maria lourdes sereno was removed from the supreme court by her fellow justices. a victory against corruption, or a devastating, duterte—inspired blow to democracy? maria lourdes sereno, in manila, welcome to hardtalk. hello. hi, stephen. i'm glad to be with you. well, it is a pleasure to have you on the programme. i'm mindful that, just a month or so ago, you were the chief justice of the philippines supreme court. now, you are removed from the court, and you are perhaps the most polarising individual in your country today. are you relishing being in the political spotlight? to the contrary, stephen. there is nothing to really be joyful about my situation. but what is happening right now, with respect to my countrymen, is that they are finding their voices now, and because my situation highlighted many of the structural problems in my country, especially in the area ofjustice, people are saying that there should be greater accountability from every public official. and that means a great deal for the fight for democracy in my country, stephen. so that's the brigh

maria lourdes sereno has called the move unconstitutional and says she will lead a people's movementts on children addicted to screens. it says tech addiction is the primary cause for parental concern. the paper says last yeari to six year olds spent more than four and a half hours a week on the internet. yesterday on the programme we brought you the news that the un refugee agency found the number of people forced from their homes by conflict has risen to another record high. according to the agency's annual report, more than 68 million people worldwide are either refugees, asylum seekers or displaced in their own country. to put this in perspective — the world had as many forcibly displaced people last year as the population of thailand, and even more than the population of the uk. perhaps most harrowingly, across the globe, one out of every 200 children is a refugee. as children flee to safety, many lose their schools, teachers and their educational development suffers enormously. that's something that my next guest john wood aims to combat through his charity room to read. talk m

maria lourdes sereno has called the move unconstitutional and says she will lead a people's movementbility. france's le figaro reports on children addicted to screens. it says tech addiction is the primary cause for parental concern. the paper says last yeari to six year olds spent more than four and a half hours a week on the internet. now babita what stories are sparking discussions online? president emmanuel macron of france had stern words with a french teenager after the boy addressed him informally as "manu" — short for emmanuel. the president was clearly not amused. this clip you're about to see has gone viral. dozens of passengers are still missing after a ferry sank in one of the deepest lakes in the world. despite an ongoing search, only 18 survivors have been rescued from rough waters on indonesia's lake toba. at least 80 passengers were aboard the ferry. let's speak to the bbc‘s rebecca henschke who is injakarta. what more can you tell us about the rescue operations? search and rescue have released new figures on the number of people missing. it's deadly rids —— risen sin