Rather welcome to going underground china in the news probably more of a coronavirus but people will know that chinas one child policy arguably may have helped it become the superpower of the 21st century people are going to be surprised when reading your new book that there was no fostering programs for children one of the side effects of that one child policy before you turned up on the scene well thats right thank you very much for having me yes when we landed in china they want me to see i had known no understanding at source of course most of the children. That were abandoned. On their way into ended up in institutions and for the very little younger babies got the opportunity for International Doctrine but there is nothing happening in china now i know you write about your child in oratory speaking to me from how that. The book tells of how you were a navy Royal Navy Submarine a juror in the cold war why is it you didnt seem to have any of the prejudices which are arguably being
Hostility toward russia per chance. They see company stay with r t a day said half an hour. Im after a time they were going underground as britains code recovered pm Boris Johnson flies to brussels to try to negotiate with the largest trading block in the world and as this country tries desperately to stem a worse coronavirus death for capita rate than trumps usa or both are now as brazil coming out of the show 42 years since the communist party of china voted Deng Xiaoping paramount leader of the peoples republic paving the way for lifting 800000000 people out of poverty we speak to the britain who introduced foster care to the global superpower of the 21st century it is routinely defamed in the west for terminating us. And is the un predicts coronavirus may push of a 200000000 more people into extreme poverty we speak to a book a long list of novelist about his portrayal of londons underbelly of ultraviolet crime arguably created by upper class political ideology and ask why politici
Are on fire right now we just saw a fire engine go by ambulances as well running battles between a very small group of some would call them vandals others would call them extreme protesters or anarchists fighting it out with the police and there were ones who set fire to the churches one of these churches belongs or is used by the police of chile its a symbol of the Chilean Police force so they attack that 1st i can smell and see the smoke billowing behind me and so once again what had been a are largely peaceful joyous if you like demonstration that lasted all day long with tens of thousands of people has been marred by violence. Vote counting is underway in bolivia in a president ial election many hope will restore stability believe us plunge into a political crisis last october when then president evo morales sought a 4th term that led to protests that forced him out of office and in exile votes are being counted in guineas president ial election vying for a controversial 3rd term i
People wells along with the north west of england are the worst hit regions in the u. K. Jonah hill has more from london. Well it had been to some degree telegraphed in advance didnt come as a massive surprise and wales has been taking escalated measures for some time now on friday introducing really the quite unprecedented step of banning all travel into wales from other highly infected parts of england and scotland painting a picture really of a pretty decent United United Kingdom it in this pandemic iran has reported its highest ever single day rise in coronavirus deaths 337 fatalities raised at the total to more than 30000 and more than 4000 new infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours despite restrictions imposed 3 weeks ago schools gems and theaters are all closed and wearing a mask in public is compulsory in parts of the country. Thailands Prime Minister says rallies are not permitted as long as they are peaceful thousands are back out on the streets of bangkok for a 6th d
Arms embargo on iran has expired after 13 years it was lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers the us withdrew from the pact in 2018 its voiced strong opposition to any easing of sanctions also jabar is in town with more this lifting of the sanctions is seen as more of a political win for iran its something president Hassan Rouhani it said just in the past few days that its a very important step for the year a new nation for them to have something specific intangible as a result of the Nuclear Agreement of 2015 now just to give you an idea of how much money iran spends on its defense of program it between 2016 in 2013 it was around 45 percent of its g. D. P. That was between 18. 00 and 22000000000. 00 thats not likely to change. Good lens are heading to the polls in a tense election for follows months of unrest and theyll be 5000000 eligible voters are choosing between 12 candidates including incumbent president alpha conde and his longtime rival solo delhi and diallo