With me, zeinab badawi. The president of the democratic republic of congo, Joseph Kabila, has been in powerfor 16 years, and should have stood down at elections that were due last november. Still no elections are in sight and opposition leaders are growing increasingly frustrated. My guest today is opposition politician Moise Katumbi. Is effectively in exile in europe, so is effectively in exile in europe, so what can he achieve that this distance . At this distance. And has the opposition been outmanoeuvred by president kabila . Moise katumbi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. December the 31st last year, a deal was hammered out under the auspices of a group of powerful Catholic Bishops in the drc. Does that present a way forward . There should be a Transitional Administration, pending elections to be held in 2018, Joseph Kabila wont stand. Yes, we know that deal, which the argument with the congolese government and the opposition, supposed to serve the country. So far the agreement is
But its still not far enough. Ten months ago, britain stood on the edge of the precipice. A vote for brexit said the government would be disastrous. The hit to the uk economy would be so great, there would be spending cuts and tax rises, almost immediately. Well, what a difference ten months on. As the country prepares to start the brexit process, phillip hammond, todays chancellor of the exchequer, was sounding a very different tone. I report today on an economy that has continued to confound the commentators with robust growth. A Labour Market delivering record employment and a deficit down by over two thirds. As we start negotiations to exit the european union, this budget takes forward our plan to prepare britain for a brighterfuture. And the reason for this cautious optimism is the growth rate for the uk economy for 2017 it has been revised upwards from 1. 4 to 2 , while employment is forecast to grow every year to 2021. Far from the immediate recession predicted by remain campaig
Called off. Pacquiao and amir khan has been called off. More details are emerging on how the cia could be hacking into our phones, computers and smart tvs and several tech firms have now responded. In a statement, apple says, while our initial analysis indicates many of the issues leaked today were already patched in the latest ios, we will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities. Samsung whose smart televisions were reportedly targeted says, we are aware of the report in question and are urgently looking into the matter. Former cia staff have called the leak incredibly damaging, and say it makes the country less safe. Jonny dymond has more. Who is listening when we are watching . Change channel to 103. If the leaks are genuine, then the cia can use some Television Voice command technology to send our conversations back to the spooks. Show me samsung smart. And it is more than just televisions. The Convenient Technology we surround ourselves with can be turned a
Called off. Pacquiao and amir khan has been called off. More details are emerging on how the cia could be hacking into our phones, computers and smart tvs and several tech firms have now responded. In a statement, apple says, while our initial analysis indicates many of the issues leaked today were already patched in the latest ios, we will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities. Samsung whose smart televisions were reportedly targeted says, we are aware of the report in question and are urgently looking into the matter. Former cia staff have called the leak incredibly damaging, and say it makes the country less safe. Jonny dymond has more. Who is listening when we are watching . Change channel to 103. If the leaks are genuine, then the cia can use some Television Voice command technology to send our conversations back to the spooks. Show me samsung smart. And it is more than just televisions. The Convenient Technology we surround ourselves with can be turned a
Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm at the United Nations in new york where, addressing north koreas recent Missile Tests, the Us Ambassador nikki haley delivered a blunt message to north korea. Flanked by representatives from both japan and south korea, Ambassador Haley warned that all options are on the table when it came to americas response. She also had this to say about the countrys leader kim jong un. We are not dealing with a rational person, if this was any other country we would be talking about that and this wouldnt be an issue, this is not a rational person who has not had rational axe and who is not thinking clearly. What i can tell you as the stance of the us is we are real value in how we can handle north korea Going Forward and we are making those decisions now and we will act accordingly. Malaysia is having its own problems with north korea. The two nations have banned each othe