Aus north korea as a brutal regime after a us student that was imprisoned there guys. Stay hydrated, as the uk heatwave continues. Imprisoned there guys. Imprisoned there has died. Good morning. Its tuesday 20th june. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Serious Fraud office has charged barclays and four former executives including former chief Executivejohn Varley with fraud over the banks dealings with qatar at the height of the financial crisis. Barclays raised Emergency Funding from qatar in 2008 to avoid a government bail out. Now barclays has become the first bank to Face Criminal Charges for actions during the financial crisis. With me is ben thompson. The first Senior Executives to face charges over alleged activities in that period of the financial crisis. Tell us more period of the financial crisis. Tell us more about what the charges are. You have two turn the clock back to 2008, the height of the crisis. Three of the biggest banks said they we re three of th
Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where President Obama has held the final Press Conference of his eight years in the white hous just 48 hours before his successor is inaugurated, a reflective mr obama, touted his achievements from gay rights to lifting the Trade Embargo with cuba. He had words of advice for donald trump dont try and do it all yourself, listen to your advisers. And there was a final thought in my heart, i think were going to be ok. Heresjon sopel. For one last time, barack obama came to the White House Briefing room to joust with the press. Good afternoon, everybody. But amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. You are not supposed to be sycophants, you are supposed to be sceptics. Youre supposed to ask me tough questions. Youre not supposed to be complimentary, bu
Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where President Obama has held the final Press Conference of his eight years in the white hous just 48 hours before his successor is inaugurated, a reflective mr obama, touted his achievements from gay rights to lifting the Trade Embargo with cuba. He had words of advice for donald trump dont try and do it all yourself, listen to your advisers. And there was a final thought in my heart, i think were going to be ok. Heresjon sopel. For one last time, barack obama came to the White House Briefing room to joust with the press. Good afternoon, everybody. But amid reports that his successor wants to limit access and regularly accuses journalists of being dishonest and liars, the outgoing president spoke of the importance of a strong and free media. You are not supposed to be sycophants, you are supposed to be sceptics. Youre supposed to ask me tough questions. Youre not supposed to be complimentary, bu
Round the world challenge. Holding off a late challenge from britains alex thomson. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Theresa may has outlined her vision of a truly Global Britain during an address to Business Leaders at the World Economic forum in davos. The Prime Minister said the uk was facing a period of momentous change and must forge a new role in the world. She said the road ahead would be uncertain at times but britain sought to become even more global and internationalist. And mrs may had a warning for bosses whose companies have a global reach, telling them not to forget their responsibilities to communities. Our Business Editor simon jack sent this report. Voiceover theresa may stepped out to face the global elite she has been so scathing about. And audience she acknowledged was still struggling to understand the referendum result. I know that this, and the other reasons britain took such a decision is not always well understood internationally. Particularly
Fever that is common in west africa, the last one is mers, believed to be spread by camels. It has mostly killed here in saudi arabia. This lab in oxford is one of the Research Facilities trying to protect people against mers. It is one of the most advanced vaccines out there. This is the clinical Bio Manufacturing facility and this is the basis for the mers vaccine. It will be scaled up the mers vaccine. It will be scaled up over the coming months and it is suspected hundreds of files of it will be ready for human trials by the end of the year. If this vaccine does work it could still take a decade or so to get it to those who need it. Historically, many hasnt been forthcoming and research is long and context. This Research Costs hundreds of millions of dollars. It may not be any of these three viruses that cause the next epidemic but if it is, putting the time and money in now could stop a small outbreak becoming the next local health emergency. The headlines on bbc News Donald Trump