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thomas here at the bbc headquarters in london. in this special edition of the programme, we re looking at some of the best reports of this year from some of the best reports of this yearfrom our some of the best reports of this year from our network of correspondents from around the world. coming up: stand off in the skies above the south china sea is. rupert wingfield hayes flies over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. our captain is saying that we re a civilian aircraft, not a military aircraft, it didn t make any difference whatsoever, theyjust repeated the threat to leave the area over and over again. tiny victims of yemen s forgotten war. we find starving children in desperate need of aid. he just had fever and diarrhoea and because there was no medicine he passed away. we ve just arrived in what is called the prong zone. under fire on ukraine s frontline. tom burridge and his team meet one of the conflict s most volat ....
welcome to donald trump s america, or what soon will be anyway. i m samira hussain and on this special edition of world business report, we re taking a look at the president elect‘s plans for america, in particular what he wants to do with the us economy. here on wall street, donald trump s selection triumph was met with high spirits. us markets have soared. now with his inauguration approaching, people are asking, what will mr trump do for us growth? in his campaign he promised big in best man s in america s infrastructure. michelle fleury took a look at how that might work. investment. mid morning in allentown, pennsylvania. traffic is flowing smoothly over this bridge built in the 1920s but underneath it s not ageing gracefully. this bridge was built in 1929, almost 90 years old, this is an open arch the ridge. engineers tasked with checking the strength are worried. this is the worst case, the joint area. that s where the most erosion happens. this bridge, like ma ....
of chinese navy ships. our pilots are nervous. they want to turn away. we re a civilian aircraft flying over international waters and yet we re being repeatedly threatened. so what we re getting is the chinese sending out that message, foreign military aircraft, unidentified military aircraft, leave the area immediately. in chinese and english, our captain replied saying we are a civilian aircraft, not a military aircraft, but it didn t make any difference, they repeated the threat to leave the area over and over again. as we fly on the full extent of the construction is revealed. the lagoon is teeming with ships. a cement plant is visible on the new land. then for the first time a clear view of the new runway china is building here. a chinese fighter taking off from here could reach the philippine coast in nine minutes. in the last year, china has built at least seven new islands and three new runways in the south china sea. one here at mischief reef, another at subi r ....
abe is making an historic visit to hawaii 75 years after the attack in pearl harbor which brought the united states into the second world war. he has been paying tribute at the national memorial cemetery in the national memorial cemetery in the pacific. he wanted to send a message that japan will never repeat the atrocities of past wars. the japanese attacks came in waves during a deadly two hours. bombs ripped through us battleships crippling of the pacific fleet and killing over 2000 americans. survivors recalled the bustling port on for hours. i was trying to put out the fire and also trying to them arise if the nametags so i could write to the parents and tell them what happened to their son. setting japanese prime minister after 75 yea rs japanese prime minister after 75 years will attend a memorial, arriving to reaffirm a solemn promise never to repeat the horrors of that war. it was also hold a final meeting with the outgoing us president. they have developed str ....
i m phillipa thomas here at the bbc‘s headquarters in london. in this special edition of the programme, we re looking at some of the best reports of this year from our network of correspondents from around the world. coming up: stand off in the skies above the south china sea. rupert wingfield hayes flies over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. our captain is saying that we re a civilian aircraft, not a military aircraft, it didn t make any difference whatsoever, theyjust repeated the threat to leave the area over and over again. tiny victims of yemen s forgotten war. nawal al maghafi finds starving children in desperate need of aid. he just had fever and diarrhoea and because they didn t have his medicine he passed away. we ve just arrived in what is called the prong zone. under fire on ukraine s frontline. tom burridge and his team meet one of the conflict‘s most volatile hotspots where the fragile ceasefire has colla ....