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In singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am In Moscow where thousands of russians have been taking part in Anti Corruption rallies across the country in defiance of the kremlin. The biggest protests were in the russian capital, where police say 500 people have been detained. They included the Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, whod called for the demonstrations. The rallies are the biggest seen in russia for at least five years. From moscow heres our correspondent steve rosenberg. There were moments today when moscow resembled a battlefield. Russian riot police broke up an Anti Government protest, on what was a day of demonstra ....
Youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 9am in north east australia, where whats being described as a Monster Cyclone is due to make landfall over the next few hours. Tens of thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from coastal areas amid warnings of Winds Gusting up to 250km h and dangerous tidal surges. Trees are already being blown down by the wins. Cyclone debbie has been upgraded to a category four storm, one below the most violent, and is forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit the state of queensland for six years winds. Lets go to Hywel Griffith, who is joining us from townsville. By the looks at it its the Calm Before The Storm and everyone is saying < ....
A host of countries around the world still impose the ultimate punishment on the most serious criminals, death. Whats it like to be in command of the machinery of state sanctioned execution . Navalny. Today as part of the bbcs special freedom season, im going to get a rare insight from allen ault, who spent years running the Correction Facility in the southern us State Of Georgia. He organised the killing of criminals until he could stand it no more. Now hes an opponent of the Death Penalty. Why . Allen ault, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its back in the 1990s that you were the commissioner of corrections in the us State Of Georgia, and you were responsible for running the machinery of capital punishment. Is that experience still with you today . It is sti ....
Is about to come in to circulation but at what cost to businesses . Good morning. Its monday, 27th march, im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Theresa may will meet scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon later today for the First Time Since she rejected calls for a second referendum on Scottish Independence. The visit is part of a tour of all four nations of the uk before the process of leaving the European Union formally begins on wednesday. Its an important time for brexit negotiations with a number of key discussions across the week. Later today, the Prime Minister is expected to give a speech on unity, saying uks union will becom ....
The ice for the World Championship next week in michigan. Remember, you can get in touch at bbc 05. Talks to bring about a Global Nuclear arms ban are under way at the United Nations in new york, but most of the worlds Nuclear Powers are refusing to take part. The Us Ambassador to the un explained why the United States wont be signing this treaty. Is there anyone that believes that north korea would agree to a ban on Nuclear Weapons . So what you would see is the General Assembly would go through, in good faith, trying to do something, but n ....