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declared in five regions, including auckland. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. across the world, freedom and democracy are in retreat. almost a third of the worlds people live under authoritarian rule. that number is rising and that has grave implications for basic human rights. its not that liberal democracies cant be abusive of rights, but generally their safeguards against oppression are stronger. my guest today is kenneth roth, just retired after 3...

british regional airline flybe ceases trading for a second time, cancelling all flights to and from the uk after going into administration. a seven—day state of emergency has been declared in new zealands largest city, auckland, after three people are killed in severe flooding. this is an unprecedented event in recent memory. in the aftermath, will have plenty of time to evaluate the response. and hes only sixteen but hes already the best flat jockey in britain. we meet the teenager ...

been made redundant. a seven—day state of emergency has been declared in new zealands largest city, auckland, after three people are killed in severe flooding. this is an unprecedented event in recent memory. in the aftermath, will have plenty of time to evaluate the response. israeli police say that two people have been wounded in a terrorist attackjust outside the old city in occupied eastjerusalem. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven people near a synagogue. isr...

in the aftermath, will have plenty of time to evaluate the response. israeli police say that two people have been wounded in a terrorist attackjust outside the old city in occupied eastjerusalem. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven people near a synagogue. israeli police say theyve arrested 42 people in connection with fridays shooting. the gunman was killed. israels prime minister benjamin netanyahu has urged israelis not to take matters into their own hands. on thu...

in new zealands largest city, auckland, after 3 people are killed in severe flooding. this is an unprecedented event in recent memory. in the aftermath, will have plenty of time to evaluate the response. police in israel say that a 13—year—old palestinian has carried out a shooting attack outside the old city injerusalem in which two people, a father and son, were seriously wounded. the teenage attacker was shot and wounded. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven pe...

a new studio in portugal. do you think you could ever stop making work? uh, it can be easy. if i stop to breathe, then everything is just gone with the wind. if you stop to breathe? yes. so you dont plan to stop working? no. but breathe also is working. your son is here. you presumably have a different relationship with your son than you had with your father. but what does he make of life here? what does he make of life in the uk? well, he loves culture here. he feels hes been very wel...

spending in china will increase by more than 7% this year that the opening of congress. the premier called for more soldiers to be trained under combat conditions. in recent days, we have learned the heartbreaking news that the former wales footballer jason bowen is the latest sports star to have been dianosed with motor neurone disease. the 50—year—old, who played for swansea, cardiff and newport county during his career, says hes determined not to look too far ahead, and to enjoy...

for seven and a half days. more than 7000 people are now known to have died and that number is expected to rise and not focuses on getting aid to the thousands who have survived. also in the programme, the new family of the victim was legally stabbed says that her death is of the massive hole in their lives. officials have been explaining more about the series of objects that have been shot down from their airspace. three were shut down this past week and we have just been hearing from...

new zealand declares a national state of emergency for the third time in its history — after cyclone gabrielle ravaged the countrys north island. its seven in the morning in singapore, and 6 pm in washington where the white house has been explaining why the us military has shot a series of objects out of the sky over american territory in recent weeks including a suspected spy balloon from china. officials say the objects posed a threat to commercial flights and were brought down in ...

and that people watch it. so the fact that we have come all the way this far has been so exciting. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin our coverage today with the story of a huge fire in bangladesh — which has destroyed about 2,000 shelters at a rohingya refugee camp in the south—east of the country. officials say the blaze has been brought under control but around 12,000 people have been left homeless at the camp in coxs bazar dist...