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of the globe. now a bri project could be a railway in kenya, a port in sri lanka, a bridge in the maldives. the largest project so far has been the china pakistan economic corridor. a $60 billion network of roads railways and pipelines, going through a deserty mountain pass on the china pakistan border. the second thing you need to know is that it has two official names. one for inside china and one for outside. initially it was called one belt, one road which sounds great in chinese. the problem is in english it sounds a bit bossy, that china is dictating to the rest of the world. so a few years ago the official english name was changed to the slightly blander but definitely less threatening belt and road initiative. the third thing is that it is controversial for some. china has ploughed more than $1 trillion into developing countries. there are trains, airports and roads that literally would not exist were it not for chinese investment. ultimately, nothing comes for ....
growth figures later. they are expected to show the economy did pretty well at the end of last year, but with rising prices and a fall in the value of the pound, what will the value of the pound, what will the year ahead have in store? in sport, a wembley final for southampton. they knock liverpool out of the league cup with an injury time winner. it has taken tim peake to space and back. now the soyuz capsule is going to be landing in london. we ll be finding out why. and carol has the weather. good morning. today is a cold start to the day. we ve also got a fair bit of cloud around. some of it will break to see some sunshine and a few of us will see some snow. wherever you are it will feel raw in the wind. more details in 15 minutes or so. good morning. first, our main story: the us president donald trump has said he believes that torture can work to get information out of suspected terrorists. but he said he would seek further advice before deciding whether to bring ....
for a second time aboard the international space station. i saw this spacecraft every single day because our docking port was right next to the cupola window. so for six months in space, every time i would open the window, i would give to look out and see the soyuz spacecraft. good morning, it s thursday 26th january. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may is to tell republican leaders that the uk and the us can renew their special relationship in what she ll describe as this new age , following brexit and the election of president trump. she ll make the comments in philadelphia this evening, a day before she becomes the first world leader to hold face to face talks with the new us president at the white house. meanwhile, donald trump has continued with a series of policy announcements. president trump has indicated he would support the water boarding of terrorism suspects if his defence secretary and the director of the cia want to reinstate the interrogation techn ....
drugging players up to keep them in the game. i m antonio mora, here is more of what is ahead. the u.s. is preparing for possible evacuation of americans from libya, because of fierce fighting across the country. part of a crisis plan in place. this is a different situation when tragedy struck in benghazi because there were no military forces feesh. this time they are nearby. this time they are close and ready. n.b.a. charging donald sterling with. conduct unbecoming to the n.b.a. gluten free. is it a big joke. why do you avoid it? libya seemingly descended into chaos since the fall of muammar gaddafi three years ago. now it may be at a tipping point that something could see the country fall into war. fighters loyal to general khalifa haftar stormed libya s parliament in the capital of tripoli, demanding that it be suspended. reports claim two were killed, 50 wounded. the general, a muammar gaddafi loyalist, but turned against him said he led a r ....
more of what is ahead. the u.s. is preparing for possible evacuation of americans from libya, because of fierce fighting across the country. place. this is a different situation when tragedy struck in benghazi because there were no military forces feesh. this time they are nearby. ready. n.b.a. charging donald sterling with. conduct unbecoming to the n.b.a. gluten free. is it a big joke. why do you avoid it? libya seemingly descended into chaos since the fall of muammar gaddafi three years ago. now it may be at a tipping point that something could see the country fall into war. fighters loyal to general khalifa haftar stormed libya s parliament in the capital of tripoli, demanding that it be suspended. reports claim two were killed, 50 wounded. the general, a muammar gaddafi loyalist, but turned against him said he led a revolt against islamist law makers, who allowed militia to control the country. more than 70 people were killed and hundreds wounde ....