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Im phillipa thomas, here at the bbcs headquarters in london. In this Special Edition of the programme, were looking at some of the best reports of this year from our network of correspondents from around the world. Coming up stand off in the skies above the south china sea. Rupert Wingfield Hayes flies over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. 0ur captain is saying that were a Civilian Aircraft, not a military aircraft, it didnt make any difference wh...

This country was built on oil riches and is now having to cope with the oil price crash. I have come to one of the worlds biggest construction projects, King Abdullah economic city. It is projected to be home to 2 Million People, a global city here in the kingdom of saudi arabia. My guest is the ceo of this place, fahd al rasheed. Due to the economic problems here, could his drink the about to turn to dust . Dream be about to turn to dust . Fahd al rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inv...

Cassettes as well . No nana, itsjust cds. Why, do you have cassettes . No. The bafta winner played nana in the royle family. One of her co stars, the actress suejohnston, said she was devastated at her passing. In halfan in half an hour, reporters takes a look at the bbcs bestjournalism from the last year, including an exclusive report on chinese militarisation of International Waters. Some Breaking Newsjust in. The author of Watership Down, Richard Adams has died, aged 96. His tale about a fami...

Roof collapsed. There is a smell of charcoal. Six people including some officers were taken to hospital, suffering Smoke Inhalation or minor injuries. The cause of the fire is not known but several people said they saw a Christmas Tree go up in flames. The London Fire Brigade are investigating to find out what started this new years eve inferno. From today parents of babies born in some parts of scotland will receive a box of essentials including clothes, nappies and books. The scottish governme...

Edition of reporters. In this Special Edition we look back at some of the best reports from this year from the network of correspondents around the world. Coming up stand off in the skies above the South China Sea as we fly over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. The captain has said we are a civilian air craft but it made no difference whatsoever they just repeated that threat to leave the area over and over again. Tiny victims of yemens forgotten ...

Sliding along with the u. S. Dollar. The u. S. Dollar is at a fivemonth low because of the interview President Trump gave setting the dollar is getting too strong, and i like low Interest Rates. Well talk much more about this. The dollar is stronger now against the euro. 1. 06 against the euro. Weaker against the yen. 108 yen for the dollar. On todays mick ageeconomic, look for reports on weekly jobless claims Producer Prices and consumer sentiment. Markets are closed tomorrow for good friday. B...

Of the tape last week in which you saw some members republican members distancing themselves from mr. Trump after the release of that tape. We want to hear from republicans only, not only about speaker ryans decision, but the larger issue that if republican members should stick with donald trump. If you live in the eastern and central time zone, call 202 7488000. If you live in mountain pacific time zones, call 202 7488001. If you want to post your thoughts on social media cspanwj is our twitter...

Of drugs for severe illnesses and as a result of this work that i was doing on drug pricing in the United States looking at these issues, i eventually began to get more aware of the International Discussions about the u. S. Could do and what was happening in the countries in 1994, i was invited to argentina and brazil by people that have picked up my name as someone working on these issues and i really became aware for the first time the extent to which the United States and the state department...

Sixteen hours in the turnaround time can be brutal. Leaving the building within eight hours and being back at the building. You dont get enough sleep or enough time away from job to job to come home, to destress and do everything you need to do. Out only 32 are currently filled. Initially the city told us they had 42 dispatchers but reluctant life in another seven or treaties that just graduated and now need 1011 weeks of onthejob training. Theres no to excuse as to why they cannot approve anoth...

This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dubois good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im maurice dubois, and this is our western edition. As the weekend is beginning in the east with a deadly storm. Hermine made landfall this morning in northern florida as a hurricane, the first to hit that state since 2005. A man was killed by a fallen tree. Tonight, hermine is a tropical with torrential rain, damaging wind and dangerous seas. We have a team on hermines trail, beginning with Omar Villafran...