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
The college, the station, all of these buildings were invested in from funds from the eu. Funds which wont necessarily be replaced by governments in london and cardiff. My first question is why did people vote in large numbers against the European Union, the source of so much investment in this community . Good evening. twas the night before brexit. One more sleep, as one leave supporting blog tweeted today. By this time tomorrow, the Prime Minister will have triggered article 50 and britains departure from the European Union will be officially under way. As we will hear over the course of tonights programme, there is much still to be resolved. In a moment, emily gets marine le pens take on brexit and, of course, a whole lot more. But first im joined by our Political Editor nick watt in the studio, and by our diplomatic editor mark urban in berlin. Nick, what is exactly going to happen tomorrow . It will have the feel of a budget day. Theresa may will brief colleagues can only meeting
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