He had Health Issues in the past that he has managed well during his tenure as Prime Minister. He resigned abruptly the last time he was Prime Minister in 2007 because of his health condition. David he is the longestserving Prime Minister, but he was quite influential. One of the things bloomberg is concerned about is abenomics. He came in with three arrows. Was that a success . Sheila i think it is a mixed bag. I will leave it to the economist to delve into the details. There two details are two pieces of what he did manage to accomplish. One is structural reforms. He and his government were impressive in agricultural reform, one of the structural impediments to participate in the ttp, the regional trade pact. He tried to increase womens participation in the economy. Some people would have liked to see more women, but he managed to make some strides there. Progress in slight the labor market reforms he tackled, but he did not accomplish what the japanese wanted, which is to see their
Its exclusively not and nato for the pacific profile china poses rather than countries forming peaks of all kinds. Its a big deal that the 1st stand on somebody is a big deal. Also coming up, the russian needs soldiers to replace its losses in ukraine. The kremlin has made signing up the military service more lucrative, including high def benefits for families. But can i really count on the money when its needed . And i just dont. If i want you to, to support families who have lost the loved ones to help them raising their children. But give them an indication, a bad word session. I used to have he always on p b as in the United States and all around the world. Welcome. We begin the day in the mountains in a washington dc where us present enjoy board and has been hosting a summit with the latest of took the u. S. Allies in east asia, japan and south korea. To me, i can see the on the right and you and so your with received at the president ial were treated camp. David, its think 1st st
The results of the Union Mission to the iss together with the main characters of the successful flight. I persuaded Vladimir Vladimirovich that we will continue to work together. Cosmonautics day in the kremlin. In the council of the republic, first session of the eighth convocation, the chairman of the upper house and leaders were elected by secret ballot commissions. The activities of the Association Must be covered. President of belarus Alexander Lukashenko and russian leader Vladimir Putin held a joint meeting in the kremlin with a participant of the 21st space expedition to the iss with Marina Vasilevskaya and pilot cosmonaut oleg novitsky, who recently returned from orbit. For belarus this event is especially significant. For the first time in the history of a sovereign republic, its citizen made a space flight. On the iss, Marina Vasilevskaya had her own task to conduct a series of studies for belarusian science. Served in the soviet union, pilot, test pilot, became a cosmonaut
Keith chegwin once a familiar face whos died at the age of 60. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news the full line up for the Champions League including a messi draw for chelsea wholl face barcelona in the last 16. Good evening. Scientists in london have reported a major breakthough in the treatment of huntingtons disease and say it could lead to new therapies for alzheimers and other conditions. Its been described as potentially the biggest breakthrough in the field for half a century by correcting the defect that causes huntingtons a disease which is incurable and kills most sufferers within 20 years of diagnosis. Huntingtons affects an estimated 10,000 people in the uk, with a further 25,000 thought to be at risk, as our Health Correspondent James Gallagher reports. The allen family has been blighted by huntingtons. They have seen their mother, stephanie, die from it. The last year of her life, every time we all went to visit her, she just held us and said, i want to die. The disea
Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, says its completely unacceptable that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in a e. In an Exclusive Bbc interview, he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique to the nhs in england. Our Health Editor hugh pym has more. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same challenge. He said there was no Silver Bullet. I think its wrong to suggest to people that these profound challenges such as we