and getting south africa s youth back on track we ve a special report from johannesburg on attempts more than 200 wounded soldiers from the azovstal steelworks on the edge of the ukrainian city of mariupol have been evacuated. they d been withstanding a russian offensive for nearly three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. pictures suggest that the soldiers were bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has stressed the importance of their release. translation: we hope - to save the lives of our boys. among them are the heavily wounded. they are being treated. i want to underline ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. i think these words can be understood by all adequate pe
let s go tojoao da silva who is following the story from our asia business hub in singapore. china does not like to be criticised or have a finger pointed at it so what is going on here? , on here? let me begin with the comments on here? let me begin with the comments by on here? let me begin with the comments by jake on here? let me begin with the comments by jake sullivan i on here? let me begin with the comments by jake sullivan that| comments by jake sullivan that you mention there. they reflect at least some level of perplexity at the white house over china s recent decision to make particularly when it comes to the economy, the criticism about reduced transparency is about reduced transparency is about patient s moved to stop reporting youth unemployment data. a time when youth joblessness is at record high in china that decision raised eyebrows and notjust in washington. all around people were left wondering whether the world s second largest economy should really be picki
A day in the life of some of these jobs is a bit of a grind, but in a climate where it’s difficult to find work in China, they offer relatively easy work in high demand, “as long as you have hands”.
helen was said to be in good spirits, but just a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become i the world s newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, i and the challengesl ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, i it is time to celebrate. this is bbc news, our top story: wounded ukrainian soldiers are taken out of the azovstal steel plant after months under russian siege. it s been described as south africa s ticking time bomb severely high levels of youth unemployment, which are among the highest in the world. the bbc s shingai nyoka reports from johannesburg on the impact youth joblessness and rising social tensions.