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rising across the south east by tuesday. this is bbc news the headlines: the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says the government risks a future trade war with europe following comments by the chancellor which implied the uk could use its corporate tax rates to stimulate investment after brexit. the royal college of surgeons says hospitals around the uk are reporting sharp increases in the number of cancer operations being postponed, because of a shortage of beds. the combination of increased admissions through accident and emergency combined with difficulties in getting patients home because of lack of support and social care in the community means that hospitals are just too full. a major international conference to try to kick start peace talks between israel and the palestinians is under way in paris delegates are expected to reaffirm support for a two state solution to the conflict. president obama has described his successor donald trump as unconventional and w ....
and communication. it is, in a way, the world s most basic common language. well, my guest today epitomises the ability of dance to cross borders of time and space. akram khan is british by birth, bangladeshi by family heritage and now globally renowned as one of the great contemporary dancers and choreographers. his performances weave together influences from east and west, past and present, how would he define his dance? akram khan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, welcome. it seems to me so many of the great professional dancers have been raised in one very strict discipline, one cultural tradition, but that isn t quite true of you, is it? no. i was born and brought up in london, so already i was exposed to many, many different cultural activities from very, very different backgrounds. but my mother wanted me to learn something from her roots and not just language because language was very crucial to her, because of the independence of bangladesh, the movement origina ....
it s 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 4am in the turkish city of istanbul, where police have reportedly detained the main suspect behind the new year s eve shooting at a nightclub. 39 people were killed and seventy injured in the attack. the so called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the shooting. our turkey correspondent mark lowen has the latest. this was the culmination of a huge nationwide police manhunt that appears to have finally apprehended a 30 year old man, uzbek national, abdulkadir masharipov, believed to be the main suspect behind the istanbul nightclub attack. in the aftermath of the attack he managed to escape, to flee the scene. apparently, they were staying in an apartment belonging to a friend. photographs released on social media and state media show him very bloodied with a heavily bruised face, wearing a grey t shirt and being held by his throat. he is undergoing a medical check and he has been transferred to police custody. there wer ....
the extremist group that calls itself islamic state claimed it was behind the attack. the latest from our correspondent in turkey, mark lowen. this was the culmination of a huge nationwide police manhunt that appears to have finally apprehended a 34 year old man, uzbek national, abdulkadir masharipov, believed to be the main suspect behind the istanbul nightclub attack. in the aftermath of the attack he managed to escape, to flee the scene. there were fears he could have even left turkey, managing to get to areas controlled by so called islamic state, which said it was behind the attack, but that wasn t the case. he was arrested tonight in a western istanbul suburb of esenyurt along with his four year old son and others. they were reportedly hiding in an apartment belonging to a kyrgyz man in istanbul, so there will be questions of course over his support network that he managed to have. and questions over whether he had support and accomplices for the attack itself, in ....
our look at the day at westminster. the headlines: mps from across the commons call for action to streamline the health service and social care in england. the local government agree they need help. the health service agrees they need help. but the health service and local government blame each other. warnings that a skills shortage in the housing industry is leading to poor quality buildings. the pressure that the trades have had up to it means we have substandard building going on. and, in the lords, the government gives assurances workers rights won t be damaged by brexit. but first, the government s been warned by mps on all sides of the house of the need for better communication between the health service in england and social care. conservative backbenchers were among those who told ministers about hospital beds being taken up and constituents finding themselves caught between health and social care providers, neither of which were able to help. local governmen ....