Dateline londons look ahead to 2017. What a joyful year its going to be. Britain will move calmly towards brexit, the European Union will solve all its problems with migration, unemployment and insolvent banks, donald trump will begin a glorious four years as president , The Middle East will finally be at peace, and we can all dream. Back in the real world, lets hear what our expert panel think. Im joined by Stryker Mcguire of bloomberg markets, Abdel Bari Atwan who is a writer and broadcaster on arab affairs, Agnes Poirier of marianne, and Steve Richards who is a british political commentator. Britain first, to coin a phrase, and we can all predict that article 50 will indeed be invoked by march, beginning the formal process of leaving the European Union. But where will brexit, and indeed the eu, be by the end of 2017 . With political change in france and italy, and possibly in germany too. What do we think is going to happen . I think 2017 will be much more difficult than this artifi
Born a crime to a black mother and white father in apartheid south africa, he has navigated his way through the explosive issue of race and identity. With critics claiming that Donald Trumps victory has encouraged intolerant rhetoric, does he fear that the space for liberal satire such as his is shrinking . Trevor noah, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, zeinab. You were born in 1984, six years before Nelson Mandela was released. Your father is a white swiss man, your mother was black, a union punishable by five years in prison. How did it feel to be born a crime . Well, the truth is for me it didnt feel any different to being born i guess any differently, because i was really lucky in that i was insulated as a child, so i grew up under apartheid but i was spared from a lot of the ills of apartheid. My parents were in a world where they were the ones who faced the ills, thats what i talk about in the book, i dont make it seem like it was my struggle, its a struggle i didnt even know i was
With sally and World Business report. A Record Number of uk oil and Gas Companies went bust in 2016 but could this be the year the price of the black stuff bounces back . Ringing the bell for 2017. Where should you put your money this year . And will economists or Fortune Tellers have the upper hand on predictions . Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, live in singapore to hear how the city states economy is faring and you may be surprised. But first the number of uk oil and Gas Companies going bust has reached an all time high following the slump in prices of crude. Thats according to Accountancy Firm Moore Stephens who say a total of 16 businesses became insolvent last year, an eight fold increase on 2015. Despite the recent increase in the price of the black stuff, atjust under 60 a barrel its stilljust over half what it was in the summer of 2014. That price point has hit the industry hard and the new year marked the start of the first global pa
the vehicle was parked in the main square of the state capital. two suspects have been arrested. the area, in central mexico, has seen a surge in violence linked to a turf war between rival drug gangs. a study has found that the number of adults suffering from dementia worldwide could nearly triple by the middle of the century. the research, published in the british medicaljournal, the lancet, says older and growing populations are the main drivers behind the increase. but higher rates of obesity, smoking and diabetes are also majorfactors. the australian government has rejected claims novak djokovic is being held captive after being denied entry to the country. the world number one is being held in an immigration detention facility following the cancellation of his visa for failing to meet australia s covid vaccination requirements. mr djokovic is not being held captive in australia. he is free to leave at any time that he chooses to do so,
back home in south africa, other young dancers are hoping to follow in his footsteps. it s very much inspiring, i it keeps us motivated here. these girls live in an area fought over by three rival drug gangs. why do you dance? it keeps us away from many things, the gangsterism, i drug dealing, the abuse that happens sultry saxophone music plays for older south africans, ballroom has a different meaning. during the era of racial apartheid, different races were banned from mingling. only the dance floor offered the occasional glimpse of freedom. we were blacks, coloureds, whites, every denomination were all there and we just did our thing, and wejust loved gathering, having social evenings on fridays. and this was illegal. it was totally illegal. back in london, two stars of