Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The leader of the liberal democrats, Sir Vince Cable, has warned the government it would send out the wrong message if it bails out the struggling Construction Company carillion using taxpayers money. Its feared the firm, which has debts of £1. 5 billion, could collapse after creditors rejected a possible rescue plan. Government officials are holding high level talks this weekend about its future. Carillion employs about 20,000 people in the uk and is one of the governments main contractors. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports this is liverpools newest hospital under construction. It will be the biggest single bed hospital in the uk, and it is being built by carillion. Now there is concern that projects like these could be affected if the company collapses. From prisons to hospitals, schools and rail, carillion is responsible for some of the uks largest infrastructure maintenance projects. So should
Im the senior director of education here is my pleasure to welcome you to tonights author talk with Francine Klagsbrun on her new book, lioness. A program we are culprits sent to you with the jewish week. We are honored to host this talk in particular because francine has been a longtime Jewish Museum board member. For 30 years, in fact. We appreciate her ongoing dedication to our institution and programming. Please visit our website to sign up for our enews to learn about concerts and workshops. After the talk we invite you to stay for a reception when francine will find books in the corner. Now please join me in welcoming gary rosenblatt, editor and publisher of the jewish week who will introduce our speaker. [applause]. Thank you very much and good evening, everyone. Before i forget i want to ask all of you to turn off your cell phones and that goes for you too, golda. So, as editor and publisher of the jewish week and im proud that jewish week is scope present in this program along
Our principal rival in that race is china. As far as simply the facts, the quantum spy is a novel that imagines the characters involved, the battle to see who can steal the other secrets about world changing technology, principally the story of my hero, american of chinese descent who was a cia officer, asked to penetrate the Chinese Intelligence Service and in the process learns about himself and the cia and how the world works shake him to his foundations and we see in this novel how the Chinese Intelligence Service not so familiar to readers of spy fiction, we have been with carla, the russians by world is your to us so one of the pleasures for me if it takes us into the world of state security, very secretive Chinese Intelligence Agency that is the principal antagonist in this book. Host how much of it is true . I always say in the prefaces to my books they exist in an imagined world, if you take any book i write and think it is a recipe for how to bake a cake you are going to end
With theel hanlon, Foreign Policy program. And on behalf of my colleagues of us here, welcome. Happy new year. Very glad for the chance to discuss an issue that we all know will likely be quite important in the new year and we hope, with positive were all a, but little on edge about the state of the north korea crisis. And were fortunate that in todays discussion, which, by the way, as you request see, is as you can see is being telecast on cspan, also has a translation dimension. But in todays discussion, were going to begin with polling that done by yasushi kudo and shibley telhami, in the united and japan, respectively, with various other organizations support. And this is looking at United States and japanese attitudes the north korea crisis, across a range of issues. Well begin with that. From theill present podium in just a moment, after ive introduced everyone. Will convene a Panel Discussion, at which time well begin with mr. Kudo being able offer any quick thoughts he has to f
But with ever growing pressure on the health service, theres more and more demand for their services. Weve been speaking to some of the nhss longest serving nurses. And after forty years of serving and operating in at least five conflicts with the british army, the Lynx Helicopter has made its final flight. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The governments ordered a fast track investigation into what went wrong at the failed construction firm, carillion. The company which also runs services in schools, hospitals and prisons went into liquidation yesterday after running up huge debts. Concerns are growing for Small Businesses connected to the firm amid fears some could collapse. 0ne industry body estimates that 30,000 companies are owed money. The business secretary greg clark has been Meeting Union leaders tonight. The gmb trade union has warned that the clock is ticking for thousands of workers worried about possible redundancies. Heres our Business Editor simonjack. Just how many