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Well cast a writer and polymath Clive James has died I was born in $139.00 The other big event of that year was the outbreak of the 2nd World War. But for the moment that did not affect me but I have an appreciation of a great mind after the news. I'm Stuart Mackintosh with the b.b.c. News Hello the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating whether its troops killed a demonstrator in the eastern city of Beni where protesters burned the town hall and u.n. Buildings our Africa editor Mary Harper reports the u.n. Mission must go said the protest there was reportedly killed in an exchange with blue helmets as he was about to throw a petrol bomb he died during demonstrations against what people said was the failure of u.n. Forces and the Congolese army to protect them against rebel attacks the latest attack occurred on Wednesday morning when 14 people were killed about 20 kilometers from Benny most of the deaths are blamed on the Islamist allied democratic forces the un peacekeeping operation in the r.c. Is one of the biggest in the world but it's made little headway against the multiple rebel groups operating in the east tens of thousands of people in Colombia have been taking part in the latest demonstrations calling for the reversal of unpopular government measures including pension and tax reforms the another Russia has mall in Bogota Carly made the Union or the Colombian say it is the marchers have been largely peaceful but there's been reports of isolated attacks on police officers by masked activists the unions have declared a national strike the 2nd day in a week in most shops and schools have remained closed the most traitors are calling for changes to the economic policies of President even though which they say will target the poorest in society and increase inequality they're also demanding justice for an 18 year old student Dylan Cruz who died on Monday after being shot by police during a protest. Iran says at least 8 people linked to the u.s. By agency the CIA were arrested during the recent wave of street protests state media said most of those being held with detained while they were taking part in what were described as riots no evidence of their links to the CIA was provided Egypt's military criminal court sentenced to death a former Army officer Hisham Ashmawy who was accused of masterminding several attacks on government targets Abla club reports. He was considered the most wanted jihadist on Egypt's terror list he was a former Army officer turned leader of the jihad is Group. He spent the last decade using what he learned from his time in security forces to use against them Egyptian authorities accuse him of orchestrating several high profile attacks in Egypt including the assassination of the country's top prosecutor his cat he was also linked to an ambush on a checkpoint in the desert region of Fatah front in 2014 which killed $28.00 soldiers he was captured by security forces in Libya in October last year and extradited to Cairo in May Well news from the b.b.c. . The Iraqi security forces are reported to have shot dead 2 anti-government protesters in the capital Baghdad demonstrations have also continued in a number of cities across the south of the country including basil and not Jeff at least 344 people have been killed in nearly 2 months of unrest the protesters are angry at corruption the lack of jobs and the dire state of public services. Rescuers in Albania have been searching for survivors of Tuesday's earthquake the worst in the country for a decade the allstar it is revised the number of confirmed dead down to 27 to fewer than a regionally thought the Prime Minister. Declared a state of emergency in the coastal city of Duras and the inland town of the main the worst hit by the 6.4 magnitude quake. A Dutch jury entrepreneur has been jailed for 16 years by a British court for attempting to smuggle 2 tons of cocaine into Europe on his yacht Britain's National Crime Agency said it was one of the largest seizures of the drug ever made in the u.k. And was worth an estimated $170000000.00 Border Force officials intercepted Martin Peter ses yacht last year the Australian writer and broadcaster Clive James has died at the age of 80 James who has lived in Britain for nearly 60 years became best known for his right commentary or funny clips from international television Vincent doubt has more from 172 for a decade he was the t.v. Critic of the Sunday newspaper The Observer that was where he began to build a name he was a wit but more than that he also made real critical point other journalists admired him which I would think is a way of saying that ended him he wrote and he recorded songs in the seventy's he published a verse he was a wordsmith a very very good one and he always said that he tried to put his love of the English language at the heart of all of his work and that's the b.b.c. News. Hello and welcome to News coming to you live in the b.b.c. World Service studios in central London I'm Tim Franks Coming up President Trump says he's in the process of designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups what will that mean and what effect could it have it's at top story this hour as senior doctors in Zimbabwe describe hospitals as deathtraps we'll hear about the terrible reality of trying to get by as a medic in the country the most valuable sports team in the world is based not as you might expect in the u.s. But in the north of England will be hearing about the riches of Manchester City and a spat over a soufflé winds up as claim and counterclaim in a French courtroom more on that in about 40 minutes. Through the years through changes of government of Mexico in the United States have been many and varied attempts to weaken the grip of the drug cartels and the havoc and death they inflict on both sides of the border President Trump has in recent weeks talked about his desire to wage war on the people behind the illegal narcotics trade now he's gone further or at least been more specific about what he intends to do he's in the process he says of having the Mexican drug cartels formally designated as terrorist groups Mr Trump made the comments in an interview with the former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly are you going to designate those cartels in Mexico as terror groups and start hitting them with drones and things like that I don't want to say what I'm going to do but they will be designated I don't say what I want to do I've already offered Mexico I like the president very much I actually get along with this president much much better than the previous president and in theory this president is has socialistic tendencies but I think he's a very good man but I've actually offered him to let us go in and clean it out and he so far is rejected the offer but at some point something has to be learnt. It was Donald Trump per speaking to Bill O'Reilly Mike vigil was the former chief of international federations at the d. E. a The u.s. Drug Enforcement Administration he spent years working undercover in both Colombia and Mexico with the terrorist designation mean in practice Well basically there's 3 things that would occur with foreign terrorist organization designation number one it would apply sanctions to wonder vigils or companies that are providing material support or resources to the parents organization Number 2 it would prevent. Members of that organization from coming into the United States number 3 it went basically force us banks to provide information on that let's say bank accounts that belong to that organization these are things that are already being dark so foreign terrorist organization doesn't mation by what from proposers would be you know applying a different label to the same why I'm right because I would have thought that exactly if you know that for example drugs money's coming into a financial institution well you can say that financial institution you've got to stop that or it's illegal or indeed the bank or whatever would take that decision itself I mean if somebody is engaged in a crime and wants to come into the country or want to bring money into the country I mean presumably there are laws to stop that already that is absolutely correct and there is laws you know that prohibit you know you know let's say Universal's on a terrorist organizations whether they have criminal charges here in the United States or not from coming into the United States so you know this is a nation that really would not have any impact from what is occurring right now it would be a redundant policy in that case I wonder why the Mexican government is sounding so rather sensitive about this at the moment could it mean that there could be a change in the rules of engagement for American law enforcement officials over in Mexico Well here is why Mexico is so concerned about that designation when George w. Bush was president you know and even Barack Obama they too had considered. Labeling Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and they finally opted not to after careful analysis and they came to the conclusion that it would have that Mean Gene impact on the economy and then also on you know the the trade and that takes place with Mexico because Mexico is one of our greatest trading partners Mexico could there many the cooperative security agreements that we have right now formal and informal and if they do that and we think we've got problems here in the United States right now you know we would have even bigger problems so it's not something that is in the best interests of the u.s. Government and also Mexico but all Trump has indicated that you know one of his comments about serving in the military to clean up the situation in Mexico well that is a very ignorant statement to begin with because you know he doesn't understand that Mexico is a sovereign country and that would be an act of war I guess then the question and it may be a question without an answer but is what can work or what can be the most effective tactic because we have seen different approaches to what is loosely being called the War on Drugs you of course if you know you spent your time involved at the very sharp and we've seen a new approach from the relatively new Mexican president who famously came up with a slogan of hugs not bullets in his attempt to tamp down on the on the power of the drug cartels. What's your estimation of how he is doing that approach is doing and if you were to give advice on what a good strategy is what would it be the strategy here in the United States Donald Trump has got to do a better job in terms of reducing the demand for illegal drugs that we have here in the United States if we don't drive down the demand if it's not the Mexican cartels it's going to be another area that is going to supply the illegal drugs here now in terms of the current Mexican presidents strategy. Hogs and not gun shots it's often very flawed. Strategy because it noncom like they have and it is not working because now the cartels are operating with sheer impunity with no respect to the rule of law and when fairly pickle that on came in as president 2006 you had developed the king strategy which was flawed as well there were probably a little over 800000 homicides that took place in his 1st year as president when Enrique Pena Nieto succeeded him there were a little over 10000 homicides in Mexico the 1st 11 months Lopez over I want to Presidency there have been about 33000 homicides in Mexico and it could be the most violent period of time in Mexico's history this yr. Mike vidual the former chief of international operations for the d a well the Mexican president and his men were Lopez Obrador addressed Mr drops Mr Trump's comments when he spoke in his daily news conference today got bit as young . See. In their leisure news more now. As you probably gathered he said Corp Yes interventionism No the b C's will grant is in Mexico City and joins us now. Will seem pretty in phatic from Amarillo there what's been the reaction more broadly to this idea of what this plan it seems from Mr Trump to designate the drug cartels as terrorist groups. Yes it was emphatic wasn't it I mean let's not forget that this comes just as we approach the year anniversary of ammo in power and in that time I'd say that his drug war strategy has been the thing that sort of generated most criticism of his time in office and I think the reaction to what President Trump is saying is sort of seen within that context in that you know a lot of people aren't happy with the way Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is running things yet that said they don't necessarily want to see the suggestion of you know troops saw us you know boots on the ground or anything of that nature involved in what is already a very very conflicted and difficult and bloody battle in very various parts of Mexico with obviously them and you know the ordinary Mexican families and people caught in the middle so often or in this recent case that we saw in northern Mexico u.s. Mexican families the Mormon families the mothers and children who were who were gunned down just a few weeks ago but people in Mexico they're drawing a line between Mr Lubbers Abra doors approach this wall of trying to deal conflict the situation the hugs not bullets approach we talked about in his campaign and what we heard from Mike vidual that I mean he was saying that the number of homicides drug related homicides are is strawberry How are you by Mexican standards. Yes they are and I think there is a sense that the hugs not guns approach just isn't properly thought out people don't want to return to the violent. Military led approach of the past 2 administrations either necessarily but they're pretty sure that this isn't going you know where it's almost like it's an anti strategy that there's no coherent idea you know nevertheless they're also struggling with the idea that President Trump is being serious you know that when he speaks about the idea of troops and sending them into cleanup you know is this just sort of hot air being used to sort of whip up his base as we approach an election year or is this serious policy and and I think you know that's where most Mexicans are still sort of observing it was interesting the president opposite or said that his foreign minister would take up the issue after the Thanksgiving holiday with his counterpart Secretary of State Pompei Oh so you know there is a lot more talking to go ahead on this issue because it is extremely thorny and difficult and presumably one issue that Mexico could raise with the United States is I mean it's all very well for us to point out the way out of drugs that flows north but the amount of guns of low self the presumably helps fuel the trucks all. Right absolutely and that is one point for example that the families of the murdered Mormon children and mothers are very very strong about they have been on the radio recently talking about that in extremely upsetting to. And I'm not a Mexican that I think you take the vast majority of Mexicans and ask them about the drug war situation and they would quite quickly point to the guns running south as well it's a big part of the issue I will grant to Mexico City thank you very much for joining us you're listening to News and. Coming up on the program the Australian broadcaster and writer and general Big Mind Clive James has died at the age of 80 here he is from a few years ago telling me about his time as a television critic I approach everything as if every word counts and the t.v. Criticism was great for that because I could write what amounted to a 1000 words a poem there was a certain amount of sniffing Yes there is nothing to the amount of sniffin is that showed up when I actually moved away from television criticism into television itself but in fact when I was on television I was writing that stuff pretty carefully I try not to write anything carelessly there's no time for that you've got to write everything as if it counts you've got to write everything as if it's going to last even though it almost certainly won't Clive James a man whose writing will almost certainly last and you can hear more from him in 30 minutes. This is news after the b.b.c. World Service coming to you live from London with me Tim Franks we now know what is the world's most highly valued sports club it's the English Premier League champions Manchester City the parent company of the football club has sold a 10 percent stake to u.s. Private equity company Silver Lake for $500000000.00. What would that mean for the club and for the sport Kiran McGuire teaches football finance at the university Liverpool and his co-host of The Price of football podcast I think everybody surprised that the the extremity of the valuation Manchester United are currently trading up on Wall Street for around about 2800000000 or so for Manchester City to come in with an effective valuation 1000000000 pounds for a take and everybody surprised because they don't have the same global fan base as a club such as United I guess but a contributory factor to the high valuation placed on the club has been to 2 that Manchester City have a number of satellites clubs dotted around the world and the Silver Lake investors feel that there's opportunities for growth their own right so what are these satellite clubs where are they are they in potentially big markets there's one in China that's a 3rd Division club but that could quickly get into the Chinese Super League that Melbourne city that New York City that the club in or acquired as a 40 percent stake of or a club in Spain and that there are rumors of city about to make a big acquisition in India as well could it be born out do you think this idea that Man City and through them India work out to be just as valuable as the guessing yes I mean Silver Lake are a very experienced private equity firm they normally do sort of $10.00 to $15.00 investments a year in the region all half a $1000000000.02 to $3000000000.00 in terms of India you've only got to look at the success of the i.p.l. In terms of cricket if the football franchises turn out to be half a successful at the i.p.l. Then you're onto a cash cow the Premier League in England has seen to be a one way bet it's just grown and grown in terms of valuation in terms of t.v. Rights around the world is there any sense that we might be reaching peak Premier League or do you think. There are still big markets yet to be trapped Domestically we've certainly reached the end of the road as far as the Premier League is concerned that the present tranche of t.v. Rights their value is down 10 percent compared to the old series but there is still growth in overseas markets and if you talk to broadcasters especially those who have subscription channels they say that the product that's their view is that consumers are not willing to sacrifice the Premier League to having this level of investment the people who are investing want to return so resist pressure on the manager and the players to deliver Yes Manchester City at a clean sweep domestically last season's final bridgehead for them is to push almost as far as the Champions League is concerned I think from a silver like point of view they probably accept that and they are anticipating growth in the other overseas markets perhaps a much bigger m.l.s. See the deal the opportunity to get their Chinese clubs from the Chinese 30 of Asian to the Chinese Super League that could prove lucrative because you've only got to look at the size of the population in China size of the population in India if domestically football takes off in those countries then the city group will be in the most advantageous position of any club globally to reap the rewards. From the University of Liverpool. One of Catalonians largest pro independence parties is begun a consultation asking his members whether the group should support socialist leader Petro Sanchez in his attempt to form a government the party is demanding a promise of dialogue from Madrid on the issue of Catalan independence tensions have been high since spring Supremes court sentence Catalan leaders to lengthy jail sentences for their role in an outlawed referendum in 2017 Some though are arguing that the best way to promote the cause of independence is through underground activism this Tim Smith reports from Barcelona. The Supreme Court in Madrid has given 9 Catalan separatists lengthy jail terms and pro independence groups in Catalonia have called for mass civil disobedience place in Barcelona say they were attacked the petrol bombs and I said this is a snapshot of how international media covered the aftermath of the Spanish Supreme Court's decision to sentence pro independence Catalan leaders to his much just 13 years in prison the civil disobedience has been coordinated by new group of activist organizations who are organizing in secret to avoid detection. I was invited to one of their meetings but group leaders were educating activists in the basics of nonviolent protest. A Power Point slide invoking civil rights heroes like Martin Luther King and Gandhi is shown to these trainee protest is the presentation also runs through practical points like providing a list of secure and encrypted communications software one member of the group told me they'd learn from the methods of protesters in Hong Kong. Group try doing broader Farge. Using technology. To be small just the knowledge of the world because of the b. Was true so there you go. Responding on. Their Own we build some. People off. The actual. Work so we are using the watch of course opponents of Independence they say that groups like us actions like the kind of occupying a city where not everyone feels the same way we cough the protests that were violent clashes with police that will cause big mystery the violence if you smoke a car if this is a virus What do you Swartz the space shuttle robotic to resolve a few people must use these firearms Well while some protesters feel the need to meet and plan in secrets others are happy to keep it constantly visible presence in the city I'm standing in the middle of a camp around 3 to 500 tents and one of central bustling is busiest squares possibly Vesa topped the tents have been here for about a week blocking off a major right way through the center of the city and I'm head with who is one of the organizers of the cap here. How we've been a week here counting the social movement of the students and the young people wanted to make a constant mobilization in the center of Barcelona I felt like I couldn't trust anymore and they're on to the show institutions and also the Spanish state and the in terms of the riots that happened here that have been a lot of demonstrations these days that have been completely peaceful What's been different with these protests this time there's been a lot of young people involved this time more so than there have been in the past yeah like from the student movement on the young political movement we are also trying to give voice to a. Young generation who is facing the precarious future because the quality of the jobs is really low taxes are to housing really difficult because the rents are so high here and also the access to high education extremely expensive we relate d. And independent and the How To the term a nation we need all of these the shoes that I've just explained to you. You see. The side the students come the festival stage has been set up with rubber bands playing pro independence songs to a crowd of thousands and while the violent clashes between police and protesters have died down in recent weeks there's no doubt that the Supremes court sentencing has galvanized a new breed of protester caseloads good more determined than ever to secure the region's rights to decide its own future. It was Tim Smith reporting from. Much more to come in the next 30 minutes here on news if you can please stay with us. This is the b.b.c. World Service and we're asking what makes the perfect city what would your city of the future look like and if you could take the best bits of other cities which fits what you like San Francisco's environmental policies our climate action strategy it's cold it's hard and we're on track to getting there All Souls' smart city plan we can no longer rely on altered knowledge to be able to lead the next boom economic growth and can a successful idea from one city work in another maybe rare was copying the wrong thing a copy of the technology rather than the policy approach next we move on to Europe's fastest growing city and how it's tackling the problems that come with expansion as well as its ambition to become a car free city is the Norwegian capital's blueprint one others should follow my perfect city at b.b.c. World Service dot com. On you sir next 30 minutes a doctor at the end of his tether the story of a junior medic in Zimbabwe on a day senior doctors say hospitals are a death trap polluted streets of Belgrade where souffles the center of a celebrity chef school case in France. We celebrate one of the most distinctive and brilliant critics of the last century Clive James his death was announced today after the summit and he's. A.b.c. News with McIntosh United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating whether its troops killed a demonstrator in the eastern city of Beni the death happened as people burned down the town hall and u.n. Buildings in protest at what they said was the failure of government troops and u.n. Forces to protect them from rebel attacks. Tens of thousands of people in Colombia have been taking part in the latest demonstrations calling for the reversal of unpopular government measures including pension and tax reforms most shops and schools have remained closed Iran says at least 8 people linked to the us spy agency the CIA were arrested during the recent wave of street protests no evidence of their links to the CIA was provided the unrest began after a steep rise in the price of petrol the Iraqi security forces are reported to have shot dead 2 antigovernment protesters in Baghdad more than 340 people have been killed in 2 months of anti corruption protests. India's aviation minister has warned that the country's loss making national carrier Air India will have to cease operating if it's not privatized correspondents a potential buyers are put off by Air India's debt of more than 10000000000 dollars a nearly 15000 workers who can't easily be fired the former German soldier who shot dead 2 people on a cruise 38 years ago has won a partial victory in his bid not to have the affair for ever having dra dragged up in Internet searches the man who served a lengthy prison sentence asked Germany's highest court to uphold his right to be forgotten the Australian writer and broadcaster Clive James known for his dry wit has died at the age of 80 he had leukemia a disease he wrote about movingly in his final years he died at home in Britain b.b.c. News next on News we hear from a doctor on strike and losing his job in Zimbabwe and a chef fight with a Michelin Guide over his cheese souffle. Before that Serbia's capital Belgrade recently found itself ranked number one in the world unfortunately the list in question was of the world's most polluted cities Bill Great only had a brief stay ahead of this enviable chart but it was a fair reflection of the struggles that many South East European cities face with their quality old cars manufacturing industries and traditional farming techniques all play their part as Apple can score a sonic guide to Lonny reports. When you stand on Bronco spread across the river you can see why Belgrade's got the pollution problem the traffic is heavy and slow moving and many of the vehicles are old fogies jam for the full body of a large amount of air pollution is emitted during open areas of the so that was not the situation before and re a story which is an air pollution expert to Belgrade University's environmental physics laboratory we don't know what people burn. Domestic heating unit plastic or board or which kind of work which kind of coal we're going to have a mentor is so we could focus on a particular emission source. All of this contributed to Belgrade briefly seizing the title of the world's most polluted city over the last weekend in October the visual monitor ranked Serbia's capital higher than the usual suspects like Delhi Dhaka and Hanoi the authorities directed citizens to stay inside and avoid outdoor exercise long term Belgrade resident Philomena O'Brien says it was sound advice I got my bike to work and I really noticed braking riding that my daughter was probably 4 or 5 days will say that it was. More people ride bicycles that might cut down on congestion and be attendant pollution. But at least Serbia now has a government department dedicated to the issue the Ministry for environmental protection was reestablished 2 years ago and Minister Gordon 3 Van told me the pressure from the public is starting to force policy change a little the climate in which the. People cause you there's been a big swing in public opinion and this is their important over the past 2 years citizens have become much more sensitive about environmental questions and they're putting pressure on. All iterations and institutions to make their lives better the publisher was loser. The minister says the government's taking steps to limit the import of inefficient 2nd hand cars and it's already embarked on a tree planting program but it will be years before those measures will ensure clean air in Belgrade Until then it may be worth checking the air quality before you go for that bike ride. Guide to Lonnie reporting from a pretty polluted Belgrade. This is nice live from the b.b.c. World Service in London with me Tim Franks in Zimbabwe senior doctors may have felt that they hit bottom back in March that was when they say hospitals had deteriorated to the point where there were no bandages gloves or syringes available there was a promise back then from the Health Ministry of new money and new management but in a statement today the senior doctors association says that the situation has actually worsened to the point where hospitals they say are a death trap a silent genocide continues to be perpetrated upon the people of Zimbabwe is how they put it doctor to go for is a leading member of the Zimbabwe hospital doctors association representing junior doctors. Does he agree with the very strong words coming from his senior colleagues I think our Senior Corps ect. Stand in solidarity with them what they're saying is the truth. Those critters are not function. And the situation in our spittle is that it's just time that the realize that this is teams not working properly besides the fact that they are doing a good as another high level They quickly and in the hospital to lap their drugs it is So 'd this is a problem that needs to be addressed in this time that they realize that they are not doing any good and actually been. A no use to working at the moment or you among those who have gone out on strike No I'm not waking at the moment to sneeze at. 440. And we you do know why you were fired I mean are you in breach of contract is that what they are saying. And there isn't really isn't clear but not court judge me and say our quality of the objections in league. We've been 48 hours to state the fate that this is not a collective action doctors are simply incapacitated in the Big They just can't afford to to go back to 8 so it's unfortunate that we were put in a position whereby we defy court order because. The will to go to a Quest Means didn't exist so what do you want my add what do you mean by that when you use you say the will to work was there but the means did not exist or you just saying that it was the amount that you were being paid with the rate of inflation in Zimbabwe it was just it was almost too expensive to go to work is that what you're saying yes not true I think to say it was too expensive for me to go to a kid and the statement it was impossible for me to go to it because there was any need to fall into this one and yes. To peer into our transport and all sorts of expenses from that mine so you're talking about $100.00 us dollars a month less than yes I mean. As it sounds absent to sell it sounds it sounds grim and beyond that are you also saying that the conditions while it's clear that from what the statement we've had today that the conditions in the hospitals as well. As so bad that it's difficult for you to practice medicine in any case yes no doubt it's extraordinary to hear doctors describe hospitals not just as poorly equipped but as death traps is it really that bad. The situation is bad situations and it's difficult for a few doctors to say they can manage patients so to say that he or spittle is or. Means they should be able to provide basic services to provide services that will save a life by to say that it was people is open well States and are staffed well incapacitated in it's this stuff and it's almost quick to say to do it because every patient listening to that that was is going to be being taken care of by angry doctor and they're not going to be dragged to see that patient in their own the equipment to try and investigate and also in this case in the absence of Jr need to live with this they won't be Quentin would care cause there won't be anyone to look after him so it's almost always 'd deficient it's too bad it was there probably that Tuppy were how long have you been a doctor I started practicing general. So I mean you have only practiced as a doctor under the new administration I just wonder if any of your colleagues who you used to work with whether they felt that things were even worse now than they were under President Mugabe and not doubt the doctors initially paid. Us. About 1800 years. Which has been eroded by inflation to less than one and 2 years so there is not doubt they had to say things. Before. Of from the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association. Blue story is a movie about gang based knife crime in South London it's become headline news in the u.k. Because shortly after opening across the country the film was cooled by one major chain the cinema said that the been a brawl involving machetes at a location in burning him more than 20 other incidents elsewhere but the film's director Andrew on blues also known as rap man said that he felt bullied and cheated and wondered whether there were other factors at play the lead up of the over no there's no connection to memory and other figures are one what's the reason and you know I don't you start thinking there's a hidden reason there was to own a lot of their own are I think if you were a young urban youth you know it is there it's pretty prejudiced stuff that we believe that this film bring the Phone 5 is there qualifying after 48 hours new and I want to be free the laughter of 4 was a cinema banner for every single. Arman woman reviewed the film for Empire magazine what do you make of the ban I can see why that. Is saying what he's saying I can see why others online are connecting the dots really to concluding that survey Szell element to their decision because the initial incident that kicked all this off detail which stuck out to many people which is that the incident had nothing to do with the story the fight broke out in the queue and the people in the fight the people arrested there were 13 and 14 year olds they're not all that love to Cebu story and they were most likely there to see 1st and to now even if there were more incidents type the 1st into I don't see view or any sort of my chain counts in screenings 1st into across all the cinemas Well except the view cinemas have said that there's been a whole bunch of incidents I think getting on for 20 or so instance that seem to have been connected with the release of Blue story and indeed the chief exec did said in over 30 years of working in cinema exhibition in the u.k. I've never seen a nationwide issue like is affecting so many sin Mars in such a beautiful space of time yeah I've had that statement and the thing which is interesting to me and some respects is that whereas with the initial incident which I just spoke about we had sort of you know video footage of said incident but again my point still stands that there's it's actually very well may be true there's a certain abuse making be importing negative stereotypes which are untrue and which the film itself story evolves counter to what sort of film is lead story I mean it is soon is. You hear about that it's about gang violence that inevitably there will be some people and I'm seeing the film but there will be some people will be saying there could be a danger that it glamorizes gang violence it doesn't drama lies gang violence and once you see the family very creative doesn't come alive can pass the message of the film is actually love not violence and while gang violence is shown depicted as never Graham allies and that's one of the main to the lives of the movie the movie is about 200 friends who become sort of enemies very the opposite sides of a gang war is a terribly violent film it's not a violent crime at all and I guess there aren't that many movies about young black culture made by young black people absolutely this is a firm which many people should be getting behind and supporting because as a national plan by Africa coming back to make a debut feature and the barriers years had to overcome just to get the sperm into cinemas the film despite everything stopped at 1300000 at the box office for the testament to the abilities and the success of Batman and that is what really we should be celebrating our moment film critic and Time magazine. A French celebrity restaurant mark of a high is doing the prestigious Michelin Guide for withdrawing the coveted 3rd star I want I need Last year known as the chef in a black hat there has told a court in Ontario in a Paris that inspectors accused him of putting British cheddar cheese in a souffle his mountain restaurant on Db or at money go in eastern France boasts of and using local projects he wants the inspectors to reveal their workings Michelin denies making any such allegation and it's countersuing for $33000.00 Prosphora plough is an ethno botanist and French writer he's worked alongside Mark for her was he making the case it's a very strange story because I can't understand why she could have gone wrong I don't know I mean. I mention his secrets but I've known him for a long time and as far as I know as for concern she's a very trustful person so I don't see the point of the whole thing all I know is when I was working with him you know I'm the one who told him not used we did a good job he was not I knew a lot of people who are not really trustable But as far as I'm concerned she is so if he says that he didn't do that I don't see I don't see look for it as far as I understand mission did not say anything in the guy this year about using cheddar cheese a less good quality cheese supposedly in his soufflé he ate it so why does why is he so convinced that that is the reason that they think that he was using some lower quality cheese and was trying to get away with it I don't know who brought that look as American if you know if it's not who brought the numbers because you know as if the reason you know you didn't show me about only what we look forward to New Year's. Oh chitter instead of publisher when he's in the heart of the country you know you know. This is like going to for Joke us for a long concert but you know I guess though that it may be a difficult case for him because mission may well insist that it's got nothing to do that and it can decide who it's going to award 3 stars 2 stars one star no star to yeah I agree I agree with you this is a it is enough for the privileged to refuse to say anything about the reasons why they did or remove stars but still do what. Others who think it should be clear crosstalk French writer who's worked alongside Mark Viduka. Now let's look at what else you can hear from the b.b.c. 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With me Tim Franks almost 5 years ago I introduced an interview here on News Hour with the words Clive James is dying to take in the news that one of the most acute writers and broadcasters of the late 20th century has now died Clive James was an Australian who came to live in Britain and turned his sharp brain and the comic voice to criticism poetry and memoirs he was immensely successful immensely popular and helped not just to define celebrity but also to unite what some in those times still saw as the very disparate areas of high art and low art he was diagnosed with incurable diseases 10 years ago and began musing about what seemed likely to be imminent death only today though at the age of 80 did he finally leave us so we thought we'd leave you with his appearance on news hour from 2014 he began by telling me about his latest project a book evangelizing about poetry with a young audience particularly in mind I always have my eye on the young only be young myself yesterday and I said I have to feel their way are going to vie with them and perjury has become a kind of turnoff for them for various historical reasons and I want to try and tell them that when I was starting off as a writer back of the night in fifty's eyes probably through all by a perjury and I still am what comes through from a lot of what you write about poetry is is your Thriller as you put it with the intensity of the language I mean that's something that you're known for as well when in New York writing what is it I mean is it is it the brightness of the image is it the precision of the thought and I think it's the compactness offered of saying a lot in a short space I just been reading. Shakespeare again I never stop I read one of the plays one after the other forever and I always am. Going through Richard the 2nd again now and Richard when he realizes he's causes lost the know it's going to come to his agent and help him to go on being king he makes a speech that might as well be a book it's about 2 short pages long and it's got everything in it and that ability to cram a lot of meaning to do short space I think is one of the essentials of perjury it's got a lot of essential So that's one of the another one is musicality it's got to sound good and fact if you can't make your your the way you handle English thrilling then you don't start you may not as a poetry critic but as a t.v. Critic where I would say there is a link is that the way in which you made your name is a t.v. Critic was to care about the language that you used but we were aware when you were when you were a t.v. Critic and had this enormous following that there was probably as a measure of sniffin us about the fact that he was somebody who could write he was writing about t.v. I approach everything as if every word counts and the t.v. Criticism was great for that because I could write what amounted to a 1000 word poem there was a certain amount of sniff Innes Yes there is nothing to the amount of sniffin is that showed up when I actually moved away from television criticism into television itself but in fact when I was on television I was writing that stuff pretty carefully to I try not to write anything carelessly there's no time for that you've got to write everything as if it counts you've got to write everything as it was going to last even though it almost certainly won't let's not forget that well except you are you are being too modest I mean I remember as a as a kid reading your t.v. Criticism and just being a stone age people could come up with I mean you talk about I used to sing. For years it was Joan Collins it was Diana Riggs costume you described it was a Roman costume drama as a Brahmin it's for as a as a kid this was this it was a moment of revelation isn't that extraordinary because Joyce Grenfell who was a great virtue of mine she liked that phrase too she had to go reciting it yes that was the aim and every column every week to try and give a few phrases that people would remember so I treated it as an art form you've been a critic in many many fields you've also been relentlessly honest about yourself in your memoirs you talk in this book of poetry criticism about your initial attempts about your attempts to be a literary critic and how you sort of gratefully accepted submissions from you yourself you're not hard on yourself or one's personality is a circus. Is one of my basic propositions about writing it's my it's my departure point is from in within the fasten the comedy of my own soul. Frankly I think everybody is like that but. It would be presumptuous of me to suppose in my own case I know it's there and the comedy the human comedy starts from with your own saw if you if you if you think that that the only you are serious and everybody else is funny you're in deep trouble and the way to be a writer is to realize the fast begins with you and I still feel that way right to the end now I suppose I've earned the right now to lie back look is as exquisite as possible and play the grand old man but I don't I don't feel that I still feel the. Life is for me to enjoyable to do that and it is even though I'm running out of steam I've got a very mild and kind version of the disease that killing me you could be a lot worse and above all I've had a long life. Which is a real stroke of luck I come back to one of the things we were talking about which is your. Willingness to to bear yourself what you say and what you say in other poems about your guilt in your grief based presumably on your mission of infidelity it's very it's not just Rory T.'s naked It almost feels as a listener or reader that you're intruding Well I promised my family that I say as little as possible on this topic but it's a fair want to raise and yes I was a bad husband and it's on my conscience and I suppose it's rather self-indulgent even to write about it but the trouble with being a writer is you can't resist the subject and I'm a great admirer of push can in everything except is. His common sense he didn't have any he was mad about women chased them endlessly chased the wrong ones got himself into a duel and got shot and the reason he got shot is it was a poet and not a dualist and the guy who shot him died out for the rest of his life on his boast that he killed the greatest poet in the world and guess what that idiot was right Pushkin was the greatest poet in the world he was as good as Shakespeare if he'd lived God knows what would have happened but he said a beautiful thing about. Life which I always try to remember he said for a poet even the disasters on the agenda what a voice Clive James this is the b.b.c. World Service where the final parts of the Cold War legacy series looks at Angola as rival foreign armies joined in a civil war became a Cold War catastrophe this is the story of the scars left by the conflict the way and ball and leaders have turned themselves into all the guards it's a textbook of Soviet state capture the Cold War legacy at b.b.c. 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World Service it's hard to talk with me Stephen Sackur the significance of the political unrest in Hong Kong stretches far beyond the borders of that tiny territory it poses President Xi Jinping with the most serious challenge of his presidency if Beijing cannot quell the calls for freedom in Hong Kong What does that tell us about the sustainability of routes or thorough Tarion rule elsewhere or my guest is China's ambassador in London being people talk about the 40 years miracle in China we can achieve this because we have peaceful environment we can only have a more success by a continued to build up peaceful environment so that's how President Xi Jinping call for 2 people a shared future for mankind and that is our goal that time back to the Charmaine on hard talk after the news. I'm still in touch with the b.b.c. News Hello the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating whether its troops killed a demonstrator in the eastern city of Beni where protesters burned down the town hall and u.n. Buildings are Africa editor Mary Harper reports the u.n. Mission monist goes at the protest there was reportedly killed in an exchange with blue helmets as he was about to throw a petrol bomb he died during demonstrations against what people said was the failure of un forces and the Congolese army to protect them against rebel attacks the latest attack occurred on Wednesday morning when 14 people were killed about 20 kilometers from Benny most of the deaths are blamed on the Islamist allied democratic forces the un peacekeeping operation in the r.c. Is one of the biggest in the world but it's made little headway against the multiple rebel groups operating in the east tens of thousands of people in Colombia have been taking part in the latest demonstrations calling for the reversal of unpopular government measures including pension and tax reforms the unions declared a national strike the 2nd in a week and most shops and schools have remained closed in Bogota Cali medicine and other Colombian cities the marches of been largely peaceful president even Duke a has called for a national dialogue. Iran says at least 8 people linked to the us by agency the CIA were arrested during the recent wave of street protests days of unrest broke out after the announcement of a steep rise in the price of petrol Middle East analyst Alan Johnston reports the Iranian intelligence ministry said those arrested had received CIA funding training in various countries it said most were detained during what were described as riots while allegedly carrying out the spy agency's orders to gather information no evidence of any CIA link was presented during the protests banks police stations and other buildings were set ablaze in many places and human rights.

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