Coming up after the news it s hard to quiz me should lie since September 29000 bushfires of consumed 10000000 hectares of land in Australia that s almost the size of England Australia s annual season of 5 has become earlier last longer than ever before many see it is evidence of climate change although the government says it s not as simple as that condemned by its specific neighbors for inaction does Australia s foreign passes and for the environment for his nation is becoming a climate where I see a mystery is the climate was I think a vesting I think the more extreme voices of being more muted my sense is that will continue people understand climate is real they re seeing the impacts that they re feeling and when people see that favor and they want things to be done and I think governments around the world are recognizing that and certainly a strain government has and will yes I do think the Australian Government should be doing more in climate change but they sickening they will h
G.m.t. Hello I m Jamie Roberts and this is the b.b.c. World Service in America the working day is closing down in Asia Monday is just a memory for most of the continent is well into Tuesday will gather of a 2 time zones together and business masses but German engineering John seaman says it will not turn its back on its deal to help build a new Australian coal mine must despite climate change protests what s it take to be an adult in Japan we ll find out what coming of age means how a film about a clash of cultures in an American factory is nominated for an Oscar we talked to the directors capitalism without without a harness on it is like just pure energy a ruthless amoral energy and it s like capitalism has led to great things but it s also led to death and impoverishment of other people to find out the story behind an American factory here on business not just coming out just after news. Hello I m Nick Kelley with a.b.c. News the u.s. Treasury Department says it will no longer labe
Here s our world affairs correspondent Paul Adams at the start of the year when Donald Trump hopes to be reelected the president who has repeatedly said he wants to get American troops out of the Middle East is sending an additional 750 in its top they ll fly to a base in Kuwait from where around 100 Marines were sent to the Baghdad embassy last night the fortified compound which was never in any real danger yesterday seems quiet enough this morning but the anger generated by last weekend s airstrikes has once again pitted the trumpet ministration against Iran and its proxies around the Middle East one of Mr Trump s last tweets of the year was a warning to Iran that it will be held responsible for any American lives lost figures collated by the b.b.c. Show the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats was more than 6 times higher in 2019 then in the previous year 283 people were intercepted by Border Force officials in December alone Simon Jones reports from Dover
It what we re calling the radio for ideas lab we ve brought together 3 brilliant minds the very best in their field who offer their expertise for free to help get his idea of the ground. A social innovator is Steven Berkoff Well conceiving Good morning tell us your idea what you think you can resolve what we re trying to solve 2 big problems in the u.k. 1st solve the housing crisis and every one of the weather crisis and the impacts on younger people in particular who need a photo housing the 2nd issue we re trying to resolve is about the growth in a segregation in our country few people actually have contact with other generations outside their own family there are well over $2000000.00 older people who are living on their own and therefore experiencing loneliness So our proposal is around intergenerational housing bringing older and young people together either under one roof or in communities alongside each other providing mutual support companionship practical support friendship m
Schools concluded that the bequest from a former pupil Professor sobriety Thwaites wasn t compatible with their values but the decision has prompted a debate about equality and race Simon Jones reports So Brian who s $96.00 had planned to bequeath 800000 pounds to win just the college and $400000.00 pounds the dollars college in his will he received scholarships to attend both schools and said he wanted his money to go to white boys from disadvantaged backgrounds because they do worse at school the most other ethnic groups he told The Times newspaper that if Cambridge University was prepared to accept money from the grime artist storm s easy to fund the education of 2 black students each year why shouldn t he do the same for underprivileged white pupils under the Equality Act education providers are allowed to take what s called positive action to remedy a disadvantage faced by particular groups of students but in a statement winches the college said it could not see how discriminatio