Protesters. Remember, always wash your hands before you eat. Texas sounds the alarm over the spread of ebola, as a victim of the virus receives treatment in dallas. Aarons here with all the business, including a look at the impact of that ebola virus on African Tourism. Yeah, absolutely. Needless to say, its been hit extremely hard. But here is the problem for the continent. Because even thousands of miles away from that outbreak in west africa, countries like south africa are now reporting a drop in foreign visitors. So weve got a special report from freetown in sierra leone. A very warm welcome to gmt. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, and 7 00 p. M. In hong kong, where the prodemocracy street protests seem to be at a crossroads. Do they take seriously the authoritys offer of talks, or do they continue to put bodies on the streets and demand the resignation of the chief minister . Well, right now, as you can see from these live pictures, there are still crowds on t
Price to pay for petulance, a year in jail for the Korean Airline executive, who caused a scene over the way she was served nuts on a flight. Also on the program, aarons here, of course. Those emergency talks between greece and the eu. David, they could hardly agree to disagree. They couldnt even agree on the wording for a statement. But boy, let me tell you, the clock is ticking. Greece has just over two weeks before it could run out of money. And now one in four economists say they believe that greece will be forced to exit the euro zone. Hello. A ceasefire has been agreed in Eastern Ukraine. It comes after months of fighting of course which has left more than 5,000 people dead in and large areas in ruins. The agreement which comes into effect on midnight on saturday night was reached between the leaders of russia ukraine, germany, and france in minsk, the capital of belarus. But there are already questions over whether it will stick. One rebel field commander has told the bbc, we wo
Deliberately accelerated the planes descent. Iranians took to the street last night to celebrate a breakthrough in Nuclear Talks with the west. Can the government there sell the deal to hardliners. Also in the program, alice takes a look at whats happening in business. Its a day for arachnophobes to look away as we look at how to make a killing without getting bitten. The brave investors out there who are crowd funding biotechnology. Hello. Its midday here in london 4 30 p. M. In tehran 2 30 in garissa, kenya, where grieving relatives are arriving at the scene of yesterdays massacre at a university in the countrys northeast. This was the scene of chaos yesterday. 147 people died in the attack which was claimed by the somali islamist group, al shabaab. The militants have singled out christian students. Many of those students were sleeping in their dormitories when the massacre began, and we hear now from some of those who survived. Survived. Translator i was still asleep around 5 00 a.
The anger of the crowd. Were having to get back to our cars quickly. International efforts intensifies to find a solution to crisis in ukraine. We find out what the referendum looks like for the rest the country. Well investigate how rhythms dominate our health as part of the bbc day of the body clock. We are joined to look at the fight ongoing between pfizer and astrazeneca. Thats right lucy. Facing intense questions from politicians. If successful, the bid would be the largest take over of a uk firm. Would it be a good thing for britain . Its midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. Washington, 12 00 in nigeria where american supply planes are looking for 200 girls kidnapped by boko haram. U. S. Is flying manned Surveillance Missions and sharing satellite imagery with the Nigerian Government. The girls were taken last month. It is believed theyre being held in the sambisa forest, area twice the size of belgium. Well bring you more details on that u. S. Operation in a moment. First our World
Ukraine. Nearly 300 trucks are supplied. Will will they be able to cross the border . Food and water is transported to those stranded on the mountain in Northern Iraq. Many still in desperate need. Well speak to the community that wants president obama to do more. Also on the program, aaron is looking further at russias western food bank. I can tell you this piggy aint going to the russian market. This piggy is staying home. Why . Russia has a glut of this stuff on the market. European farmers are warning of tumbling pork prices as a result of russias tit for tat. Welcome to gmt. For me he will always be the odd little alien from mindy. For you, hes been the cross dressing dad from mrs. Doubtfire. The reality is young or old, in new york or new zealand, today you probably remember Robyn Williams. He was a rare talent able to dance between silly and serious. One of few performers that could make audiences laugh and cry on stage or screen. Few could match his energy or determination to g