Im Lewis Vaughanjones in london. Also in the programme the pope speaks out against those who started the amazon fires, comparing their greed to a new form of colonialism. And prepare to be inspired well meet the 75 year old whos probably stronger than you. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its midnight in london and 7 am here in singapore and also in hong kong, where scores of people were arrested on sunday after new emergency laws where brought in to try and end months of civil unrest. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took part in the latest protests and there were violent clashes as they were met by riot police. The new law forbids people from Wearing Masks to try and conceal their identity at demonstrations with a possible one year prison sentence. Our asia correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Loud bangs. At what point does a protest movement become a rebellion . Today in hong kong, it felt clo
The pope speaks out against those who started the amazon fires comparing their greed to a new form of colonialism. and prepare to be inspired well meet the 75 year old whos probably stronger than you. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 1 am in london and 8 am here in singapore and also in hong kong, where scores of people were arrested on sunday after new emergency laws where brought in to try and end months of civil unrest. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took part in the latest protests and there were violent clashes as they were met by riot police. The new law forbids people from Wearing Masks to try and conceal their identity at demonstrations with a possible one year prison sentence. Our asia correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Loud bangs. At what point does a protest movement become a rebellion . Today in hong kong, it felt close to that edge. It is now illegal here to cover yourface in
Well catch up with the group and filipinoamerican history month, with a Live Performance in our studio today. Well, the lack of opportunities for asianamericans and Pacific Islanders in the world of standup comedy is nothing to laugh at. I happen to believe standup comics are important to the way society looks at events and ourselves. Maybe were starting to see some progress, and an upcoming comedy show in San Francisco on november 2 is an important showcase, and just as important, an event to have a good time and laugh about stuff. With me right now are the two cofounders of desi comedy festival. Samson koletkar was born in mumbai and raised jewish, comedy roots if ive ever heard one. And heres more, he earned a masters in computer software, fulfilling his parents dream, then came to San Francisco, is now chasing his own dream. He is also the founder of comedy oakland. Also here with us, and with just as good a story, is abhay nadkarni, a comedianwriterproducer from southcentral los a
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He the kind of person that youd like to have a bowl with on the side of the street. Hed be the first not from an elite background of money, bureaucracy or the military. Wooduff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their inve