In the irish courts, having a closed border again. Pakistans Prime Minister, imran khan, has been speaking to the bbc about afghanistan, laying out what the taliban need to do before hell recognize their government. And in the canary islands, another village on la palma is evacuated as the volcano destroys a new area. Theres ash falling on my clothes i can taste it in the air and the whole time, theres the thunderous rumble of the volcano in the background. Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. Its newsday. Its seven in the morning in singapore and seven in the evening in new york where more than a hundred World Leaders are attending this years un general assembly. In his first address to the body as president , joe biden called for countries to Work Together as never before. But the Secretary General of the un used the gathering to highlight the issues that currently face the world superpowers are at odds with each other, theres been a spike in violent seizures of power
Dimas Castellanos writes from Havana via Diario de Cuba: Cuba: the old relationship between rationing and totalitarianism At the root of rationing in Cuba is the system's productive incapacity and its control over its people. On Monday, April 15 Cuba's Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a message asking the faithful to pray for "mothers who are struggling
THERE has long been a connection between food security and population expansion.Global agricultural production has increased faster than population growth since the 1960s.This triumph has not been without a price,