cameron hudson, senior fellow at the | hudson, senior fellow at the centre for strategic and internationalturn to some important news around the world. terry anderson, a us journalist held hostage in lebanon for six years, has died. the beirut bureau chief for the associated press was kidnapped by islamist militants in 1985. his daughter told the bbc he died on saturday and that he found quite comfortable piecing his final years. he was 76. preliminary results from the parliamentary elections in the maldives show the pro—china people's national congress party led by president won a landslide victory. sunday's vote was seen as a crucial test against the the pro—indian opposition, in their plan to strengthen economic ties with china. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. northern ireland was the place to be. light wind and sunny skies and it turned out to be the warmest day country so far. by by contrast, . .. by contrast,... remains cold. breeze coming in off the north sea. high—pressure close by but it is tending to edge way and thatis it is tending to edge way and that is allowing t

a short while ago i spoke to cameron hudson, he's a senior fellow at the center for strategic and internationalis here on bbc news. we saw thousands of people coming out in the capital of any share last week, protesting against the us presence there. —— niger. coming at a time a strained relations over the relationship and then, the us military agreeing to leave, just talk to us about how all that came about?— just talk to us about how all that came about? well, i think it's all going — that came about? well, i think it's all going back— that came about? well, i think it's all going back to _ that came about? well, i think it's all going back to july - it's all going back tojuly last year when a democratically elected government which was very close ally of the united states was overthrown in the military coup and has been under house arrest since that time. washington has been pressuring the hunter leaders says and stand to release him and to put the country back on and to put the country back on a path to water democratic transition, they are stalks of been strained from many months and i thi