targeting hindus, in india administered kashmir. amid a mounting military threat from north korea, the bbc gains rare access to the american and south korean joint operations centre designed to fend off any attack. welcome to the programme. it s ”pm in london and 6am here in singapore, where the country s prime minister has said singapore will end its ban on sex between men, but will take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. prime minister lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people, and the british colonial era law was out of date. the legal ban on sex between men, while not enforced, has long been criticised by lgbt activists although many more conservative citizens still support it. the government will repeal the section and decriminalise sex between men. i believe this is the right thing to do, and something that most singaporeans will now accept. well, to discuss this further, i m now
Joseph boakai cast his vote. He sounded confident. Asked as to whether he would accept the results he responded with a qualified yes. After that, a decision will be made. But we are willing to work for whatever the final result is. For supporters of the former football superstar george weah, it looked like a victory dance when he went to vote. The man who won in the first round sounded incandescently confident. Im not associated with losing. Todays victory is set in and i will win. Boakai cannot win, and george weah can. Its an exceptional case. What happened cannot happen again. Initial indications are that the run off was better organised than the first round. Materials arrived on time and there have been no complaints so far of multiple voting according to the main local observation group. But turnout appeared low. It has been quiet here at this Convent High School in central monrovia. Election officials are nibbling around without a lot to do. They say theres been like this for mos
These photos posted on twitter by the syrian red crescent, an International Committee of the red cross. A sign of hope forjust a few. Four patients with critical medical conditions will now receive treatment in a hospital in damascus. In the rebel held suburb of Eastern Ghouta, the most vulnerable have little help. Sick and malnourished, trapped under siege since 2013. On christmas day, the bbc aired a story ofa christmas day, the bbc aired a story of a young baby, two month old who lost a n of a young baby, two month old who lost an eye and suffered severe injuries ina lost an eye and suffered severe injuries in a suspected government attack. Un efforts to arrange medical evacuations from ghouta have until now fallen on deaf ears. Last month, nine people who needed Urgent Medical care died after a request to get them out were denied. Now the attention turns to those who can still be saved. Including seven children curable cancer. But without the medicine to treat them. children curabl
Poetry comes to me out of thin air or out of my unconscious mind. Its sort of the way dreams come to us. Yang all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Yang north korea has again seized the worlds attention with a new nuclear blast. The weekend test may move pyongyang a quantum leap forward in its bid to become a nuclear power, capable of threatening the u. S. Mainland. That, in turn, has set off a new diplomatic flurry. Nick schifrin reports. Enough is enough. Reporter for the second time in a week, the Security Council today held an emergency session on
Thin air or out of my unconscious mind. Its sort of the way dreams come to us. Yang all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Yang north korea has again seized the worlds attention with a new nuclear blast. The weekend test may move pyongyang a quantum leap forward in its bid to become a nuclear power, capable of threatening the u. S. Mainland. That, in turn, has set off a new diplomatic flurry. Nick schifrin reports. Enough is enough. Reporter for the second time in a week, the Security Council today held an emergency session on north korea. And u. S. Am