Announcer live from out studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its midnight in london and 7am in the morning here in singapore, and also in hong kong, where the airport Authorities Say operations have now resumed after mondays shutdown. Theres been a weekend of skirmishes between police and demonstrators, angry about what they believe is chinas erosion of their freedoms. Beijing has raised the stakes, claiming the weeks long unrest, has begun to show what it calls the sprouts of terrorism. Jonathan head reports. As the last flights came in, the passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from young people waving posters, pleading for support. They feared the police were about to storm the airport. Its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. Catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cancelled. We flew in from taipei this morning, and it was fine until we got to arrivals an
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. For Many Americans, Donald Trumps incendiary tweets aimed at immigrants and citizens of colour show him to be a racist and White Nationalist. But maybe we exaggerate the importance of Donald Trumps contribution to americas problem with race. The roots of racism run deep, and an honest assessment of their strength has barely begun. So says my guest, ibram kendi, prize winning writer on race and founder of the Antiracist Research and policy center in washington, dc. Can the us ever fix a problem so intimately bound up with its past . Ibram kendi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me on the show. I think we have to start with donald trump, and the role hes playing today in the United States, seemingly inflaming race tensions across the country with his tweets aimed at immigrants, aimed at some of his political critics, women of colour. Should we see him as something very different, an outlier, an aberration . Or do
In singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 1am in london and 8am in the morning here in singapore, and also in hong kong, where the Authorities Say operations have now resumed at the airport after mondays shutdown. Theres been a weekend of skirmishes between police and demonstrators, angry about what they believe is chinas erosion of their freedoms. Beijing has raised the stakes, claiming the weeks long unrest, has begun to show what it calls the sprouts of terrorism. Jonathan head reports. As the last flights came in, their passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from Young Hong Kongers waving posters, pleading for support. They feared the police were about to storm the airport. Its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. Catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cancelled. We flew in from taipei this morning, and it was fine until we got to arrivals and there was a mass pro
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Welcome to the programme. Authorities in hong kong say flights have now resumed at the airport, after mondays shutdown because of protesters. These are life pictures coming from hong kong airport and it is looking fairly normal although Authorities Say Flight Movement will be affected through tuesday. It comes after another weekend of clashes between police and demonstrators angry about what they believe is chinas erosion of their freedoms. Beijing has raised the stakes, claiming the weeks long unrest has begun to show what it calls the sprouts of terrorism. Jonathan head reports. As the last flights came in, their passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from Young Hong Kongers waving posters, pleading for support. Chant fight for freedom they feared the police were about to storm the airport. Its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. Catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cancelled. We flew in from taipei