Today im deep in the english countryside to meet a man with a remarkable story, which has earned him admiration and accolades around the world. Sir Nicholas Winton is now 105 years old. When he was just 29, he helped rescue more than 600 mostlyjewish children from nazi persecution in czechoslovakia. Now, he hates the label of hero, but his life that an individuals can make an extraordinary difference. So what motivated him . Sir Nicholas Winton, welcome to hardtalk. For most of your long life, your extraordinary story wasnt particularly well known. But now it is known right around the world. Do you like the fact that people now know exactly what you did in 1938 and 39 . I dont mind the story being told. Im not so keen on the frills. What do you mean about the frills . Well, you know as a journalist, better than i do, what i mean. It means you get attention and people want you to tell the story again and again. Do you get sick of that . Except, when they tell it again and again and agai
The u. N. And United States are appealing for calm on both sides. Fresh protests erupted at the catalan capital of barcelona. The government is refusing to drop its bid for independence. Plus, calls for justice growing louder in malta following the murder of an anticorruption journalist. Demonstrators take to the streets to pressure the maltese government. And from great hope to great misery, south sudan is one of the worlds newest states, but today, millions of the people there are reliant on food aid. We have a special report on one womans struggle to survive and feed her family. Brent im brent goff. Good to have you with us. Tonight, residence in the syrian city of raqqa are bringing to a close their first day free of the rule of the socalled Islamic State. The syrian city was the capital of the Islamist Groups socalled caliphate. Troops fighting i. S. Say they have captured one of the militants last holdouts, the hospital you see right there. But there are still pockets of resistan
If he ignores you, you can pretend you are saying pooh. Why does everyone like winnie the pooh so much. After the war there was so much sadness. Then after pooh out. They were happy. Announcer and now bbc world news. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am laura. U. S. Backed forces drive Islamic State out of iraq. A syrian city the group once claimed as it capital. President trumps long running battle to introduce a travel ban has once again been blocked by a judge hours before it was due to take effect. D a grand gathering of the partys elite. Chinas leadership about to reveal their new fiveyear plan. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. U. S. Backed kurdish and irish forces in sir in syria safe they have taken control of iraq, a city Islamic State once claimed as its capital. It follows months of fighting follow led more that that killed more than 3,000 people. Lincoln has the latest. . At the heart of raqqa, they are g
Of china, the partys leader, xijinping, has said his country has made great accomplishments in the last five years, despite challenges from a very weak global economy. President xi is still speaking, in a speech which has already lasted three hours. They are listening with great intent, and xi jinping they are listening with great intent, and xijinping has been speaking of a successful reorganisation of the Chinese Military to come, as well as the importance of taiwan, hong kong and macao remaining integral parts of china. The biggest applause came in response to his discussion of tackling corruption. Translation we need to work further towards achieving socialism with chinese characteristics, to build a well off country, and to build a great power in the world. It is also the age for the party, for the people, to unite together and to strive for a better life. It is time for older generations of chinese to realise regionalisation, and to realise our chinese dream. It is time for us to
Against former england womens boss mark sampson. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk, with targets for cancer, a e and planned operations being widely missed thats according to bbc research. Nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. Only scotland has hit one of the targets. The findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker, which will allow you to see how your local service is performing on these three key waiting time targets. Being seen within four hours at accident emergency, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis, and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in england and scotland. Our Health Correspondent rob sissons is at the Queens Medical Centre in nottingham. Good afternoon. This is home to one of englandss busiest accident and emergency units. In fact, they saw a Record Number of patients for a single day t