Its 7am in singapore, and midnight in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may says she intends to serve a full term as britains Prime Minister, and is getting on with the job. But her comments come just hours after one of her former colleagues, the uks ex finance minister, described her as a dead woman walking. Well, shes been been reshuffling her cabinet and insists its business as usual. Our political correspondent, vicki young, reports. Shes putting on a brave face, but theresa may knows she has thrown her party into turmoil. The shock of Election Night is still sinking in. After church this morning, the Prime Minister rang round colleagues whod been defeated on thursday. Shes in office for now, but for how much longer . I said during the Election Campaign that, if re elected, i would intend to serve a full term. But what i am doing now is actually getting on with the immediate job and i think thats whats important, i think thats what the public would expect. They want t
Delivered with menace, no one does it quite like Rodrigo Duterte, elected President Of The Philippines a year ago. Since he came to power, around 7000 people have been killed. Human Rights Groups are aghast that the majority of filipinos seem to like his iron fist. My guest is one of the president s most fierce critics, senator antonio trillanes. Is duterte taking the phillipines and the region in a new direction . Antonio trillanes, in manila, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you very much for inviting me. We speak at a difficult time for your country. In mindanao in the south of the philippines, you have a National Emergency with a town that for weeks has faced a siege because it has been, in essence, taken over byjihadist gunmen. The president says this is a National Emergency and it is time for the country to unify. Do you agree . I agree that what is happening in marawi is a National Crisis and something that we should deal with decisively. But i feel that the armed forc
Delivered with menace, no one does it quite like Rodrigo Duterte, elected President Of The Philippines a year ago. Since he came to power, around 7000 people have been killed. Human Rights Groups are aghast that the majority of filipinos seem to like his iron fist. My guest is one of the president s most fierce critics, senator antonio trillanes. Is duterte taking the phillipines and the region in a new direction . Antonio trillanes, in manila, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you very much for inviting me. We speak at a difficult time for your country. In mindanao in the south of the philippines, you have a National Emergency with a town that for weeks has faced a siege because it has been, in essence, taken over byjihadist gunmen. The president says this is a National Emergency and it is time for the country to unify. Do you agree . I agree that what is happening in marawi is a National Crisis and something that we should deal with decisively. But i feel that the armed forc
Delivered with menace, no one does it quite like Rodrigo Duterte, elected President Of The Philippines a year ago. Since he came to power, around 7000 people have been killed. Human Rights Groups are aghast that the majority of filipinos seem to like his iron fist. My guest is one of the president s most fierce critics, senator antonio trillanes. Is duterte taking the phillipines and the region in a new direction . Antonio trillanes, in manila, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you very much for inviting me. We speak at a difficult time for your country. In mindanao in the south of the philippines, you have a National Emergency with a town that for weeks has faced a siege because it has been, in essence, taken over byjihadist gunmen. The president says this is a National Emergency and it is time for the country to unify. Do you agree . I agree that what is happening in marawi is a National Crisis and something that we should deal with decisively. But i feel that the armed forc
In hong kong, where there are concerns the visit of chinas president xi may have stoked divisions in the territory. 0n the face of it, mr xi was simply marking the 20th Anniversary of hong kong being handed back to china by the british, but he used the event to warn against any challenge to beijings control. The Foreign Ministry said the handover deal, Guaranteeing Two Systems until 2047, had no practical significance, and there are fears of new Education Programmes to bring the public into line. It was all smiles for president xi as he left hong kong on sunday, Shaking Hands with carrie lam, the new chief executive of the city, who is widely seen as a chinese ally. But he can be left with no doubt about the strength of feeling among many citizens of hong kong. Thousands of people took to the streets over the weekend in support of greater autonomy from beijing. A little earlier i spoke to the lawyer, former legislator veteran and democracy campaigner martin lee. I asked him what he mad