Welcome to Donald Trumps america, or what soon will be anyway. Im Samira Hussain and on this Special Edition of World Business report, were taking a look at the president elects plans for america, in particular what he wants to do with the us economy. Here on wall street, Donald Trumps selection triumph was met with high spirits. Us markets have soared. Now with his inauguration approaching, people are asking, what will mr trump do for us growth . In his campaign he promised big in best mans in americas infrastructure. Michelle fleury took a look at how that might work. Investment. Mid morning in allentown, pennsylvania. Traffic is flowing smoothly over this bridge built in the 1920s but underneath its not ageing gracefully. This bridge was built in 1929, almost 90 years old, this is an open arch the ridge. Engineers tasked with checking the strength are worried. This is the worst case, the joint area. Thats where the most erosion happens. This bridge, like many of americas roads, port
Im phillipa thomas, here at the bbcs headquarters in london. In this Special Edition of the programme, were looking at some of the best reports of this year from our network of correspondents from around the world. Coming up stand off in the skies above the south china sea. Rupert Wingfield Hayes flies over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. 0ur captain is saying that were a Civilian Aircraft, not a military aircraft, it didnt make any difference whatsoever, theyjust repeated the threat to leave the area over and over again. Tiny victims of yemens forgotten war. Nawal al maghafi finds starving children in desperate need of aid. He just had fever and diarrhoea and because they didnt have his medicine he passed away. Weve just arrived in what is called the prong zone. Under fire on ukraines frontline. Tom burridge and his team meet one of the conflicts most volatile hotspots where the fragile ceasefire has collapsed. You cant make no mistake
Im phillipa thomas, here at the bbcs headquarters in london. In this Special Edition of the programme, were looking at some of the best reports of this year from our network of correspondents from around the world. Coming up stand off in the skies above the south china sea. Rupert Wingfield Hayes flies over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. 0ur captain is saying that were a Civilian Aircraft, not a military aircraft, it didnt make any difference whatsoever, theyjust repeated the threat to leave the area over and over again. Tiny victims of yemens forgotten war. Nawal al maghafi finds starving children in desperate need of aid. He just had fever and diarrhoea and because they didnt have his medicine he passed away. Weve just arrived in what is called the prong zone. Under fire on ukraines frontline. Tom burridge and his team meet one of the conflicts most volatile hotspots where the fragile ceasefire has collapsed. You cant make no mistake
This country was built on oil riches and is now having to cope with the oil price crash. I have come to one of the worlds biggest construction projects, King Abdullah economic city. It is projected to be home to 2 Million People, a global city here in the kingdom of saudi arabia. My guest is the ceo of this place, fahd al rasheed. Due to the economic problems here, could his drink the about to turn to dust . Dream be about to turn to dust . Fahd al rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me onto this extraordinary project. Tell me, how do you feel every day when you come on to what must be one of the biggest Building Sites in the world . I love it. There is nothing like coming toa i love it. There is nothing like coming to a Construction Site like this. I get a rush every time i am here. How quickly are things happening . When the visitors come, they see the big stuff. I see the small stuff, a little bit of concrete poured here, a little piece of floor. I see everything. I
Cassettes as well . No nana, itsjust cds. Why, do you have cassettes . No. The bafta winner played nana in the royle family. One of her co stars, the actress suejohnston, said she was devastated at her passing. In halfan in half an hour, reporters takes a look at the bbcs bestjournalism from the last year, including an exclusive report on chinese militarisation of International Waters. Some Breaking Newsjust in. The author of Watership Down, Richard Adams has died, aged 96. His tale about a family of rabbits was a bestseller and also became a celebrated film. A statement from his family said he died on christmas eve. They posted a quote from the book on the Watership Down website which read it seemed to hazel he would not be needing his body any more. Nick higham looks back at his life. They seem sad, like trees in november. It became a worldwide bestseller and animated film and made its creator a millionaire. Not bad for a story about Intrepid Rabbits originally devised by a Civil Ser