and that's always the thing that helped me with my work and all the suffering that i faced in school. you've spoken at the equality and human rights commission and you've been before some quite senior people in suits, and in some kind of grand venues. what sort of ambitions do you have for the future? how would you like to take this work forward? speaking at the equality and human rights commission was amazing. it was a wonderful chance for me to be able to tell those people that can make the changes, you know, what needs to change and what needs to stay the same. but also, i can help them improve on where they're going wrong, you know? and my ambition for the future was to, is to be prime minister, you know, and i'd love to be prime minister. it's one of my ambitions. and why would you like to do that, finally? i'd love to be prime minister because i can help people that are facing through the same things that i've gone through, or even worse, and help them, so no—one from any background has

to face what i've gone through — or even worse, in some cases. some very calming words in the difficult situations he has encountered over the last year's. we will hear from other winners of the diana award this week. now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to ben rich. did you feel that you really wanted to be out and about parting with noel on the streets of notting hill? because it is a lovely dry day—to—day, nothing like yesterday. nothing like yesterday. you could say things about the weather today, it does not kill tropical, not a huge amount of sunshine, but if you don't like the rain, it is a lot better. —— not exactly tropical. some rain, but not much and warmer

thanit some rain, but not much and warmer than it has been over the last couple of days. temperatures around six o'clock between 16—19d. a bit of cloud around and some spells of sunshine. this evening and night, it is looking dry with a mixture of clear skies and patches of cloud. some mist and fog patches toward the south, and one more two further north. in eastern scotland, north east england, eight or 9 degrees, evenin east england, eight or 9 degrees, even in the town centres. for eastern scotland tomorrow, england and wales, another largely drowned —— trade day with variable cloud. some spells of sunshine, more breeze in western scotland with outbreaks of rain late in the day. 18—2id. rain in places on wednesday, but largely dry towards the end of the week with a little bit of sunshine. hello, this is bbc news, with sean ley. the headlines:

the united nations says military leaders in myanmar should be investigated for genocide against the country's rohingya muslims. food prices are expected to rise in the coming months, as farmers feel the effects of this year's extreme weather. a mother and her daughter have been stabbed to death in the street in solihull. with almost one in five sales now made on the internet, rather than on the high street, uk warehouse space has doubled injust a decade. those are the headlines, i will be back with more at five o'clock. now on bbc news, it's time for more from the money & power season, which looks at how money — and its power — shapes and reshape our lives. this week s programme looks at an ambitious and controversial plan to build private, or gated, cities in honduras. honduras, centralamerica. until recently, this tiny country had the world's highest murder rate.

like other nations in the region, it faces daunting challenges of poverty and inequality. rampant corruption is part of life here and political instability is the norm. last year's elections were overshadowed by allegations of fraud, followed by violent clashes with protesters. despite being rich with natural resources, honduras can't seem to escape a cycle of poverty and violence. i grew up in latin america. i'm used to inequality, but it never stops to strike you. i mean, parts of san pedro, you can see there's real money here. it wouldn't be — perhaps some buildings wouldn't be out of place in miami. butjust across the river and the street, you have a really nasty slum. it's tough here. now the country is proposing a bold plan to lure investment and try to put the brakes on its downward spiral.

but not everyone is on board. critics, from politicians to human rights activists, say it is a dangerous experiment from an illegitimate government. it's past midnight at the bus station in san pedro sula. it's here that you get a true sense of how desperate the situation has become for most hondurans. tens of thousands of people risk their lives every year on a long and a gruelling journey to the united states. many will endanger their lives

riding freight trains across mexico. others will be exploited, kidnapped, or even killed by criminal gangs. around a third will be caught and deported back to honduras. 24—year—old juan francisco knows all of this but, for him, this is the only option left. a university graduate, he lost his job with a car company soon after the election crisis last december. juan francisco is hoping to make it to houston, texas, to work with a friend in construction. two thirds of hondurans live in poverty, but for people of all social classes here, even the possibility of scraping by in the us is worth risking everything for.

what can honduras do to turn things around? american economists have proposed a radical experiment and the honduran government has jumped on board. the idea is to create special zones, new cities, with foreign laws and foreign judges. but how would that work, and what are the implications for the country? isn't that giving up a little bit of your sovereignty? the plan is inspired by the financial success of places like hong kong and macau, who tailored their financial rulebooks to foreign business interests. but what would that look like here? the honduran government would invite foreign investors in, giving them the leading role in managing these areas. schools, hospitals, malls —

everything would likely be built from scratch. mark klugmann is an american, who has lived in honduras for more than a decade. a former speech writer for ronald reagan, he is a key advocate of the proposal and has been an adviser to the government on how to bring it to life. he invited me to the unconventional little school he runs with his wife in the capital, tegucigalpa. there's a contract. all the students here have all signed this contract. there's a concept of self—governance. uh-huh. 15 points on the contract. that's right, that's right. the students actually wrote this. it wasn't imposed on them. they had a — they had their own constitutional convention, as it — as it were. it all feels like a microcosm of how he sees the world, where the right rules can be the key to progress.

mark has been developing his version of the private cities idea for years. he says using the anglo—saxon legal system, favoured and understood by investors, would reassure them and provide a key incentive that would also work for hondurans. it's to create a place for hondurans, it's to give hondurans a place that provides hondurans with what they want by creating also a place where foreign investors and foreign capital are able to combine in an environment that they understand. imagine in miami, you have a street, and there are ten chinese restaurants in a row, and every single one of those ten restaurants, they have no forks, only chopsticks. they all serve exactly the same menu, at the same prices. food is equally good. and then, one day, one of the restaurants says, "waita minute, we're in miami. there are lots of people who don't feel comfortable with chopsticks. we're going to offer a fork."

instantly, the competitive advantage of that one restaurant compared with the other nine is overwhelming. he insists it wouldn't be incompatible with national sovereignty because the honduran constitution would underpin the plan every step of the way. but would bringing in a set of anglo—saxon laws really be enough to pull more foreign companies to a country this troubled? the legal system definitely isn't working as it is. 95% of crimes go unpunished, and at the country's supreme court in tegucigalpa, there's a clear backlog. if you run a business here, it typically takes 920 days to resolve a contractual dispute. the result is endemic violence and little investment.

everywhere we go, it's clear that anyone who can is already finding ways to shut themselves off from this reality. maybe it is inevitable that multinational companies would end up doing the same in private cities. there's nowhere this division is more tangible than in the business capital of the country, san pedro sula. i grew up in latin america, i'm used to inequality, but it never stops to strike you. i mean, parts of san pedro, you can see there's real money here, it wouldn't be — perhaps some buildings wouldn't be out of place in miami. butjust across the river and the street, you have a really nasty slum. it's tough here. i'm heading to see what the future here might look like. altia smart city, a massive business park catering to multinationals and their employees. it's the closest thing to a private

city in honduras right now. there are 6,000 people working here. you can shop, dine, even go to the doctor on campus. it's like you don't need to step outside. the park has been operating for around eight years now. so we started construction about ten years ago. it was designed originally to attract the outsourcing industry. it's huge, yeah? it's big, yes. we have — this is our corporate offices right here, and then currently, we have three towers. what you see here is our recreational centre. a lot of this works kind of like a private city — the corporation taking over functions that would normally be done by the city government. do you think business in honduras needs this kind of system to work efficiently? definitely. i think this has been a very unique project and that's why it has been very successful,

because we have integrated different parts into one same, secure community, so we definitely hope that altia is a model for the region and for honduras to do different and more of these projects, so we can keep on growing and continuing to have more development in honduras. and it's notjust the stability and convenience that appeals to companies setting up here, there are generous tax breaks forforeign clients. most of the office space is filled with call centres for us companies. they are staffed by english—speaking hondurans. next door is a private university, unitec. it's a part of the same campus. these four international relations students tell me they are torn over whether private cities should be the way of the future. the government says that in a few

years, a part of honduras will look like hong kong because of these cities. the cities can be very, very good for the country if they are applied in the right way. this is like a bubble, you could say. we like to use that term here. and we need to know that we're living in that bubble. what do we need to do to expand that bubble so more people can fit inside that bubble of well—being? it is a threat for our national sovereignty. i think it is also a threat for our social cohesion. i don't think we need any more sort of distortions in our cohesion inside the country. isabel knows plenty about these "distortions", as she calls them. like many of the country's elite, she lives her life in a protective bubble. her neighbourhood, like many others, is firmly gated. herschool, home, even her gym, have armed guards. in fact, her dad roberto developed

one of the city's most upscale gated communities. isabel and her friend, paola, are part of a generation living more and more of their lives this way. but the vast majority of hondurans don't have the luxury

of living or working in safe spaces like these. extortion, corruption and impossible bureaucracy are a daily challenge for most people. the scheme is very ambitious and promises a lot but honduras is a country with a long history of inequality and i wonder sometimes who would benefit and who would be excluded from this. the plan for model cities seems designed with large multinationals in mind, but there's no clear guarantee the wealth would stay in honduras or trickle down. mirian lives and works in what used to be one of the most dangerous

neighbourhoods on the planet. things have calmed down since then, but keeping her sewing business alive is still a constant struggle for her, her husband, and their three children. she'd love to turn her workshop into something bigger, but it seems an impossible challenge. mirian and her husband see no good future here. they dream of heading north, to the us or canada. critics say inviting foreign

investors into honduras smacks of neocolonialism, exploiting honduras forforeign gain. despite the lack of clarity on exactly how this proposal would work, legislation was passed in 2013 to allow it to go ahead. though, with so much political instability, that might be subject to change. honduras is a very polarised society. lots of grievances and lots of protests. and i wonder if this initiative isn't going to make things worse. having your own laws and your ownjudges is a big part of having a country, it's a big part of nationhood,

and i'm not surprised at all that it doesn't become a politically sensitive issue, a politically hot issue. the loudest opposition voice is salvador nasralla, the tv star turned presidential candidate. he's clearly got a lot of support and represents a big part of the country who question the viability of these model cities. according to the world bank, honduras is already the most unequal country in latin america. many people here just see politicians as corrupt businessmen. i want the government to talk to me and have the opportunity to address these concerns. but days go by and interview after interview is cancelled. i really don't understand.

i mean, this is a very big dealfor honduras. they're saying it's a big deal, it's supposed to be one of the big initiatives that's going to help honduras develop and, still, people are really nervous to talk about it. finally, on our last night, the minister for economic development agrees to meet with me. he promises it will be up to local communities to decide if they want to set up these special zones in their territory. so i head to the far south of the country, to speak with someone wrestling with this very question. this is amapala, a tiny island that was once a bustling port and the country's capital. but its glory days are long gone. its 14,000 residents scrape by eking a wage from fishing. the plan is to turn all of this into

a cutting—edge city and megaport. mayor alberto cruz has been courted by the honduran government and south korean investors. he was flown out to south korea to be dazzled with what could be. he would be happy tojump on board with the plan if he knew locals would truly benefit, but the uncertainty worries him. amapala may not be rich, but it is amazingly peaceful compared to the rest of the country.

i wonder how much of that would be lost if the plans were to go ahead here. would the people living here benefit, or be pushed out? so, is this going to be the next hong kong? it's hard to believe it, but parts of the world have experienced dramatic transformations, so who knows? it is clear it will take a lot more than honduran leaders have shown so far to convince people that allowing foreign investors to build and run these new cities is the key to saving their nation, or that it is a safer bet than taking a bus to the us in search of a better life. good afternoon.

it's not a bank holiday everywhere today but, in those places where it is, i think this is the day when the weekend redeems itself weather—wise. after the rain of yesterday, which was brought by this area of cloud, that has slid away to the north east. still a fair amount of cloud feeding in on a westerly breeze and some showers around, but if you're lucky, some spells of sunshine for the rest of the afternoon. and then through this week, we won't see an awful lot of rain and it will be warmer than it has been over the last couple of days. through the rest of the afternoon, generally fairly large areas of cloud, but some sunny spells and drizzly showers especially affecting western areas.

temperatures — eastern parts of scotland, with brightness, 18 degrees, maybe 19, in parts of the central belt. cloud thick enough to give drizzle at times and a similar story across north west england, wales, perhaps the south—west. but the cloud is quite broken and, towards the south east, sunshine lifting temperatures to 20 degrees. this evening and tonight, the cloud melts away for a time, but we could see areas of low cloud, mist and fog across the southern half of the country. further north and west, the wind strengthens with extra cloud in northern ireland and western scotland, where the skies stay clear from aberdeen towards newcastle, and it's a relatively cool night. into tomorrow, a very similar day to today in many areas — a lot of dry weather, some spells of sunshine, but generally fairly large areas of cloud and perhaps some patches of early mist and fog to contend with. through the afternoon, the wind strengthens in northern ireland and scotland ahead of

an approaching band of rain. temperatures ahead of that, i7—2id. this rain band associated with a cold front slides across northern ireland and scotland on tuesday night, with brisk winds across northern areas. also for wednesday, a little area of low pressure trying to spin up from the near continent, which could introduce showers across southern and south—eastern areas. a lot of uncertainty about that. all the while, a lot of dry weather and spells of sunshine, and those temperatures around i7—2id. and towards the end of the week, again, it will be mainly fine. there will be some spells of sunshine, and temperatures generally in the high teens, or low 20s. this is bbc news. the headlines. the united nations says military leaders in myanmar should be investigated for genocide against the country's rohingya muslims. food prices are expected to rise in the coming months as farmers feel the effects of this year's extreme weather. west midlands police have named the

man they are hunting in connection with the fatal stabbing of a mother and daughter in solihull. he is said to have attacked his former partner and her mother this morning. also this hour... the building boom fuelling the uk's obsession with online shopping. with almost one in five sales now made on the internet rather than on the high street, warehouse space has doubled injust a decade. and in half an hour, bbc world looks at the william kentridge play the head and the load — exploring life in africa during the first world war.