i was not surprised, the paddy his country a lwa ys surprised, the paddy his country always came beforegrandchildren and he can be in august —— they can be enormously proud of everything he achieved. devoted to the country he loved right up to the very end. that warm and heartfelt tribute to paddy ashdown from the former prime ministerjohn major. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. the day has been dry and bright for many. some showers around which will continue to fade but ahead of us for the day on sunday, looming masses of cloud, weather fronts the day on sunday, looming masses of cloud, weatherfronts bringing a different day for many. already as we approach midnight the cloud and rain is gathering in the south—west, towards northern ireland as well. little wind to drive it in, so we will have some fog in scotland and also some frost. temperatures above freezing with the onset of more cloud which will sit on hilltops tomorrow. some heavy rain for a time in the south and across northern areas, may be southern scotland before later clearing northern ireland and

and i always thought paddy there was much more to paddy then you see the surface.different political camps, you are conservative and he liberal democrat but clearly didn't come between you when it came to friendship. no, actually, he tried to recruit me for the liberal democrats. but failed, clearly. it wasn't that, actually, it wasn't that so much, i was an army officer and my real vocation was the army and my real vocation was the army andi and my real vocation was the army and i didn't really think that i was and i didn't really think that i was a politician so i didn't really give ita a politician so i didn't really give it a second thought. it was only a few years, actually, many years later that i came around to thinking maybe i should be a member of parliament. but paddy was a pretty big inspiration as to what a decent man in parliament could do. we are going to have to leave it there. bob stewart, many thanks for sharing your memories there of lord paddy ashdown. well, as you have been hearing, the former liberal democrat leader lord paddy ashdown has died

paddy ashdown, lord ashdown who has died at the age of 77. liberal democrat leader sir vince cable gave his reaction from his west london constituency and told me the great achievement of lord ashdown was his leadership of the new party — the liberal democrats — from the merger between the liberal party and the social democrats. it was difficult indeed. i think he described it, we were at that point an asterisk in the opinion polls. and gradually, he built up the strength of the party in the decade. we progressed through by—elections, through growing influence, and we had a really successful period in the late 1990s when all of this hard work on leadership produced good results. ithink, actually, you have to go back before his leadership of the party. he served as an example about how politics is done. he started from virtually nothing in yeovil, he was unemployed for a while, did all kinds of interesting jobs similar call community, he was a youth worker, fought his way up from nothing to becoming an mp, and that set an example about how the

, he was born jeremy and paddy wa5 name was never paddy, he was born jeremy and paddy was the name givenounty down, and that was the irish brogue kick developed. he was a fascinating man, a man of action, as everybody has stated. over the years, as you know, i have interviewed a lot of prime ministers and party leaders for various programmes on radio and television, and someone asked me recently, in fa ct, and someone asked me recently, in fact, this weekend, who was one of the most difficult or the most interesting people to actually interview, and not in use interviews, but in political interviews, but in political interviews, i always found paddy wa5 actually a very tough interviewee, especially in a confrontational interview. mainly because paddy sometimes had a habit of attacking the premise of the question. so if you said to him tomorrow is monday, i think paddy would 5crew you said to him tomorrow is monday, i think paddy would screw up his eye5 i think paddy would screw up his eyes sometimes if you wanted to be particularly difficult, and he would 5ay particularly difficult, and

what paddy said stands.d i was perfectly well aware of what he was going to say. fears that his party's poll rating would suffer were unfounded, and in 1997 he guided it to its greatest election achievement since the ‘20s, doubling the number of lib dem mps. by this stage, he had already been contemplating the prospect of coalition government with labour. a joint cabinet committee was established, with liberal democrats invited to talks at number ten. according to ashdown, the plan to bring the lib dems into government foundered on opposition from senior labour ministers and the thorny problem of electoral reform. charles kennedy is duly elected the leader... paddy ashdown resigned the leadership in 1999, handing the baton onto charles kennedy, and retiring from the house of commons two years later. he spent time in bosnia, at some personal risk, at the height of the war there. and in 2002, became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina. myjob is to create, to help to create, the structures of a mo

sir vince cable with his reflections on paddy ashdown.cess following the balkans war in the 90s. the following the balkans war in the 905. the bbc following the balkans war in the 90s. the bbc special corresponded and a little spent three years in bosnia responding for the bbc from 1992 until 1995 and he got to know lord ashdown and stayed in touch. he's been giving me his memories. lord ashdown and stayed in touch. he's been giving me his memorieslj first he's been giving me his memories.” first met him in bosnia and i was very struck by his impatience and determination to get something done. after that, his physical courage. determination to get something done. afterthat, his physical courage. he came ata afterthat, his physical courage. he came at a time when the war was at its height, there was shelling and sniping in sarajevo everyday. he wasn't part of a government delegation, he was there under his own stea m delegation, he was there under his own steam so his protection was limited. what struck me was his ability to listen. he und

what paddy said stands.made a statement already and i was perfectly well aware of what he was going to say. fears that his party's poll rating would suffer were unfounded, and in 1997 he guided it to his greatest election achievement in the 1920s, doubling the number of lib dem mps. charles kennedy is duly elected... paddy ashdown resigned the leadership in 1999, having the baton on to charles kennedy and retiring from the house of commons two years later. he spent time in bosnia at some personal risk, at the height of the war there. and in 2002 became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina. but he wasn't done with westminster politics. in 2015, after the lib dems had spent five years in coalition with the conservatives, lord ashdown returned to chair the pa rty‘s lord ashdown returned to chair the party's general election campaign. and we are saying the conservatives are the largest party. famously disputing the exit polls prediction ofa disputing the exit polls prediction of a dye result. if thi

what paddy said stands. a statement already, and i was perfectly well aware of what he was going to say. fears that his party's poll rating would suffer were unfounded, and in 1997 he guided it to its greatest election achievement since the ‘20s, doubling the number of lib dem mps. charles kennedy is duly elected the leader... paddy ashdown resigned the leadership in 1999, handing the baton onto charles kennedy, and retiring from the house of commons two years later. he spent time in bosnia, at some personal risk, at the height of the war there. and in 2002, he became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina. but he wasn't done with westminster politics. in 2015, after the lib dems had spent five years in coalition with the conservatives, lord ashdown returned to chair the party's general election campaign... and we are saying the conservatives are the largest party. ..famously disputing the exit poll's prediction of a dire result. if this exit poll is right, andrew, i will publicly eat my hat on yo

lord david steel was leader of the liberal democrats until paddy took over in 1988.this evening who paid his respects. well, it has come as a great shot, even though i knew he was very ill, because his whole image was one of an action man. he seemed indestructible. it is what i think makes his death seem so khrul. i immediately wanted to convey his —— my condolences to jane and the children. —— cruel. it is a terribly sad day for the liberal democrats. he was the first leader who lifted the party more than just a handful of seats, which joe the party more than just a handful of seats, whichjoe cremin, jeremy thorpe and i had ever seen, he rose it up to bea thorpe and i had ever seen, he rose it up to be a really influential party in parliament. he did this at a time of some political upheaval, because he was the first leader of the party that emerged the liberal party with the social democrats. that is right. he took over after the merger. it wasn't an easy time. it was very difficult. the polls we re very it was very difficult. the polls were very low. but he picked

paddy ashdown cut an impressive figure, and a popular one.ding up the liberal democrats after its painful merger in the late ‘80s means he leaves an undoubted legacy. the action man, unafraid to push political boundaries. come and join us. he never had the slightest sign of cowardice. he faced each situation calmly and in the light of the facts and so on, and with a determination to have the best possible outcome. that courage, and a passion forforeign affairs, could cause some concern amongst colleagues. he took a great interest in the balkans, even when he was leader, and i used to try quite a lot of the time to persuade him not to go, because he exposed himself to risks, for example, going into sarajevo, running the gauntlet of snipers and shelling and things of that kind. but that's the kind of person he was. what you saw, you got, and a great deal more as well. although he never held high office himself, lord ashdown helped set the foundations for what the liberal democrats would eventually become, a party of coalition government, and he

outspoken, dynamic, paddy ashdown was a man of irrepressible energy.ten it would inspire them. the democratic republic of the congo will go to the polls next week to elect a new president for the first time in 17 years. it is a long—delayed vote to replace joseph kabila, who announced two years ago that he woud stand down. the country is the size of western europe, but has little infrastructure, making elections a logistical challenge as well as a process the opposition fears may not be free and fair. the bbc‘s africa correspondent alastair leithead has been to the kahuzi—biega national park and the mineral—rich province of katanga to try and understand why a country so rich in resources is so economically challenged. the congo river flows from the heart of africa through the democratic republic of the congo, a country the size of western europe. there are few places on the planet where rivers run as powerfully as the congo does here, as it approaches the sea. if this energy was tapped by a hydroelectric power station, it could power the whole of afric

the former lib dem leader paddy ashdown dies at the age of 77. it was quite a shock.but only in october and it was sadly very quick. some lovely pictures and tributes in the papers to date, including in the observer and a lovely spread of him in the marines. warm and heartfelt tributes and you get the feeling that he was somebody... the famous picture of him with tony blair and john major, which the mail on sunday have pictured. something cutting across the rivalries. he had a better political fight with john major but actually he had a huge number of friends in the political establishment and beyond. and a different type of politician. a rounded man with an incredibly varied life. a soldier, diplomat. he had an incredible life. he didn't just go from a policy unit to the house of commons and he was the youngest commander of the sbs and he was unemployed for a while. he worked in a sheepskin coat manufacturers. he was a diplomat, a spy' manufacturers. he was a diplomat, a spy, he spoke fluent mandarin. how many politicians these days have that hinterland? i also say t

paddy ashdown, the former leader of britain's liberal democrats, has died. after leaving british politics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina. a former royal marine, lord ashdown led the lib dems to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. a partial us government shutdown is now set to last until at least thursday. earlier, the us senate ended talks to resolve an impasse over the budget without agreement. democrats are refusing to give in to president trump's demands for $5 billion to build a border wall with mexico. let's look at the main story here in the uk and the death of ex—liberal democrat leader paddy ashdown at the age of 77. well, tributes have been pouring in for lord ashdown from across the political spectrum. former liberal democrat leader tim farron wrote on twitter: home secretary sajid javid wrote: labour leaderjeremy corbyn said: now on bbc news — one of the highlights of 2018 from our documentary series our world. with sweden's reputation as a model society under scrutiny, gabriel gatehouse

paddy ashdown, the former leader of britain's liberal democrats, has died.olitics, he served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina. a former royal marine, lord ashdown led the lib dems to their best election result in 70 years in 1997. the head of a un observer team has arrived in yemen to monitor a ceasefire in the port city of hudaydah. the retired dutch general, patrick cammaert, —— dutch general, patrick cammaert, arrived in the country just hours after the mission was unanimously approved by the united nations‘ security council. caroline rigby has more. for the first time in years, a glimmer of hope for peace in yemen. the un team deployed to oversee it arrived on saturday. headed by retired dutch general patrick cammaert, the group of observers are tasked with helping to implement and monitor hudaydah‘s ceasefire, a fragile truce which came into force on tuesday following talks in sweden between delegations from the yemeni government and houthi rebels, a precursor to more significant negotiations scheduled for the new year

lauren paddy in auckland.isbury novichok poisoning, says he's worried the substance will eventually kill him, and he's terrified for the future. he became ill along with his partner dawn sturgess who later died, after coming into contact with the bottle containing the nerve agent used to attack sergei and julia skripal in march. our home affairs correspondent june kelly has more. it is six months since charlie rowley witnessed his partner dawn stu rgess collapse. she was convulsing and foaming at the mouth. i phoned 999. i was getting medical advice. on how to revive her. dawn sturgess had become an unintended victim of the nerve agent novichok. charlie rowley found what he thought was a discarded bottle of perfume and given it to her. in fact, it contained novichok and she sprayed it on her wrist. just over a week later, she was dead. i felt that i had poisoned ifelt that i had poisoned my girlfriends, and that was the ha rd est girlfriends, and that was the hardest thing to deal with. charlie rowley also cam

the former leader of the liberal democrats lord paddy ashdown has died at the age of 77.e led the liberal democrats for over a decade and was the first leader after the party merged with the social democrats in 1988. he also served as international high representative to bosnia herzegovina, following the war which saw the break—up of yugoslavia. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today — but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. now on bbc news, it's the year the social media giants came under fire, the printed press got smaller, and blockbuster tv got even bigger. the bbc‘s amol rajan gives his take on the last 12 months in review 2018: the media year. hello, and welcome to the media year 2018. in the next half an hour, we are going to look at the intersection between technology and the media over the past 12 months, a golden age of tv and audio and the increasing impact of data on all our lives. this has bee

tributes former soldier turned politician paddy ashdown who went to uncover was crimes in yugoslavia. and revival of the greek railway offering a rant ticket to success for the country's economy. hello there it is mostly dry across the southeast in parts of china at the moment with what they say area of cloud just nipping the far south east and that's giving one or two of us a few outbreaks of rain but even that begins to break up as we head into cheese day and with a bit more sunshine the temperatures will be rising as well so this time we should get to around twenty one degrees there will still recent rain to once the south air that will be every part of the philippines and stretching its way down towards positive viet-nam the coast here looks really quite wet we're also seeing a lot of wet weather over the southern parts of india and sri lanka you can see the showers on the satellite and here we're expecting plenty more as we head through the next few days so some pretty heavy downpours here it is usual at this time of year during the winter months see further north a bit of cloud

well as there is here but morgan that live for us in khartoum thanks to a former british politician paddy ashdown who was a leading figure in the bosnian peace process has died from cancer at age seventy seven ashdown served as the un's high representative in bosnia and herzegovina between two thousand and two and two thousand and six helping the country to rebuild in the aftermath of the civil war in the one nine hundred ninety s. before that he led the noble democrat party the u.k.'s third largest political force at the time for eleven years he also served in the british army special services where the next still to come the democratic republic of congo prepares for a long delayed elections that have been pushed back by another week. no solution yet to the standoff that's partially shut down the u.s. government again. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on the wind this day. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts were here across china we are seeing some spotty showers perfectly down here towards hong kong and those are going to lead

former british politician paddy ashdown who was a leading figure in the bosnian peace process has died from cancer at age seventy seven ashdown served as the u.n. high representative in bosnia and herzegovina between two thousand and two and two thousand and six helping the country to rebuild in the aftermath of the civil war in the one nine hundred ninety s. before that he led the liberal democrat party the u.k.'s largest political force at the time for eleven years he also served in the british army special services. taking part in the funerals of four palestinians killed on friday by the israeli army thousands of mourners gathered for the burial of the men who were killed during protests against the israeli and egyptian of the territory among the victims was a sixteen year old boy palestinians have demonstrated at the border every friday and . the weather is next then another resignation over downtown its decision to bring american troops home from syria. the democratic republic of congo prepares for years delayed elections that have been pushed back by another week. hello again wel

paddy ashdown the long time leader of britain's liberal democratic party has died at age seventy seven it's been battling cancer ashdown was the face of centrist centrist british politics for more than a decade in the one nine hundred ninety s. he also served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina from two thousand and two to two thousand and six words. turning to france and a sixth weekend of yellow vest anti-government protests across the country reports indicate a sharp drop in turnout compared to previous saturday's that's following concessions on tax hikes and wage increases made by president emanuel calls government in paris the scene of fierce clashes police closely monitored the demonstrators taking to the streets police say about to size in jenin fast scouted in the french capital on saturday house as many as last week across fronts numbers of foreign drastically since the peak of the protests in november. but those who remain a vocal. oh very strong. macro resigned they chant the french president has made a number of concessions including scrappin

the remote gambling association, which includes the likes of bet365, ladbrokes and paddy power, cameer political pressure over how much betting advertising is on television. our sports news correspondent, richard conway reports. for many years, gambling companies have insisted that sport matters more if there is money on it. tv ads have encouraged viewers to bet before, during and after games. but now the uk's leading betting firms have voluntarily agreed a whistle to whistle tv advertising ban. it was political pressure at how much betting advertising is on tv. more than 90 minutes of adverts were shown in the football world cup this summer shown in the football world cup this summerand shown in the football world cup this summer and antigambling campaigners say sports use of adverts normalises betting. now, following extensive talks, uk company to agree to know adverts will be broadcast for a defined period before and after a game is broadcast. horseracing will be exempt, all other sports will be included. final ratification is deleted before the ban comes into force, but that shou

former british politician paddy ashdown who was a leading figure in the bosnian peace process has died after a short battle with cancer he was seventy seven ashdown served as the un's high representative in bosnia and herzegovina between two thousand and two and two thousand and six helping the country to rebuild after the civil war marty and dennis will be here with the news hour after you find the asia. young african footballers are travelling to thailand in hopes of becoming professional players but they risk discrimination and exploitation. when one east investigates thailand's football factory on al-jazeera viewfinder fresh perspectives through the men's of know who filmmakers around the globe. the but the but it. for good girl. from a shack up with. women landed a few girls. are here now although i am only. the tip of the bit of good good good good good. thank you. i've. got to. get them up our lives there and then i'm not about how i was thanks larry i moved. out of the pound thank you. you. you. get. oh. oh. better do. better page. maybe. that's a cop. should not under nine hun

the cop doubled him over with a club to the gut and was tossing him into a paddy wagon. at that moment they were filming the wagons and the cop turned to attack him. a doctor in a white coat ran to help and was knocked to the ground by police who kept beating him as he tried to crawl away. there were plainclothes cops, white shirt had the cops with te have antennas on their backs for instruction and others were jackets with chevron's shoulders. if you were on three wheeled motorcycles one of whom could be heard as he ran people over shouting. for 15 unbelievable minutes the battle of michigan avenue raged on the entire time he was standing behind the yellow barricade with his back to the restaurant watching up close. they were still surrounded by the officials and their wives and from the start it had been a famous spot and there was a chance the whole world was watching but now they were silent cops taking over the new assault. on michigan avenue from the north and south two rows of police were advancing and came together at the hilton and the streets remaining proteste

tributes have been paid from all sides of the political divide to paddy ashdown — the former liberaled at the age of 77. tony blair described him as "a political visionary", while the prime minister, theresa may, said he'd served his country with distinction. a man and woman are still being held in connection with multiple drone sightings that brought gatwick airport to a standstill. police searched a house in the nearby town of crawley yesterday. the disruption lasted for three days, as tens of thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled or delayed. universal credit is leaving too many claimants with children facing a stark choice between turning down jobs or getting into debt, mps have warned. the work and pensions select committee says the way parents have to pay for childcare up front, then claim it back afterwards, is a "barrier to work". the government says the system is designed to cut out fraud and error. for poorer people, for whom the benefit is designed for, they do not have surpluses in the bank and, therefore, however anxious they are to work, but if they have ch

at the end of the paddy harvest every year farmers in the northern states of job often burn the crop stubble that is left behind. moved by hand it will take around eight to ten hours and they would be high labor costs of the process is very time consuming. twenty million tons of agricultural waste is burnt during this period causing a severe of equality in the region. the hardest hit india's capital city. in recent years air pollution has reached alarming levels. while bagel emissions and industrial pollution also contribute to delhi's poor air quality stubble burning remains a private course. public health experts even claim that breathing in the open air in delhi equals smoking twenty cigarettes a day almost one point five million people in india die every year because of pollution. when we were going. on when rivers are bringing. our. many water. there were problems in our building. and there was a lot of noise around us noisier than a lot of people were going aboard double boarding on pollution causing so reports really really going to. their canards really how we're going to mou

paddy ashdown the long time leader of britain's liberal democratic party has died at age seventy seven he's been battling cancer ashdown was the face of centrist centrist british politics for more than a decade in the one nine hundred ninety s. he also served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina from two thousand and two to two thousand and six was. turning to france and a sixth weekend of yellow vest anti-government protests across the country reports indicate a sharp drop in turnout compared to previous saturdays that's following concessions on tax hikes and wage increases made by president emanuel government in paris the scene of fierce clashes police closely monitored the demonstrators.

and comedian paddy raff compared the outage to the northern ireland assembly — tweeting. ..eak to someone whose business has been affected by 02's data problems today. kevin harris is the director of metro cars, a private taxi firm in harlow, essex. how much reliance does your business have on using 02 data? we rely 10096 on all to data streaming? 0f have on using 02 data? we rely 10096 on all to data streaming? of course today we haven't been able to service anybody. the whole system has been down. you speak to your drivers or you contact your driver is using the data. do you use that as part of the apps as well? basically all thejobs as part of the apps as well? basically all the jobs coming via telephone, since that telephone systems is the dispatch via data, so we have not had any communication. we need our vehicles and we've been trying to do things over telephone. of course that has jammed everything up. ithink of course that has jammed everything up. i think we have received something like 6400 complaints today so something like 6400 complaints today so far. people st

and when we did have our attempted power sharing in 1974, paddy was a minister in that executive. but besides being steeped in politics, he also is steeped in the arts. and patty wrote a number of books, but there's one i want to draw your attention to. it's called -- i'm very bad at -- bananas? >> "yes, we have no bananas." >> "yes, we have no bananas." that title is interesting because it referred to the outdoor relief riots in belfast in the early 1930s where catholic and protestant workers came together. and they had to find a common anthem. and that became very, very difficult. but to overcome their sectarianism they chose the title, "yes, we have no bananas." and so that's the background from which anne springs. anne herself besides being a civil rights activist is much better known as someone who is -- has written fiction, and who personifies the part of narrative when we begin to look at civil rights. so i'll ask anne to speak first. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. not to be repetitious, but thank you so much for the invitation and all jared's hard work in getting us

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tributes have been paid from all sides of the political divide to paddy ashdown — the former liberalemocrat leader who has died at the age of 77. tony blair described the man credited with making the lib dems a significant third force in politics as "a political visionary". theresa may said he'd served his country with distinction. at least 62 people have died and nearly 600 more have been injured after a tsunami hit the coast of indonesia. it's thought to have been caused by an undersea landslide following eruptions from the krakatoa volcano. the tsunami hit the coast on the sunda strait, which separates the islands of java and sumatra. the country's disaster management agency says hundreds of buildings were damaged and at least 20 people are still missing. a man and woman are still being held in connection with multiple drone sightings that brought gatwick airport to a standstill. police searched a house in the nearby town of crawley yesterday. the disruption lasted for three days, as tens of thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled or delayed. universal credit is leavin

shooting at a bus stop in the area which led to israeli forces imposing strict checkpoint was around the paddy and palestinian city of ramallah local reporter and i cassius has been according to reports and initial reports was that palestinians opened fire on israeli soldiers on of flying checkpoint near i'm a little bit or as soon as that happened all roads were closed their israeli army has entered dhamma lodges the defacto capital of the palestinian authority and there are currently confrontations happening between palestinian youth and israeli forces the model has been completely closed off by the israeli army and there are also problems on the main roads between palestinians and israeli settlers settlers have been throwing rocks at palestinian cars so those real army has been over the. asked for notes conducting raids searching houses searching stores even taking camera footage from cameras throughout the area israel has put the blame on the palestinian authority and at the same time the palestinian authority is putting the blame on the israeli government. now having bowed to the demands

the headlines: the former leader of the liberal democrats lord paddy ashdown has died at the ageof 77l 1999. he also served as international high representative to bosnia after the war. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex, following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. we don't have a very long holiday