Amy as a humanitarian catastrophe in syria deepens, aid workers describe scenes of chaos and devastation, with families scrambling for shelter as temperatures fall below freezing and children freeze to death. We will get an update on idlib executive benoioit, director of Doctors Without Borders. We will also talk about coronavirus and talk about their new report called no way out on how immigration policies imposed by the u. S. And mexico trapped thousands of Central American migrants in dangerous conditions. A very difficult life of violence. Mistrtreated and forced to sell drugs. Have very bad memories because i already have two dead brothers for the same reason, because they did not want to be involved in that positive amy that to the Dominican Republic or thousands took to the streets thursday to protest the abrupt suspension of local elections. We want to know what happened. We what answers. Young people are 40 of voters this year and we deserve justice as we have demanded in rece
Ros im ros atkins. Welcome to outside source. Canadas Prime Minister says the plane that crashed in owan were shut prime min. Trudeau we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surfacetoair missile. Ros all 176eople on board including 63naanadians died. Da is going for a ful investigatio iran is denying the investigation, saying it is scientifically impossible. The queeo n tryingnd a suitable role for the duke and duchess of sussex after they announced they were stepping back. And a spotlight on fossil fuel industry as the bushfire crisis continues to wors. Ros canadas prine minister ju trudeau says that intelligence suggesting that the ukrain crashed near tehran on wednesday was shot down by no irann missile. Di6 people were killed inc 60 canadians. Mr. Trudeau said this at a press comierence. Prim trudeau we have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and
Today Marvin Lansky is a prolific writer we are welcoming him back the author of more than 25 books including the latest which he will discuss with us today his political journey is unique he became an atheist and marxist in high school joining the communist party in the seventies at the university working on his phd with a spiritual awakening then joined the church in 1976 the founder of the Presbyterian Church in austin texas 1992 after college he taught journalism for more than 25 years and became a reporter to the yale daily news and the boston globe his first book garnered significantt attention and caught thed eye of the Bradley Foundation that supported his foundation at the Heritage Foundation one of the most wellknown works is the tragedy of american compassion turning him into a leaderia Newt Gingrich speaker of the house distributed to every republican member of the house at the time also to inspire the phrase conservativism he was urinstrumental in the success of where he i
But the idea is to be entertaining. Youve been personally committed, havrnt you, to trying to reverse the decline of the english cartoonist. Yes. Why have you and private eye kept up with your investment in cartoons . Um, because, um, people like them and the mag sells. No, obviously, its a much more elevated reason than that. No, i love cartoons and that i think that one of the things that print can do is reproduce sort of beautiful drawings that are funny. And english cartooning tradition is very old and i think absolutely remarkable. So i am basically i doubled the number of cartoons and people said well, you know, there arent any young cartoonists. You wont get anyone. It is funny if you offer money, people become cartoonists its amazing. We have got a brilliant raft of young cartoonists. I mean, this is a genuine skill and there are lots of people who do it really well. I mentioned politics, which is what most of your covers are about. Now, we seem to be in an age of polarisation,
The night skies across the globe to welcome in the new decade. But is this, in fact, a new decade, as was repeated several times across the bbc this week . A viewer called amy said not, begging. And Alan Mcintyre reiterated that. That same new years eve programme contained another error, though this time it was corrected in time for the late bulletin. New year a new decade and new zealand kicked it off, with auckland the first major capital to welcome 2020. Sue barnard pointed out. On wednesday, when the new year arrived in the uk, there were more fireworks on our screens, this time with Helena Wilkinson reporting on the crowds by the thames in london. Tens of thousands watched from the banks of the river as the capitals skyline burst into colour. In his new years message, the prime minister, who is on holiday in the caribbean, said, we can start a new chapter in the history of our country, in which we come together and move forward, united, unleashing the enormous potential of the bri