In next years elections. His political rival is barred from standing. Counting votes in a light various president ial election liberias president ial election, where former footballer of the year is seeking the top job. And the former leader serving a long prison sentence for human rights abuses and corruption asks for forgiveness after receiving a president ial pardon. Im aware that the results produced by my government were well received by some, but i recognize that i let others down. To them i ask forgiveness from the bottom of my heart. And english footballer harry kane smashes a 22yearold record for most goals scored in a calendar year. Hello, and welcome to bbc world news. A group of russian electors have formally given their support to Vladimir Putin as a candidate in next years president ial election. Mr. Putin is seeking a fourth term in office and will run as an independent this time. He still needs 300,000 signatures before his nomination is confirmed. On monday, putins mai
To knowledge but real deep understanding takes longer to acquire and to share. My guest today is one of the worlds most acclaimed novelists, nobel prize winner, orham pamuk. Hes lived almost all of his life in istanbul, writing stories about turkey which have, over decades, painted a vivid picture of a country and society pulled between east and west, past and future. What is the key to understanding orham pamuks turkey . Orham pamuk, welcome to hardtalk. Very pleased to be here. I want to start with the book, the novel that has just been published in english, the red haired woman, your latest. It is built around relationships between fathers and sons. And ijust wonder why you were so drawn to that theme . In 1988, i was finishing one of my novels, during summer, and in the land next to me, an oldish man and his disciple started digging a well, and i was writing my novel and paying attention to them. After a while, they asked, sir, can we have some water . Can we have some electricity
Added, treasury is targeting leaders of north koreas Ballistic Missile programmes, as part of our maximum Pressure Campaign to isolate north korea and achieve a fully denuclearised korean peninsula. Pyong chol is believed to be one of the top people in charge of the controversial programme. Kimjong sik is thought to be behind the work to switch from liquid to solid fuel. New United Nations sanctions were introduced last friday in response to north koreas latest intercontinental Ballistic Missile test in november. Ijust spoke with dr balbina hwang, visiting professor at georgetown universitys centre for security studies. She explained what effect, if any, these sanctions are likely to have. Well, we have to remember that there are Un Security Council sanctions as well is unilateral sanctions and these latest sanctions levied by the United States government are targeting individuals. These are really symbolic more than anything else. They are a very important part of president toms maxim
Universities and student groups have banned speakers because of their views because they promote extremism. In some cases debate is being stifled. A new regulator is being stifled. A new regulator is being given powers to uphold freedom of speech. Jo johnson wants universities to open minds, not close them. He has criticised the practice of no platforming, when student unions and other University Groups ban speakers with what are seen as offensive or unacceptable views. Its vital we uphold this principle of legal freedom of speech because it is the real underpinning of how we progress of society, how we deepen our stock of knowledge, how we remain innovative and ultimately how we also resist injustices, how the rights of minorities to stand up and be counted and not suppressed are upheld. The minister wants young people to hear and challenge controversial opinions, a view shared by the vice chancellor of the university of buckingham. Universities must be about letting dialogue and deba
These photos posted on twitter by the syrian red crescent, an International Committee of the red cross. A sign of hope forjust a few. Four patients with critical medical conditions will now receive treatment in a hospital in damascus. In the rebel held suburb of Eastern Ghouta, the most vulnerable have little help. Sick and malnourished, trapped under siege since 2013. On christmas day, the bbc aired a story ofa christmas day, the bbc aired a story of a young baby, two month old who lost a n of a young baby, two month old who lost an eye and suffered severe injuries ina lost an eye and suffered severe injuries in a suspected government attack. Un efforts to arrange medical evacuations from ghouta have until now fallen on deaf ears. Last month, nine people who needed Urgent Medical care died after a request to get them out were denied. Now the attention turns to those who can still be saved. Including seven children curable cancer. But without the medicine to treat them. children curabl