In south korea is an opportunity for these grandmothers to go back to school. Chinas president has called on hong kong to restore order and bring violence to an end following the latest protests. Xijinping also warned that the unrest could threaten the principle of one country, two systems, under which hong kong has had significant autonomy from beijing. Earlier, protesters barricaded themselves in University Campuses in anticipation of possible police raids. Im joined by verna yu, who is a freelance journalist based in hong kong. Of course, you have been following this story for six months now. We know these protests have continued. What do you think hong kongers are going to make of these latest state m e nts going to make of these latest statements by xijinping, one of going to make of these latest statements by xi jinping, one of the few times he has spoken out, a p pa re ntly few times he has spoken out, apparently speaking in brazil . Yes, i actually believe this is the first tim
Investigation. The bribe is to. And a low birthrate crisis in south korea is an opportunity for these grandmothers to go back to school. Hello, its 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 9 00am in beijing, where chinas president has made his strongest comments yet on hong kong. Xi jinping called on the territory to restore order and bring an end to the violence following the latest violent protests. Chinas president also warned that the unrest could threaten the principle of one country, two systems, under which hong kong has had significant autonomy from beijing. Earlier, protesters barricaded themselves in University Campuses in anticipation of possible police raids. Verna yu is a freelance journalist based in hong kong. Yes, i actually believe this is the first time that president xijinping has spoken out on the issue. Previously, in the communique of a key Party Meeting over a week ago, they made a pretty strong statement about the signalling the need for tighter control in hong
In more than 50 years. Investigators examining the shooting down of a passenger plane over ukraine in 2014 have disclosed intercepted phone calls that they say indicate close links between senior russian officials and the rebels accused of attacking the aircraft. Nearly 300 people on Malaysia Airlines flight mh17 were killed. In the phone calls, close aides to president putin seem to be organising supplies of weapons for separatist fighters. Gareth barlow has the story. Investigators say the intercepted calls show ukrainian separatists and russian officials were in frequent contact before the attack, with russia directly aware of and influencing administrative, financial and military matters. Translation what we see our separatist leaders, almost on a daily basis, were in contact back then with officials in the russian government. They used a secured phone is an unsecured phones. We suspect these had been provided by the russian intelligence service, fsb. The transcripts appear to show
In business body positive fashion how india is waking up to the 4 billion plus size market. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation would you be prepared to sit in a plane for nineteen hours or would it drive you mad . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. After 19 hours and 19 minutes in the air, the longest and, at over 17,000 kilometres, the furthest passage flight has landed in sydney australia, having flown from london. It was a test flight run by the airline qantas, to research the feasibility of the ultra long haul route and the impact on travellers and crew. The bbcs lukejones was onboard. The first london to sydney flight 100 years ago took 28 days. This will sunrise flight did it in 19 hours and 19 minutes. This plane is almost spookily empty. There is only 53 of us on board because that is as many it can carry this distance. This is to carry out res
Back to the classroom. Investigators examining the shooting down of a passenger plane over ukraine, in 2014, have disclosed intercepted phone calls that they say indicate close links between senior russian officials and the rebels accused of attacking the aircraft. Nearly 300 people on Malaysia Airlines flight mh17 were killed. In the phone calls, close aides to president putin seem to be organising supplies of weapons for separatist fighters. Gareth barlow has the story. Investigators say the intercepted calls show ukrainian separatists and russian officials were in frequent contact before the attack, with russia directly aware of and influencing administrative, financial and military matters. Translation what we see are separatist leaders, almost on a daily basis, were in contact back then with officials in the russian government. They used secured phones and unsecured phones. We suspect these had been provided by the russian intelligence service, fsb. The transcripts appear to show