liu xiabao isa international community. liu xiabao is a symbol of the democracy movement in china.t recognition from the international community. so the chinese communists tried to do everything to minimise his influence. you and other people are trying to lobby various western governments to put more pressure on china. what is the current status of this? according to the doctors' joint statement, liu xiabao expressed his options for medical treatment in germany or us. it is possible for him to have a medical evacuation. this is important. the us government engaged at the highest level with china to try to get him to come out of china as soon as possible. i still have hope. you are hoping that beijing will allow liu xiabao to travel. if you take a closer look at it, for beijing to allow liu xiabao to travel it could put china and its leadership in a more favourable standing with the international community.” more favourable standing with the international community. i think allowing liu xiabao to leave china will improve the image of china, not harm it. i hope the leader of china w

one of china's most prominent political dissidents, liu xiabao, has died of cancer, a month after heoved from prison to hospital. he was 61. he'd been serving an 11 year sentence for inciting subversion of state power. he won the nobel peace prize in 2010, while in prison, for his pursuit of democracy. there've been tributes from around the world — the leader of the nobel committee said the government in beijing bore a heavy responsibility for his death. this from our china editor carrie gracie. liu xiaobo in happier times. and liu xiaobo last week. reunited with his wife only at the end. and still under the watchful eye of the state. two foreign doctors were allowed to visit his bedside. the pictures released abroad to support the government's claim that it had done what it could, along with videos to deflect the charge that his cancer was neglected until too late. but he was denied his dying wish to leave china. we have been through these kind of cases one after another, but it has still come as a big shock. because, not only because i know him, but also because he has been such a

hizon in singapore, the headlines: pressure grows on china to release terminally ill dissident liu xiabao. the german government calls on beijing to show humanity. iraq's prime minister declares victory in mosul three years after so—called islamic state took over the city. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: from the old silk road to the new, a special report on the trillion dollar project linking china with europe. with no other country offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. and a shock early exit from wimbledon for rafael nadal, knocked out in a five—hour five—set epic by gilles muller. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore and shenyang, where china's most famous dissident liu xiaobo is at the centre of a growing diplomatic row. mr liu, who's terminally ill with cancer, was a key leader in the tiananmen square protests back in 1989 and a nobel prize winner. the german government has accused china's state security of running his treatment rather than doctors.

hizon in singapore, the headlines: pressure grows on china to release terminally ill dissident liu xiabao to show humanity. iraq's prime minister declares victory in mosul three years after so—called islamic state took over the city. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: from the old silk road to the new, a special report on the trillion dollar project linking china with europe. with no other country offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. and a shock early exit from wimbledon for rafael nadal,