chances are, you haven t been to this place. chances are, this is a place you ve never seen. other than maybe blurry cellphone videos, old black-and-white newsreels from world war ii. chances are, bad things were happening in the footage you saw. myanmar. after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected is happening here, and it s pretty incredible. in yangon, capital city of myanmar, it s dark. blackouts are frequent with the ancient power grid. what sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie, yellow-orange hue. for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. in 1948, after helping the british fight off the japanese, and with a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections, they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished or silenced entirely. burma, now myanmar, where orwell had once served as a colonial policeman
we ll be speaking to a nuclear expert. ongoing rail strikes affect train services in england, scotland and wales with more disruption expected in the coming days. the prime minister of finland sanna marin has agreed to a drug test after a celebrity party video leaked on social media. welcome to abc news. the uk is facing a public health emergency, because people are having to choose between heating and eating this winter, due to soaring energy prices. that s according to the nhs confederation, which represents employers in the health service. ministers say millions of the most vulnerable households are being given £1,200 to help with higher energy bills. but it comes at a time when nhs services are already under intense strain. for category two reponse times for emergency calls in england which includes strokes and heart attacks there s been a sharp increaase this year to nearly one hour on average last month. the target, as you can see here, is 18 minutes. the nhs confedera
jeopardising a deal to allow grain to leave the city. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to dateline. bringing together leading british commentators with foreign correspondent. this week, british conservative mps completed their colleague cull in the hunt for that new leader and the country s next prime minister, and they also called the economic consensus with which governments of left and right have operated for the last 20 years. and as the world waits for vladimir putin to allow safe passage of grain, why he himself was kept waiting. with me, cricket commentator ashis ray, and michael goldfarb, foreign correspondent for pbs radio in the united states, and podcast host, and steve richardson who began his career as a westminster correspondent as margaret thatcher was ending hers coincidental. his blog is called rock & roll politics, his most recent book about the talented politicians who failed to make it to number10. steve, we will leave t
services say a wildfire near yosemite national park is 0% under control. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to dateline. bringing together leading commentators from london. this week, british conservative mps completed their colleague coal in the hunt for that new leader and the country s next prime minister and they also called the economic consensus with which governments of left and right have operated for the last 20 years. and as the world waits for vladimir putin to allow safe passage of brain, why he himself was kept waiting. with me, a cricket commentator and foreign correspondent for pbs radio in the united states and host of a podcast. and steve richardson who began his career as a westminster correspondent as margaret thatcher was ending her is coincidental. his blog is called rock and roll politics and his most recent book is about the talented politicians who failed to make it to number ten. steve, we believe the question unanswe
15 years old opened her highs to the dangers of the fashion industry. more on those stories at the top of the other but now on bbc news it is dateline london. you hello and welcome to the programme bringing together leading british commentators with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline: london. this week, british conservative mps completed their colleague cull in the hunt for that new leader and the country s next prime minister, and they also called the economic consensus with which governments of left and right have operated for the last 20 years. and as the world waits for vladimir putin to allow safe passage of grain, why he himself was kept waiting. with me, cricket commentator ashis ray, and michael goldfarb, foreign correspondent for pbs radio in the united states, and podcast host, and steve richardson who began his career as a westminster correspondent as margaret thatcher was ending hers coincidental. his blog is called r