Victims names and nationalities are expected to be released as they are identified. Now on bbc news, Hardtalks Stephen Sackur speaks to Eliot Higgins, founder of the open source investigations website bellingcat. Welcome to hardtalk, with me, stephen sackur. What is the truth behind the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight mh 17 or the poisoning of the former russian spy, 01 poisoning of the former russian spy, or the recent assassination of a Chechen Rebel fighter in berlin. My guest today thinks he can piece together truths from the World Wide Web. He is Eliot Higgins, founder investigative website bellingcat in an age beset by fake news, as he really found a way to distinguish fa ct. Eliot higgins, welcome to hardtalk. I want to start if i may with the self definition. Would you describe yourself as a journalist or a data a nalyst yourself as a journalist or a data analyst or some sort of on line detective . I like on line detective. We do acts ofjournalism and some of the work
Also in the programme a minutes silence as new zealand pays tribute to the victims of last weeks deadly volcano eruption. And in the philippines, a key day in the cyber libel trial of a journalist and outspoken critic of the president. Good morning. It is 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 1 00am in madrid, where the longest un climate talks ever held have finished with a compromise deal on tackling climate change. The agreement means all countries will put new, tougher carbon cutting plans on the table in time for another major conference in scotland next year. Our science editor David Shukman has the details. Were starting to get a little lost. We are kind of lost. 0k. Confusion and fatigue after the longest session of climate negotiations on record. We are a little confused about what documents are being discussed. The hope had been to speed up the fight against rising temperatures. Instead, the talks limped to a compromise that left many unhappy, especially the island nat
Now on bbc news, Hardtalks Stephen Sackur in conversation with behrouz boochani, iranian author, journalist and refugee. Welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur. In 2013, the Australian Government adopted a draconian anti immigration policy which involved sending all seaborne, would be Asylum Seekers to de facto detention camps in remote Papua New Guinea and micronesia. My guest was one of them. Behrouz boochani is an uranium kurd who has written about his experience. He is now a prize winning author, but is his long term fate any clearer . Behrouz boochani, in auckland, new zealand, welcome to hardtalk. Yeah, thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show, behrouz. I think we have to begin with an explanation of how youre in new zealand after this epic, very long journey, difficultjourney that youve been on. How come right now youre talking to me from auckland . I was invited by the world festival in christchurch in new zealand a few months ago, and then i applied to
But for us, just they took us then, through thursday and friday, from the water and exiled us were going to see weather fronts to manus island, to that really target western scotland, you are up to date on the headlines. Bringing large amounts of rain here. Now on bbc news, Hardtalks Stephen Sackur in conversation now, we could see around 70 80 mm, with Behrouz Boochani, maybe more than that over iranian author, journalist and refugee. The high ground. Thats enough to cause prison, and detained us. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen some flooding impacts, sackur. In 2013 the australian but its not the only place that will see rain. On thursday, well also see some wet government adopted a draconian and they never asked us questions weather pushing in anti immigration policy which and they didnt send us to a court. Across Northern Ireland. The rain getting into northern involved sending all seaborne would and also they tortured us, you know. England and north wales, too. Further south and e
And, officially, only men can become monks in thailand. But that didnt stop these women we visit their all female temple its 7am in singapore and midnight here in britain, where investigations are continuing into the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in the trailer of a lorry, about 30 kilometres outside of london. Its not known who they are or where they came from, one was a teenager. The lorry driver whos from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Our special correspondent ed thomas has this report from the town of grays. Just before 1. 40am, paramedics call police. The doors of the lorry container had been opened. Inside, 39 bodies. 39 lives. People with hopes and ambitions. The youngest was a teenager. Thats tragic. Absolutely terrible. Yeah, such a shame. Obviously trying to get over here for a better life. It is heartbreaking for me. Feels very sorry for them. Its horrible. Its quite difficult to believe thats happening quite close to the place whe