of basic goods. the mother of a man due to be executed in singapore has failed in a last minute appeal against his sentence. nagaenthran dharmalingam, who has a low iq, is on death row for smuggling a small amount of heroin into singapore more than a decade ago. despite pleas for clemency and protests in singapore, his sentence has been upheld on a number of appeals. to the philippines now, where in just over two weeks filipinos will vote for their next president. the current frontrunner is bongbong marcos, the son of the country s late dictator ferdinand marcos, whose corrupt and autocratic rule led to him being deposed in popular revolt in 1986. marcoer says he will make the country rise again but has been criticised for avoiding serious scrutiny about his father s legacy during election campaigning. howard johnson reports from manila.
169 from this unit are now missing. they re our comrades and we re worried about them, alexander tells me. we want them back as soon as possible. just beyond the exclusion zone, the invading troops occupied houses too. here, they parked a tank right outside. nina was so scared, she hid in the woods. we stayed there for two nights without any food or water, she tells me. it was awful. nina s fear was no high tech nuclear accident, it was the russian soldiers who climbed through her window and took over her home. sarah rainsford, bbc news, chernobyl. to the philippines now, where injust over two weeks, filipinos will vote for their next president. the current frontrunner is bongbong marcos, the son of the country s late dictator ferdinand marcos whose corrupt and autocratic rule led to him being deposed in popular revolt in 1986.