Growing tensions between the uk and china as a british consular worker tells the bbc he was tortured by chinese secret police. And we talk to the star of a hotly tipped film at this weeks singapore Film Festival. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and midnight here in london where Prince Andrew has decided to step back from his royal duties for the foreseeable future. It follows controversy surrounding his friendship with the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. And his disastrous interview at the weekend with the bbc. The prince has denied having sex with a 17 Year Old Girl procured for him by epstein. But a number of organisations linked to his work have begun to distance themselves. Nicholas witchell reports. Driving himself into Buckingham Palace yesterday, the only sighting of Prince Andrew since the newsnight interview was broadcast. Hostility towards him has shown no sign of lessening. Poison prince and pari
And we talk to the star of a hotly of england in the west midlands, tipped film at this weeks into west country and wales through singapore Film Festival. The day. Thats an area to watch as things get wetter. Those temperatures, 9 10 degrees. Lets set into the weekend. Its a weekend dominated by low pressure. We got one slow moving area of low pressure which is why we are seeing that rain developing. How far north the rain gets, a little bit uncertain. Most of the rain across england and hello, and welcome to the programme. Wales, perhaps heading towards northern ireland, as far north as its 9 00am in singapore and 1 00 the central belt, allowing something in the morning here in london, drier and brighter to arrive across parts of the window and wales and where Prince Andrew has decided to step back from his royal duties temperatures again typically 9 11 for the foreseeable future. Degrees. Some rain around on it follows controversy surrounding his friendship with the convicted paedoph
Good morning. It is 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 5 30am in delhi, where millions of people are still being urged to stay indoors because of toxic smog. State governments have been accused of failing to take action to tackle the citys air pollution. The Supreme Court said authorities were only interested in gimmicks, rather than concrete measures. Our south asia correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan has more. So our pollution metre has a reading of around 300 right now. Now, that is way lower than it was in the last 24 is way lower than it was in the last 2a hours or so, but it is still staggeringly higher, way above what is considered safe. According to the world health organization. Now, as delhi continues to be in a state of Public Health emergency, the government here is trying to mitigate some of the higher levels of pollution. It introduced on monday what is known as it odd even scheme, now, that means that ca is even scheme, now, that means that cars with an even lice
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 6 30am in delhi, where millions of people are still being urged to stay indoors because of toxic smog. State governments have been accused of failing to take action to tackle the citys air pollution. The Supreme Court said authorities were only interested in gimmicks, rather than concrete measures. Our south asia correspondent, Rajini Vaidyanatha has more. So our pollution meter has a reading of around 300 right now. Now, that is way lower than it was in the last 2a hours or so, but it is still staggeringly high, way above what is considered safe according to the world health organization. Now, as delhi continues to be in a state of Public Health emergency, the government here is trying to mitigate some of the higher levels of pollution. It introduced on monday what is known as its odd even scheme. Now, that means that cars with an even license plate can only drive on even dates, and the same for
In south korea is an opportunity for these grandmothers to go back to school. Chinas president has called on hong kong to restore order and bring violence to an end following the latest protests. Xijinping also warned that the unrest could threaten the principle of one country, two systems, under which hong kong has had significant autonomy from beijing. Earlier, protesters barricaded themselves in University Campuses in anticipation of possible police raids. Im joined by verna yu, who is a freelance journalist based in hong kong. Of course, you have been following this story for six months now. We know these protests have continued. What do you think hong kongers are going to make of these latest state m e nts going to make of these latest statements by xijinping, one of going to make of these latest statements by xi jinping, one of the few times he has spoken out, a p pa re ntly few times he has spoken out, apparently speaking in brazil . Yes, i actually believe this is the first tim