i m alan little. my guest today is the former bishop of edinburgh, richard holloway. he entered a seminary at the age of 1a, intent on becoming a monk. he rose to become the leader of the anglican church in scotland. but he gradually lost faith in many of the certainties in christianity, including the existence of god. he finally resigned from the church, accusing it of cruelly persecuting gay people. so did his own loss of faith betray those he once preached to? richard holloway, welcome to hardtalk. at the age of 1a, you left your working class home in the west of scotland and went off to a very austere place in england called kelham hall, to train as an anglican priest. to train, in effect, as a monk. what was that like? it was lovely. i was a romantic wee boy who wandered the hills at loch lomond, where i grew up. the hills give you a sense of beyondness, of otherness, but that was also related to me and the kind of love for western movies, this idea of the lonely hero ri
and london. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore and shenyang, where china s most famous dissident liu xiaobo is at the centre of a growing diplomatic row. mr liu, who s terminally ill with cancer, was a key leader in the tiananmen square protests back in 1989 and a nobel prize winner. the german government has accused china s state security of running his treatment rather than doctors. the chinese says it s a matter for them and no one should interfere in china s affairs. julia macfarlane reports. he s china s most famous dissident, held since 2008 for cowriting a document calling for sweeping democratic reform in china. liu xiaobo is now dying of cancer and the circumstances of his treatment are causing international concern. the german embassy says the visit by a german doctor to treat him at this hospital in shenyang was filmed and released to the media. diplomats call that a breach trust, as backed up by angela merkel‘s spokesman. translation: i
baby charlie gard accused the hospital of treating him. the hospital of treating him. the hospital treating him of lying to a judge. they say they have new proof the child therapy could help him. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. india s cattle trade, a major decision looms ahead of one that will affect business and religious communities in india. and it s venue saw growth, we look at the ambitious plans stretched across the 7000 miles between china and the uk it s the new silk road. good morning, asia, hello, world, glad you could join us for this tuesday addition of asia business report. i m rico hizon and we kick off with india were the highest court there will look at the government s recent decision to ban the sale of cattle for slaughter through animal markets. their leather and beef export industry said the government move violates the right to free trade. it s a case that could affect the livelihoods of more than 20 million workers a