Round up of the days news. First our world. China calls it the project of the century. As the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward remaking the map of the global economy. With no other Country Offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. Translation im under a lot of pressure. A massive roll out of infrastructure built by china. To drive trade across more than 60 countries. Translation its like a promised land. Chinas president claims its a win win for all. Translation we will not resort to outdated geopolitical manoeuvring. Critics say the only winner will be china. Translation the chinese have done nothing. Im setting out on a 7,000 mile journey to meet the people of the new silk road, and to understand how it will change their lives and our world. They call them the ships of the desert. For centuries, the camel trains of the silk road dominated trade between china and the west. Now, china wants to build a new s
The year long arts festival. And in half an hour, i will be looking back at the past 12 months for the royal family, dominated by the celebrations to mark the queens 90th birthday, thats review 2016 the royal year with me, daniela relph. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A huge Police Operation is under way in istanbul to find a gunman who shot dead 39 people at a nightclub. The man opened fire at the reina club at around half past one in the morning local time. Dozens of injured remain in hospital. 15 foreigners from israel, saudi arabia and morocco were among the dead. Our turkey correspondent selin girit has sent this report. We are only seconds away from a new year. One of the most famous nightclubs in istanbul, reina, packed with a jubilant crowd, ready to welcome in the new year. Five, four, three, two. They are counting down to what they hope will be a fresh new start. But then this happens. A man armed with a Long Barrelled Weapon Opens Fire outside the venue. He kills a po
And well be asking a nobel Winning Economist for his perspective. Three cheers for al blackman, hip hip hooray. A royal marine convicted of shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter in afghanistan will be freed within weeks, after his sentenced is reduced. And why sunscreen, Cold Remedies and Gluten Free Food may no longer be available on the Nhs In England, to save money. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the vote in the Scottish Parliament, due to take place right now, on the Scottish Governments demand for a second referendum on independence. If the motion is approved, theresa may will have to respond formally to the request although shes already said this is not the time, in her view, on the eve of the start of the Brexit Process. The vote had been due to take place last wednesday, but was delayed because of the Terror Attack at westminster. Nicola sturgeon the First Minister wants a referendum by the spring of 2019. Lets ta ke lets take a look inside the Scottish Parliament right now.
of his efforts to combat what s happening in the world. you have trump repeatedly saying in recent days that he essentially doesn t care much about russia and china. they re not such a big problem. the biggest problem is, quote, the enemy within. this is emerging as a real theme for trump s campaign. of course, he proposes to do something about it. you saw that amazing clip there with dr. phil. even sympathetic interviewers try to get trump to say, no, it s not about revenge, but he won t buy it because it is about revenge. again and again and again, trump is telling us very clearly. i guess my question is, are people really listening to what he is saying? it is different than what he said before. well, the bet of the biden campaign is people are going to start listening. to this point, they ve largely tuned out trump. now the trial has come and gone, he ll be out there in more high-profile settings, namely the debate, and this can t be stressed enough, how much the
now, that does not look like progress to me. that looks like a major setback. i think trump s victory almost challenged our historical belief system about america. that, in many ways, is what the forever war, america s unending conflict with itself, is about. a spirited debate about the new book the forever war, america s unending conflict with itself, one, i figure, we will continue in the weeks and months to come. come back and see us, nuclear bryant. thanks so much. we appreciate it. the new yorker s susan glasser joins us on fighting trump on the beaches, split screen of president biden s speech defending democracy with donald trump back home focused on what he calls the enemy within. plus, army combat veteran representative jason crow will be our guest, helping commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day with president biden speaking again today in