September 2019

Tory conference: Government confirms £25bn for road upgrades

Image copyright PA Media The Conservative Party is attempting to focus attention on its spending pledges for an “infrastructure revolution”, on the second day of the party conference. Chancellor Sajid Javid has promised £25bn for England’s roads as well as £5bn for ultrafast broadband in some of the UK’s “hardest to reach parts”. It comes

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The Displaced: Climate change in Vietnam ‘destroying family life’

Vietnam is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change. It’s already having a huge impact on the lives of those in the Mekong Delta, the agricultural heartland of the country and home to 20% of the country’s population. Ashley John-Baptiste went to meet the families living on the front lines of climate

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Asian shares mixed as Chinese markets head into holidays

Shares were mixed in a narrow range in Asia on Monday, with markets in China heading into a national holiday. Chinese manufacturing data was slightly better than analysts’ estimates, helping to boost sentiment. But the downbeat mood on Wall Street on Friday carried over into Monday’s trading. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.5% to 21,764.54

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Uganda’s Solomon Serwanjja wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award

Image caption Solomon Serwanjja wants to carry on Komla Dumor’s legacy of changing the narrative about Africa Ugandan investigative reporter and news anchor Solomon Serwanjja has won the 2019 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Serwanjja is a presenter at Uganda’s NBS TV, where he hosts one of the channel’s prime-time shows. He has also

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Firefighters with cancer demand government takes action

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘I’m proud that I did it, but looking back it shortened my life’ Firefighters have called for more protection after research found they were being exposed to dangerously high levels of harmful chemicals. Their plea echoed scientific research that said firefighters were at risk of getting cancer

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