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centres on the house that belonged to his deceased father — singapore's first prime minister, lee kuan yewthe current prime minister lee allege that he'd abused his power over what to do with the property. earlier i spoke to tessa wong from bbc 0nline — she's been following this story. this cuts to the heart of what singapore is. singapore prides itself on its squeaky clean, tightly controlled image in a region that has seen a lot more corruption and political turmoil. these are some of the more serious allegations of abuse of power and corruption that singapore has seen in recent years. what more, it involves the prime minister who happens to be the son of the revered founder of modern singapore, lee kuan yew. so the lee family is the closest thing that we have to royalty, our first family, and they are very tightly disciplined. it is rare to see such public displays of acrimony and see this public feud spilling out into the open. it has mesmerised singaporeans. it has really surprised so many people. tell us, what is this dispute all about? is itjust about the house? on one level, it is.
centres on the house that belonged to his deceased father — singapore's first prime minister, lee kuan yewthe current prime minister lee allege that he'd abused his power over what to do with the property. earlier i spoke to tessa wong from bbc 0nline — she's been following this story. this cuts to the heart of what singapore is. singapore prides itself on its squeaky clean, tightly controlled image in a region that has seen a lot more corruption and political turmoil. these are some of the...
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the dispute concerns a house that belonged to the family's late father, prime minister, lee kuan yew. and on bbc.com — it's day one of wimbledon the tennis tournament got under way. two—time champion petra kvitova returned to centre court winning her match after recovering from a knife attack six months ago. and defending champion andy murray is through to the men's second round. that's all from me now. and the top story here in the uk: the chief minister ofjersey has apologised to all the victims of abuse in children's homes on the island over several decades. a long—awaited inquiry has condemned failings at all levels of the island's care system and also warned that some young now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. australia's central bank is said to make its latest policy decision. will it change course? and we find out if women ceos can close the gendered gap by catering to other women. good morning asia hello world, glad you could join us for this tuesday edition. i am rico hizon. we start off with the central bank in australia and it is widely expected
the dispute concerns a house that belonged to the family's late father, prime minister, lee kuan yew. and on bbc.com — it's day one of wimbledon the tennis tournament got under way. two—time champion petra kvitova returned to centre court winning her match after recovering from a knife attack six months ago. and defending champion andy murray is through to the men's second round. that's all from me now. and the top story here in the uk: the chief minister ofjersey has apologised to all the...
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ongoing battle with his siblings over home that belonged to their father the late prime minister lee kuan yew the world's most famous cycle race? yes, we're talking about the tour de france of course. the world champion cyclist, peter sagan, has been disqualified after knocking the briton, mark cavendish, into barriers, injuring his shoulder. and cavendish has now pulled out of the race. china's president, xijinping has arrived in the german capital berlin on a three—day state visit, ahead of friday's g—20 summit. the president is on a whirlwind foreign tour — as we heard earlier he met with president putin in moscow and both leaders condemned the latest north korean missile launch. i've been speaking kyle wilson a former diplomat and analyst on sino—russian relations for more on the two leaders response to north korea. well, of course the irony here is that the north koreans have the ability to come and get everyone's attention. they have rained on the fourthjuly in the us and they have rained on the g20 and have essentially hijacked president putin and xijinping's meeting in moscow. this wa
ongoing battle with his siblings over home that belonged to their father the late prime minister lee kuan yew the world's most famous cycle race? yes, we're talking about the tour de france of course. the world champion cyclist, peter sagan, has been disqualified after knocking the briton, mark cavendish, into barriers, injuring his shoulder. and cavendish has now pulled out of the race. china's president, xijinping has arrived in the german capital berlin on a three—day state visit, ahead of...
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the dispute concerns a house that belonged to the family's late father — prime minister, lee kuan yewand on bbc.com — it's day one of wimbledon. the tennis tournament got under way. two—time champion petra kvitova returned to centre court winning her match after recovering from a knife attack six months ago. and defending champion andy murray is through to the men's second round. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the recent release of saif al—islam gaddafi by the libyan group holding him has led to the international criminal court in the hague, the icc, demanding his arrest. he's been indicted by the court for alleged crimes against humanity, murder and persecution. the icc was set up in 2002 as a court of last resort to try such individuals, but it's met a barrage of criticisms — principally that it has an anti—african bias because only africans have been convicted and nearly all the cases before it are from the continent. my guest is the prosecutor of the icc, fatou bensouda, a lawyer from gambia. what does she say in the c
the dispute concerns a house that belonged to the family's late father — prime minister, lee kuan yewand on bbc.com — it's day one of wimbledon. the tennis tournament got under way. two—time champion petra kvitova returned to centre court winning her match after recovering from a knife attack six months ago. and defending champion andy murray is through to the men's second round. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the recent...