Night for all of us, now on bbc news. And dealing with people is politics. And temperatures ranging its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Between 11 14 degrees. 0n into friday, low pressure to the north of the uk. A Conveyor Belt of cloud and rain streaming in off the atlantic but im just guessing will bring quite a lot of rainfall welcome to hardtalk. With your background as a zoologist, im stephen sackur. A man who spent a lot in fact to parts of the north and the west of the uk, our planet is haemorrhaging natural of time out in the field, particularly across west resources at an alarming rate. In nature, often pristine nature, and south west scotland, biodiversity is under threat into northern ireland. As forests are felled, im guessing that perhaps you didnt rainfall totals really wild animals illegally hunted. Actually like dealing mounting up here. But further south and east, again, with people that much. Yes, i started as a closer to the High Pressure over anti social biologist. Th
Now on bbc news. Its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Our planet is haemorrhaging Natural Resources at an alarming rate. Biodiversity is under threat as forests are felled, wild animals illegally hunted. My guest today is on the frontline of the effort to conserve and protect what remains. Lee white is the newly appointed environment minister in the west african state of gabon. A country famed for its tropical forests, its elephants and gorillas. But also notorious for systemic corruption and inequality. So can gabon find a sustainable balance between the needs of man and nature . Theme music plays. Lee white, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. You first went to gabon as a research zoologist, a young student. You became a conservationist, an environmental campaigner and yet here we sit with you as a government minister, minister for the environment in gabon. How did you get seduced, if i may use that word, into the murky world of politics . Conservation is
Scene. Hong kong caves in to campaigners, withdrawing the controversial extradition bill that sparked months of unrest, but protesters say they will persist. The global threat from greenlands glaciers. We have a special report as the countrys ice melts at a record rate. The british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered two major setbacks for his brexit strategy. First off, a Cross Party Group of mps was successful in getting a bill passed to prevent a no deal brexit. The bill potentially forces him to do something that hes repeatedly ruled out, namely asking the eu for yet another brexit delay unless a deal is secured. The Prime Ministers response was to call for a general election on october 15th but he failed to get enough support from mps. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports now on the days events. Are we through the Looking Glass now . The Prime Minister is demanding a new parliament over there, an election, yet he says he doesnt want one. The other parties say they d
No banks, no gas stations, no hardware stores. Its just total everythings gone. Hong kong caves in to campaigners, withdrawing the controversial extradition bill that sparked months of unrest but protesters say they will persist. The global threat from greenlands glaciers. We have a special report as the countrys ice melts at a record rate. The british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered two major setbacks for his brexit strategy. First off, a Cross Party Group of mps was successful in getting a bill passed to prevent a no deal brexit. The bill potentially forces him to do something that hes repeatedly ruled out, namely asking the eu for yet another brexit delay unless a deal is secured. The Prime Ministers response was to call for a general election on october the 15th, but he failed to get enough support from mps. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports on the days events. Are we through the Looking Glass now . The Prime Minister is demanding a new parliament over there,
We start with the uk economy as the wrangling over brexit continues. There are fears the country could be slipping into recession for the First Time Since the financial crisis. A Global Economic slowdown and trade tensions are being compounded by ongoing uncertainty over brexit as shown by increasingly gloomy reports from business groups. In the last few hours, a survey by uk manufacturers has warned their industry is in a nosedive, with export orders falling despite the weak pound, and domestic orders faring even worse. Hiring is continuing to decline. Britains Vital Service sector, the biggest part of the economy, lost momentum in august as growth all but fizzled out according to a survey of purchasing managers. Optimism in the sector slumped to its lowest since july 2016, the month after the brexit vote. And retailers say sales were down last month compared with august last year. The uk economy shrank in the Second Quarter, the three months tojune. Two quarters of negative growth in