This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 6 30am in delhi, where millions of people are still being urged to stay indoors because of toxic smog. State governments have been accused of failing to take action to tackle the citys air pollution. The Supreme Court said authorities were only interested in gimmicks, rather than concrete measures. Our south asia correspondent, Rajini Vaidyanatha has more. So our pollution meter has a reading of around 300 right now. Now, that is way lower than it was in the last 2a hours or so, but it is still staggeringly high, way above what is considered safe according to the world health organization. Now, as delhi continues to be in a state of Public Health emergency, the government here is trying to mitigate some of the higher levels of pollution. It introduced on monday what is known as its odd even scheme. Now, that means that cars with an even license plate can only drive on even dates, and the same for
In south korea is an opportunity for these grandmothers to go back to school. Chinas president has called on hong kong to restore order and bring violence to an end following the latest protests. Xijinping also warned that the unrest could threaten the principle of one country, two systems, under which hong kong has had significant autonomy from beijing. Earlier, protesters barricaded themselves in University Campuses in anticipation of possible police raids. Im joined by verna yu, who is a freelance journalist based in hong kong. Of course, you have been following this story for six months now. We know these protests have continued. What do you think hong kongers are going to make of these latest state m e nts going to make of these latest statements by xijinping, one of going to make of these latest statements by xi jinping, one of the few times he has spoken out, a p pa re ntly few times he has spoken out, apparently speaking in brazil . Yes, i actually believe this is the first tim
Investigation. The bribe is to. And a low birthrate crisis in south korea is an opportunity for these grandmothers to go back to school. Hello, its 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 9 00am in beijing, where chinas president has made his strongest comments yet on hong kong. Xi jinping called on the territory to restore order and bring an end to the violence following the latest violent protests. Chinas president also warned that the unrest could threaten the principle of one country, two systems, under which hong kong has had significant autonomy from beijing. Earlier, protesters barricaded themselves in University Campuses in anticipation of possible police raids. Verna yu is a freelance journalist based in hong kong. Yes, i actually believe this is the first time that president xijinping has spoken out on the issue. Previously, in the communique of a key Party Meeting over a week ago, they made a pretty strong statement about the signalling the need for tighter control in hong
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