papua new guinea has a lwa ys violence. iance on tribalism and lots of isolation between different ethnic groups, even within a small geographic area. that frequently leads to conflict. it has done so historically and is now ina it has done so historically and is now in a new democratic context, democracy is only 42 years old in png, it leads to election violence when the of one candidate or one cla n when the of one candidate or one clan clash with supporters of others and there's a lot of election petitions when people aren't happy with the result and often one way people resolve their differences, especially in the highlands, a more volatile region, is through the use of violence. the economy is a major issue. papua new guinea is a resource exporter with gold and copper as well and it's a very vulnerable economy to shocks like that in the world's economy prices and the revenue has basically collapsed, rich means we have had to make cuts to things like health which has really put the government under pressure. it had an ag

papua new guinea is a resource export with gold and copper.shocks like that in the world commodity prices. and its revenue has basically collapsed. that means it has had to make cuts to things like health, which has put the government under pressure. it had a fairly ambitious agenda to deliver things like free healthcare and free education. it claims it has delivered those but the evidence on the ground is pretty thin. schools are still charging fees. hospitals and health clinics are charging fees to see a doctor and nurse. these are all issues for voters. the main issue for voters is services and development. most of the country's population, 85%, live in undeveloped areas and access to government services is limited. every election the same issue comes up and that is, why don't we get services and have some kind of care from the government? every political candidate is promising to deliver those services but in a time of such low revenue, at a time when the government is struggling to pay its bills, it is going to be hard for any newly elect

2,000 asylum seeker who were detained at an off—shore processing centre on manus island, in papua new guineasulting in many serious health problems. now on bbc news, it's time for panorama. a prime minister fighting for her political life. i think she's in a lot of trouble. i think she's a dead woman walking. how long do you think she stays on death row? who knows. ready and waiting to take power, a man who just weeks ago was dismissed as unelectable. it is seismic. it will be recorded as such. labour found its heart and soul again. britain's approach to brexit in the balance. they should remember, they have seen tory leader after tory leader after tory leader try the brexit line and fail. all this the consequence of an election almost everyone believed theresa may would win, and win big.

low-lying pacific ocean countries, like tuvalu, the cook islands, and the carteret islands of papua new guineaall of which are seeing an exodus driven partly by climate change. >> there are communities that are sort of poised on the edge of the cliff, i believe all it takes is one event, a king tide event, and that might be the killer event to push you over the edge. >> reporter: how close are you, do you think, to the kind of destructive weather event which will signal a profound change in the way that you should or the world should look at climate change? >> well, we're practical, and i think we're looking at the mitigation efforts, adaptation, how we can make the country resilient, people resilient to the effects of climate change. and we continue to do that. because the option is not an option for us. we cannot think about evacuating our country, our island, because people are connected to their land. if we're not on these islands, then we're another people, another country. >> reporter: the president does fret about the seawall standing between her own home and the water that rises higher

but when i hear that papua new guinea's getting stopped and they needed room for marines, again, papua new guinea, perhaps looking where you would best have those thousand marines, could well be a good investment in moving them around. and of course having them match facilities to the greatest extent possible that you would otherwise build. lastly, the president's budget did a 50% cut in an office which was conflict stabilization operations. which is under state. and the officer transition initiatives which is under usaid. we previously sensed your agency under the last administration letters asking you to combine those two and with the budget having a 50% cut, could you consider 100% cut by combining them, deciding who gets the job either state or usaid but not both? >> i think part of our whole redesign is look at the issues you identified of where we have duplicative work efforts. in ag, commerce, defense. so this is going to be examining all these areas which ultimately i suspect will be combined efforts. delivering on mission for less cost. >> thank you. yield back. >> thank you.

the representative from papua new guinea said if you will not lead us, get out of the way.less and dangerous, something we have been talking about, for pulling out of the climate change deal and laid out labour's industrial strategy. tom, thank you, i realise it is busy. reckless and dangerous he said about president trump's decision. strong words. i think we are seeing this big international decision being used for political capital on the election campaign among the parties. last night, downing street expressed disappointment that president trump had withdrawn from the paris climate agreement. jeremy corbyn giving the speech aboutjobs agreement. jeremy corbyn giving the speech about jobs and the economy, it was the first thing he addressed and he was passionate on the podium, deeply critical of the withdrawal, saying it would be damaging for the climate and global warming and saying he felt the conservative leadership, government ministers had not reacted in the way he thought they would, saying theresa may had been silent and subservient to donald trump, and saying this