Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. In this age of the internet, weve come to expect instant access 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 a
And lighting up singapore, making lanterns to welcome autumn, and the festival of light. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. I am glad you could join us. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in new york, where President Trump has announced new sanctions against individuals and companies that trade with north korea. Responding to the latest sanctions north koreas leader has vowed to make trump pay dearly for threatening his country. In a meeting with the leaders ofjapan and south korea, mr trump said he had signed an executive order which also gave the Us Treasury Department discretion to sanction foreign banks that deal with pyongyang. He praised china, saying it had ordered its banks to stop doing business with north korea. The order enhances the treasury departments authority to target any individual or entity that conducts significant trade in goods, services or technology with north korea and i am very proud to tell you that,
Theresa may is expected to make the offer in a speech on brexit in italy. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Chinas Credit Rating is downgraded over concerns the growing debt pile isa over concerns the growing debt pile is a major financial risk. Over concerns the growing debt pile is a majorfinancial risk. New zealanders go to the polls this weekend, a change in government could alter the business environment. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Glad you could join us. It isa rico hizon. Glad you could join us. It is a friday. Chinas Credit Rating has been downgraded ahead of a major meeting. It went from a to a , making it the last to be downgraded. The waiting drop in 2015. Earlier we got a take on the move. You have to realise that china has zero debt. They have won century bond which trades at 212, extraordinary. In terms of direct sovereign debt issued by china, it is irrelevant. The
North koreas leader has vowed to make President Trump pay dearly for threatening to destroy his country. President trump made the remarks at the United Nations on tuesday. Kimjong un has now hit back in this war of words, calling donald trump mentally deranged. On friday, President Trump imposed new sanctions against individuals, companies and foreign banks that trade with pyongyang. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. In recent weeks, north korea has simply ignored new sanctions imposed by the United Nations and pressed ahead with its nuclear and missile tests. So now the United States has responded by promising to increase its own restrictions. At a meeting in new york with the leaders of japan and south korea, donald trump said he had signed a new executive order extending us sanctions against companies and banks that finance and facilitate trade with north korea. Today im announcing a new executive order. The us president said this would specifically target north
North koreas leader has vowed to make President Trump pay dearly for threatening to destroy his country. President trump made the remarks at the United Nations on tuesday. Kimjong un has now hit back in this war of words, calling donald trump mentally deranged. On thursday, President Trump imposed new sanctions against individuals, companies and foreign banks that trade with pyongyang. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. In recent weeks, north korea has simply ignored new sanctions imposed by the United Nations and pressed ahead with its nuclear and missile tests. So now the United States has responded by promising to increase its own restrictions. At a meeting in new york with the leaders of japan and south korea, donald trump said he had signed a new executive order extending us sanctions against companies and banks that finance and facilitate trade with north korea. Today im announcing a new executive order. The us president said this would specifically target nort