global questions lessons from barbados. hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from barbados. i am in the capital bridgetown outside parliament, overlooking independence square. in november this year, barbados marks its 55th anniversary by becoming a republic. queen elizabeth will no longer be head of state. what does this tell us about the identity and future of barbados and the rest of the region? the caribbean has been very badly affected by the economic fallout of covid and people are looking to their political leaders for solutions. that is global questions, lessons from barbados. well, i am now here at the 18th century george washington house, one of the finest historic buildings in barbados. i am joined by a local audience who are going to be putting their questions to their prime minister, the honourable mia mottley. and i should say you are also the minister of finance, economic affairs and investment in barbados so a very busy lady! you had
global questions. hello and welcome to global questions, with me, zeinab badawi, from barbados. i am questions, with me, zeinab badawi, from barbados. iam in the capital, bridgetown, outside parliament overlooking independent square. in november this year barbados marks its 55th in a bursary of becoming a republic. queen elizabeth will no longer be head of state. what does this tell us about the identity and future of barbados and the rest of the region? the caribbean has been very badly affected by the economic fallout of covid and people are looking to their political leaders for solutions. that is global questions, lessons from barbados. iam now i am now here at the 18th century george washington house, one of the finest historic buildings in barbados, and i amjoined by historic buildings in barbados, and i am joined by a local audience who are going to be putting their questions to their prime minister, the honourable mia mottley. and mia , i should say that you are also
it s virtually all over for england at the cricket world cup. jos buttler s side suffer yet another humiliating defeat to all but end their defence of the trophy. and we have some dense fog around this morning, particularly towards the east this morning, particularly towards the east. that should clear away by mid morning. still unsettled the heavy mid morning. still unsettled the heavy downpours and blustery winds. that continue the next few days. more that continue the next few days. more details for you coming up shortlx it s friday, the 27th of october. our main story. eu leaders have called for a pause in fighting between israel and hamas to allow aid into gaza, ahead of a vote on an immediate ceasefire at the united nations today. overnight, the us military has carried out airstrikes in eastern syria against two facilities it says were being used by iran to target american forces. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. keeping hope alive. the famili
final round of the french presidential election, marine le pen delivers a speech that sounds a little familiar. the far right leader of the front national has been accused of plagerising her defeated rival, francoise fillon, in a spich she delivered on monday. how new proposals to stop doping could mean previous world records by clean athletes could no longer stand. and pulled to safety, after 30 hours in the irish sea. the surfer, who s lucky to be alive. good evening and welcome to bbc news. following the leaked account of a tense meeting between the prime minister and the head of the european commission last week, theresa may has told the bbc she will be a bloody difficult woman in brexit negotiations, and she s already made clearjean claude juncker will discover that. she told our political editor laura kuenssberg that the negotiations with the eu will be tough, and what matters in the coming election is making the right choice of leader to represent the uk s interests.