Hands, and calls for a second independence referendum next year. Tata steel says it expects to cut 1,000 jobs across the uk as part of the compa nys restructuring plans. A warning from councils that social Care Services wont be able to meet demand through the winter from those who need it most. Vue cinemas will restart showing the london gang film blue story after banning the screenings due to a mass brawl in birmingham the writer, broadcaster and critic clive james, one of the most familiar faces on British Television for many years, has died at the age of 80. And at 11 30pm, we will be taking another in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, Torcuil Crichton and sam lister. Stay with us for that. Good evening. We start with one of the key issues in this election campaign, the future of the nhs, and labours allegation that the Health Service is at risk or even for sale to american firms in a trade deal after britain leaves the eu. Jeremy corbyn claims he has proof, in the form o
More on our website, bbc. Co. Uk news, and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Trump signsa trump signs a key hong kong legislation. The move backing pro democracy demonstrators comes in the face of angry objections from china. Protests and investments. A trade minister in chile tells me why his country is open for business despite wave of violent demonstrations. Good morning, asia, hello, world. Yes, it is a thursday. Glad you could join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Lets start off with the hong kong protests, because us President Donald Trump has signed into law congressional legislation backing the pro democracy protesters. The move comes despite angry objections from beijing, the us and china had been close to reaching a phase i deal to end their bitter trade war. Michael mccarthy joins end their bitter trade war. Michael mccarthyjoins me now end their bitter trade war. Michael mccarthy joins me now f
And with his country in the grip of massive protests colombias president begins what hes calling a National Dialogue. The big. Thank you for joining us prodemocracy candidates in hong kong have won an unprecedented and symbolic victory in District Council elections voters turned out in record numbers after almost 6 months of protests that have cause a territorys worst political crisis in decades live to soft rock in hong kong in just a moment but 1st this report from scott hyde. In a sweeping victory prodemocracy candidates made huge gains in hong kongs District Council elections gaining control from pro beijing parties. The voters sending a clear message in the 1st polling since the protest movement began. Even before the polls closed it was clear that this was an extraordinary election and a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever over 70 percent of registered voters cast their ballots after nearly 6 months of at times violent demonstrations the pol
Good afternoon and welcome to is newly renovated headquarters. I am the Senior Vice President at the middle east institute. I am pleased to welcome you to todays important and timely commsby examining cent approach to the middle east. We will explore prospects for an effective u. S. Military role in the region, especially given current news from northeast syria. Great panel of experts to discuss this with you today. Ken pollock, we are also pleased to welcome back senior fellow and director of the defense and Security Program after a oneyear fellowship at the department of defense. We are happy to have him back and look forward to hearing his insights from his upcoming article in the 2019 fall issue quarterlyhington entitled broken partnerships can washington get security . Eric schmidtht is a writer for the new york times. Since 2007, he has reported on terrorism issues with assignments to pakistan, afghanistan, Southeast Asia among others. Is a coauthor of counterstrike the untold st
Excellent panel and were start off with heather. Thank you so much. I think the arctic is the best place to talk about the intersection of climate stress and security. In many ways, the arctic is telling us, both polar regions are telling us theyre under the most stress as the arctic is warming two to three times faster than anyplace on the planet. In many ways, were now dealing with a very new ocean. In fact our former coast guard commandant called the arctic americas fourth coast. I thought that was a powerful way of thinking about it because Many Americans do not know the United States as an arctic nation to bring it home, this is homeland security. We now have a new coast that requires our protection. That is what in many ways the nexus between the rapid diminishment of the arctic polar ice cap is now creating new borders, new coasts to protect. Which is why we need enhanced coast guard presence. Certainly thats through the enhanced ice breaker component, what we call a polar secur