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shows promising results. in sport, the british and irish lions‘ tour of new zealand has begun. jonny sexton with a early penalty. would you have known how to spell marocain . we ll be joined by some spelling bees, and put a man from the oxford english dictionary to the test. and ben has the weather. good morning. a cooler fresher weekend, with spells of sunshine and a few passing showers, all the details coming up. first, our main story. theresa may and jeremy corbyn have faced tough questions from a tv audience, just days before the general election. they were challenged separately in a special edition of question time in york. mrs may faced uncomfortable questions about nhs funding. while mr corbyn faced a robust exchange over whether he would use the uk s nuclear deterrent. our political correspondent vicky young was there. they came here hoping to persuade people that they have what it takes to lead the country. no one expected an easy ride but from the start it ....
counterfeiters. a warning from lego as its boss in china can t tell the difference between the fake and the real thing. and the mainland s most famous tech giant ali barack obama reports strong revenues and looks to soar even higher with the cloud. good morning, asia and hello, world. it s a wednesday and glad you could join us for this edition of asia business report. we kick off with lego and the danish owned company has told the bbc that authorities in china need to do more to tackle fake goods after the man in charge of lego‘s huge new factory in the mainland failed to spot a fake piece from the real thing. lego is currently involved in legal action against one chinese manufacturer it claims is ripping off its products. here s robin in shanghai. billions and billions of these little plastic bricks have been sold the world over and now lego is betting big on china. what started out with hand cut bricks in denmark in 1949 is now $100 out with hand cut bricks in denm ....
broke out in syria and the war has caused untold loss of life. millions and millions of people are being displaced both inside syria and outside of it and it has led to the greatest refugee crisis since world war ii. a truce between the government and rebel groups is nominally in place but it is continually broken. after six years of conflict, the government is now backin of conflict, the government is now back in control of all the major cities in syria and we will focus on a few of them. the bbc has been looking at 2a hours in the life of several people across the country. we will start in hospital. the the syrian army and its allies drove all rebels from aleppo‘s old city last year. that part of the city last year. that part of the city was almost completely evacuated. sinners, some residents have returned and here is one of their stories. just south of aleppo is a place called. the attempts to go on as normal include football games. finally, we will return to the ....
the vice presidency, which as you know surprised him, he always respected the role of the press. all right. andrea mitchell joining us by phone. andrea, appreciate that. and again, just continuing our coverage here. it is 1:00 in the east. we continue our coverage of the death of former president george herbert walker bush, america s 41st commander in chief. he has died at the age of 94. that word came to us now just over an hour ago, the word being passed from a statement from his son, george w. bush. we are joined by hallie jackson. let me start with you because we have heard from the current i m sorry. that is my mistake. we will be hearing from her in a minute. we are going to pause here just for a few seconds because we re going to be joined by our network affiliates and pick up the network coverage. this is an nbc news special report. steve kegeorge h.w. bush has away at the age of 94. that word coming to us just over an hour ago. a statement released by his so ....
Outrageous a scenario they shouldn t plan for it, so they are currently making plans for how to respond to that. well, yes. i think those of us who we re old enough to remember 2020 so planning for something like that doesn t seem so out of the ordinary if it s a distressing landscape to look out upon. foreign counter parts speaking to the under secretary for the foreign department said the first trump election maybe people didn t understand who he was or maybe an accident. a second election of trump, we ll never trust you again. i understand the sense of betrayal europeans are girding themselves for, but in terms of autocrats rising to power and sweeping through western democracies, i mean europe has plenty of its own examples, right? they have viktor orban in hungary, douda in poland. ....