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put their plan back—up for a vote, either every three years or if material changes i think in this case, not putting it up from the vote with the revised targets is an issue from a governance perspective. however, i do not think that that kind of necessitates shareholders directing operational strategies of the board, if that makes sense. it does. what do you say to those campaigners who say that you are only concerned, you and your clients, with helping the company and shareholders ...

its seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in sudan where the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of the country has made progress — the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence thats erupted between two military factions. well have a report by our special correspondent lucy manning on those arriving back in the uk, but w...

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday.— singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to the programme- _ its newsday. welcome to the programme. we _ its newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin - its newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in - its newsday. welcome to the i programme. we begin in sudan, where the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of the country has made progress. the latest official figure is that 536 people have b...

Down, and theyve been able to watch the last video that he filmed. translation: i think my brother threw himself into the turmoil i of the saffron revolution, convinced he could help myanmar by letting the world know what was happening. i dont think of him as a hero, even though he lost his life. i would prefer people to remember him as a journalist who was willing to keep fighting. just as the saffron revolution was crushed. so when millions of burmese came out against the military coup two yea...

Today, stifling repression enforces a sullen normality in the main cities. the cold—blooded, pointblank shooting of a foreign journalist at this spot 16 years ago showed in the starkest manner that the myanmar military had not changed, just as it had been willing to shed civilian blood on a huge scale during the 1988 uprising. so it did again during the so—called saffron revolution, and then after the recent coup, keeping its suffocating grip on this country is what matters. whatever the cos...