for a summit on ukraine president zelensky says he believes his country deserves talks on joining the eu this year. deserted railway stations as train drivers in england stage their second walkout this week. australian tennis star nick kyrgios admits assaulting his ex girlfriend but avoids a criminal conviction we ll have the latest from canberra. # falling in our hearts # here again, hawai i # aloha, aloha # and could this song by the former sex pistols by the former sex pistolsrontmanjohn lydon written about his wife s alzheimer s be chosen to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest? it s very hard to be away from her. but i have to do this. i have to bring awareness to this problem. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the us department of defence says it s tracking what s believed to be a chinese surveillance balloon that entered american airspace two days ago. the military considered shooting it down over the state of montan
the people of south sudan have known little peace for many decades, and independence in 2011 has brought them nothing but war, increasing poverty and starvation, and suffering. tens of thousands have died, and more than 3 million have been forced to leave their homes in the past three years. the united nations says, the current spate of fighting amounts to ethnic cleansing, and could spiral into genocide. the main rebel group is headed by the former vice president, riek machar, who is now in exile. my guest today is his wife, angelina teny, who is a senior member of the movement. how much responsibility do they bear for the suffering in south sudan? angelina teney, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. the situation in south sudan is dire. what are you hearing about what s going on on the ground? well, you said it is dire. the humanitarian situation has reached a level of catastrophe. the war is escalating even further, and the economic situation, what we could say is i
president elect, donald trump, has held his first news conference since winning the election and in it he attacked the intelligence agencies, claiming they are behind the leak of a dossier suggested russian agents have information they could use to blackmail him. they looked at that nonsense that was released by maybe the intelligence agencies, who knows? maybe the intelligence agencies. labour has joined senior doctors in calling on the government to put more money into social care to put more money into social care to ease pressure and nhs services. the teenage girl has been remanded into secure accommodation following the murder of the 70 year old kayleigh ruff. the director general of the bbc says he wants to reinvent the high player to make at the top online tv service in the uk by 2020. you are up today. now, it is aardvark. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. the people of south sudan have known little peace for many decades, and independence in 2011 has broug
a nice cup of coffee to start the day. in europe, it s the finns who drink the most coffee. people drink some 1.6 billion cups of coffee every day around the world some 80% of the world s coffee is produced by around 25 million smallholders. and, international coffee sales totaled over $70 billion u.s. in 2011 so there s plenty of money to be made for big firms exporting coffee but small-scale farmers receive only a fraction of the retail price. still, for many in the world s youngest nation, this may be a pretty good deal. the coffee harvest season has begun in south sudan. these farmers near the border with the democratic republic of congo are the first generation of south sudanese coffee exporters. until now, they produced coffee for the local market. many welcome the opportunity to sell abroad. it s much better to harvest the coffee for export. here we just take it to the wet mill and get our receipt, that s it. it s much easier than drying the coffee on your own and
a nice cup of coffee to start the day. in europe, it s the finns who drink the most coffee. people drink some 1.6 billion cups of coffee every day around the world some 80% of the world s coffee is produced by around 25 million smallholders. and, international coffee sales totaled over $70 billion u.s. in 2011 so there s plenty of money to be made for big firms exporting coffee but small-scale farmers receive only a fraction of the retail price. still, for many in the world s youngest nation, this may be a pretty good deal. the coffee harvest season has begun in south sudan. these farmers near the border with the democratic republic of congo are the first generation of south sudanese coffee exporters. until now, they produced coffee for the local market. many welcome the opportunity to sell abroad. it s much better to harvest the coffee for export. here we just take it to the wet mill and get our receipt, that s it. it s much easier than drying the coffee on your own and