To show some of the flaws of democracy, the positive things in democracy, and during the Tumultuous Times i served there was so much that occurred that showed the weakness of what we are doing. My book was talking about how can we improve democracy and also remind people of the great history of western civilization and what we have in this country, and try to move forward to a rebirth of democracy. Host im interested in your thoughts on the title what are you trying to a couple should . Guest a restless wrote a book folly,n pursuit of highly political, but it was moving toward the protestant reformation, and talking about how much reform was needed. I use that title as a backdrop to really show how important it is to reform and change the way we do things in d. C. Onef there were 1 major step congress could take to reform, what could it be . Guest we should have a balanced budget every year. He saw recently we had a continuing resolution that moved us from september 2 december, and now
I want to begin with the american statement at an emergency session of the Un Security Council earlier. To the Un Security Council earlier. To the members of the Security Council, i must say, enough is enough. We have taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intentions, it has not worked. Members of this council will no doubt urge negotiations and a return to talks. But as i havejust negotiations and a return to talks. But as i have just outlined, negotiations and a return to talks. But as i havejust outlined, we have engaged in numerous direct and multilateral talks with the north korean regime, and time after time, they have not worked. The time for half measures in the Security Council is over. The time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before it is too late. We must now adopt the strongest possible measures. Kim jong uns action cannot be seen as defensive. He wa nts to cannot be seen as defensive. He wants to be acknowledged as a Nuclear Power. But being
In its history is here. Round two in the battle of the taxi hailing apps. Uber has already thrown in the towel in china, but now it faces competition in london. South koreas navy has held major live fire drills off the peninsulas east coast, in a show of force to north korea after its latest nuclear test. Further exercises at sea, possibly involving us forces, are expected to occui involving us forces, are expected to occur later in the week. Despite our efforts over the past 2a yea rs, despite our efforts over the past 2a years, the north Korean Nuclear programme is years, the north Korean Nuclear programme is more years, the north Korean Nuclear programme is more dangerous than ever. War is not something the us wa nts. Ever. War is not something the us wants. We do it not want it now but our country s patience is not unlimited. We will defend our country and our territory. Transaction mac it is a vicious circle. The situation must be resolved peacefully. China will never allow chaos
The boss of the uk trade body thats expelled the Public Relations firm for the worst breach of ethics in its history is here. Brick by brick leaders of the largest emerging nations are discussing how to build a brighterfuture. Welcome to World Business report. Also in the programme, as cuba opens up its domestic economy, well be taking at how fresh investment is sparking a revival in the countrys mining industry. The Public Relations firm Bell Pottinger has been expelled from the pr trade body in the uk. The Public Relations and Communications Association says the company was unethical and unprofessional and brought the industry into disrepute. In an unprecedented move its expelled Bell Pottinger for 5 years. This follows the companies Media Campaign for the wealthy gupta family of south africa that was heavily criticised for stirring up racial tensions in the country. The guptas have been accused of benefiting financially from close links to south africas president zuma and hired Bell
If you do anything online, from storing photos to buying stuff, chances are you rely on the cloud. We speak to tech boss who explains why its big business. We will speak to the former boss of ebay. Today we want to know. Are you worried are about storing precious stuff from cherished photos to personal data on the cloud . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Its the final day of the summit involving leaders of brazil, russia, india, china and south africa also known as the brics. The group has been quick to condemn north korea for their Nuclear Missile tests, but discussions have also centred around kick starting global growth. While the white house is pushing a protectionist trade agenda, chinas stance is different. President xijinping wants to use this summit to promote what he describes as an open world economy. Then theres the brics bank a smaller, alternative to the world bank used by governments to Fund Infrastructure projects. It hand