breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. fix, 24 hours a day, this is bbc news. certain degree and also support against what they see as pressure from the prc so this would be japan, south korea, singapore is a bit of a mixed position. singapore i think is not a us ally. it like this with with the us i think it appreciates bite and s more stable as opposed to trump s. so there is some concern about perhaps the mounting intensity of competition between the us and china, i think for singapore who was in the middle man position, they are wary of a bite in the ministration pushing further on competition and of course they are just as concerned with the prc in kern in case any mistakes as would venture to say. interesting you mention tensions between washington and beijing. under the obama administration when mr biden was the vp that was very much a policy of pivot to asia. how do you rate mr biden policy t
a very large sum to settle claims of phone hacking. # 0h, island in the sun. and tributes to the legendary singer, actor and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one am in khartoum in sudan where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening. the rescue mission began early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan capital khartoum not know if a ceasefire in the city would last days or even hours. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up complex plans involving numerous royal air force air
thank you everybody for tuning in tonight. hello everyone. thank you so much for joining us. i m marcia eli from the brooklyn public library s center for brooklyn history and the arts and culture team bpl presents. this year brooklyn public library celebrates, its 125th anniversary. our birthday is a chance to talk about all the library does and one important part of that work is stewarding the extraordinary special collections at the center for brooklyn history. these are archives are the combined materials from the brooklyn public libraries special collections. and those of the former brooklyn historical society, and they are literally the most comprehensive collection of brooklyn related materials in the world. so we are celebrating these amazing collections and a 125th anniversary series titled out of the box. five programs that put just few of the most important or most frequently used or beloved materials center stage clearly the dodgers and robinson have to be part of
thank you so much for joining us. i m marcia ely from the brooklyn public library center for brooklyn history. and the arts and culture team, be p l presents. this year, brooklyn public library celebrates its 125th anniversary. our birthday is a chance to talk about all the library does and one important part of that work is steward in the extraordinary special collections at the center for brooklyn history. these archives are the combined materials from the brooklyn public library s special collections and those of the former brooklyn historical society. they are literally the most comprehensive collection of frequent related materials in the world. so we are celebrating these amazing collections in a 125th anniversary series titled out of the box. five programs that put just a few of the most important or most frequently used or beloved materials center stage. clearly, the dodgers and jackie robinson have to be part of that lineup. so tonight we re bringing together a reall