Singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 9am in queensland, australia, where the devastation caused by Cyclone Debbie is beginning to emerge. Australias Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has activated a Disaster Response plan and has warned people they may have to remain in shelters for several our come. The storm brought with it torrential rain and winds of almost 260 kilometres per hour. Nearly 250,000 people lost power, airports have been closed, and there has been damage to infrastructure near the water. Look at these images filmed by nasa from the International Space station. Cyclone debbie had an eye 50 kilometres across. The premier warned of plenty of work to be done. We are looking at significant destruction, we think. We are preparing for that. We are doing the work now to get the assets on the ground, including with military partners, to make sure we can get in there with the resources we
Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, here in florida, where my guest is 98 year old ben ferencz. He is the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi trials. He also helped liberate the death camps of europe while serving in the us army. So does he believe that the Nuremberg Trials have made genocide and other Crimes Against Humanity less likely to be committed in The World Today . Ben ferencz, welcome to hardtalk. You were born in 1920 in transylvania in central europe. You moved to the United States with your family when you were a little baby. You really epitomise the american dream, a kind of Rags To Riches story, because it was discovered that you were highly intelligent and you were put on a fast track to Harvard Law School. We arrived in america. My parents were young immigrants fleeing persecution and poverty. No money, no skills, no language. And lucky to have some friendly new yorker offer us, my father, who had been trained as a shoemaker, but they didn
Singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 9am in queensland, australia, where the devastation caused by Cyclone Debbie is beginning to emerge. Australias Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has activated a Disaster Response plan and has warned people they may have to remain in shelters for several our come. The storm brought with it torrential rain and winds of almost 260 kilometres per hour. Nearly 250,000 people lost power, airports have been closed, and there has been damage to infrastructure near the water. Look at these images filmed by nasa from the International Space station. Cyclone debbie had an eye 50 kilometres across. The premier warned of plenty of work to be done. We are looking at significant destruction, we think. We are preparing for that. We are doing the work now to get the assets on the ground, including with military partners, to make sure we can get in there with the resources we
Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, here in florida, where my guest is 98 year old ben ferencz. He is the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi trials. He also helped liberate the death camps of europe while serving in the us army. So does he believe that the Nuremberg Trials have made genocide and other Crimes Against Humanity less likely to be committed in The World Today . Ben ferencz, welcome to hardtalk. You were born in 1920 in transylvania in central europe. You moved to the United States with your family when you were a little baby. You really epitomise the american dream, a kind of Rags To Riches story, because it was discovered that you were highly intelligent and you were put on a fast track to Harvard Law School. We arrived in america. My parents were young immigrants fleeing persecution and poverty. No money, no skills, no language. And lucky to have some friendly new yorker offer us, my father, who had been trained as a shoemaker, but they didn
Scottish parliament has voted in favour of making a formal request to the uk government of making a independence referendum. Our top story in the uk britain formally begins the process to exit the european union, what should Asian Companies be looking for . Are we set to the Higher Oil Prices . We will hear from the International Energy agency. Hello. Later today Prime Minister theresa may will be triggering article 50 and that will officially start the process of brexit. Japanese businesses were some of the most vocal against brexit ahead of the referendum last year. Their comments are not surprising considering japan is the biggest asian investor in the uk. And its Companies Account for about 140,000 permanentjobs. Companies account for about 140,000 permanent jobs. Carmakers such Companies Account for about 140,000 permanentjobs. Carmakers such as nissan, toyota and honda are major employers. Theirfactories nissan, toyota and honda are major employers. Their factories make almost ha