the proportion of the world s population living in extreme poverty has declined sharply over the past 30 years. here s the bad news. still close to one in 20 of all the world s people relies on humanitarian assistance for survival. with many nations cutting their aid budgets, international ngos remain a linchpin of the global aid system. but are they fit for purpose? well, my guest is danny sriskandarajah, chief executive of oxfam great britain. he promised to reimagine what aid would look like. has he succeeded? danny sriskandarajah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let s start with those two different ways of looking at what s happening to the world s poorest people. one in 20, almost, still suffering extreme poverty, even as global poverty rates decline do you think that the aid system is failing those people? well, let s just start with what s happening around the world at the moment. we think, for the first time since records began 30 years ago, there s actually
american football legend tom brady has announced his retirement for the second time in a year. life of our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man, who died after being beaten by police, has taken place. the us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, tennessee. following tyre nichols death, five officers, all of them black, were charged with second degree murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was overlaid with anger, as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can t speak for everybody in memphis, i can t speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that man h
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i m karishma vaswani. the headlines us vice president kamala harris leads calls for police reform, at the funeral in memphis of tyre nichols, who died after being beaten by officers. and as vice president of the united states, we demand that congress pass the george floyd to justice and policing act. joe biden will sign it. the funeral of the controversial australian cardinal, george pell, has just begun in sydney we ll be live there with our correspondent. divisive internet personality andrew tate will remain in police custody until february 27, after a romanian court rejected his detention appeal on wednesday.
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