In florida, where a group of teenagers who survived a School Shooting in the us state have announced a National March on washington to demand action on gun control. They say theyre determined that the mass shooting, in which 1a pupils and three members of staff were killed, will be a turning point in the National Debate on guns. The bbcs david willis has more from washington. After this Florida Shooting it seemed that the National Debate might follow the sort of conventional pattern it has followed in the past, outrage, followed by calls for action, followed by precisely nothing, but now we have these students calling for some sort of action. These are people who, of course, dont remember the columbine massacre in 1999, they were not born at that particular time, at unlike columbine, which had outrage but not activism following it, these people are calling for a change and they have come up with various ways of ringing that about, including this seemed to have a march on the capital, w
And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in florida, where a group of teenagers who survived a School Shooting in the us state have announced a National March on washington to demand action on gun control. They say theyre determined that the mass shooting, in which 1a pupils and three members of staff were killed, will be a turning point in the National Debate on guns. The bbcs david willis has more from washington. After this Florida Shooting it seemed that the National Debate might follow the sort of conventional pattern it has followed in the past. You know, outrage, followed by calls for action, followed by precisely nothing. But now we have these students calling for some sort of action. These are people who, of course, dont remember the columbine massacre back in in 1999. They werent born at that particular time. And unlike columbine, which had outrage but not activism following it, these people are calli
And london, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and eight in the morning in manila where President Trump is in the philippines to attend the asean summit thats due to get under way shortly. Hes set to meet the controverisal leader Rodrigo Duterte, whose drug war has claimed thousands of lives. Earlier, leaders gathered for a gala dinner in manila and signed a number of trade agreements with hong kong. Joining us from manila is the bbcs howard johnson. He has been watching proceedings. It is one of the last days of President Trumps visit to asia. What are you expecting today . It has been a mass on talk for donald trump last night. He attended the gala dinner, treated toa he attended the gala dinner, treated to a provider surprise karaoke performance from Rodrigo Duterte. He will meet him again this morning for a bilateral meeting. Later on in the day he will also attend the Opening Ceremony of the 50th anniversary of the as
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 9 00am in the morning in manila, where President Trump is in the philippines to attend the asean summit that is due to get under way shortly. He is set to meet the controversial leader Rodrigo Duterte, whose drug war has claimed thousands of lives. Earlier, leaders gathered for a gala dinner in manila and signed a number of trade agreements with hong kong. Joining us from manila is the bbcs howard johnson. President Rodrigo Dutertes drug war has been controversial. It has claimed thousands of lives, and leaders gathered for a gala dinner in manila. They signed a number of trade agreements with hong kong at the time, and as you can see, they are all arriving. Canadian Leader Justin Trudeau has just walked through the door, as they begin the asean summit, being greeted by his counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte of the philippines. And we can speak now to howard johnson, who is actually in manila. He is at the us embassy at the moment where we can
Midnight in london and either 6 30am or 7am in the morning in the Korean Peninsula depending on whether youre in the north or south. But tensions continue to rise on both sides of the demilitarized zone. Pyongyang has carried out a huge Live Firing Exercise. And the us is preparing for similar large scale manoeuvres with the south korean armed forces, which will most likely include this Nuclear Powered submarine, the michigan, which sailed into a south korean port on tuesday. South korea is going to buy two advanced Radar Systems to give warnings about incoming ballistic missiles. But the message coming from north korean state tv remains confrontational. Translation now that the us has pulled out a sword to kill us we will also pull out our grand sort of justice and fight to the end, and we will kill the us imperialists with oui will kill the us imperialists with our strong and nuclear power. Our Nuclear Forces stand at the core. Earlier i spoke with dan sneider, who is Associate Direc