and london. this is bbc world news. it is newsday. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 1am in versailles whether french president has been setting out his plans to reinvigorate the nation. as the 620 summit is in hamburg later this week, emmanuel macron promised a transformation of france and europe. the new leader made a passionate speech to a joint session of the national assembly and senate but as we report, not eve ryo ne senate but as we report, not everyone was impressed. the dignity of the presidential office is something about which emmanuel macron feels very deeply. he came to versailles, a place of regal pomp and awe to talk to his legislators. he called and they came 900 deputies and senators in buses from paris. newcomers to the assembly, like the mathematician and macron loyallist cedric villani, who saw nothing wrong with the president s unconventional summons. it is an exceptional, critical moment. the nation has gone through a terrible lack of trus
with me, zeinab badawi. the recent release of saif al islam gaddafi by the libyan group holding him has led to the international criminal court in the hague, the icc, demanding his arrest. he s been indicted by the court for alleged crimes against humanity, murder and persecution. the icc was set up in 2002 as a court of last resort to try such individuals, but it s met a barrage of criticisms principally that it has an anti african bias because only africans have been convicted and nearly all the cases before it are from the continent. my guest is the prosecutor of the icc, fatou bensouda, a lawyer from gambia. what does she say in the court s defence? fatou bensouda, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. you were born in gambia to a muslim family, you studied law in nigeria, then you returned to gambia in 1987 to work as a public prosecutor. why did you want to go into law? i believe it is my this, you know, sense of right and wrong, and justice that s somethi
it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and two in the morning in versailles, where the french president has been setting out his plans to reinvigorate the nation. as leaders prepare for the 620 summit in hamburg later this week, emmanuel macron promised a profound transformation of france and europe. the newly elected leader made a passionate speech to a joint session of the national assembly and senate, but as hugh schofield reports not everyone was impressed. the dignity of the presidential office is something about which emmanuel macron feels very deeply. he came to versailles, a place of regal pomp and awe to talk to his legislators. he called and they came 900 deputies and senators in buses from paris. newcomers to the assembly, like the mathematician and macron loyalist cedric villani, who saw nothing wrong with the president s unconventional summons. it is an exceptional, critical moment. the nation has gone through a terrible lack of trust recently. i find it perfec
of the island s care system and also warned that some young now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. australia s central bank is said to make its latest policy decision. will it change course? and we find out if women ceos can close the gendered gap by catering to other women. good morning asia hello world, glad you could join us for this tuesday edition. i am rico hizon. we start off with the central bank in australia and it is widely expected that the reserve bank will leave rates on hold at its meeting today. the rate is currently sit at a historic 1.5%, where they have been since august last year. with a strengthening jobs market and a cooling housing sector, is the bank likely to change course in the coming months? earlieri likely to change course in the coming months? earlier i asked an economist based in sydney.” coming months? earlier i asked an economist based in sydney. i think they are sitting on the fence and now and that will probably r