Nasa has unveiled its latest Martian Rover ahead of a seven month voyage to the red planet, scheduled forjuly. Fueled by a mini nuclear reactor, the car sized vehicle will search for traces of past life in an area thought to have water. At ten oclock Rachel Schofield will be here with a full round up of the days news. Now its time for our world and one of their most striking programmes of 2019. In 2016 pakistani social media sensation Qandeel Baloch was murdered in her bed, the victim of a so called honour killing. In november, as the court prepared to deliver its verdict in the case, hani taha returned to qandeel s home town to discover how her life and death have changed pakistan. This film contains adult themes right from the start. Qandeel baloch was pakistans first social media superstar. She was both loved and loathed. For conservative pakistan, her videos were provocative. Too provocative. Injuly 2016, she was murdered for bringing shame on herfamily. Six men, one of them her br
A woman whose husband and two children drowned, on Christmas Eve, in a Swimming Pool in spain, says all three could swim and blames a fault with the pool. More than 70 people are believed to have been killed in a car bomb attack in somalia many of the dead were students. Campaigners call for a radical overhaul of britains railways, including majorfare reforms and an end to nightmare journeys. And we ll be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers the broadcaster, Lynn Faulds Wood and Senior Reporter for the sunday times, Rosamund Urwin do stay with us for that. A list of more than 1,000 home addresses of people receiving new years honours including police officers, politicians and celebrities was accidentally published by the government. The Department Responsible has apologised and said the information was removed as soon as the error was discovered. Our correspondent katy austin reports. Among more than a thousand people to receive an award in the new year honours list
Dna samples from family members whove reported loved ones missing. Now on bbc news. Our world. In a country where its expected your extended family will look after you in old age, what do you do if they long ago rejected you . Thats a question for most of pakistans tra nsgender community. One member of the community is setting up pakistans first retirement home for transgender people. Mobeen azhar has been to lahore to meet her. This edition of our world contains adult themes. Once upon a time, in the pakistani city of lahore, lived the superglam guru. Ashee was the talk of the town, the life of the party and an after hours artisan. Ashee is someone who describes herself as neither male or female in pakistan, commonly known as third gender. But entertaining is the preserve of the young and, as the years went by, ashee realised more and more of her community faced destitution when they could no longer work. This is the story of guru ashees quest to change the future of the third gender
From inside the deadly, dirty world of myanmars jade mines, where hundreds die every year searching for green gold. Announcer live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6pm in houston, texas where the top 10 democrats vying to take on donald trump next year, are about to take the stage. Front runnerjoe biden will go head to head for the first time with Elizabeth Warren, his fast rising rival, in the three hour debate. But others like Bernie Sanders, kamala harris, Pete Buttigeg and beto orourke are all looking to make their mark. Laura trevelyan is in houston. All eyes on joe biden all eyes onjoe biden and Elizabeth Warren today, the first time they go head to head, but theres lots of other candidates as well. Will there bea other candidates as well. Will there be a clearer sense of the front runner after the debate tonight . Thats the 1 million question, of course, and the candidates ar
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Brexit is stress testing britains political and constitutional conventions to the very limit. With Prime Minister borisjohnson apparently intent on ignoring the will of parliament and exiting the eu at the end of october, the eye of the brexit storm is fast approaching. My guest is heidi allen mp, who quit the conservative party in early 2019 and co founded a new pro remain centrist party, but that bid to break the political mould failed. What does her experience tell us about the clarity and coherence of brexits opponents . Heidi allen, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You quit the conservative party seven months ago. You clearly wanted to change the dynamic of the Brexit Debate in the united kingdom. Seven months on, are you ready to say you failed . To be honest, i mean, brexit was the catalyst that drew us together, those that jumped was the catalyst that drew us together, those thatjumped at the same time from both labour and conservative but