the economic slowdown in south asia is one factor. --ning us now is to do joining us now to discuss this erik. >> you're seeing the new ceo that took over at the start of the year is backing away from his predecessor, paul pohlman's more ambitious growth outlook saying it was unrealistic. and investors are not liking that. anna: what is this being attributed to? emerging-market headwinds? there is a lot going on. morninge release this they cite west africa, south asia, north america. last quarter they cited slow tease sales across much of the developing world and slow ice cream sales in europe because the summer was not hot enough. that does not leave a lot of other markets where things are going well. that is a problem. matt: how important is the ice cream market? unilever says the ice cream market share will row in the u.s. is this a huge issue? they made a big deal out of the $4 million rebrand. >> this is a big business for them. they have ben & jerry's and magnum. he sold its ice cream brand in the u.s. to a joint venture. matt:

a savior of minorities across south asia what this bill purports to do is to try and correct a historical injustice that's been done to a lot of minority groups in these neighboring countries like pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan just look at the statistics in those were 23 percent of pakistan after independence in $147.00 now they're less than 2 percent of the population lot of them have been facing you know forcible conversions assassinations and ethnic cleansing and they're looking for india to give them refuge contributor seats in pakistan they used to be 40000 of them in 2002 down to just 8000 today in those in bangladesh another country to our east and on 14 percent of the time of independence in $171.00 now down to 9 percent and willing hindus and sikhs in afghanistan the 3rd neighbor which is the purpose of this bill 700000 in the 1970 s. now hindus and sikhs are less than 7000 so if you look at the situation there are a lot of jihadists and extremist groups in our neighborhood that are engaging in ethnic cleansing and genocide of campaigns against my not nice and all these cou

orangutans are native to only two islands in south—east asia. some live on sumatra but the vast majority with your in borneo. ——live here in borneo. i have come to the nature reserve where the rangers are preparing for the morning feed. the reserve took orangutans that have been rescued from captivity or suffer from habitat loss and taught them how to live wildly in the surrounding forest. since then, the rehabilitation programme has been moved elsewhere but the forest is still home to 33 orangutans and tourists have a chance to glimpse those tempted back by a female. ——by a free meal. it is very different to a zoo, there are no orangutans in cages here? yes, it is totally different to a zoo. this is edwin, one of the biggest males in the park. like the ranger said, this is not a zoo. the orangutans can come from a direction at any time. you have to be a little bit careful, especially around the big males like edwin here. while these orangutans are used to people, they are still unpredictable, so tourists are kept at a safe distance. edw

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best off a stump and in the end possibly even to south asia. the story of ordinary people fighting a global industry has been getting away with mass murder. an industry protected by powerful politicians and it all starts in my small village and. i had a wonderful childhood in this green paradise joe. opposite my home and there's a big company. at dicks at an it. thousands of people who work there. my father worked there too as a union man. i work in the factory during the holidays so i could buy my 1st camera . it takes at the need for houses food and my studies it brought a lot of prosperity to families in the region this was the unquestioned reality of my you'd. one day more than 50 years later an indian lawyer comes to my village. errantly antics an incident has a dark and hidden history buried in india. you run a factory in another country and you don't tell these people that it's unsafe you don't provide any other safety equipment you dump asbestos like this and then you leave. as a huge rise in the use of asbestos in india and around 198-

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asia there will be a lot of pressure to put their weapons on launch on warning and also to. give command and control in the field to 2 nuclear weapons which would also be very destabilizing paulse also for you what could potentially be the most destabilizing factor going forward in the longer term i think is the the why the spreading of these new technologies which i'm not going to then they're not going to rely only on russian or american technology the indians will get. hypersonic crew cruise missiles other countries will get them as well. so that that's that spread multiplied by artificial intelligence. increasing the speed with which some of these technical developments happening and then significance when they do happen that i think is the bigger global problem and we don't yet have an answer to how we could even begin talking about that or who would be involved in that conversation all right so on that note i have to leave it there thank you very much it's all my guests for joining us pavel felgenhauer tariq rough and paul thanks very much thank you for watching you ca

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he is south asia editor for the bbc world service. so for the bbc world service. what is the latest on th( protests 7 so what is the latest on the protests? after an unprecedented evening of violence in part of the indian capital, delhi, life is returning to normal. but still there is tension, and many students from one of the well—known universities are coming up with more details of what happened. thousands of people we re what happened. thousands of people were holding a protest last evening here in delhi against the controversial citizenship law, because people here feel this is discriminatory and people in the north—east of india feel that it would have an impact on their culture and identity. the police here in delhi said some of the protesters, they set fire to buses and vans and also damaged many areas, and they resorted to batten charges and used teargas. but after that happened there are conflicting versions of what happened inside the university —— baton charges. the stu d e nts university —— baton charges. the

asia and many problems we need to figure out and address and the way i would get that, and focus on ways to try to solve or at least ameliorate the challenges of that security environment and from that, real concrete results, i think that history shows, can and will follow, but i'd be more inclined to focus upon trying to get the countries together on trying to address the problems than to simply find, you know, the ways to describe them. >> and christmas is the single biggest obstacles to an nbt review? >> i'm not sure there is a single biggest, there are multiple scenarios thatwe've had some blow up before some parties trying to use the mechanisms to brow beat countries to the table and to use mechanisms to try to achieve outcomes in the middle east, with respect to the middle eastern idea of middle eastern zone free of mass destruction, and to force country that are not willing to engage among themselves. that's derailed. that's certainly one scenario. our hope is that we can, well, our diplomacy on the front is focused upon trying to especially at this 50th anniversary of the mp

asia we do not have the largest number of chinese evil in supply chain in the supply chain industry but it continues to demean the cause of worry however the wast of the lot for particularly in india is the fenian the female vocalist in these in this industry though not only are the legal speed but they're also subject to a volley of sexual abuse as we've seen from multiple reports by the un it's the us by outside i'm sorry is the government the indian government doing enough to protect its children and workers. so earlier the c.e.o. of the government of india actually published a national action plan of the n.e.p. on business and human rights which was welcomed by the private sector and the business law it was seen as a huge step that the government was seeking to ensure better rights that its workers however there's been a huge gap between what was said on people and the implementation there have also been several reports by n.g.o.s in india talking about legal laws including these laws i've you'll eat far believe me it's the workers bedell do or do we end up often meeting busines

south asia overall, bangladesh, india, these are questions with average age of 27 years, but advanced economies and dragged to growth and we had a useful country. they are mindful that they had to be much more serious - they are at the moment looking into a compilation of measures. will they be the next china, double digit growth rates? all we can do is put a strong prayer and provide the best that continue to make them come true. >> questions from the audience on the global economy? >> you touched on africa, two things we have seen. what is corruption and the second is political volatility, the molecules in that direction. aging the population and potential but doesn't seem to work. >> it is finally sinking into a good number of african leaders but i'm encouraged by what i saw in the senegal. of recognition that they are serious about corruption nevermind what else they do. they would have a hard time attracting investors. we also have to recognize if they make efforts to improve that environment but nothing happens we may be disempowering the leadership in africa so what we are star

does roaches says the associate professor at the near east south asia center for strategic studies previously worked in special operations he says those who testified against got her to it's a great great risk to themselves it is very unusual to have an incident of this sort with a senior noncommissioned officer accused of these things and it's important to know that when you look at these. all of the people in the videos are extremely highly trained extremely valuable to the united states as a military assets they are putting themselves at extreme risk by going forth with these allegations you know gallagher was a senior leader in their seal team have the ability to issue administrative punishments which could have included expulsion from the team so this is this is unusual this is very unusual the allegations are unusual and the fact that people came forward voluntarily to do this at some risk to themselves is also unusual on the plus side it shows that there is a commitment to the value of the institution of special warfare and the navy that i think is encouraging. protesters in iraq of st

south asia, banglar desh, these are countries average age, 27 years. just think of the aging populations of advanced economies and how that is a drag to growth. and we have this huge country. they are mindful that they have to be much more serious around the well thought through and well implemented reforms. and they are looking into a combination to boost investor confidence. will they be the next china? double-digit growth rates? >> a lot of hopes in this room. >> well, i think all we can do is put a very strong prayer and provide them with the best analytics that they can use to make these prayers come true. >> i know we want to go to questions now. >> questions from the audience on the global economy. martin? >> yeah. you touched on africa, and two things that we've seen in africa that have really limited, one is corruption and the second is political volatility. i think it's 55 or 57, the molecules that move in different directions. and everybody points to the potential. you mentioned young people, aging population, birthrate, bags of potential bu

act he also added that this is the time to maintain peace unity and brotherhood and joining me now is south asia director of human rights watch menard she done really don't reap prime minister more the has appealed for calm in the midst of these violent protests do you think the extent of the opposition has caught the government by surprise. i do hope that that is the case that the prime minister now recognizes that there is public opinion against this and that he does the right thing. in diverse in these policies in a democracy it's very important for. for an elected leader he protests. are making this about politics but do you think that these protests that we're seeing across the country represent the large majority view on the citizenship amendment. it is hard to test that the question the question really is that there has been. a very significant number of voices students who are out on the streets. the government has made a difference in lux on this issue initially it was all about trying to control immigration which of course is a is also a problematic because it is immigration tryin

asia. there are many problems we need to figure out to address, and the way i would get that and focus on ways to try to solve or at least ameliorate the challenges of that security environment, and from that, real concrete results, i think that history shows, can and will follow. but i'd be more inclined to focus upon trying to get the countries together on trying to address the problems than to -- than simply to find, you know, the ways to describe them. brian: what is the single biggest obstacle to an nbt review? chris: i'm not sure there is a single biggest. there are multiple scenarios which do not help. we have had review conferences blow up before because of some parties' insistence in trying to use npt mechanisms to brow beat countries to the table with which they are not willing to negotiate at all and to use mechanisms to try to achieve outcomes in the middle east, with respect to the idea of middle eastern zone free of mass destruction and delivery systems. there have been attemp

south asia over all, budging india these are average age of the population of 27 years. just think of the aging population of the advanced economy and how that is attractive growth. they are mindful that they have to be much more serious around zero well implemented reforms. and they are at the moment looking into a measures to invest the confidence. will they be the next china? double digit growth rate? >> there's a lot of hope in this room. >> i think all we can do is put a very strong prayer and provide them with the best support to make these prayers come true. >> i know we want to go to questions, right must you. >> questions from the audience. >> he touched on africa, and the two things that we have seen in africa that is really limited. one is corruption and the second is political volatility. i think there's 55 or 57 molecules of the different directions. and everybody was to potentially you'd mentioned young people the birthrate, et cetera. it has the potential. but it doesn't seem to work. >> the.you just made is finally sinking into the minds of a good number

you had the president of uber in india and south asia saying india doesn't move in cars, indians move in buses and two wheelers and three wheelers. it seems very popular and it's likely to be something that will be taking off very soon. i'm sure uber has a plan to disrupt as ever. thank you so much, simoney, for being on the programme. thank you too for your company and i'll see you soon. hello. monday's mildest weather was found across the far north of the uk. and it's not that often we get to say that! whereas many areas stayed chilly, just one degree there in parts of mid wales, highland scotland saw temperatures climbing all the way to ten degrees because of a feed of south—westerly winds from the atlantic, bringing a lot of cloud, bringing some outbreaks of rain, but also bringing some milder air, which stays in place across northern areas to start tuesday, while southern areas have something much colder. so nine degrees there in stornoway — compare that with freezing in london. some spots a few degrees below freezing, and with the potential for some fog. a met office yellow

and, a long drought in south—east asia has shrunk the mekong river to its lowest levels in more than a century. it's 9:00 in the morning in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington where the us house of representatives is set to vote later on wednesday on whether to impeach donald trump. it's over claims that he threatened to withhold military aid from ukraine unless it investigated his leading democratic rival in next year's presidential election — joe biden and his son. in a letter to the house speaker, nancy pelosi, mr trump called the impeachment process "an illegal, partisan attempted coup, that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting booth". the democrat—controlled house is expected to vote in favour, which would lead to a trial in the senate, probably in january. here's the president speaking earlier. this has been a total sham from the beginning. everybody knows it. i've never seen the republican party so united. we got, as you know, 100% of the vote. i believe the senate is equally as well united. i watched mitch mcconnell this morning, i watched

korea but there are other looking towards south asia and southeast asia to gain new markets and they don't want to be too depending on china because they know how. things can change basically overnight. journalists having pressure with thank you very much for all your insights let's turn our attention to syria now where government forces are pressing ahead with an offensive aimed at overwhelming the last opposition controlled part of the country is live province in northwestern syria is dominated by fighters wink to the islamist al qaeda organization there all also 3000000 civilians living in the region the latest offensive has fueled worries that many of them will be forced to flee their homes and become refugees. the syrian army has been subjecting rebel positions to sustained attacks president bashar al assad wants to regain control of it late province tens of thousands of people have fled since fighting intensified many want to head north to safety in turkey. turkish president heir to one says that more than 80000 people are on their way to his country. he warns that the situatio

it was visible across much of the middle east and south asia where people witnessed the annular solar eclipse. it is also known as a "ring of fire", where the moon doesn't completely cover the sun. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at 10.05pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. more on the news that thousands of people have lost their homes after a typhoon ripped through the phillipines. at least 13 people have been killed. the chairman of the philippine red cross, richard gordon, spoke to the bbc, about how people are trying to cope. well, first of all the access is difficult because people are stranded, you have to bring the goods you have to deliver, several islands have been affected. a lot of people have lost their homes, and they need food, they need hot meals. we are serving hot meals, it's not enough, obviously, we are trying our best to do that. lifelines like power has been affected, there is a complete blackout in certain areas which will be solved in

mohammed dyer says chinese expansion is nowhere more visible in south and central asia for example china $1200000000.00 nearly half of the country's foreign that's of $2900000000.00 so i'll wrap this up from our community their perspective but this from wasit who says it is good for china bad for poor countries. sarah a vicar way and thank you so much for joining us on national today to talk about the growing influence of china around the world of us join us on thursday for the last show of this week special series let me tell you what we've been doing over the last couple of days on monday and tuesday on wednesday these are all of the topics on thursday because colonialism we're going to be talking about cullen only i can i can i say before tomorrow food and colonialism is it a thing we're going to be talking about that tomorrow and is it a bad thing can't wait for that come hungry keep sending your thoughts the hash tag is because colonialism we'll see online. the shocking treatment of disabled people in romanian state run care in these cages who cannot have access to a toilet or water

the roche associate professor at the near east south asia center for strategic studies so i thank you so much for sharing your views with us thank you now a t.v. news crew has captured the terrifying moment that a truck crashed into an earlier pileup on the side of a highway in texas. the video shows a state trooper running for his life as the truck plows towards him in thick fog he'd been investigating a 2 car crash in the book county when the truck lost control a police officer and the person in the truck were both injured. and it's feared that thousands of koalas have been killed after bushfires ravaged areas north of australia's largest city sydney thousands that survived with burns are now being treated by vets and volunteers to a surge of the marsupials habitat has been destroyed along the new south wales coast which was home to about $28000.00 koalas a heat wave gripping several states has also left many d. hydrated including this. who approached cyclists in the state of south australia firefighters battling weeks of catastrophic fires across the country have also been helping

orangutans are native to only two islands in south—east asia. some live on sumatra, but the vast majority live here in borneo. i have come to the semenggoh nature reserve, where the rangers are preparing for the morning feed. it looks like they eat quite well because there is a whole buffet here, and it seems like every day there is a different meal plan. yeah. today is saturday, so they will have about 21 kilo bananas, and then sweet potatoes, chicken eggs and pineapples. oh, it's heavy. maybe 15 kilos. ooh, 0k. so, where are we at? almost there. almost 20. we are ready, 21kg. so emel, tell me what is special about semenggoh nature reserve? ok, so semenggoh wildlife centre actually started off as a rehabitation centre, so we were established back in 1975, so it's more than a0 years ago. the reserve took orangutans that had been rescued from captivity or suffered from habitat loss, and taught them how to live wild in the surrounding forest. since then, the rehabilitation programme has been moved elsewhere, but the forest is still home to 33 oran

seven people died and 64 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants from south asia sank off the turkish coast. it was near bitlis on the northern shores of lake van when it capsized. firefighting teams in australia, have had some respite over the past few days with lower temperatures but that's about to end with the intense heat returning. since september, close to 3000 firefighters have been out nearly every day battling blaze. almost 90% of those on the ground, are unpaid volunteers. many families in new south wales are spending the holiday season in shelters, their villages and towns, still smouldering from last week's fires. our correspondent, phil mercer, is in bilpin, about 80 kilometres north west of sydney. the physicalfinancial, the physical financial, and emotional cost of these fires has been immense. communities across australia have been terrorised by giant walls of flame. here we have been talking to is this man. he is originally from leven on but has lived here for more than 30 years. he owns an orchard that was about the damage. he joined he owns an orchard that was abou

seven people have died and 64 were rescued after a boat, carrying migrants from south asia, sank off the turkish coast. it capsized near bitlis, on the northern shores of lake van. wikipedia has welcomed a ruling from turkey's constitutional court, declaring a ban on the website unconstitutional, a violation of the right to freedom of expression. wikipedia was banned in turkey in 2017. the government claimed it had cooperated with what officials called terrorist organisations in syria. chile's president has visited the port city of valparaiso, where fires have destroyed at least 2115 homes in a low—income area. seven hundred people have been left homeless in what the president called a tragedy and a deliberate act of arson. many local people say they've been left destitute, although the government has indicated it will provide subsidies to build new homes. firefighting teams in australia have had some respite over the past few days, with lower temperatures, but that's about to end as the intense heat returns. since september, close to 3,000 firefighters have been out nearly every d

and that's not even counting the incipient arms race or the other arms race on south asia. there many problems need to figure out how to address. once you get at that, i would argue is focusing upon finding ways to solve or eliminate the challenges of that security environment. and from that real concrete results, history shows canon will follow. but i would be more inclined to sort of focus upon trying to get countries together, or trying to address those problems then to simply define solicitous ways to describe them. >> this is the single biggest obstacle to. [inaudible] >> i don't think there's a single biggest there's multiple scenarios which don't help. we've had review conferences roll out before because some party's insistence on trying to use mpt methodism to browbeat countries to the table with them themselves not able to engage at all. nt is mechanisms to try to achieve outcomes specifically in the middle east with respect to the middle eastern zone free of the weapons of mass destruction and delivery systems. there have been many counterproductive attempts to fo

well sky watchers across the gulf south asia have been treated to a rare solar eclipse it's known as the ring of fire and happens when the moon isn't close enough to the earth to completely obscure the sun so you can still see a thin bright ring outside the phenomenal glass for about 3 hours. well still ahead in sports a 4 year record comes to an end for the reigning n.b.a. champions league that story straight after the break. this is a boon for point people right now and technology there is so much going to help people it's from thanks for calling i read this is there and what are you looking like today we get to that client with their day to day tasks and give them more independence and freedom as far as our customers get that sure is a tomato that exploration process is amazing in we have that technology available to us techno on our jersey. well clock time sport now i'm just talking with a sport by day it's one. way basketball. and it was a busy christmas on the court in the n.b.a. and the 2 l.a. teams battling it out with le bron james pushing for the 1st lakers title in 10 year

the pressure points seem to be south asia and north america. also changing habits of shoppers. the likes of that is weighing on the company. lloyd's also on the downside, down more than 4.5%. the biggest lenders would be able to weather the financial crisis, but citi says lloyd's is the most disappointing for their stress test and can maybe wait for their buyback. an down more than 4%. they are a buyer for boeing. to comestrain is going on the suppliers, and the big question for them is when will boeing start production again. francine: annmarie hordern with your main stock movers. let's go to the first word news in new york city with viviana hurtado. viviana: boris johnson guaranteeing no extension to the brexit transition phase. he wants to deliver his election promise for a free-trade deal with e.u., but it is highly unlikely. that will be enough time for negotiations. the move setting up possible new cliff edge for a no deal brexit in one year. across india, tensions are high. protests continue against a controversial new citizenship law. the new law bars undocumented refor

south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. days of deadly violence, as indians continue to oppose a law they say is an assault on the rights of the country's 200 million muslims. as curfews were imposed and internet was blocked in india's largest state, uttar pradesh, protesters say they've been brutally silenced. as the death toll rises, reports some victims were shot by the police — a charge authorities deny. at a rally today, india's prime minister, narendra modi, expressed his support for the country's police, but failed to mention the civilian deaths. and defended his citizenship amendment act, the caa, which offers only non—muslim illegal immigrants from certain countries a fast track to nationality. translation: muslims who were born on indian soil shouldn't be concerned by the caa order. a national nrc would introduce citizenship checks for everyone in the country, something many protesters fear could target muslims. today, the prime minister said his government had not discussed once since he came to power in 2014

asia it gives illegal migrants of 6 religions a chance to become immune to this you are right now we're completely fine with the thing is islam is not one of those 6 religions right so it's a it's a very concerted attempt to leave islam out of that matrix the sort of the official reason given for this act has been is is to give shelter to religious minorities you know the irony here is that you know you have for example india borders now mind their borders burma in ridge you know you have been doing the so during your for example not included in the ambit of this bill the tamils of sri lanka you know one other another minority group that have suffered genocide are not included in the ambit of this bill so you know this bill is really playing to the ruling party the baraka sort of party bring about 30 seconds on a practical level how many migrants are expected to come in and i'm going to worry about how they're going to be dealt with we're going to go yes on. you know so the b.g.p. has gone all over the place at one point to see very few megan's are going to come in because you know ther

the bbc‘s south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan has been telling us why this is happening now. the government has been under intense pressure from the international community to restore normalcy in india administered kashmir pulled they sent in more than 14,000 additional troops to maintain law and order after the region erupted after the indian government withdrew the special status given to it and some special privileges for the citizens. kashmir itself is a plus point. it is claimed by both india and pakistan which had led to war previously and that's why the world wants to know how much progress has been done because the indian government told the international community that this was a temporary provision in the indian constitution and they are reworking it but that triggered unrest. to contain this unrest, they sentin unrest. to contain this unrest, they sent in thousands of troops and last month the german chancellor, angela merkel, what in delhi and she said clearly the situation in kashmir is not sustainable and you can't continue to have restrictions put to the us hou

asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. days of deadly violence, as indians continue to oppose a law they say is an assault on the rights of the country's 200 million muslims. as curfews were imposed and internet was blocked in india's largest state, uttar pradesh, protesters say they've been brutally silenced. as the death toll rises, reports some victims were shot by the police — a charge authorities deny. at a rally today, india's prime minister, narendra modi, expressed his support for the country's police, but failed to mention the civilian deaths, and defended his citizenship amendment act, the caa, which offers only non—muslim illegal immigrants from certain countries fast—track nationality. translation: muslims who were born on indian soil shouldn't be concerned by the caa order and nrc. a national nrc would introduce citizenship checks for everyone in the country, something many protesters fear could target muslims. today, the prime minister said his government hadn't discussed once since he came to power in

sadly, it wasn't visible here in the uk but much of the middle east and south asia witnessed the annular solar eclipse, which is also known as a "ring of fire" where the moon doesn't completely cover the sun. now, to an unusual bakery, inside a psychiatric hospital in china. patients can volunteer to make bread, and then sell it as a way of connecting with wider society. take a look. so, did you tune in to find out what was occurrin‘ last night? millions sat down for the return of gavin and stacey after ten years and it ended on a huge cliff—hanger. the christmas special has been a hit with the critics and fans, who are hoping for another series. but the show‘s writers, james corden and ruthjones, said there are currently n0 plans to bring it back — as it's difficult to find time to write more. but the pair did get together to watch the programme go out last night. christmas wouldn't be christmas, without abit of glitz and sparkle — so ‘strictly come dancing' returned to our screens for the annual festive special. former contestants dusted off their dancing shoes and took to

sadly, it wasn't visible here in the uk, but much of the middle east and south asia witnessed the annular solar eclipse, which is also known as a ‘ring of fire‘ — where the moon doesn't completely cover the sun. it's not christmas without a bit of a glitz and sparkle, so strictly come dancing returned to our screens for the annual festive special. former contestants dusted off their dancing shoes and took to the floor once more. but it was debbie mcgee that lifted the trophy with her professional partner kevin clifton. congratulations to them! now a special programme where tom burridge revisits of the collapse of travel firm thomas cook and its far—reaching effects on customers and staff. all chant: what do we want? answers! when do we want them? now! it is a travesty, it has devastating our lives because of thomas cook airlines uk. the captain turned around to me and said to me "it is gone". i went into the flight deck and cried. when do we want them? now! it has not been possible to save one of the most—loved brands in travel. after 178 years, it was all over. as i got to the

seven people have died and 64 were rescued after a boat, carrying migrants from south asia, sank off the turkish coast. it capsized near bitlis on the northern shores of lake van. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: in search of a giant african butterfly — a team of french scientists take to the treetops in search of the mysterious swallowtail. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today. and then we'll be in france and again it will be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. reporter: it was just good? no, fantastic. that's better. big ben bongs this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: officials in khazakhstan say an aircraft with 100 people on board has crashed shortly after take off fr

sadly, it wasn't visible here in the uk but much of the middle east and south asia witnessed the annual solar eclipse which is also known as a "ring of fire" where the moon doesn't completely cover the sun. there's more throughout the afternoon on the bbc news channel. we're back with the teatime news at 5.55pm. now, on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with christian fraser. lets get more now — on a busy day in sport — a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben croucher. a finely poised start. james anderson with the first ball of the match, not a bad way to start. south africa are recovering to 198—5 in the afternoon session. they were put into bat byjoe root. south africa are approaching the 200 mark, sam curran thinks he might have an lbw but pitched outside leg. plenty more to keep up—to—date with on the cricket. boxing day football is up and running in the premier league. nine games today. tottenham and brighton is the early kick—off. and spurs thought they'd taken the lead when harry kane