India's central bank has unexpectedly cut interest rates in a bid to boost the slowing economy just weeks before a general election summit has me is in Mumbai the reason cited by the committee was that inflation retail inflation 18 months know and that they give them the room to go ahead with the rate cut this also comes at a really interesting time because you have Indian elections due in 2 months if you look at India's growth economic growth it has started to the exit rate a bit small and medium sized businesses have been trending on the grounds of this rate cut decision would encourage businesses to borrow more and may help boost economic growth which is good news for Prime Minister not in the more the as he starts his election campaign the French carmaker rennet says it's investigating a sponsorship deal involving its former chairman Carlos Ghosn who's currently in detention in Japan over alleged financial misconduct he's Hugh Schofield went to law school and was arrested in Japan on charges of concealing the full extent of his pay in company benefits run out in France opened an internal investigation to check that it's accounts were completely clean now it's revealed that it's passed on information to the judicial authorities of a possible breach of the law by its former boss in October 26th celebrated his wedding with much pomp and expense at the Grand Prix and all pilots in the grounds of the chateau of Versailles according to Renault documents show that the rental of the palace for the night was stipulated in a sponsorship deal signed a few months earlier it which run no undertook to pay for renovation work at Best Buy because the rental was for his purely personal use this could constitute a criminal offense news from the b.b.c. . The chairman and chief executive of one of Australia's biggest banks are to resign after being heavily criticized in an official report Ken Henry and Andrew thought Byrne were both accused of failing to learn lessons and accept responsibility for their role in abuses in the banking industry the National Australia Bank which they ran came under scrutiny cheering a leap year long inquiry into customer complaints. Rescuers in the Turkish city of Istanbul continuing to search for survivors in the rubble of an 8 story block of flats which collapsed on Wednesday officials say that at least 3 people have died and 12 people have been rescued but it's feared that many more may still be trapped under the mound of day Pre. Britain's chief medical officers are urging social media companies to invest in technology to protect under-age children from accessing their sites in their 1st official advice on screen time and social media they're calling for a voluntary code of conduct for the firm's our health editor Hugh Pym has this report the review by the U.K.'s chief medical officers concludes that there isn't enough scientific research to draw a definite link between screen time and health problems and while they know that Internet use can be of benefit to children they're calling for more research into the impact of social media but they say screen usage should not intrude on exercise quality sleep and interaction with parents which are known to support health development they say social media companies should invest what's required to verify that uses a 13 or over including checking birthdates Hugh Pym and South Korea says it plans to spend more than $11000000000.00 improving areas near the North Korean border over the next decade the Ministry of the ministry of the Interior said the money will help to develop areas that have been neglected due to the needs of military security more than 2 $1000000000.00 will be used to promote tourism near the border including the creation of walking towards the b c news. You're listening to World update from the b.b.c. This is Dan Damon exploring the deepest seas along the preserve of science fiction writers will become a reality necked onto is the mission it will be exploring the sea floor of the Indian Ocean was with somebody behind that in a little while 1st with satanic references and promises that facial recognition technology could avoid a hard border island the bricks at Raw is running from medieval to science fiction but its prime minister to reason may is back in Brussels trying to see legally binding changes to the withdrawal agreement that's the political agreement on the future relationship between the u.k. And the you will be meeting European Council president on Altos who's upset pro Bret's at politicians by making this comment yesterday by the way I have been wondering what that special place. In her looks like for those who promoted direct it. Without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely world a lot of headlines with that comment of course on the British papers today Mr terse goes then called a devilish Trident waving your own maniac by a pro bricks at Northern Ireland politician robots and this year our Political Correspondent Well that's all great fun but I guess what to reason may will be told by the European Union is even if we change the deal will you get it through your parliament yes I think that's one of the things that she'll be told but I think we've reached a stage basically than to step back from member or as a question of who blinks 1st or indeed whether anybody will blink because I think the European Union are saying at this point look we're not going to budge we're really not going to make major changes to the withdrawal agreements but in the u.k. Continues to say well we don't think we can get a withdrawal agreement unless you do something about this backstop issue but it seems to me that both sides think surely neither one of us would be crazy enough to go ahead with no deal Bracks that would be bad for the u.k. And the e.u. Both sides think the other is going to blink at some point but I'm not sure that we're at that point yet and just in case the word backstop has caused our listener to fall asleep we're going to explain a bit more about that later so that's why I didn't say Stay with us we're going to talk about the Good Friday Agreement what it means to that border yes or no let's talk about the opposition the Labor Party who until now been accused of being unclear about what they want to do about it now their leader Jeremy Corbyn has written a letter to to reserve may on this day saying we would accept or breaks it with what. Essentially saying a softer Brax of the Bracks that left Britain much closer to the European Union economically after Britain leaves than to resume a hasn't visited I have to say I mean it seems to me it's one of those deals where it's offered in the expectation and I said and I suspect ope that the government will reject it why because I think the Labor Party wants the conservatives to own the Bracks mess simple as that but I think what it does show is that let's say it's recently was prepared to split a governing Conservative Party and go for a softer Bracks it would perhaps be a different parliamentary path to a different Bracks because what the Labor Party are suggesting on the Labor leader is they want to be included in future negotiations for future trade deals between the European Union and others well that's European Union membership by a different name it is and that's why the opposition Labor Party has been accused of having the same sort of have your cake and eat it approach as the governing conservatives but look at essential what they're offering is a much closer relationship between the u.k. And the post Bracks than the conservatives have in mind what about delay because we've also heard that business leaders were called in by the Department of Trade here in the u.k. I'm told actually these trade deals that the e.u. Has with other countries like Japan like Canada we can't promise you'll have them from the BRICs it that's right and these businesses are utterly fearless I mean you have to bear in mind of one lesson needs to bear in mind businesses thought that it was insane before the referendum I think they're even more convinced that it's crazy now but they're particularly wired and upset that the government still hasn't come to sort of arrangements with things like future trading relationship with the European Union but yes all these other free trade deals that the e.u. Has over 40 of them with countries around the world and the concern is you could put you could put something on a boat for export to some part of the world and suddenly if it takes a few weeks to get in oh it's going to have a different origin I think every the 15th is that deadline. If you want to sell anything to Japan Well we know how close we are to that Rob thanks so much indeed yes the issue of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland that's the key stumbling block between the u.k. And the European Union reaching an agreement on the terms of withdrawal a major factor is the Good Friday Agreement a 9098 international treaty which created power sharing between Catholics and Protestants and brought violence mostly to an end Philip Lamberts who is a member of the European Parliament's Brecht's at steering group and Co leader of the greens made that point in a recent b.b.c. Interview the problem is that dark commitment that she made on behalf of the haptic seduced is one that cannot possibly be kept because of the Good Friday Agreement and the this is really something that needs to be understood the existence of the legal constraints of the Good Friday Agreement restrict the possibilities of a clean break at least formal for analysis. Philip Lambert's Well in case the bandying about of the term backstop has begun to seem a little meaningless to you let's look at the reason that the Republic of Ireland is so determined to get an absolute guarantee there will never be a visible border across the island separating the north and why the e.u. 27 are backing the Irish Kevin Marr is a writer on the relationship between Britain and Ireland tell us how powerful the Good Friday Agreement is having or think it's massively significant both I think as a symbol because obviously the agreement the brought the 35 year troubles ahead where politics replaced militarism it was a deal that all sides gave some room on nationalists on one side unionists and Republican Republicans nationalists a one side unionists and loyalists on the other and the 2 governments as well though that they are in the British government so it's something that everybody negotiated very hardly. And came to a deal there is a lot of ambiguity around the Good Friday Agreement because of course you're trying to reconcile what are seemingly irreconcilable political positions between unionism and nationalism it's a 0 sum equation you either have a united Ireland or Northern Ireland exists remembers part of the u.k. So it's a fantastic piece of state craft and the negotiation was very fraught and very tough it's as you say an international treaty it doesn't lend itself to revision because it was so so difficult to negotiate in the 1st place and it's required constant guardianship both from the 2 governments as custodians of the Good Friday agreement but also with wider players international players America Irish American particular kept a very very close eye on what goes on in Northern Ireland and of course the European Union as well indeed and some senior people in Congress and others have said over the past 24 hours if the British want to keep any trade with the us you'd better keep the Belfast Agreement the Good Friday Agreement. But if there's no deal well there have to be a border how does the Irish government see that do you believe I think I think we're at the point as a correspondent mention a few minutes ago that we're taking this almost day by day because we are getting close to that cliff edge where there may be no agreement at all and the heartbreak is it and there's a lot of confusion I think about what happens immediately at that point but I think I think people are you know that the this is a very very high stakes poker game that's going on at the moment between the European Union and the Irish government as one of its member states on one side of the negotiation and of course the British government on the other with. Mindful as it is that it's got to placate the Democratic Unionist Party which of course supports 2 reason Mase position in Parliament so it's a very difficult moment where we're waiting to see who blinks 1st I think just very briefly Kevin one of those who spoke to tourism a Yesterday in Belfast from the Sion Fein said you're bringing unification close I think that's right I think it is there was a poll just yesterday that asked people across community polled in Northern Ireland did they did they feel that United Ireland was more a greater possibility rather if if there's a hard drugs it and 60 percent of people did so I think it is starting to focus minds Kevin our thanks so much indeed writer on the relationship between Britain and Ireland but it is just over 5 years since the death of the former South African President Nelson Mandela almost universally reckoned as one of the great figures of modern times and this week a major exhibition opens in London about his life and after World War It will go home to South Africa our reporter Vincent out had a preview. Asked. But in London's Waterloo Station the final pieces are going into place for Mandela the official exhibition it's an attempt to tell the Nelson Mandela story and that of the turbulent times he did so much to shape we leave the interview and into Iraq which is an African house and this is a recreation of the one that grew up on the hill and we have Sara Hogan is one of those who put the impressive show together from small domestic items of childhood to big historic moments like the 963 Rivonia trial this is a process this famous speech from the dock where he says this is something that I'm prepared to die for this is going to work for someone who's 75 or they bring along their 10 year old grandchild so you know some people are going to recognize a lot of things and people are going to learn a lot of new things and I think everybody's going to be inspired by the end I meant was. That the exhibitions starting in London after that come Paris and Berlin eventually it will have a permanent home in the Eastern Cape in London for the launch is Mandla Mandela grandson It's 29 years since Nelson Mandela was released from prison Mandla says the exhibition reveals how painful the years afterwards often were this was a real challenging time the whole bottle massacre there be sure massacre these left appeared to taste to many South Africans but also it was a time for truth and the conciliation to see people come out speaking up about the atrocities that were carried out in the past and lightened us about the painful past. A lot of people regard. To have been born out often a party legacy but I think submission shows the product context to duct from colonialism to segregation policies to what it culminated to as a party you cannot look at a party to its isolation without truly understanding what who are the behind colonialism the 2 Border republics and the British colonies and. Went. After them. Some destroyed great exploitation of the Mandela name in any commercial capacity but the exhibition is well done Zelda Grange worked for the president she is hoping the show will attract above all the young is life and in creative ball human achievement an extraordinary human achievement and the youth she Delenn we struggle with so many things today people hardly know what we fought for and we need to learn from history and what a great opportunity to learn from the history of Nelson Mandela Zelda La Grange ending that report by Vincent tired you're listening to World update from the b.b.c. You can get in touch on Twitter at b.b.c. Than Damon on Twitter and somebody thanked me for my advice not to wrestle with a small tiger not even a small one we were discussing the Sumatran tiger yesterday having a concert at b.b.c. Time and this is wild. And coming up later in our program women's rights in Spain progress has been huge during the dictatorship the women could not for instance have a passport and they leave the country without permission from their parents or husbands they could not open bank account without the permission of their husbands so there has been progress but there's a hard right Fox party which now says these laws criminalise men will talk about that in just a few seconds time headlines the British prime minister if is it in Brussels today to press for changes to her breaks it deal with the e.u. And 2 of us trailers top bankers are to resign following a year long report into widespread abuses in the finance industry those are the headlines this is the b.b.c. . This is Dan Damon in London since the end of the Franco dictatorship Spain has made huge strides in advancing women's rights but the recent success of the hard right Vox party in a regional election triggered something of a backlash Vox is known for its opposition to immigration and Catalan separatism but they're also putting the debate about gender equality and gender violence at the center of the political discussion Guy Hedgecoe reports. The demonstration by women in the under Lucy in City of head with they opposed the arrival of a new rightwing regional government in particular they were angry that the new administration needed the support of books in exchange for its backing vox wanted a new government to strip funding from women's groups and for laws protecting women from violence to be revised Such ideas have led many to see Vox as a missile Genest far right party a label it rejects even Espinosa Fox as head of international relations defends its controversial gender policies if a woman accuses a man of anything the man is presumed guilty until proven innocent which is absolutely radical I don't think the answer is to criminalize 50 percent means population has been also says gender violence problem is exaggerated nearly 50 women were killed by their partners or ex-partners but that annual figure has dropped dramatically in recent years in great part because of cross party Corp conservatives and leftists have worked together on equality and gender violence Marta Gonzales is a member of parliament for the conservative Popular Party which is leading the new Under Lucien government progress has been huge during the dictatorship the women could not for instance have a passport and the leave the country without permission from their parents or husbands they could not open a bank account without the permission of their husbands and this has completely changed after the constitution of 1978 and in the last 20 years we have made huge progress is there a possibility that all these advances could be in danger because of. The fact that your party is willing to make a deal with Vox which is a party that opposes many of those kinds of advances seems not at all I would like to be very clear on this issue very important agreement a pact on gender violence and all kinds of violence against women has been very recently approved at the Congress and the Senate among all parties Vox wasn't part of that national pact and although its demands on gender issues and under Lucier weren't accepted its efforts to disrupt the consensus seem to be paying off there seems to be an increasing willingness among certain politicians commentators and even members of the Catholic Church to speak out against what they call radical feminism and the so-called criminalize ation of men. But the campaign for equal rights is not only being fought out on the streets or in parliament it's also being waged in places like this a local government building in a working class district of Northern Madrid. And. Here a weekly workshop takes place called Men Against chauvinism. Can a sociologist supervises the sessions which explore how men can change their attitudes in order to improve their understanding of the opposite sex or you know a bad thing there or somebody has. This there are men who are opposed to any changes for women with his policies now seen as legitimate that part of the male population feels in a stronger position to fight a lot of men who are feeling unable to speak out because it was disapproved of now feel they have permission to take a very tough stance against the ideas and practices that women are putting forward for now Vox's influence on the new and the Lucy in government is limited to areas other than gender instead some of the party's policies on more marginal issues have been accepted like helping local hunters or protecting flamenco music but in May further local elections could see Vox's influence spread across Spain if so gender politics will once again be at the center of debate. And then there is none you know. That's going Hedgecoe reporting from Spain as Japan they are in ruins at the end of World War 2 the Soviet Union took control of a chain of islands to the north of the defeated Empire The Could real islands still administrative leave part of Russia and Japan as disputed that for more than half a century or so when I was attending I think I still unknown. It was speaking earlier today Japan's prime minister Shinzo said even 73 years after the war the issue of the northern territories is not been solved no peace treaty has been signed between Japan and Russia have to say that's normal that is in fact more conciliatory than previous comments by Japanese leaders so let's get some background from Dr John Wilson right senior lecturer in modern Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge thanks for being with us and there was a treaty though wasn't there in $151.00 which Japan said it would give up all claims to these islands I guess then Japan thought it was in a weak position. Yes At the end of World War 2 Of course there was intense pressure from the United States on Japan as part of the San Francisco peace treaty that you're alluding to to give up its past conduct past territorial acquisitions from the 1980 s. The cure Aus Northern Territory says that marriage ban is in some ways a separate case and Japan has long laid claim to those territories and in a very important set of negotiations with Moscow in $186.00 came very close to reaching a deal under which 2 of the 4 islands that Japan continues to claim is rightfully the territory currently occupied by Russia would be returned and that's at the heart of the current negotiations between Prime Minister today and Mr Putin who lives there and is in a body asked them. These are islands that have been settled by Russians in the case of the 2 southernmost territories chakra town on the have a Mile Island which are quite small. Town there are some $3000.00 Russians living they obviously are very concerned that rights will be maintained and on the part of Russian public opinion the idea of giving up territory Russia claimed and acquired from its perspective in a quite legitimate decision to enter World War 2 against Japan a decision that was agreed to with the then American president President Roosevelt Yeltsin and the Russians feel this is territory that they rightfully and legitimately occupied so there's intense pressure on President Putin not to make a concession and he's in a difficult position but at the same time he wants the prospect of economic aid at a time when the Russian economy is doing poorly and weighed in at a time when controversies over pensions and economic conditions in general mean that he has to deliver something important to his people to demonstrate that he can improve things economically Japan offers that potentially in terms of trade and investment and that's why this deal is being discussed at the moment and how do you see it going just briefly if you would. I mean it's very difficult promised clearly wants a deal a to violence solution is probably the best you can hope for at this stage but I think it's going to be extraordinarily difficult not just because the Russian public opinion but also in Japan. There are those 4 items that Japanese opinion wants to see returned I think it's a stretch too far to on a deal possibly but I think we're going to have to wait till June to the g. 20 summit when these talks will again start up and see if men are able to reach a compromise that satisfies domestic public opinion Thank you Dr John Nelson writes from University of Cambridge You're listening to World update from London. They say is the b.b.c. World Service where a drama series tells the story of the $979.00 revolution in Iran something is coming. They say the city is on what I believe to put it out gatherings on the city streets are now or is a direct attack on us but frankly you can smell defeat the media understands that we play was a was these people going to respect the Shah is a great leader. David So to turn in Iranian going on in Iran I mean having to have no interest whatsoever something is coming and nothing would be achieved by this looks like entry trying to manage that never is something new to me and the 2nd installment of our drama series full of the shot at b.b.c. World Service dot com. This is what update with Dan Damon there's a lot of humanitarian aid for Venezuela waiting in Colombia it can't get there because the government of Nicolas Maduro has blocked the road will try to get the latest kids charge of phones outside your bedroom at night parents get off the phones at dinner time advice from the chief medical officers in the u.k. We'll get into that voyage to the bottom of the sea no longer science fiction as a new project coming after the news. B.b.c. News with Chris Spero in a landmark ruling regulators in Germany have said Facebook has abused its market dominance to collect information about its users without their knowledge or consent the German anti trust watchdog says it will impose new limits on how the company collects data from its other apps including Instagram as well as 3rd party websites Facebook says it will appeal the British prime minister to resign May is in Brussels to demand legally binding changes to the brig's it withdrawal agreement should tell senior e.u. Officials that the u.k. Won't be trapped in the backstop the guarantee that would prevent the return of border posts in Ireland if there's no trade deal the Briggs's agreement she negotiated suffered a massive defeat in the British Parliament last month e.u. Leaders have said repeatedly that they won't alter the deal. The French carmaker says it's investigating a sponsorship deal involving its former chairman Carlos Ghosn who's currently in detention in Japan over alleged financial misconduct it's notified French police replaced mystic only last month 3 months after his arrest in Japan while in charge of Reynolds' global partner Nisanit Mr going to Nice any wrongdoing India's central bank has unexpectedly cut interest rates in a bid to boost the slowing economy the cut to just over 6 percent comes weeks before a general election. The governor of a state in northern Nigeria has caused around our after he said that foreigners who try to intervene in this month's presidential election will go back in body bags for Syria El rufai was responding to criticism by some Western powers that last month suspension of the chief justice could affect the independence of the judiciary before the vote. And South Korea plans to spend more than $11000000000.00 improving areas near the North Korean border over the next decade the government says it's to help places where the needs of military security have stalled development b.b.c. Knees. This is Dan Damon with world update from the b.b.c. World Service how much time should your kids have on their smartphones and how to stop them having them in their bedrooms at night some more advice coming up later 1st the government run by President Nicolas Maduro has blocked a highway on the border with Colombia the official reason to resist any invasion by the u.s. But the opposition says the blockade is to stop a delivery of humanitarian aid promised to the opposition leader. Who's declared himself interim president as leader of the elected national assembly. We know the contain is a crossing the bridge we know the tanks are there and what we're saying is that it's an absurd reaction by a regime which is not interested in its citizens and that we are going to do everything we can to get some of this aid in well even if the aid does get through inside Venezuela that in itself could create further issues and Isabella Taro's director of the charity share a life foundation she said getting the aid to where it's needed is going to be difficult without government cooperation I gave up only in my head but there are 2 problems here 1st how to bring in the humanitarian aid that is to be distributed The 2nd problem is then how to distribute it because once enters Venezuela the distribution channels are not easy how will the aid get into hospitals if the government controls them the government controls public schools too there are only a few local shops that are controlled by the local council Secondly the majority of local councils and not with the opposition the government officials say the aid cannot enter those schools I assume perhaps the aid goes directly to communities or that it be left up to N.G.O.s who have the distribution channels. That's And Isabel Taro from share a life of charity Let's speak to Diego compos a senior analyst for the Americas at i.h.s. Market a data and analytics company Nicolas Maduro says Venezuelans aren't beggars but this aid is needed what do you think will happen. He was there and see if we can rouse him Ok we'll come back to that story we really should get we should get his opinion on that and as I say the fact that the aid is still said about $20000000.00 worth also is one of the problems the containers across the motorway bridge that would get inside Venezuela Welcome back to that any parent in almost every part of the world knows that the World Wide Web and smartphones are having a tremendous impact on children's lives and there is a growing concern over the effect they're having on children's mental health and development Well today Britain's chief medical officers have published their 1st official advice on children's use of screen time and social media and I spoke to one of the authors of the advice she is Professor Dame Sally Davis chief medical officer for England. Sadly there's very little evidence about technology and its impact on children because it's moving so fast so as chief medical officer we have looked at the evidence for good childhood development and our advice is parents should talk about technology and the smart platforms social media with their children there are some very good questions out there to stimulate that conversation and they should make sure their children know that if they feel uncomfortable they come and talk about it so things can be sorted out whether it's cyber bullying or normalization of self harm but over and above that clearly for good development children need to sleep so we advise that the phones and smart devices left outside the bedroom children need a good education so they should follow their teachers advice children need to interact with adults mealtimes leave the devices away from the table or wherever you're eating there's another issue a matter of course as well that there's quite a bit of evidence that if you eat well on a device or watching television it can be mindless and you don't notice when you're full So it's one of the drivers of obesity it means that you're not really aware of what you're eating absolutely so much of this advice seems very sensible particularly the bit about sleep I suppose the problem is these devices are so attractive you know they're bright and shiny and they give children a window into all kinds of stuff some of it very bad but a lot of it very good and for parents to impose on their children that kind of discipline sometimes they're reluctant to do that well for good chilled her development you have to set the boundaries and we're all aware that most of us of experience to have children having hysterics when he won't buy them sweets is you leaving the supermarket it's the same issue that if you give in they'll go on having hysterics and. Ruining their teeth and perhaps getting overweight but if you set the boundaries after a few battles they know that that's what it is and they get on with life and we really want them to be safe we don't want them using smart devices and phones when they're crossing the road we want them not to watch for longer than 2 hours at a time because actually they need physical exercise they need to get out and they need to talk to their families and that's the thing about dinner times as we've had that rule forever Sure lot of families do you know you sit down at the dinner table and you talk otherwise what are you doing what is when you can catch up with How was your day was what was good what was bad all or any problems it's when parents can help their children and it's really important that they have that interaction and that bonding teatime is really important there are 2 issues Dame Sally One is that there's been confusing advice really about whether these devices are good or bad for children's mental development and there's been recent comment that actually you can't really measure this so it's hard to say it's bad for them and the other is I suppose that point about should the government be interfering in people's family lives so we all accept there's lots of good to be had by the connection the education many things but overdoing it isn't good that's why you need your sleep you need your interactions you need your activity you need to be safe you need to share sensibly when we looked at the evidence there are some evidence suggesting showing that longer screen time in the day is associated particularly in girls with more anxiety and depression but in the service he doesn't tell you whether the length of time caused the anxiety and depression or whether people with anxiety and depression go to the site I think it's very interesting it's widely reported that the West Coast tech. Magnets and people don't let children over use these and in fact many of them say they deny their children access so it's funny that it's all right for them but we're supposed to boost their profits and use these things and we're concerned about 3 issues screen time content and we don't want to normalise self harm but also persuasive design how addictive is it collecting lungs collecting streaks while interesting that some of those who designed those attractive elements in these devices actually won't let their own kids use them I think if the reports are true that this is really disgusting we should have what's good enough for my kids is good for yours and it is time the technology companies recognize they have a duty of care to children and young people across the world and that means they do have to do age verification it means they need to take a precautionary approach across everything including content they mustn't normalize things that could be home for they must keep an eye out for bullying and stamp it out they need age specific advice and they need to pop up help lines where can children go for help and they mustn't normalize home for behavior and that will take regulation I'm calling with the other chief medical officers on them to do this now voluntarily but all government in the u.k. Is going to put out a white paper and is considering all these issues President Sally Davis chief medical officer for England this is World update. Let's talk some more about Venezuela Campo is from i.h.s. Market you're there. Yes done Howard I'm grown let me just do a new reader start here because the government run by Nicolas Maduro has blocked this highway on the border with Colombia and they say that's because they're afraid of an invasion by America but the opposition says no it's to blockade this aid what about $20000000.00 worth which is still in Bogota the Colombian capital do you think it will be able to get through. Well it's difficult. For my roof of ministration to accept that because basically what Steve government has been claiming that there is no such thing in Venezuela a humanitarian crisis Mildura is basically ignoring the savey ongoing short use of them basic goods the collapse of the health system. The short use of medical supplies which have led to the 10 percent of the population the 3000000 people to cross the border the worst so we think that model will most likely try to blow up the say on try to frame this international airport. As an attempt to invade Venezuela he says that Venezuelans on beggars but as you say 3000000 have gone just because they can't feed themselves all that family is not stupid all day he can say that but they will know this aid is needed Absolutely and because what's being expressed in the streets at the moment as well as our state. Street brought this and this is taking place not only in provisional me the last. Good he had in the past but also in low income areas concerned beat down with the people demanding not only the access for humanitarian aid but also for mother would go to step down and for why all the head of the National Assembly stepped. In during president who's being recognized of such by the u.s. Canada Australia most that the American countries and. Most e.u. Countries as well I mean the next days what we're going to see is much larger protests demanding Muslim rule for humanitarian aid to coming to the country nevertheless while the military continue supporting mother what we can expect the security forces loyal to mother will crack down strongly on the population secretary of states on pay as says the military soldiers need this as well need food. Indeed Bronx and troops share the same problems as the rest of them in a Sweden's choice of food basic goods a lack of electricity constant water supply rushing skiing lack of gas which is what most. Used to cook the boat and so far all the attempts hold them with the needs all the Surete chanst beach white meat ranks were treated in $31.00 which place on the 21st we done already have failed because of lack of community lack of coordination communication i lack of support of the upper ranks. That rank basically support because Missouri will have them control over all services or ports. Imports are basically very nice mother who has introduced a complex part to that system through which both insist inner circle his cronies and the high military command access to preferential dollars to import food and basically So basically they profited directly from the humanitarian crisis which is taking place in his way so things will have to get much worse than before that might change Diego mayor got a camper thank you from the market we were joined in the world update studio to talk about TB in a particular vitamin d. How it can help with the fight against TB Professor Martino joins us from Queen Mary University of London thanks so much indeed for coming in we know that drug resistant strains of to be a real worry how does between the help with Mindy or the sunshine basement was actually used to treat the closest before antibiotics were discovered but after antibiotic treatment was introduced interest investment he fell away until recently when the emergence of drug resistance has prompted us to look for new ways to treat the infection and way we think it works is by boosting the body's own immune system to produce natural antibiotic like substances that can attack the t.v. Bacteria and it I've seen pictures of in the 1930 s. I think children in sort of TB gardens outside to try and help them get all the rays they can but we kind of assume that it didn't work that's why it was so important that antibiotics were developed well as anecdotal evidence suggests that it did work it was just never evaluated with a randomized trial because there were no other treatments available so if you have TB then really there is nothing to be lost from leasing investment and potentially something to be gained so how would you develop this knowing Now this cannot replace antibiotics is it working with antibiotics Absolutely it's really important that people listening. Don't go away with the impression this is to replace antibiotics is something that in addition. The results come from a big analysis we did of 1850 TB patients from 8 countries and although we showed no benefits of that Mindy for the patients who had drug sensitive TB The effect was just in those with drug resistance the evidence in my opinion isn't strong enough now to provide a guideline that everyone with drug resistant TB should have it in deep but what we need is a new clinical trial in people with drug resistant TB to see if the 20 can indeed benefit them and you can get them in the not just from Sunshine that's right it's available in diet primarily from eating all the fish. But the doses that were given in these studies are somewhat larger than one could get from the diet so these are doses that are from supplements I was reading a comment by an Irish doctor because they have a problem with not enough vitamin d. And how do you actually if you have for example high pollution if it's if it's cloudy or the sky is hazy does that affect people's health in particular so certainly. Pollution can filter out ultraviolet b. Which is the part of the sun's rays which stimulates basemen decent assists in the skin Yes but I should add that at this latitude we can actually make any vis Mandy from the sunshine between October and March just because where too far from the equator so pollution no pollution that's a problem tell me about it just very briefly then what's next so next I think is a new trial focused on patients with drug resistant TB to find out whether adding Vitamin d. To standard treatment can benefit them thanks very much indeed that's a very interesting development. Martineau from Queen Mary University of London vitamin d. Helping when there are drug resistant strains of TB If you have experience of that or indeed of TB which is spreading in some parts of the world tell us about it at b.b.c. Dan Damon on Twitter. What kind of treatment has been effective for you you're listening to the World Service this is well the take. Top stories just now from our news room in a landmark ruling Germany's antitrust agency has said that Facebook is abusing its market dominance by collecting information about its users without their knowledge or consent and the British prime minister to resign May is to tell senior e.u. Officials that the u.k. Cannot and will not be trapped in the backstop plan for the Irish border after Perec said just one other headline the French motor manufacturers Leno is investigating a sponsorship deal involving its former chairman Carlos gone who is currently in detention in Japan over alleged financial misconduct those are the headlines. Let's get some humor from Ukraine a presidential election campaign has just got underway it could be interesting the man who's held the job for the past 5 years Petro Poroshenko is in big trouble according to the latest opinion polls in part that's due to the emergence from nowhere of a complete political novice Volodymyr Zelinsky is a 41 year old actor and comedian he stars in a hit t.v. Series in which he plays an honorable honest president but as Ukraine correspondent Jennifer reports there are some important differences between Mr Selenski and the t.v. Character he plays. Which says. This. Corruption permeates deep into both everyday life and politics here in Ukraine so the idea behind the country's hit t.v. Drama servant of the people is Big going to. Go to the really good words in the show a history teacher is miraculously elec to president. After this clip of him ranting about the corrupt political process goes viral. When But we always end up with a choice between us and we are forced to choose those lesser evil. Once in office the new president turns out to be Ukrainian rarity a principled and honestly there you can almost imagine the viewers Bank home fantasizing that Vasily Ghaleb Iraq is one of the candidates in much is presidential vote. Yes. It's a serious day and that's the campaign video of lot to me Zelinsky he's shown striding confidently through Kiev on his way to register Selenski is the actor who plays president. On t.v. This isn't a fake complaining I am very serious about our country and the lives of our people Selenski campaign shamelessly blurs the line between fiction and fact his political party is called servant of the people just like the t.v. Show the 11 he. Put in the movie will want to see a president like vice Sudley. With the same moral values they're fed up with the establishment people want something new some more but there is one big difference between Selenski and the fictional president on t.v. The president defies the rich oligarchy in real life Zelinsky works to one of the country's most notorious billionaires his shows go out on a channel owned by a man called Eagles Economides ski and since he declared that he was given Here's a link to your county pain extensive coverage this is Daria Colonia from the anticorruption Action Center on my school's Ukrainian oligarchs is one of the most powerful people in the country Mr color my skin no longer lives in Ukraine he's being pursued by the authorities for billions of dollars that they say he took from the country's largest bank mystical my ski denies he did n. . Nothing wrong and in his bid for revenge he's determined to bring down Ukraine's president mysql any York tells me the oligarchy has thrown his weight behind 2 time loser Yulia Timoshenko and Mr Selenski their ideal scenario would be to have both the to be in the 2nd round of their presidential elections I'm sure you've heard that people say that you are just a puppet of Igor anything put forward as his camp and. What they are having a problem I would not call them or skis I wouldn't be any of this people's puppet all the t.v. Channels here belong to all the Gox and all the big companies to it doesn't mean all Ukrainians all 14000000 people who work there have no principles most opinion polls show Ukraine's President Poroshenko in real danger of crashing out in the 1st round some of the more recent even shows Alinsky in 1st place and to Machine Co not far behind if that turns out to be the case there will no doubt be some very loud laughter coming from Ukraine's oligarchy in exile Igor column. Jenna Fischer reporting writers since version have imagined unknown worlds and deadly Munster's at the bottom of the sea well a mission to explore uncharted depths in the Indian Ocean has been launched hoping to discover hundreds of new species and also what impact plastics having below the surface of. The ocean along. Our. 95 percent of them remain. Each time we explored our last great run to. The market. To Discover The Secrets of the dood. Before the. Wonderful Morgan Freeman It's got to be good that's 1st descent it's not fiction it's real it's a British based Ocean Research Institute necked on which is going to censor muscles as deep as 3000 meters officers shall we can talk to Dr Paris definiteness who's going on the mission and thanks for joining us on World update thanks for having me who is going down there I guess no humans will go down so with this of Miss books which we go between 30 and 300 meters begin to have a pilot and then every time another one Kompany him which could be a scientist or a journalist and kind of observing and the wildlife that is there but if you go deeper than that then we would have other tools such as remote operated vehicles obviously no humans in them and we would be manipulating them from from the ship and they would get they can go much deeper than that and it's a fact a remarkable fact how little of the ocean floor we can even map even imagine yes it's it's a common saying that we know most of the surface of the moon or Mars compared to our own sea floor which is our own planet. But that's one of the reasons we want to go there him up the ocean floor and all the biology that's kind of around it so that's one of the main missions of yeah there was a very successful t.v. Series in the sixty's voice of the bottom of the sea and they found all kinds of sea monsters and also a malignant government it was it was the Cold War of course so malignant governments try and blow up America with volcanic fumes and so but what kind of thing you're looking for I think one of the main kind of ecosystems that we will find in say shows is coal reefs most people kind of associate a coral reefs with the shallower waters but coal reefs can go up 265 to 200 meters deep at least the ones this same species that you find in the shallow ones but we will also find cold water cooler reefs we call them which is below 200 meters and they can extend up to several 1000 meters deep so I think we're going to. Find different refigure systems and of course all this so she did life with them which is different kind of sponsors and different fish species so there's going to be some wants is out there that need to be discovered it's not going to happen but there is an argument isn't there that we should just leave it alone because if we map it then somebody will want to drill it or dig it up. I don't agree with that argument that much because we literally have no idea of our own sea floor and most of the oceans around explored and we're always talking about how climate change affects the oceans and how we should sustainably manage them if we want to have informed decisions and appropriate laws to kind of protect and sustainably manage our oceans we need information and we can be locked out so it's really important to get out there and get this information to inform the policy what's the funding for this mission so we have to have mission partners which is omega and cancer Going to us but we also have a lot of different other partners that provide kind of in kind systems via providing like their equipment such as Teledyne or sonar Dein who providing like subsidy technology and Optical Communications and a range of other partners so it's more than 50 plus Partners a kind of but it is scientific it's not it is scientific Yes all of the research aims and the goals are defined by the science team of Nexen and our collaborators in the Seychelles and when do you dive. What do you mean by diving when is the 1st oh yes yes so the 1st kind of descent will happen in March or so after the 1st of March the whole expression kicks in and it's going to last for 7 weeks up to the 18th or 19th of April Well keep us informed keep in touch please Dr Paris stuff a nudist who is with Tom to 1st descent exhibition that does doesn't sound extremely exciting Why don't they revived voyage to the bottom of the sea it was great Join us for more world updates tomorrow. This is the b.b.c. World Service and on this month's World big club can love bring together toothy who have nothing in common like giving them everything to do and I I was so shocked like couldn't get the story out of my head me before you is a hot poignant and love story immediately much more than the sum of his disability I want people to fall in up with him world picked up with Joe Joe Moyes at b.b.c. World Service dot com slash World Club. 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Is likely to say no to meaning to say abberations prime minister back to Brussels to negotiate something that she had already said Mr Barry that deal will be live in Brussels also on the newsroom Germany's anti trust agency says Facebook is abusing its market dominance by collecting users information without their consent we hear from the scientist who from that base can do math they were very small Brian can learn some pretty complex things in 100 trials you know I think you soon saw and you know how does on things that been a while I am later. The Canadian diplomat suing their own government over suspected sonic attacks in Cuba 1st our top stories . Hello I'm Chris Berrow with the b.b.c. Knees regulators in Germany have announced restrictions on the way Facebook collects Internet users data sometimes without their knowledge saying it's abused its market dominance Facebook says it will appeal is down a bad the ruling would substantially shift how Facebook could operate in Germany it would no longer be able to harvest users data from other sites the company owns like Whatsapp an Instagram unless consumers give their express consent to it being linked to their Facebook account regulators say the current consent in effect forces prospective users to agree to a virtually limitless collection of data they say Facebook also harvest data often without knowledge or consent from Internet users who access certain 3rd party sites which have embedded Facebook like buttons or that use Facebook analytics the British prime minister to resign May is in Brussels to demand legally binding changes to the brig's it withdraw agreement she'll tell senior officials that the u.k. Won't be trapped in the backstop the guarantee that would prevent the return of border posts in Ireland if there's no trade deal Rob Watson has this assessment the European Union are saying at this point we're not going to budge we're really not going to make major changes to the withdrawal agreement but in the u.k. Continues to say well we don't think we can get a withdrawal agreement unless you do something about this backstop issue but it seems to me that both sides think surely neither one of us would be crazy enough to go ahead with your bracket.