Growing tensions between the uk and china as a british consular worker tells the bbc he was tortured by chinese secret police. And we talk to the star of a hotly tipped film at this weeks singapore Film Festival. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and midnight here in london where Prince Andrew has decided to step back from his royal duties for the foreseeable future. It follows controversy surrounding his friendship with the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. And his disastrous interview at the weekend with the bbc. The prince has denied having sex with a 17 Year Old Girl procured for him by epstein. But a number of organisations linked to his work have begun to distance themselves. Nicholas witchell reports. Driving himself into Buckingham Palace yesterday, the only sighting of Prince Andrew since the newsnight interview was broadcast. Hostility towards him has shown no sign of lessening. Poison prince and pari
And we talk to the star of a hotly of england in the west midlands, tipped film at this weeks into west country and wales through singapore Film Festival. The day. Thats an area to watch as things get wetter. Those temperatures, 9 10 degrees. Lets set into the weekend. Its a weekend dominated by low pressure. We got one slow moving area of low pressure which is why we are seeing that rain developing. How far north the rain gets, a little bit uncertain. Most of the rain across england and hello, and welcome to the programme. Wales, perhaps heading towards northern ireland, as far north as its 9 00am in singapore and 1 00 the central belt, allowing something in the morning here in london, drier and brighter to arrive across parts of the window and wales and where Prince Andrew has decided to step back from his royal duties temperatures again typically 9 11 for the foreseeable future. Degrees. Some rain around on it follows controversy surrounding his friendship with the convicted paedoph
International Film Festival. It is 7 00am in singapore, 11 00pm in london, and 6 00pm in washington, where President Trump has again angered the muslim world by retweeting three inflammatory, anti Muslim Videos posted by a far right group. The videos, posted by one of the leaders of britain first, purport to show muslims destroying a christian statue, killing a boy, and attacking a disabled man. Britain has criticised President Trump for sharing the videos. But the white house insisted mr trump was keen to highlight genuine threats, regardless of whether the footage was real, as our correspondent nick bryant reports. Britain first fighting back britain first is a far right, anti muslim group with a small membership, that often engages in publicity stunts to try to raise its profile. And early this morning it received a huge propaganda gift from donald trump, the America First president. On his twitter feed, he retweeted three inflammatory videos from the groups deputy leader, Jayda Fra
To the director of the oscar winning film, elizabeth, shekhar kapoor, ahead of the 28th Singapore International Film Festival. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in the evening in new york, where an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council is taking place. It follows the latest launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile by north korea. Experts believe this icbm could bring the us mainland within range, although north korea is yet to prove it has reached its aim of miniaturising a nuclear warhead. The Us Ambassador to the un warned the leadership in pyongyang that it would be utterly destroyed if war broke out. The dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday to bring the world closer to war, not further from it. We have never sought war with north korea, and still today, we do not seek it. If war does come, it will be because of continued acts of
Fulltime and a family made. It highlights family bonds and problems brought about by Economic Growth. The film is the work of anthony chen. A 30yearold up and coming director. Chen entered the spotlight by winning the award at the 2013 cannes film festival. The award is given to outstanding director for first feature films. His native country has achieved remarkable Economic Growth since its foundation 50 year ago to become an economic hub in asia. But he wanted his film to show peoples struggles amid the booming economy. Its not about just quick, you know economic benefits. For me its about its about an honest portrait of how people live and work and grow up through that time. What is the reality of life in syrup . What is the message from a young director who grew up in the midst of the countrys Economic Growth . Happy birthday to you. Ilo ilo is set in singapore in 1997 a time when the country enjoyed remarkable growth. One of the main characters is a spoiled 10yearold boy who prove