Also in the programme a sweeping election victory for gotabhaya rajapa ksa. Sri lankas new president says he will be the leader of all citizens, regardless of religion or ethnicity. And, how to help workers when dirty coal mines close. Can spain be a model . Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london and also 8 in the morning in hong kong where local media are reporting that police have entered the Polytechnic University campus after a two day standoff between protesters and police. Activists inside the University Set its main entrance on fire as police made another attempt to take the building. Police have used tear gas and water cannon against a group of about 100 pro democracy activists, whove responded with petrol bombs and rocks fired from catapults. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse, whos at the scene, sent this report a little after the trouble started. For the assault on the campus has started, about five minutes ago we thought several dozen black clad Police O
It is just after half past midnight, it is now time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. My guest today is an extremist of a very special kind. Thing to do with his political views, but recognition of a lifetime spent embracing physical challenges at the extreme limit of human endurance. Sur Ranulph Fiennes has taken on and conquered the polar ice, the worlds highest peaks and the most gruelling deserts. Has been described as one of the worlds greatest living explorers. So what is the motivation for this life of extreme adventure . Sir Ranulph Fiennes, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Seems to me, your entire life, you have spent testing yourself, challenging yourself. Why this preoccupation with tests . It doesnt come about in that particular way, it comes about because of being brought up in south africa, arriving in the uk, not getting a levels, thats what it comes from, because thats not what they wanted to do, its what my dad had done, commanding the roya
A sweeping election victory for gota baya rajapa ksa. Sri lankas new president says he will be the leader of all citizens, regardless of religion or ethnicity. And how to save the critically endangered pygmy possum in australia, by looking into its past. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its nine am in singapore, 1am in london and also nine in the morning in hong kong where local media are reporting that police have entered the Polytechnic University campus after a 2 day standoff between protesters and police. Activists inside the University Set its main entrance on fire as police made another attempt to take the building. Police have used tear gas and water cannon against a group of about a hundred pro democracy activists, whove responded with petrol bombs and rocks fired from catapults. Our correspondent, gabriel gatehouse whos at the scene sent this report a little after the trouble started. The assault on the campus st
Helped define the 1960s, the photographer terry oneill has died. First to hong kong, where i want to build up a picture of rapidly moving events, in the last few minutes we have seen these pictures of at least a0 people arrested near Polytechnic University. The people were detained outside hotel icon on Science Museum road. The university has been the scene of intense clashes between Anti Government protesters and police over the weekend. At 5 30am local time, the police advanced in to the huge campus. Protestors set the main entrance on fire. Police used tear gas and water cannon. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse witnessed events. The assault on the campus started about five minutes ago. We saw several dozen black clad Police Officers suddenly materialise out of nowhere and start storming the place. They were firing rubber bullets and tear gas and in response, the protesters unleashed all the petrol bombs they had, sometimes hurling whole boxes at a time which caused two huge fires
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