doubts novel set in the early 1980 s. On the Northern Irish border. Focus has discovered the truth about the packets he's been delivering and now he's lying in wait for my career after his. Child read by Finney and. After annoyed by Chos watch Fergus saw the back of Michael rafters leather jacket bending low and a hand reaching done to the tire he sprang out of the dep where he'd been hiding and sent the other man sprawling. Lion toerag he brought his fist right up the rafters news your bloody pockets he yelled. Ok I get the message I'm sorry sorry Fergus got his feet sorry isn't nearly enough contraceptives the after Since when did the ira make bombs out of contraceptives can you have driven over the border with your condoms and pills and flog them over there why ask me to do that Rafter stood up and brushed on his front dead until 3 months ago back in May I had a ball out on the way home from the club smashed up the Triumph and got banned from driving Fergus there to hear t.r. 7 it's fixed now I Rafter said Thanks a little better cross border cooperation I am a local hero dying there that doctor will prescribe the pill in a month of Sundays and the shops don't sell condoms for fear the local priest Fergus took the elastic band from around the money and started counting. You're a mean tyke rafters you could have caught me and there's nearly a 100 pounds here I've been open to and then went on with those bloody pockets and all of the long your hard on me on a bike killin the soldier up there not to mention what you promised about Joe. I'm sorry about that but just so you know I really did speak to somebody I know in the High Command and he said there was nothing the. Fergus put the elastic band back around the money and tossed it over the rough there's rafters caught it grin and gone to 2030 Fergus was about to say no then thought of the running shoes he'd be able to buy Ok rafter started gathering up the strong pockets they Fergus don't tell your family Willie or anyone else and. I don't want approvals get on to me otherwise I'll take half the profits cot their supplies it's in c. And Fergus Bandar in and picked up the last few pockets keep them rough their set you never know on Tuesday morning the muffled peal of a telephone work Fergus He parted into the hall mom was on our way out there's been an urgent call Fergus something tightened around us through his Ajo he's to see him there was the present chaplain calling he's got a proposal what another round prayer which but she smiled I think this time it's more than a prayer. The Dublin ladies are common today Mom we have the dismissive hand you have to see to them I can think about at night I'm away Fergus had got the room done by the time Cora and Felicity stepped out of the familiar green Rancho coral was wearing khaki choices with a skinny black t. Shirt her expression was hidden by enormous sunglasses Felicity was frowning slightly there was a whiff of a quarrel about them so Fergus Felicity said he's a dodging to Ruskin to decide Mel's fate agree on where she should go now we finished the investigations can you join us for the start of the phone ready to ring at any time with news of Joe how long will it be a couple of hours that's all then yes com. Cora got in the backseat of the rhino saying nothing she might as well have been on Plato in the hotel car park or said Mom can I count 5 minutes I want to see the garden Ok what about you Fergus Fergus grin foolishly. Maybe I'll show corner and Felicity raised an eyebrow at the hotel garden was minute Find see soon she strode away around the corner block briefcase on the road on Cora's arms were folded across her waist but her eyes goaded Fergus on Christ Cora he made a grab she dogged fantods then he caught her soon his my thumb on his were full of her hard knot in his belly exploded the old Cora was Bach laughing and mocking him he left that her off the ground she thumped this block and shook herself free he chased off there caught a handful of a t. Shirt and Pender to himself How do Cora I know there Fergus inside they sat in 2 rows watching the progression of slides shots of the Borg a cross-section of the soil views of males body 1st as Ferguson find then after it had been transported to the op a tar then came the close ups the bongo the spools of the fingertips the tiny slit the male's Bach the bonnet with its strings Professor Teller cleared his throat are various radio carbon dating procedures give us the year that Mel was killed as 8080 on the iron aged at the noose the burial in the bog all point to a pattern of human sacrifice prevalent at this time but why someone else spoke was it some primitive religious thing. I don't think so Felicity said there is probably more to Melle story than we'll ever know my guess is that some crime within the Klan was committed at the time of terrible hunger and want a medal by virtue of dwarfism was scapegoated in several sources the reports of the severe winter in 8080 or thereabouts I'm sure that her death was related to an ancient famine to Sparks collided in Fergus's mind he thought of course postcard I have it he exclaimed from the block people turn round I should have introduced Fergus McCann Felicity said he is the lads who discovered Mal and stop the j.c.b. From going in and destroying that we are all in his debt what are you going to say Fergus Fergus's years burned Pompei 8079 the year before fall Kino's are famous for producing severe winters off the roads his voice stumbled over itself with eagerness the high content of sulphur in the atmosphere blocks the sun if the prevailing winds brought the volcanic ash northwards it might have been the cause of the body winter you spoke about the one in which now died there were exclamations chatterings chair scrapings the meeting will resume tomorrow Professor Taylor bellowed over the rising then chorus album nudged Fergus's making every hair on his arm stand up right now you've done it she whispered Let's go before the Stampede it was time for a hurried kiss on the garden then Cora pushed him away Mom will catch us she hissed what it mater don't know maybe maybe not Felicity appeared beaming she invited Fergus to the archaeologist evening meal he pictured the phone in the hall at home ready to ring any time with news of Joe. I things I have to do he lied I'll catch the bus back to the only. On the bus home he has sense of the whole planet teetering seesawing the slideshow flickered on his head and made off the image of mal the remnants of her forgotten life then Joe in his present caught on a Missy added hung in the barn Joe he thought Don't go but in a terrible moment he felt Joe slipping from and beyond the reach of pleas or arguments prayers or priests it's only a matter of time Fergus thought for everything everywhere the phone call from prison camp at 7 o'clock he'd get it for his mom whispered Fergus went to the hall and picked up the phone Hullo he managed as the present doctor here it's about Joe as he life his body's pasta into a coma suddenly Mom's fingers were biting into a shorter gift here Fergus give me mom listen to her forehead photoed. There Tonight he set down the phone and crossed herself Fergus you and me and this is the moment we've got to talk what's to say Mom haven't we said at all no we haven't she went back into the kitchen in the south dawn by side I have a proposal to make she said. The present Chopan called us together today he'd spoken to everyone present people the doctors she and Fannie have and they want to strictly and everyone shun fear I don't believe it said. The man's a priest he wouldn't lie. Priests are the best bloody liars of the lot tussin ordered what does it matter what other people want or don't want are Jews and from death it's over. Family said. We can say it's not over. But the present choppin said we have the right we only have to say the word enjoy We will have a drip put up the freedom Joseph life as his own. Said the word slowly has only to take we can't play God It's not play and God. Is fierce crumpled and I don't care if it's your week's up and never talks to us again I could live with that at least he'd be alive with his life before and if he'd taken an overdose if he was on top of the better than I could jump we'd see of him wouldn't we. Shrugged what Joss did and as in suicide difference does it make if it's suicide or something else every difference Joe's life is his own part of not yours just let it go now Fergus whispered If they that feed you could they really see of his life she folded her hands together that's what the doctor says but he said The longer we leave it the more likely it is Joe will be damaged. Thought the tabletop this 2nd you'd rather fear with everything done for his country everything he's tried to achieve by this courageous sacrifice you would interfere just so we end up by cabbage mom looked up white if we give the go ahead here in NY The risk would be to work we don't need to pick up the phone no . Said the word at the phonology of Commander order to his trips. That Joe was here you know what each say. Mom raised 2 protesting Hearns So that's today one to 2 years for he said and with mom sorry the. Doctor heard I cannot believe my ears that I've wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember I have no choice but to vote for life please don his fears was rigid. What about Uncle Talita would he say leaf out of it Mom's not he's not immediate family does funk the table he as an immediate family and he would agree with me you know what mom got up on the table away from her. I mean for for a fee for this mechanic I cannot show wrong as I haven't sung a healthy god. And you can hear the final part of bug charged by Sean Dowd 1045 tomorrow night it was abridged by Sara Davis the reader is Finian Garbus and it was produced in Bristol by Mary was Ari and a couple minutes Joe Bunting will be joined by so if you do care and in the 10 uncannily beaten up for Where's the f. In news. 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