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thomas here at the bbc headquarters in london. in this special edition of the programme, we re looking at some of the best reports of this year from some of the best reports of this yearfrom our some of the best reports of this year from our network of correspondents from around the world. coming up: stand off in the skies above the south china sea is. rupert wingfield hayes flies over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. our captain is saying that we re a civilian aircraft, not a military aircraft, it didn t make any difference whatsoever, theyjust repeated the threat to leave the area over and over again. tiny victims of yemen s forgotten war. we find starving children in desperate need of aid. he just had fever and diarrhoea and because there was no medicine he passed away. we ve just arrived in what is called the prong zone. under fire on ukraine s frontline. tom burridge and his team meet one of the conflict s most volat ....
of chinese navy ships. our pilots are nervous. they want to turn away. we re a civilian aircraft flying over international waters and yet we re being repeatedly threatened. so what we re getting is the chinese sending out that message, foreign military aircraft, unidentified military aircraft, leave the area immediately. in chinese and english, our captain replied saying we are a civilian aircraft, not a military aircraft, but it didn t make any difference, they repeated the threat to leave the area over and over again. as we fly on the full extent of the construction is revealed. the lagoon is teeming with ships. a cement plant is visible on the new land. then for the first time a clear view of the new runway china is building here. a chinese fighter taking off from here could reach the philippine coast in nine minutes. in the last year, china has built at least seven new islands and three new runways in the south china sea. one here at mischief reef, another at subi r ....
i m phillipa thomas here at the bbc‘s headquarters in london. in this special edition of the programme, we re looking at some of the best reports of this year from our network of correspondents from around the world. coming up: stand off in the skies above the south china sea. rupert wingfield hayes flies over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. our captain is saying that we re a civilian aircraft, not a military aircraft, it didn t make any difference whatsoever, theyjust repeated the threat to leave the area over and over again. tiny victims of yemen s forgotten war. nawal al maghafi finds starving children in desperate need of aid. he just had fever and diarrhoea and because they didn t have his medicine he passed away. we ve just arrived in what is called the prong zone. under fire on ukraine s frontline. tom burridge and his team meet one of the conflict‘s most volatile hotspots where the fragile ceasefire has colla ....
i m phillipa thomas, here at the bbc‘s headquarters in london. in this special edition of the programme, we re looking at some of the best reports of this year from our network of correspondents from around the world. coming up: stand off in the skies above the south china sea. rupert wingfield hayes flies over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. 0ur captain is saying that we re a civilian aircraft, not a military aircraft, it didn t make any difference whatsoever, theyjust repeated the threat to leave the area over and over again. tiny victims of yemen s forgotten war. nawal al maghafi finds starving children in desperate need of aid. he just had fever and diarrhoea and because they didn t have his medicine he passed away. we ve just arrived in what is called the prong zone. under fire on ukraine s frontline. tom burridge and his team meet one of the conflict s most volatile hotspots where the fragile ceasefire has collap ....
this country was built on oil riches and is now having to cope with the oil price crash. i have come to one of the world s biggest construction projects, king abdullah economic city. it is projected to be home to 2 million people, a global city here in the kingdom of saudi arabia. my guest is the ceo of this place, fahd al rasheed. due to the economic problems here, could his drink the about to turn to dust? dream be about to turn to dust? fahd al rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me onto this extraordinary project. tell me, how do you feel every day when you come on to what must be one of the biggest building sites in the world? i love it. there is nothing like coming toa i love it. there is nothing like coming to a construction site like this. i get a rush every time i am here. how quickly are things happening? when the visitors come, they see the big stuff. i see the small stuff, a little bit of concrete poured here, a little piece of floor. i s ....