john, paul, george and ringo each get their own biopics. live from our studio in singapore, this is beeb news. it s singapore, this is beeb news. it s newsday. we start this hour with developing news from pakistan and in a late night press conference, two major political parties say they have reached an agreement to form a coalition government. this comes after a tense election campaign with allegations of vote rigging. now, these are the two men who will be taking the top jobs, azif ali zadhari will be the candidate for the presidency, his second time in the role. and also for the second time, shibaz sharif will be his second in can hand, the younger brother of nawaz sharif. it was expected that there soon there would be some sort of announcement from some of the major parties in pakistan. tonight we saw pakistan people s party and nawaz sharif, and pmln, muslim league, they announced a coalition government. there s been a lot of back and forth between the parties before the
the queen should become the first british monarchy to celebrate 65 yea rs british monarchy to celebrate 65 years on the throne. as she becomes the first. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the number of patients on hospital wards has been at levels deemed to be unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter that s according to the bbc‘s analysis of nhs figures. the pressure on beds has meant many patients have been at a higher risk of infection and delays in getting treated. up to date figures aren t available for the rest of the uk. nhs england says the main problem is finding alternative care for patients who were medically well but frail. our correspondent, jane dreaper, has been to a hospital in somerset to see just how much pressure the nhs is under. it s been a very difficult winter at yeovil hospital in somerset. like many other hospitals in england, they ve had to battle behind the scenes here to find enough free beds in recent weeks. you can
in the interest of peace. president donald trump has been giving his first speech to a joint session of the us congress since he took office last month. in his hour long address he he said he wanted to see a one trillion dollar investment in the infrastructure of the united states and a merit based system of immigration. he railed against the islamic terrorism. it was pleased to improve approval ratings. he spoke of the renewal of the american spirit and condemn the recent wave of threats. he said the american people must be united against evil. recent threats targeting jewish centres and vandalism of jewish targeting jewish centres and vandalism ofjewish cemetery as well as last week ‘s shooting in kansas city reminds us that while we are a nation divided we are country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. he startled many by beginning the speech by mentioning the civil rights movement, and his first mention of the shooting attack o
i stephen sackur. this citystate is one of the remarkable economic success one of the remarkable economic success stories of the past 50 yea rs. success stories of the past 50 years. but storm clouds are gathering over singapore. president trump is challenging assumptions about free trade and traditional security alliances in asia. i have an exclusive interview with the prime minister of singapore, lee hsien loong. is singapore feeling vulnerable? prime minister lee hsien loong, welcome to hardtalk. let s start with the international political climate. donald trump is now president of the united states and he talks about protectionism, ripping up trade deals that have been bad for america. how dangerous is this new political climate for singapore. we are watching it very carefully. we of all countries depend most on trade, our gdp on foreign trade is the highest in the world, we have free trade agreements with many countries including the us. we are dependent on the system wh