We will talk you through whats at sta ke. Also in the Programme Politics off the pitch arsenal distance themselves from comments made by one of its players over chinas persecution of the uighur population. And what do you do with millions of tonnes of plastic . Australias answer to a recycling crisis make green bikinis. Naturally talk about recycling. And coffee conundrum its not as easy to recycle your Takeaway Coffee cup as you may have thought. We will find out why and what can be done about that. As instagram rolls out its new anti bullying and abuse warnings, are you doing the 30 day Digital Detox to stop social media affecting your mental heath . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Let us know via social media yes, indeed, we look forward to hearing from you but a snail mail wont work for all this programme, get in touch and we shall discuss your comments a little later. A very warm welcome. We start in the uk, where the mantra, lets get brexit done was the Main Campaig
It is a mixed picture in asia at the moment. Moment. Lets get brexit done was the mantra of conservative leader and british Prime Minister Boris Johnson going into last weeks election, and many argue it was a key part of the partys winning campaign. However, now the talking is over, and the party has to deliver on that pledge. The brexit date when the uk leaves the European Union is set for 31 january 2020. Prime minister Boris Johnson agreed a deal with the eu, but it still needs to go through parliament. A vote could take place as soon as friday. Assuming its a yes, the next priority will be to negotiate a post brexit trade deal with the eu. Talks are expected to begin in march after all 27 eu nations agree to a formal negotiating mandate. These negotiations arguably need to produce a final agreement by the end ofjune. That is the point at which the uk has to decide whether or not to extend the transition period. But mrjohnson has ruled out any form of extension. If no trade deal has
More than a decade after ba naz mahmods death in a so called honour killing, her sister speaks out for the first time. The moment you choose to ignore actually what happened and not talk about it, you will never get past it. And 13 years on, we still havent had that conversation. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Riot police have used pepper spray and batons during clashes with protesters in hong kong overnight, on the 22nd anniversary of its handover from british to chinese rule. The protests are the latest against a law that would allow suspected criminals to be sent to Mainland China to facejustice. Lets have a look at the live pictures from the streets of hong kong. You can see the numbers are building, there is always a dispute on at that between the protesters and the police. This is the third enormous demonstration weve seen in hong kong in the past month. The organisers typically say the figures are aroundi organisers typically say the figures are around 1 million. Th
the authorities in northern italy say they ll resume the search for survivors of an avalanche in the dolomites on monday. at least six mountaineers were killed and eight others injured when parts of a glacier collapsed sending snow, ice and rock cascading down the slopes of marmolada. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. singapore is a city state that has thrived in the era of globalisation, international supply chains and mobile workers. but what happens when the geopolitical weather changes? when great power hostility and economic nationalism hold sway? well, my guest is singapore s long serving home minister, k shanmugam. is singapore s political and economic balancing act sustainable in a world of rising tensions? minister k shanmugam in singapore, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, mr sackur. let me ask you about singapore s model. it was sort of set up by lee kuan yew. it s been in effect for well over six decades. it combines economic
is singapore s political and economic balancing act sustainable in a world of rising tensions? minister k shanmugam in singapore, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, mr sackur. let me ask you about singapore s model. it was sort of set up by lee kuan yew. it s been in effect for well over six decades. it combines economic openness with a real sense of political control and social control. do you think that model needs to change? well, i disagree with the assumptions in your question about political control and economic control. you know, in the last elections, we had 61%, the opposition had 40% of the votes. voting is free and fair. the reason why the pap has managed a substantial dominance is because in 1965, when the pap came to. when we took independence, or when we had independence thrust upon us, gdp per capita was about $500. today it s $55,000. it s. on any index that you look at education, healthcare, housing, law and order we are, you know, in the top three or four i