me for unspun world, the programme where we can find out what s really going on without spin and without bias from the bbc s worldwide team of unrivalled experts. is something strange going on at the top of chinese politics? there is drama going on. behind the scenes and in private, not many people are very happy with the policies of xijinping. round two in the ukraine war, and it seems to be going more russia s way. the ukrainians are losing in the donbas. you can dress it up any way you like. the russians are incrementally gaining ground. and discovering where a victim of the catastrophic destruction of pompeii in 79 ad came from, and even what illnesses he had. these remains were encased in these kind of cemented, l heat hardened and time hardened layers of ash to be picked up - in a test millennia later. autocracies don t, by definition, have politics, with different figures putting forward competing ideas and trying to get popular support for them. things are run on the
in london to honour queen elizabeth s 70 years on the throne. it was the main event on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the platinum jubilee. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world, the programme where we can find out what s really going on without spin and without bias from the bbc s worldwide team of unrivalled experts. is something strange going on at the top of chinese politics? there is drama going on. behind the scenes and in private, not many people are very happy with the policies of xi jinping. round two in the ukraine war, and it seems to be going more russia s way. the ukrainians are losing in the donbas. you can dress it up anywhere you like. the russians are incrementally gaining ground. and discovering where a victim of the catastrophic destruction of pompeii in 79 ad came from, and even what illnesses he had. these remains were encased in these kind of cemented, l heat hardened and time ha
National security legislation. People in the uk are told not to travel into or out of leicester, as the city returns to Strict Lockdown amid a rise in new infections. Its 100 days since lockdown began in england. Well be assessing how the uk is doing in handling the coronavirus and what lessons could have been learnt. And facebook launches a campaign to help curb the spread of misleading content after an advertising boycott by more than 100 global brands. First, china has released details of its controversial new security law for hong kong. We knew this was coming but details of the legislation were only published after it came into effect. We now know that the crimes of secession, terrorism and subversion will be punished with up to life in prison. Companies or groups which violate the law will be fined and could have their operations suspended. China is also setting up a National Security agency in hong kong. Beijing wants to avoid scenes like this last year, and has called the new l
Is being reviewed, after the bbc obtained a recording of him telling carers about his plans to kill a year before. One of britains best known television presenters, Phillip Schofield, has revealed hes gay. An official report says the public are not telling police about some crimes because so many offenders are never brought to justice. Shamima begum who travelled to syria to join the so called Islamic State has lost the first stage of a legal challenge against the decision to strip her of her british citizenship. Doctors are urging the government to investigate why some contraceptives and hrt drugs are in such short supply in the uk. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Another 41 people including one from the uk have tested positive for the coronavirus on a cruise ship off the coast of japan. The diamond princess is being held in quarantine in the port of yokohama till at least february the 19th. The checks began after an 80 year old hong kong man who had been on the ship last
Response to covid 19, from decisions taken over lockdown, to testing and the outbreak in care homes. And what should the uk have learnt from other countries . Thats all coming up later in this edition. First, china has released details of its controversial new security law for hong kong. We knew this was coming, but details of the legislation were only published after it came into effect. We now know that the crimes of secession, terrorism, and subversion will be punished with up to life in prison. Companies or groups which violate the law will be fined and could face suspension of operations. China is also setting up a National Security agency in hong kong. Beijing has called it a sword hanging over the heads of those who threatened National Security. Critics say it will erode hong kongs way of life, including many freedoms. Pro democracy campaigner joshua wong describes it as the end of hong kong, beginning of reign of terror. Hong kongs chief executive, carrie lam doesnt agree. The