the refugee crisis is one of the world s most intractable problems. 60 million people have fled their homes, a third of them also fleeing their own country. but my guest today says the problem is fixable and we can do it easily. he s the economist professor sir paul collier. the solution, he argues, is to give refugeesjobs and in doing so, he suggests everyone will benefit. but if the answer is so simple, why hasn t it been done before? paul collier, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for inviting me on. now, you have said of the syrian refugee crisis that it is entirely manageable, it is fixable, we can do it easily, and yet we are talking about millions of desperate people on the move why do you say it is so fixable? because it is. the reason we ve got a mess is two things. one is we ve got an international system which is hopelessly broken. we ve got a system built in 1950 that is completely unfit for 21st century problems. and we ve never changed it. so we ve got a broken sy
new zealand due to wildfires burning out of control. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prospect of more industrial action is looming on southern network after its members rejected the deal. the dispute began last april when members of the rmt first quarter. the disruption intensified in december when train drivers union aslef began its own action. the proposed deal had been condemned by the rnc. aslef says it will respect the rnc. aslef says it will respect the ballot. the parent company has reacted to the vote. paul clifton is in southampton. there was a glimmer of hope. this was a rare ray of sunshine for passengers, the prospect of earning a key vaz ending a key part of this dispute and this afternoon that ray of sunshine has gone. it is very unusualfor a ray of sunshine has gone. it is very unusual for a union membership ray of sunshine has gone. it is very unusualfor a union membership to reject the deal that has been recommended to them and negotiated on th
comes out on top in a poll of the best views in the uk. also this next hour be careful how you tip your smartphone, as you could be giving away your passwords. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the german football club borussia dortmund says one of their players, marc bartra, has been injured in an explosion on their team bus. police say there were three explosions in total. the bus was on its way to dortmund s stadium, ahead of their champions league match against monaco, which was due to kick off now. the game has now been postponed until tomorrow. well, we can now speak to our correspondent damian mcguinness, who s following this story from berlin. just bring us up to date with exactly what may have happened here. what seems to have happened is that three explosions, police say they don t know what caused the explosions, what seems to have happened is the team were leaving their hotel in the bus on the way to their hotel in the bus on the way to the stadium. there is
get his way at the g7 foreign ministers meeting today. was he naive to think he could push his weight around? all we can say is he got himself out on a limb and the branch was cut off in lucca, italy, at the g 7 meeting. should we start thinking of ourselves as a medium nation? also tonight, katie razzall has been looking at the hidden side of honour violence the men who have been victims of forced marriage, physical and psychological abuse. there is a lot of shame and pride and ego involved. this is wrong, it s dirty, we re going to beat you up, we re going to put a black and decker drill up your arse. and this. are things changing? we discuss the representation of black people, and black lives, on our screens. but do those working in the industry feel like times are changing? are things getting better? hello. yesterday foreign secretary borisjohnson had a plan for targeted sanctions against russia, as a response to its backing of bashar al assad in syria. mrjohnson was pu
. this is at the moment not the issue of. tenure kramer reporting from gaza for us tania thank you very much. more of this story now with yosef yani he s the head of the berlin bureau of the european council on foreign relations thank you for joining us in our studio is that we ve seen very strong international reaction here as we said a south african and turkey recalling their ambassadors and we should say the u.k. said quote the large volume of live fire is extremely concerning we re also seeing this u.n. security council special meeting what can all of this actually do international leaders are trying to signal to the israeli government that this is critical that their response is fueling the fire rather than controlling it and they are also deeply concerned particularly the europeans that now this leads to another period of hardening between the two sides which means there will be no progress whatsoever on any type of a negotiated solution between israelis and palestinians but wi