Life changing. Plus, marine a is a free man. Royal marine Alexander Blackman, who was jailed for shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter, has been released from prison. Overnight. He received a life term in 2013 for murder, but his conviction was reduced to manslaughter. His wife spoke to this programme in march when she heard the news that he would be released. I spoke to him shortly afterwards and i think it took a little longer for the realisation to hit. I think he had worked very hard to prepare himself for not such good news, so once it had finally dawned on us that we were going to be together soon, we were very happy. Well bring you all the details in the next half hour. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. So much to talk about today, please get in touch, please get in touch. Porna bell was married to rob, a Science Journalist for three years before she discovered he was a secret heroin user. We have been speaking to her in her First Television int
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur, where north korea has asked the malaysian authorities to hand over the body of a man widely thought to be the half brother of the north Korean Leader kim jong un. North korea has objected to a Postmortem Examination that could determine how kimjong nam died. Our correspondent in kuala lumpur, karishma vaswani, has the latest on the investigation. Its Business As Usual in pyongyang, everything moving at clockwork precision. Today, north koreas reclusive leader, kim jong un, made an appearance at a rally celebrating the 75th Anniversary of his fathers birthday. But away from the pomp and the pageantry, a tale of murder and mystery. This man, kimjong nam, is the north Korean Leaders exiled older half brother. Hes believed to have been murdered at an airport in malaysia on monday. Between the hours of 9am to 10am in the morning on monday, the man believed to be kim jong nam was attacked in this crowded, busy airport. Police say t
Zeinab badawi, from the World Economic forum in davos. My guest is humanitarian, Activist And Hollywood Actor forest whitaker. Hes probably best known for his oscar winning role ten years ago as the ugandan dictator idi amin in the last king of scotland, and hes remained deeply involved with uganda through his work with the Whitaker Peace Development initiative, which helps young People Living in communities affected by violence across several continents. Hes also a Special Envoy for unesco and a member of the uns Advocacy Group on Sustainable Development goals. But can Celebrity Activists like him be real Agents For Change . Forest whitaker, welcome to hardtalk. Its great to be here with you. Now, in your acting career, youve been a very, very versatile actor. Mainstream, Popularfilms Like Rogue One a star wars story, and also the great debaters, back in 2007, about black students striving for equality. Mm hm. Do you like to act in any genre of films . Im trying to continue to grow as
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur, where north korea has asked the malaysian authorities to hand over the body of a man widely thought to be the half brother of the north Korean Leader kim jong un. North korea has objected to a Postmortem Examination that could determine how kimjong nam died. Our correspondent in kuala lumpur, karishma vaswani, has the latest on the investigation. Its Business As Usual in pyongyang, everything moving at clockwork precision. Today, north koreas reclusive leader, kim jong un, made an appearance at a rally celebrating the 75th Anniversary of his fathers birthday. But away from the pomp and the pageantry, a tale of murder and mystery. This man, kimjong nam, is the north Korean Leaders exiled older half brother. Hes believed to have been murdered at an airport in malaysia on monday. Between the hours of 9am to 10am in the morning on monday, the man believed to be kim jong nam was attacked in this crowded, busy airport. Police say t