Hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from barbados. I m in the capital, bridgetown, outside parliament overlooking independent square. In november this year barbados marks its 55th anniversary by becoming a republic. Queen elizabeth will no longer be head of state. What does this tell us about the identity and future of barbados and the rest of the region? the caribbean has been very badly affected by the economic fallout of covid and people are looking to their political leaders for solutions. That is global questions: lessons from barbados. I m now here at the 18th century george washington house, one of the finest historic buildings in barbados, and i am joined by a local audience who are going to be putting their questions to their prime minister, the honourable mia mottley. And mia, i should say that you are also the minister of finance, economic affairs and investment in barbados, so a very busy lady. You ve had a series of careers first. You re not only
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the new leader of kensington and chelsea council has rated rated her apology to residents of grenfell tower, saying it was not there for them at the time it was needed has reiterated her apology. at a meeting tonight, police have updated residents about several issues, including recovery work. it comes as the government has announced a task force to run several areas, including housing. lucy manning reports. the missing posters have been here for three weeks. they flutter a painful reminder, because time has not brought any answers. now the police search through the 15 tonnes of debris on each floor, still trying to find all the grenfell victims. karim musilhy was at the meeting the police and coroner called last night. his uncle, hesham rahman, is missing from the 23rd floor. he went over to comfort some young children, which, for me, is very heroic. i want that to stick and stay with the family. we may never know if my uncle is ever
and if you want to get in touch at any time, the hashtag #bbcos is the place to go. welcome to outside source. you saw the pictures of donald trump getting into our force the pictures of donald trump getting into ourforce onejust the pictures of donald trump getting into our force one just than to leave the us for poland, this is the scene in warsaw. you can see that as the sun sets in poland, air force one has landed. he is en route to the 620 one has landed. he is en route to the g20 summit in germany but has stopped off in poland, choosing it over more powerful american allies in europe like germany, france or even the uk, and will meet the polish president on thursday. we will talk about this plenty more in the programme in the next few minutes. the un security council has just begun an emergency meeting in response to north korea s recent test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. here s what the us ambassador to the un had to say. make no mistake, north korea s laun
PETALING JAYA: Nearly three million Malaysian adults are afflicted with at least three of the four major non-communicable diseases (NCDs): diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol and obesity.