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Johnson wants to make a change to his bricks it bill before your same piece to vote for it on Friday and the moment you came the you can agree to extend the transition period if they haven't reached a trade deal by the end of next year but the Prime Minister's planning to make it illegal for that deadline to be moved a political correspondent Seymour said well only be that 12 month window to get a trade deal according to law and I think the reason is is there enough money forward but one of them is of course to tell these new M.P.'s He really is serious about getting brave it done the 2nd is to quash speculation that with a big majority he might somehow go soft on brags that he wants to reassure long standing brigadiers that isn't the case Boeing says it will pause production of its 737 Max airline in next month the models being grounded since March after more than $300.00 people were killed in 2 crashes but the company had continued to make them mostly Josephs says see N.B.C.'s airline reporter Boeing can't deliver these planes so they're just piling up at facilities in Washington state you get other places around the u.s. And Boeing doesn't want that to continue to happen one way they can stem a sort of bleeding of cash which they're not getting any money in from airlines who already bought the plane because they can't even hand them over to stop producing them altogether inspectors are accusing the London fire brigade of being wasteful and slow to make the changes needed to the Grenfell telling disaster the fire rescue services watchdogs found firefighters have missed training and attended to many false alarms the New London fire commissioner says he's committed to making the necessary improvements a review of how a review of record low rape conviction rates is found a justice system close to breaking points because of cuts the Crown Prosecution Service inspectorate says a damning number of cases a loss during under-resourced police investigations but rejected claims prosecutors run fairly selective about the cases they charge him affairs correspondent Stanley sure. From a record 58000 delegations of rape in the year to the end of March there were fewer than 2000 successful prosecutions the lowest number since the figures were 1st compiled in 2008 the report says the decline is partly because fewer rape cases are being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for charging decision and because police are taking longer to gather evidence campaigners say the reviews fail to uncover the real reasons for what they call woeful conviction rates global gender inequality will take an of a century to disappear according to the World Economic Forum its latest report says the differences between men and women in terms of health education and influence closed over the last year but the economic gap widens the U.K.'s fallen from 15th to 21st and its equality rankings and drivers are being warned to expect bumper to bumper traffic in the run up to Christmas ho ho no they are a scene the ira expects sections of the m one m. 5 m. 6 and m 25 to see the worst delays always England's promising that almost all road works on motorways a major roads will be lifted or finished by Friday morning that's the 5 Live news but it's the cricket now in England's women a plane Pakistan in the 1st of 3 t 20 internationals in Kuala Lumpur Let's say good morning or good afternoon as it is there now to Henry Moran. Good afternoon from sunny Kuala Lumpur 51 for 4 is the Pakistan score after 7 overs in response to England's 154 for 4 Any Jones top scorer in them with 53 in response Pakistan a made a decent start but the number of wickets at a fall in particular and the previous over will be a concern 51 for Pakistan chasing 155 let's get the rest of the morning sport now his shop ammunition to evidence and all reportedly trying to persuade former Chelsea and Napoli boss Carlo and to become the new manager but they reveal no offer has been made to anyone yet the club say they've had meetings with several candidates not keen to open. Someone to replace Marco Silva but some can focus and will remain in Katz a good chance for Wednesday's e.f.l. Cup quarter final against Leicester Well unofficial talks are continuing between Austin ill and Manchester City coach make. His Kearney the prime candidate to replace it not Emery at the Emirates Crystal Palace not to point lights on against rivals Brighton to draw want to go above all snow into 9th place in the Premier League paper the visit is ahead in the 2nd off to bring the game to life but Wilfried Zaha equalized to give boss Roy Hodgson something to celebrate from his 100th game in charge of palace and all unfolded at Tyburn is a major injury concern for the 6 nations of the months to confirm to need surgery on a broken ankle a suffered on Saturday in the Champions Cup This is b.b.c. Radio 5 Live on digital b.b.c. South small space. The weather really rains expected for Sylvan in eastern England pretty should slow the trail slowly spells further to the north and west with Shayla's a little flecks and it's not the cold on holidays today of 3 in Belfast and for financing and it is James and John Robbins Ellis deal like pubs a b. And d. a galaxy far far far off the way from long long long long long time ago or maybe in the future one of the fun we tried is from Star Wars the rise of Carlow has been screened and with practically hours to go before rising. The cinema screens were discussing the cultural imperative of arguably the most successful franchise in movie history which just can't stop going pitching pitching pitching pitching and the strain is bracing itself for heat wave that has the potential to break records how they coping down there with today when you're in the hottest summer in the whole country is about to get hotter and hotter and hotter test if that's the correct grammatical conjugation one of the week's news is in a moment from the region we used to call Asia Minor and Mr Hudson is ancient history to us so Turkey Iraq and the general region. Not sure if anybody's to causation monitor sounded slightly disparaging even back in those winter of our discontent days back in the seventy's woman's house is about to become a father the 1st time when he asked a causeway she could charge if you support who shouted out rock without missing a big let's go the latest news them from Turkey and the surrounding region with Laura Wells I asked her why protesters in Iraq chanting for a homeland when they have one well technically they do but they don't feel that the government serves them they believe that's right Kratz Reisa Tarion and they also believe that they serve the interests of outside countries such as Iran which wields immense power and Iraq as well as United States and to much lesser degree countries like Turkey so you know when you seen the sectarian strife. Most recently there was a mass grave outside of Saluja $643.00 members of a Sunni tribe found that were believed to be massacred by a Shiite military group backed by Iran that was welcomed by the former prime minister that just stepped down the beginning of November it is an ongoing problem has been for over a decade and continues to be a problem there is very high unemployment there is very poor infrastructure again attributed to the politicians corruption and really. They believe that the politicians don't represent them and have no interest in helping them really that the protesters by they have nothing to lose. Having said that they have felt this way for some saw him certainly since the fall of Saddam Hussein doggedly long before that as well what's different now what why and these protests have been going on for some time now what was triggered vis the latest wave of discontent. Well there were often on in 2018 and restarted in October and with the last national elections they did see a shake up of the government they thought that perhaps new politicians would be would be accountable and deliver on some promises given and it just didn't happen. Sensibly this could continue to happen even though the prime minister has stepped down the parliament is not even able to come up with a new president and of the 6 candidates that are being proposed right now but with no way of parliament actually again appoint them because there's no consensus. In Tahrir Square in Baghdad where it's been a real hub of the protest they have pictures and names of these candidates with big X.'s next to their names so the protesters do not believe that anything that the government has come up with as of right now is suitable and the situation is it never seems to improve now there are still small groups of ISIS and even recently there were about 5 Iraqi military officials that were killed by ISIS You know they said well after we defeat ISIS things will be better when we have a new election things will be better and it doesn't seem to come in they're having problems now even before these protests are started with electricity with clean water in again not to mention or the very high unemployment and now we've seen that 511 protesters have been killed 21000 injured and at least 48 of those protesters have gone missing believed to have been taken and by Iraqi officials including some activists so they really are fearless at this point in time because they really truly feel they have nothing to lose and the Iraqis want Iraq for themselves once more there is such a shocking level of casualties it's unimaginable unfit for any country. Any country not in a way we situation. Of the president says he's demonstrations to end so deadly. Well there's been multiple multiple reports also some videos posted 1st hand accounts of survivors of either snipers gunmen or even a mouse men wielding machetes. Most people believe the Iraqi government has been allowing this to happen and that there are Iran back forces behind these snipers another types of gunmen no one has been held accountable there's than lip service by the politicians that they would come to the bottom of whoever was opening fire on the protesters but it hasn't come to pass and this is again part of the grievances of the protesters that there's no accountability by the politicians whatsoever and a general disregard for human life I'm sorry what was wrong got to do with this. Well Iran since. The invasion of Iraq has really tried and succeeded in getting a foothold in Iraq both in its. Political circles as well as these paramilitary groups on the ground some are called or popular mobilization units many of them were instrumental in fighting ISIS and the former prime minister who just stepped down had even invited them to be part of the Iraqi army and said that they could be the future of Iraq but you know even. The money that he was he is still. At the head of the great revolutionary guards in Iran I mean he lived for years in Iraq most of the time so it's not a secret that Iran. Has been such a part of Iraq for years now and at this point would probably be the number one outside interest group wielding power there now what you make of the coup by the British ambassador to Iraq Stephen Hague to the army the call to the army i.e. Bypassing the government and making a call to the army to protect these protesters what you make of value unusual find a different matter to talk directly to the Sovereign States Army in this way. Well again. The utter lack of accountability of the politicians that they really don't remember there is no prime minister right now that they aren't necessarily in charge the Army at least parts the army as I said the hushed and or popular mobilization units generally Shiite paramilitary groups that have had some level of outrunning me again for years whether it's part of the army or in a army controlled the area or not and directly also asked to run not to interfere in Iraqi affairs and he called for early elections and and and maybe that that does need to happen although we have seen a succession of national elections and hope with each and everyone calling upon you know that the voters have voted for different kinds of politicians from different groups different ethnic groups certainly different parties and there are many in Iraq and yet none of the governments have seemed to be able to come together or no figure has actually been able to deliver general goods and services Gen a strong legal system human rights in Iraq and all of them seem to have been greatly influenced by outside forces including Iran Ok now the prime minister but Iraq still has a president which. Denotes it is some kind of functioning state nevertheless and the president had until the end of yesterday Monday to propose a new prime minister was that deadline met and what the consequent not know that they hasn't been able to come up with a consensus of who actually these are blocs So these are different political parties that come together as a bloc and they have not been able to coalesce to form a majority which would be the one to propose a candidate it so it's I yes certainly how. As a governmental system but I would consider it a fragile state as would most analysts just because it has a system doesn't mean it's a functional system. It would reach into this story obviously is a once a cave and I wouldn't move you forward let's concentrate for a moment where there are new conservative policies. That's right and this is a huge development since the formation of the pro Kurdish h d p party which really called upon former Kurdish parties to come together and which it did successfully really has been a formation of new parties in years and certainly not of conservative parties and what's interesting is as you know the ruling Akbar the lead by President had won has been a juggernaut since 2002 it has dominated the political scene since then but there has been some former up party leaders members and even co-founders who have been very critical of President as one of the government in the past few years and now they decided to create their own new parties just on December 12th we saw the formation of the future or in Turkish going to jack party the application was given to the Interior Ministry this has been founded by the former prime minister met who also served as the foreign minister and is a professor holding a Ph d. He's age 60 he's very conservative he was accused of trying to create a neo Autum an empire of Turkey and coined the term 0 problems with neighbors which certainly didn't work out while he was in office and then we have. Gave a speech then on the 13th and he was very critical of the government he said repressive and illegal measures are closing down the capacity of the Turkish mind those that have no sense of justice have nothing to say for our nation's future he was for. To resign by President are going back in 2016 when he was pushing to change Turkey from a parliamentary system join executive presidential system which it is now in which President Carter one has. Almost an ending powers individually so yes place to give me furthur thinking because I was always led to believe that president maybe I made this. Conclusion but just by the actions of the president Mr Du on rather than that of his party but I was always led to sort of conclude that the arc party was a conservative party nevertheless because you know the president does seem to be a brother autocratic to say the least I'm I'm mistaken if Turkey has such a. A mega Conservative Party already why would there why would there be an interest in new conservative parties is a space is there for for more will many forms of the art 40. Well that's a good question and I think we'll find out fairly soon. These are as I said splinter groups of the original op party and not every party member has been pleased with the progress and development of the party since 2002 for instance I met Deval that. He said that the party has lost its way and that he wanted to bring back the principles of which a party ran on initially including diminishing corruption securing human rights supporting the rights of minorities and the like so. If you were to look at those promises made by a party initially certainly they are not upholding them under the tutelage of President hard one who is it is almost a one man party at this point whereas when it started it was certainly there were many leaders and brains behind it so this is this is born of discontent these are fellow conservatives that shared a vision with President Aragon before he took over the party. Is the president concerned about these parents rival. I'm sure he is he has spoken critically of those who have criticized him so we have here the former prime minister Ahmed of little oh we have former president cool she is going to be and incisor to another rival maybe conservative slash centrist party that the former finance minister he was also the former foreign minister and deputy prime minister and a co-founding a party member John and he was a very successful finance minister and also didn't is religiously conservative didn't speak really of religion at all so he's going to set up a rival party he announced back in November either the end of this year or the beginning of next year. And he says his will be mainstream and he also said that Turkey is in a dark tunnel and warned of the dangers of why me and rule so there certainly are conservatives who don't agree with President Tad what I do think there is a place for them but will they be allowed to grow their parties out we've seen many opposition politicians go to jail even the co-heads of the Proclaimers h d p party have now been in jail for years. And if they are allowed to go ahead Will they have the charisma of the cult of personality of president or will they be able to use the party dominated media to get their points across Can they lure voters away that's a good question and we can't tell as of now on a different something entirely business dating in Turkey. I could name you shame I'm just I'm embarrassed I couldn't name you a single Turkish entertainer. Of any period to my shame except that but perhaps things are about to change because it's Turkish actor who has had some international recognition. That's right he was born in Turkey but he spent a good deal of time in the u.k. . And he was even trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Now those in Great Britain might remember him in the 1st few years of East Enders He played a character name and that's all smile Yeah show your own cool Sukhumi was a cabbie wasn't he was a drive released on his own one day exactly and a cafe owner that says yeah. Yes it is he who is the real name there was thinking a bad movie any place Listen to this program couldn't name a single Kish actor. Is really. And he is a realtor he was born and bred in Turkey born in is near 954 but he did spend a good deal of time in the u.k. So he is actually known to many Brits who watch television especially the early few years of East Enders and later he set up a theater in Turkey became a really well respected stage actor he started many t.v. Shows and movies and trekking abroad even the remake of Ben Hur but most recently. Billionaire won the International Emmy Award for his best performance by an actor for a streaming Turkish show called Shas yet or personality and he plays the main character so widower and former judicial clerk who's diagnosed with Alzheimer's he decides to deal with his diagnosis by becoming a serial killer dressed in a cat costume and murdering all his former enemies because he says he will never remember the guilt he felt in killing another human being and the courts will never find him accountable if he is caught. And it has been streamed by a streaming news streaming network in Turkey with English subtitles that right now only available in Turkey so it's pretty right for international distribution and certainly it has had great reviews internationally and I know he is listing it as one of the top serials of all time so what's really interesting about just yet a personality this t.v. Show a signal for the award was announced they've been more of a cult favorite not a mean stream hit even in Turkey so what we're seeing is that 65 years old how the billionaire is just finds himself at the top of his career with international accolades and it flooded the news flooded Turkish social media because so many charts were so proud and found it to be such great news finally coming out of Turkey and on the international scene that one of their own had actually been recognised at the top of his field and it was really happy moment for many Turks and now Shasta yet is a well known show in Turkey and most likely we'll see it go around the world Laura well as they stumble Australia meanwhile is bracing itself if that's the right word for heatwave that has the potential to break records already some areas have been seeing temperatures rise up to 20 degrees above the December average and South Australia's Riverland has a full cost of $40.00 degrees centigrade for Thursday $48.00 degrees Celsius. The wildfires continue to burn me well I'm Phil verses of what it's many knows is with me at the moment are you feeling the heat currently. No not at the moment dot nets 25 degrees here in the center of Sydney it won't be not this later in the week they are forecasting that this law. Massive hot air that is making its way across the Australian continent from west to east will bring with it very school temperatures in South Australia a code red warning has been issued for vulnerable people and there is speculation that in southern parts of Australia the temperature could reach 50 degrees Celsius here in Sydney the warm days are likely to be Thursday and Saturday in the western suburbs of Sydney this is a very big city so the further west you go of course the further away from the ocean you are and in the far western suburbs of Sydney on Thursday and Saturday temperatures in the mid forty's Celsius so it is a very warm week ahead and of course on top of that it will exacerbate an already very serious bush fire danger. Probably about 46 degrees Celsius punishing it was almost too hot to do anything there was a sense of a climate in that if you were in. Home or in the car and use that you would feel it even more acutely but if you spent some time out there was an opportunity to spend maybe Hoff an hour or an hour without feeling completely exhausted. Work sites and other people and other jobs outside jobs are affected clearly there is a health policy around extreme heat and it's worth noting to Dalton that South Australia is expected to have temperatures as we say between 49 and 50 degrees Celsius and if memory serves me correctly I think Australia's reco temperature was in South Australia back in 1964. Nudging 51 degrees. Celsius and there is an expectation that temperature records across the Australian mainland could well full various records could tumble in the next few days you mention the official announcement about this do you get any sense in Sydney the people are preparing themselves for what's to govern and which way would they do that. I think people are worried about the heat that. Small from the bushfires that horrible toxic haze that just keeps coming back it goes and it comes back again and there is a real concern I wouldn't necessarily say it's a fear but it's a concern that this could well be the way of the future that Australia is experiencing so weather more severe bushfires more smoky haze enveloping not just Sydney but Vos parts of New South Wales and there was a press conference earlier today by some former emergency senior officials calling on the Australian Government to do more they believe that Scott Morrison the prime minister is the missing in action they believe that the government isn't taking climate change seriously isn't taking the link between global warming and the bushfires seriously enough and they are calling for a national summit to address Australia's preparedness or lack of preparedness for these type of events later in the week temperatures set to soar and the bush fire danger in eastern parts of Australia set to increase as well you know those Bush was just. Sydney any change in the news. We know here in New South Wales this is Australia's most populous state 110 fires continue to 59 have yet to be contained there is a mega fire burning about an hour's drive to the northwest of Sydney they're off. This mega fire that was the combination of of of about 5 individual fires that came together a couple of weeks ago could threaten a coal mine and a major power station. Not too far from Sydney so that particular power station supplies 10 percent of the electricity. To New South Wales in the last 24 hours it has come under what is described here as an ember attack these are red hot embers that have blowed well ahead of the main fire front they are responsible for extending the fire because if those embers dry fall on dry land they can ignite and spark further fires that power station was rained upon by these red hot embers and the authorities have managed to extinguish all of those spot fires there amid a concern of course that the coal used in that power station could ignite So Australia's bushfire crisis is showing no signs of easing don't feel Thanks very much for most of the in Sydney Let's catch up now with the latest 5 Live headlines grow from digital b.b.c. Sounds small space. Is b.b.c. Radio 5 Live Johnson is believed to have tweaked his bricks it be able to legally block any more delays the prime minister won same piece a vote for it on Friday he's trying to stop the transition period being extended beyond beyond the end of next year production of Boeing 737 Max and line is being poor is next month the company's continued to make the planes following 2 crashes that killed hundreds of people the models being grounded since March with the rape convictions across England and Wales the wreck Orlando has claimed the justice system is close to breaking point because of CART's That's according to a major report from the Crown Prosecution Service inspectorate it found no fault with how lawyers are taking cases to court and a delivery driver is seriously hurt after being hit spy's own van in Northumberland . Water Road yesterday afternoon another man climbed into the vehicle and run him over have been 2 arrests so far live news cricket now and England's women are playing Pakistan in the 1st of 3 t 20 internationals in Kuala Lumpur and Iran's their 1st. Back in $97.00 for 6 in the 15th over chasing a target of $155.00 England's total helped in large part by Amy Jones's $53.00 This is a good test for England in the series that is a build up towards the t 20 World Cup in February they look to be on top of a big partnership towards the end could see Pakistan causing an upset $98.00 for 6 to score in the 15th of out one of 55 is the Pakistan target let's get the rest of the morning support now his shop ammunition Everton are reportedly hoping for a face to face talks with the Italian Carlo Ancelotti as they continue to persuade him to replace Marco Silva and get us in Park the home of Chelsea Real Madrid an AC Milan boss was recently set by Napoli after taking them into the Champions League last 16 a football report of the McNulty said it's not true that he's been summarily signed for talks pretty definitely is top of Everton's list I'm not quite sure it's gone as far as reports in Italy suggest the deal has been agreed in principle but certainly it's very clear now that is evident preferred candidate and if they could get him soon the old farm machinery would regard that as the source of the pollutants he wants to make to make a big statement after the troubles he's having a last couple of years well Everton have also released an update on their search for a new manager saying they've met with several candidates and none have chosen to withdraw from the process and the other big managerial story bubbling along Arsenal are understood to be on officially in talks with Manchester City coach McCallum Seta about the former midfielder succeeding in I am really as manager Simon Stone's been following this one but we don't know is whether Arsenal have offered our teta the job tatters told munch city he definitely wants to leave and therefore we don't know how far down the track Arsenal are in terms of appointing a replacement for Niamh Mary and also remembering of course that Freddie Ljungberg is doing the job or an interim basis Welford the point for Crystal Palace against Brighton with an equaliser this move them up into. 9th in the Premier League above the one all draw was Roy Hodgson's 100th game in charge of palace for his incredibly gutsy performance from the table thought it was full of character full of determination you know there's no denying that when they took really we couldn't we couldn't in any way suggest that it was unjust or they had played well enough to deserve that one new lead but for us to study I think it was an incredible effort in rugby union there are doubts over the fitness of Auden forward time for the 6 Nations after months to confirm to required surgery on a broken ankle on the file has left lens to fullback Rob Conny out of his squad for his 1st training session as the Irish head coach 2 time champion Gary Anderson coasted through to the 3rd round of the b.b.c. World Darts Championship after a 3 no win over Brendan Dolan at Alexandra Palace and the no we will chat champion Magnus Carlsen has moved top of the leaderboard in the Premier League's official fantasy football game which is played by more than 7000000 people that should I just from b.b.c. Sport. B.b.c. Radio 5 Live on digital b.b.c. Sound. We had some pretty chilly weather in the last few hours across northern Scotland temperatures without the minus 6 degrees there was. But for many of us actually the outlook for the next few days is quite the opposite so I get the miles when Sun windy but not in the short side in the short summer weather is that she fairly quiet through the early hours there's a lot of. Her out across parts of northern England Middle East to the south in the southeast. Quite to the north rain and drizzle. In the southeast side what can we expect on Choose day the weather will be quite buried across the u.k. . Scotland still a little bit of wind Trina's particularly around central parts of Scotland but there will be some sunshine around especially around the Western Isles. Sort of England the Midlands like the weather on the way then off to the rain when. The 5 line it was a night to remember. This has been Radio. The headline this morning is no extension. Well Miles. Fred student to tell me the way we're approaching the story the prime minister wants this week to publish. Would legally prohibited him from extending the bricks . Period beyond next December so December 2020 and this is interesting for of brighter reasons one it essentially creates if you like a hard one it creates Devaney a hard deadline and that shows that. It works both domestically in that it shows that you know he's fulfilling his pledge to deliver and that you know we leave the e.u. Officially at the end of January and wrap up the whole transition period by the end of the year and by which time he says there will be a deal that is is done and say he's delivering domestically saying you know he's a man of his is word that is going to do it but it's also a signal if you like to the e.u. $27.00 are saying it is very serious about this and therefore they will need to come to an agreement and deliver what Downing Street hopes would be a swift so-called Canada stuff free trade agreement that would really focus. On goods and not Services which is of the huge chunk of the u.k. Economy. And also I mean the other side of it is essentially it creates if you like a new cliff edge at the end of next years at the end of 2020 if there is no trade deal in place now this is had an effect on markets because u.k. Markets of Saud writ of roll out really since the election last week and stocks and shares going up a lot of sort of feeling that now uncertainty has been removed and remember business doesn't like uncertainty so whether they agree with it or not they feel at least there's a decision has been done and now people are reading into this that basically promise is also trying to sort of quiet any speculation that he will use his mandate his 80 strong majority now in the House of Commons to tack towards a softer Brax it which is what I think it's fair to say some you know investors companies have been hoping with. What happened that basically he could sideline the hardline euro skeptic groups and do a sort of more softer deal with the e.u. Said sort of various things going on that he met his majority gives him a strong and in the deliberations of the European Union does it yes I mean that that that if you like on what has been read in various ways there are those people who say armed with a strong majority he's no longer beholden to any small you know to sort of factions within the Tory party because you can you know that as any leader can is if you've got a nice come to a majority you can afford to disagree with a whole bunch of people not within your own party and just say look you know and fair enough but I'm actually going to make a different decision and so there's been some speculation that perhaps Boris Johnson who in the past has cast himself as being more of a centrist more of a liberal conservative would seek a softer form of Brecht's it with the e.u. But as you say there's that bit of strengthening his hand but there's also just strengthen his hand in his negotiating with the e.u. And they know very clearly the man has just won an election he's come back with a comfortable majority say he's got some don't find them and now doing this this whole thing of wanting to put into law. Blocking of the extension there is a mechanism whereby you know up until July the start of July few wanted to extend the transition period and both sides agreed you could do a recall that you have this this whole process has been extended a few times and what he wanted to draw a line under that and say no you know I'm going to rule that out and we're going to come to some form of deal by the end of December Ideally it will be a match the agreed free trade deal but the assumption is implicit in that is if they don't come to some home agreement and we just you know crash out without a deal which they please. Frak out across the border this playing out. A curious story to say Finland just appointed a new prime minister and a new government and she's a very young politician 34 years old son American and while a lot of people were rushing to applaud this move by the Finns one person in Estonia was across the as you said across the Baltic the interior minister Pascoe Mark Helmer. And who had up a small Nationalist Party has done some quite strong as will come out and sort of insulted her and said she's a cashier because she did actually at some point work in a bakery as a cashier before now becoming the world's youngest serving head of government and accuser wants to liquidate his words the Nordic state the the fellow Nordic states of Finland in this case and. This is the latest in a sort of series of gaffes if you like all of the outrages that Mr Hellman has committed but you know it's the question now is been able to hold onto his job it's sort of part of a sort of coalition. Arrangement but it's been moved behind the scenes well where Stern is president as to telephone her finish counterpart and convey in and ask him so I asked the Finnish president convey apologies to the prime minister and to the government is just quite sort of extraordinary in terms of levels of discourse and behavior which you don't normally experience at that levels as well as you've got coming as from cashiers across as the New Year's Day out there reacting to this apparent death of cashiers in general not yet not yet though it must be said Ms marrons at the finish prime minister Gigi's reserve directly responding on Twitter. She put out some remarks which you can read as you wish that this is extremely proud of Finland and here in Finland the child of a poor family can educate themselves highly and reach many goals in life a cashier can become prime minister for instance. And then says Finland would not survive without its workers they guess I think that's your answer now whether we'll wait to see whether other cash is former all serving also comment I say they have to be like who all series by visit covering the un Reza political unrest in India with regards to the citizenship bill that seems to have webbed several people died as a result of this now he has his. Own rest of the governments are making and they seem to be unable to put the genie back in the bottle indeed and that will take the covering and we've done it via the picture on the front page is to look at the unrest that's growing in the demonstrations and. You know as you've said that they're continuing to sort of play out across India and most recently now after police stormed a university in Delhi on Sunday night where they arrested dozens of people and injured hundreds hundreds more and the interesting thing that we're also sort of referencing in the in this coverage is that there are protests on both sides now of the issue and there's people in the north east of the country expressed concern that this bill this very controversial bill is about granting citizenship to migrants from India's Muslim majority neighbors giving them fast track process to citizenship there's now people in the northeast of the country whether a Muslim population in India who worried that this bill will allow Hindu migrants from neighboring Bangladesh to threaten their cultural identity say the governor of New render Moji really has stirred up something which as you said you know it's seems very difficult to contain Now does the f.c.c. This is a problem. The Indian government is brought in as of Partly but I think it's also has to be seen. Within you know there is evidently a you know there's a prude or this aims to be this is what many observers are saying a broader agenda of the government of Prime Minister Modi. To promote you know India famously one wants to get on the the track of not singling any preference for any denomination you know as when you were going all the way back to . Independence from from the u.k. And then partition into India and Pakistan and Pakistan you know chose the route to be a Muslim. State nation and India inspired by Mama Gandhi said you don't want to sort of give preference to any one religion or nomination but now under 90 there is this sense that you know is now going down a path being a more certainly Hindu. And indeed Hindu nationalist. Country and you know many people warning that that is not the you know. There are not so difficulties that lie along that path that I know that Mary's boy child does need no introduction here he doesn't need an introduction but as we prepare to celebrate his birthday we have to acknowledge that this is jocular time it is indeed and we've done a big feature and it's very classic sort of thing that sort of for the f.t. In a way to do which is one pick the the economics and the business realities or something like Christmas and as you said you know focusing on on chocolate in our Africa editor David pilling has been to Ghana which is one of the places we were alongside a neighboring Ivory Coast that produced roughly I think it's 2 thirds of the global supply of cocoa which is the main ingredient in for the for the global trucking industry and in essence it's a business that's worth about its record 100. $1000000000.00 a year in sales but what they produce a sea of that is really a fraction probably just over 5 percent and it's a sort of tale as it's been you know it's been there it's been a problem and a phenomenon many decades in fact which is a basic value added is it's not and it isn't is is is is can it sits elsewhere and David's gone out to the small holders in the far you know the farmers who are right at the bottom of that chain and really don't get to see much at all and now there's a move afoot to try and redress some of that and to establish things like putting a floor on the. Putting a premium if you like of the price that they can command. On the global markets and putting pressure also on the people who use the truck as he took in the big confectionery groups the you know you have heard of some of the names in the nestlé Mars and so on but also big companies that buy in bulk the rule cocoa and then turn it into all the sort of ingredients that you need when you going to turn it into the chocolate that we eat and we'll be enjoying it over the festive season . And basic trying to sort of secure a better deal for the people right you know here right at the source of the whole of the whole business I don't expect you to be an expert on this Fred but then if this was part of the article the question I always wonder about is why don't the producers release the nations where telcos produce why those they add the added value where they are such as Well I think there's been some attempts to do that but I think the sort of various factors in terms of the u.k. You can do that but there are issues around whether the conditions are right I mean it's sometimes a pause that's really basic things like the cost of electricity. In those countries . It's higher than in some bits of the developed world where people are producing so that's going to increase your production costs you've also got the fact that frankly a lot of people in those countries don't really you know they're not great consumers of chocolate themselves so that create you know you either creates or. Another factor is do you want to produce close to your markets or not I think it's been something that's often been muted but just never quite been developed for you know whole lot of some of those factors I've named and then probably are also other sort of structural factors within the business of the of having said that jockey does appeal to local Ses doesn't it you know we talk of Belgian chocolate with German Shukla Yeah British chocolate then have never seems to be near the top of each of the rankings but does seem as if there is a geographical. Preference to chocolate Yeah I think you're right and I think that's you know I think to tend to engineer the type of change you're talking about might be a sort of a longer term. Process quite frankly because you are going to be overturning a buy for a lot of sort of consumer habits but rules just some of those sort of technical factors are talked about earlier Fred stadium and then the night it is have the Financial Times now of cause and maybe let me just play this for the. a Star Wars film. That's right that's the sound or the buzz if you like of a light saber and it's just one of the ways of the filmmakers tell you that you're in a galaxy far far far far far far far away and long long long long long time from now with practically hours to go before rise hits the cinema screens I'm joined by Dr Bruce Isaacs is the associate professor at the faculty of arts and social sciences at the University of Sydney and film historian and I don't doubt those risings and Star Wars fan Yes that's right thanks doesn't none I know he'd start with that let me take you back to 977 when the 1st in the franchise came out we thought it was the only one of the as I want to say it was called a new house when it hell when it appeared in cinemas to what extent did it overt and. The kind of new set of my flight the directors like Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese had created and even George Lucas himself was part of that creation was doing. That's right and it's always really a big transition in the history of Hollywood because. George Lucas who creates it all was he wanted to be on have filmmaker and he decides to make Star Wars and Star Wars simply becomes a cultural phenomena not unlike possibly any any story it's a complete cultural phenomena and it takes more money than any song but it also becomes a text that just goes through kind of global particularly American culture and it then identifies George Lucas' rest of his career and it identifies this new era of Hollywood that would change the sort of cultural coordinates of movies this is the same did to American Graffiti of course is the right way when you say and there are elements of American Graffiti that I know very well that I can look at. I see what you mean by you wanted to be an art house director there are elements of the 1st part of Star Wars in the East 977 that you could define is a house about sort of maybe. Well I mean it's hard to say because prior to American Graffiti we made a film called t h x which is a complete dystopian truly and on health science fiction movie that's nearer to a sort of European science fan fiction speculative film and that really identifies George Lucas and then he makes in the graffiti which does well but it doesn't do well enough and Star Wars was a strategic move on he Spock to make something that could grab a big audience and he's spoken about this he's written about is that George Lucas is possibly unlike a number of his contemporaries even by not being able to make it successfully as you know his great friends like Martin Scorsese all even Steven Spielberg had been able to make it and Star Wars was an attempt to literally make it in the American studio system. The merger division to make that much money exasperate loads of my witness was severed zines a moved. From a movie. It made a lot of money but nothing in the order of of the way that cinema changed the gypsy films of Jaws 175 and then the new hope in 177 and people often use the name George Lucas but it's really this combination of George Lucas and he's very close friend Steven Spielberg who will gradually start to redefine the kind of box office industry structure of Hollywood. There has got to be a formulaic his you know it's gone beyond the realm of you know Hollywood Samuel. Goldwyn and all the great hardwood moguls is gone beyond that hasn't and it's become kind of culturally. Umbilically linked to the human condition if you like I know some people would say anybody in slow down you're losing us in. The many of us as in what is that if you like food is about something so intrinsic within us that she doesn't need a formula. Or no it is a formula church look just would say 80 Absolutely and Billy clear links to who we are as individuals it's universal he actually extracted in time mystic structure of Star Wars from sales work all the year over the South and faces but Joseph Campbell and some people will know temples work because he was reported in the fall just to try to understand what are the myths that connect us all not lost nationally or even regionally but But what is universal about us and what is for all time what is a story called Joseph took that structure and source I'm going to write a space opera fantasy around this crime going to I'm going to honor those people so things like heroism and rites of passage all of these things are so familiar it's a Hollywood. While said George Lucas he does it absolutely transparently this subtlety in Star Wars and I don't mean that in a critical way it's just it's not a subtle solace trying to tell you this is what I believe in and you will know that they will sort of. Arguments about its religious realm residence not surprise that's one of the things that religion does appeal to something that's universal you know that everybody can understand. Absolutely and I think. For all that Star Wars. Set in a galaxy far far away cell resonance with certainly Western religious structures even Western secular politics. It continues the tradition that I think spoke to an American culture that was coming out of Vietnam for example you know the original Star Wars and the hope is very much a kind of restore a system. That how in the possibilities of the world I think Lucas is a very clever filmmaker a lot of people are not giving him credit for being. And he but he also got lucky as well within a couple of years. Star Wars was making probably as much money of merchandising as it was. And that was unique in American cinema. Radio Manchester.

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