tim, so why is this rosalind the rover, why the name?ist who did so much to unlock the secrets of human life, to dna and the double helix, and so it's only fitting that the exo—mars rover is named after rosalind because it will be searching for signs of past life on mars. and you got the public involved with this naming process? absolutely. yeah. the competition was opened up to the public, over 36,000 entries, so a huge response and it just shows that there is so much appetite, so much public appetite for these exploration missions. this really is a big mission for the european space agency. why is it so vital to get out there, to get to mars? it's a really exciting mission. this rover is going to actually drill 2 metres under the surface of mars, now that's where we stand the best chance of understanding organic molecules that could have resided on mars, so it's going to a very special landing site, an ancient landing site, where there was once a liquid ocean, and we know that 3.7 billion years ago, earth and mars were very similar, so

why is this rosalind the rover?tist who did so much to help unlock the secrets to human life, to dna and double helix, and so it's only fitting that the exomars rover is named after rosalind because it will be searching for signs of past life on mars. you've got the public involved with this naming process. absolutely, the competition was opened up to the public, over 36,000 entries, so a huge response, and it just shows that there is so much public appetite for these exploration missions. this really is a big mission for the european space agency. why is it so vital to get out there, to get on mars? it is a really exciting mission, this rover is going to actually drill two metres under the surface of mars. that is where we stand the best chance of discovering organic molecules that could have resided on mars, so it is going to a special landing site, a very ancient landing site where there was once a liquid ocean and we know that 3.7 billion years ago earth and mars were very similarso years ago earth and mars were

it is the rosalind franklin rover. i am joined name. it is the rosalind franklin rover.itting that the rover is named after rosalind because it will be searching for signs of past life on mars. you have got the public involved with this naming process. it was opened up to the public. over 36,000 naming process. it was opened up to the public. over36,000 entries, a huge response. there is so much public appetite for these expeditions. this is a big mission for the european space agency. why is it so vital to get out there and get to mars? it is an exciting mission. it is going to drill two metres under the surface of mars, thatis metres under the surface of mars, that is where we stand the best chance of finding molecules on mars. it is going to an ancient landing site where there was once an ocean. we know that 3.7 years ago mars and earth were similar. life could have evolved on mars as well. thank you, tim peake. this is an robotic mission heading to myers. it is being assembled together at the moment. scientists are working around the clock. —— to mars. it will be a f

it has been named to david -- named to the rosalind franklin rover.atind franklin, british scientist who did so much to unlock the secrets to human life with the double helix, it is only fitting that rsthe over is named after rosalind because it will be searing for signs of past life on mars. rebecca: you got the public involved in the naming process. >> the competition was open up to the public, 36,000es entries hugense. it shows there is so much public appetite for the exploration missions. rebecca: it really is a big mission for the european space agency. why is it so vital? >> it is a really exciting mission. this rover is going to drill two metersnder the surface of mars, and that is where we stand the best chance of discovering organic molecules that could have resided on mars. it goes to a special landing site, where there was once a liquid ocean. wew kat 3.7 billion years ago, earth and mars were similar. life couldn ave evolvedrs as well. rebecca: thank you very much. this is obviously mission heading to mars. thing has bee assembled and scie

tim, why is this rosalind the rover, why the name? life, the dna and double helix so it's only fitting that the mars rover is named after her because it will be searching for signs of past life on mars. you got the public involved with this naming process. absolutely. the competition was opened up to the public, 36,000 entries to a huge response and it shows that there is so much appetite and public appetite for these exploration missions. this really is a big mission for the european space agency. why is it so vital to get out there to mars? it's a really exciting mission. this rover is going to drill 2m under the surface of mars which is where we stand the best chance of understanding organic molecules which could have resided on mars so it's going to a very special ancient landing site where there was once a liquid ocean and we know that 3.7billion years ago, earth and mars were very similar so life could have evolved on mars as well. thank you very much, tim peake. this is obviously a robotic mission heading to mars in the real th

a perfect name for the rover to mars, rosalind franklin. i hope it will discover a lot more things.ico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up — cookies and crumbs! we'll be taking a bite out of india's oldest and most recognised biscuit—makers and seeing how the compa ny‘s reinventing itself. and before we go, how about this for a not so romantic idea with valentine's day fast approaching. a zoo in kent in southern england will — for a small fee — name a cockroach after your ex lover. and post it on a public noticeboard. el paso zoo in texas are offering a similar servive. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. the weather has taken that of a turn to something a lot more unsettled to in the week. something we haven't seen in quite awhile, pretty deep areas of low pressure bringing gales and spells of heavy rain and friday is looking very unsettled with a deep area of low pressure to bring widespread gales and heavy rain. this is actually a deep blow that is being named storm eric by met eireann because it will bring disruptive wins to the north of the count

tim, why is this rosalind the rover, why the name?of human life, the dna and double helix, so it's only fitting that the mars rover is named after her because it will be searching for signs of past life on mars. you got the public involved with this naming process. absolutely. the competition was opened up to the public, 36,000 entries so a huge response and it shows that there is so much appetite — so much public appetite for these exploration missions. this really is a big mission for the european space agency. why is it so vital to get out there to mars? it's a really exciting mission. this rover is going to drill 2m under the surface of mars which is where we stand the best chance of understanding organic molecules which could have resided on mars, so it's going to a very special ancient landing site where there was once a liquid ocean — and we know that 3.7 billion years ago, earth and mars were very similar, so life could have evolved on mars as well. thank you very much, tim peake. this is obviously a robotic mission heading to

joining me now our reporter, tom winter and rosalind.n the words of the special counsel's office, this goes to the heart of the investigation. tell me why. >> well, it is the campaign chairman, the presidential nominee and now the president of the united states meeting of a russian employee who have ties to russia intelligence and discussing issues key to the russian government. we know one topic they discussed of the evening meeting at the cigar bar was a peace clan for ukraine. that's a key step on russia and very important to russia. we noted that there were some conversations that the prosecutors are not exploring the idea that manafort gave kilimnik polling data. why would he do that? and what do they do with that data. >> rosalind, they all left through separate doors, what do you make of that? >> yeah, the first report that this meeting happened back in 2017. we had a lot of questions about it and maybe even more now than we have learned some new things about it. this is one of the things we did not know previously that the judge

rosalind: the u.k.pan.ry has gone to a company has decided to close a factory with at least 6000 in the supply chain. it is part of the global restructuring. there are reports north korea may agree to end its war against the south. an end of war declaration may occur during the upcoming summit between kim jong-un and president trump this week. kim is in the middle of a trip to vietnam for his second meeting with president trump. his trip to hanoi it will be the first by a north korean leader in more than half a century. the 2019 addition of the bloomberg healthiest country index runs 169 countries across a range of factors for well-being. spain was in sixth place, but now is in first place. japan is the healthiest nation in asia, fourth place overall, while the u.s. fell to 30 that as life expectancy declines due to drug overdoses and suicide. global news, 24 hours a day on air and tic-toc on twitter, and powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. i'm rosalind chin. this is blo

here's rosalind chin. rosalind bank president trump has called on the u.s. make a choice between nicolas maduro and juan guaido. america and more than 30 other countries recognized wide-out as the interim president. the days of socialism are coming to an end in latin america and found the left would never take control of the usa. >> they are turning the page on socialism, turning the page on dictatorship, and there will be no going back. e.u. chief brexit negotiator says the block is open to a permanent customs union with the u.k. and that the relationship should be as ambitious as possible. michel barnier said the e.u. accepted the u.k.'s decision to leave and any differences are due to pragmatic issues. he confirmed that the e.u. will not reopen talks on the terms of the brexit deal. the reserve bank of india is handing part of its profits to the government, which is desperate for cash to fund its populist program. the r.b.i. approved an interim dividend of about $4 billion. the cash will help fund its $10 billion program to support rural communities. chin

rosalind franklin was a great british scientists who did so much to unlock the secrets of human life,. response which shows there is so much public appetite these missions. this is a big nation for the european space agency, why is it so vital to get to mars? it is really exciting mission. this rover will drill two metres under the surface of mars where we stand the best chance of discovering organic molecules which could have resided on mars. it is going to an ancient landing site weather was once a liquid ocean. we know that the .7 billion years ago earth and mars we re very billion years ago earth and mars were very similar still life could have evolved on mars this well. thank you very much. this is obviously a robotic mission to mars and the real thing is being assembled by scientists working around the clock and it really will bea around the clock and it really will be a fitting honour for the women who was an unsung hero of science to have this legacy which will live on, on mars. time to look at the weather. hello there, some beautiful sunsets to end the day. our weather watche

rosalind p. walter. ebarbara hope zucke corporate funding is mrovided ual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional suppopr has been ided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet stolios at licenter in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanksor joining us. two days after president trump declared a national emergency in order to spend billions of dollars in additiol funding for a wall or barrier along the u.s.-mexico border, he's facing both political and legal challengesta represve adam schiff called the president's declaration "plainly unconstitutional." >> this is the first time a president has tried to declare an emergency when congress explicitly rejected funding for the particular project that the president is advocating. and in saying just the other day that he didn't really need to

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rosalind p. walter. barbara hope zuckerberg. icorporate fundinrovided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual du and group retirement ps. that's why we're your retirement company.on addi support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by rcontributions to ys station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening ajo thank you foing us. as president trump prepares for his second summit with north korea's leader kim jong un in vietnam this week, sec of state mike pompeo said today north korea remains a nuclear threat, contradicting the president's tweet last june th"" there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea." >> do you think north korea remains a nuclr threat? >> yes. >> but the president said he doesn't-- >> that's not what he said. >> he tweeted, "there's no longer a nuclear threat from north korea." >> right. what he said was that the efforts that had been made in singapore,

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modern genetics is itself to the work of the oft overlooked british female chemist rosalind franklin was treated like a lowly lab assistant fire piers piers who will go on to essentially steal her notes and claim credit for one of her great discoveries you see franklin was the x. ray scientist as well as the secretary science as well as one who took this image later stolen by her male peers that was the very first proof of the double helix structure of d.n.a. sadly she was not recognized for work until long after her death well that changes which is why the european space agency is giving roslin franklin the credit she deserves so long ago and announced this week they've named their new x.l. mars rover rosalyn the rover set to launch in two thousand and twenty in the new rover will be equipped with an automated laboratory that will be looking for life in the very fibers of the dust of mars so some sixty years after her passing rosalind franklin has finally been put in her place among the stardust of the guy is. very good very good well they will gentlemen bad is our show for you toda

rosalind franklin. that's the name being given to the british—built rover heading to mars in 2020.on entries. the bbc‘s rebecca morelle has been to the rover‘s factory. iamona i am on a mark—up of mars and there isa i am on a mark—up of mars and there is a prototype of the realm rove above my knee going to the red planet and designed to roll over the rocky martian terrain and it will be drilling deep beneath the surface as it rolls around, searching for signs of life. that is one of the biggest questions and silent to make science, does life exist the earth and it is not a real the real thing is being assembled as we speak. almost everything has been ready apart from one vital element which is the name and we found out today that it will be called the rosalind franklin rover named after a british scientist and i am joined by liz stewart, a space scientist at airbus. why her name? rosalind franklin was a tennis and take the x—ray pictures that helped us work out what the shape of dna was so she was instrumental in working out but created life and this rover will go and takea created

there are other ways, for example, we have the x0 mars 2020 rover launching next year now because rosalindnklin and i'm the leader of the camera system for that and we will be drilling into the surface of mars in that case to look for signs of life. so that's another way of getting the samples. but this mission, the asteroid mission which is successfully got it sample today, it's fantastic that it has worked and it will wait in orbit around the asteroid two get some more samples asteroid two get some more samples as we had. thank you. now it's time for lose watch. this week, was bbc news too keen to blame brexit for the closure of honda's car plant? hello and welcome to nose watch. coming up, hyundai says the planned closure of their swindon plant has nothing to do with brexit, so why did we have so much about it? as a possible explanation. and there have been plenty of shemima begum on our screens this week, has to be busy been giving her the oxygen of publicity? let's start with an appreciation posted on twitter in relation to last weekmet on his watch from one of our followers using the

i am rosalind chin. this is bloomberg. haslinda: thank you so much for that.resident trump said he is in no rush for north korea to give up its nuclear warm -- arms. saying over the long-term, talks would be a success. some of our guests had concrete expectations for the summit. >> the trump administration, including uncharacteristically trump himself, have try to lower expectations for this summit. at the same time it does appear a lot of things have not been hammered out. there will be a one-on-one meeting and i think it does create some concern in terms of giving away too much it might be in the areas of doing things that go to the u.s. alliance relationships in asia. >> the declaration [indiscernible] otherwise, this can be an unsatisfactory disappointment. some guests showing their expectations for the summit. our next guest says the summit will make modest progress. let's bring in ceo richard fenning. good to have you with us. do you share the view of lowered expectations at this second summit? richard: yes. it is possible president trump is deliberately

i'm rosalind chin. this is bloomberg. you the latest trade talks in beijing are said to have made little progress so far, suggesting that there's a lot to be done before any sort of presidential summit. yvonne: the more we need to see these two leaders actually meet up. our correspondent tom mackenzie joins us from hong kong. we are seeing more trade war whiplash. what happened to all the optimism? reporter: a reminder perhaps we should not buy too much into trump's rhetoric leading up into trade discussions. the white house has been talking about the fact that the president wants a deal and he is seeing progress, which is a different picture according to our sources. they say there is still a lot of work to be done to close the gap. no surprise, it's around structural issues, particularly state subsidies, which many china watchers have said will be very difficult for china to actually concede on. the question is how much progress is made today? robert lighthizer of ustr is expected to meet with president xi. that could p

i'm rosalind chin with the first word headlines.says president xi will meet the delegation in beijing amid rising hopes they are edging toward a deal. president says that could mean the tariff deadline might slide. there could besm a postponement of higher duties. may's top aide has said she will wait to the last moment to put her deal to parliament. robins discussed the move in a bar earlier this week. he said it would force lawmakers to choose her deal or a potentially lengthy brexit delay. she is asking the commons more time to renegotiate the deal. says brexit could be the acid test for the new global order. he says the outcome of the eu split would show if it is possible to broaden transparency while enhancing accountability. he warned rising trade tensions and protectionism and the trend toward de-globalization are threats to growth. >> it is possible new rules of the road will be developed for a more inclusive economy. at the same time, there is a risk countries turn inwards, undercutting growth and prosperity for all. this i

i'm rosalind chin. this is bloomberg.l ahead we are yes bankbi admonishing after allegedly misleading the public about its bad loans assessment. india gets up and running later on. david: stimulus -- yvonne: stimulus measures boost in january. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: welcome back. the credit numbers out of china really leading the stories. $w yuan loans for january, 3.3 trillion for january. it is a bigger economy. yvonne: this is all thanks to the policy we have seen. rrr cuts the less couple months or so. also when it comes to holiday injections from the pboc. they expect the credit data to stay strong in the coming months. let's discuss all of this now. great to have you. ago you are a week saying there was no sufficient evidence to turn risk on in asia bonds. does this picture change it for you? >> this credit data is a clear sign policymakers are looking to stabilize growth in a more powerful way. data, buthe new loan also in terms of the general social financing data including bond issuance. rishaad: what does t

. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, the jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm amanpour in london. spike lee is excited about the oscars. now, you might not think that's news, but only three years ago he had joined jada pinkett smith in boycotting the ceremony, protesting the famous oscar so white. now they are not so white and spike lee will be there. [ cheers ] that is spike and his family celebrating as they watch the nominations two weeks ago. he got six nods for his "blackkklansman," including his first for best director and best picture. the movie "do the right thing" widely considered lee's most important work was not nominated in either category. lee's films have all been provocative, especially on the acura of race. and it's very relevant this week as virginia's top three official

for more information, visit uniworld.com >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, the jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the program, everyone. i i'm christiane amanpour in london. a team of united nations experts has now arrived in turkey to investigate the brutal murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi on okayed 2nd. they have not given him permission to enter or speak to authorities. meanwhile the trial of 11 men accused of his murder is under way in riyadh. the crown prince mohammed bin salman had nothing to do with the assassination, they say. democratic senators publish resolution to end the u.s. involvement in saudi arabia's civil war in yemen. motivated by the devastating humanitarian consequences of the fighting there as well as lingering anger with the saudi regime over the khashoggi killing. 100 days after jamal's murder, i spoke with two men w

joining us by phone is investigative reporter rosalind helderman.re was someone who donated approximately $900,000 to the fund. does the subpoena mention specific people like that that the subpoena is interested in? >> yeah, it's interesting, the subpoena is generally very broad, as you mentioned. it seeks documents in this very sweeping array of topics, but it also mentions this one particular donor and company, a los angeles financier named ahmad zubery. his name is the one name specifically mentioned in the subpoena. he was a major democratic donor. he had given a large amount of money to president obama and hillary clinton, and then suddenly in january of 2017, his company gave $100,000 to support the republican convention, which had been a few months earlier, and then $900,000 to support donald trump's inaugural. he's actually the first bullet point of the subpoena. >> and why is this subpoena being issued by federal prosecutors in new york city and not the special prosecutor robert mueller? >> we had done some reporting a while back now that t

i'm rosalind chin.rd headlines. president trump has signed an executive order directing the u.s. government to prioritize artificial intelligence and research development spending. the order comes amid concerns about china's ambition to dominate the sector. it outlines specific funding goals, but says it is to ensure that a high development reflects u.s. study, and to push training for the future workforce. the u.k. prime minister theresa may is bringing forward a statement of parliament on her brexit deal from wednesday to tuesday. she says she is not considering a customs union with the eu, a key demand of jeremy corbyn. the uncertainty drove the uk's gdp risingest, just .2%. the trial of the former malaysian prime minister has been delayed indefinitely as he prepares an appeal against charges linked to the missing billions of state investment fund 1mdb. he faces 42 counts, including corruption, embezzlement, and breach of trust. he denies any wrongdoing. the proceedings were already running behind sc

all of that data, all of those insights are informing the rover named for rosalind franklin, the mars0 rover that nasa is building now. and inevitably, if we send humans to mars, the initial insights will trace back to this rover.: jad they may see it again. >> they might. there has been some work done to identify candidate sites and opportunity past of the woods is prime among th. jane: thank you for joining me. it's that time year again when all eyes are on hollywood with the academy awards looming and the baftas and the golden globes in e rearview mirror. there has been much talk of the success of roma, the black and white. peace -- black and white piece set mexico city, it has been nominated for best picture, ord netflix isng hard to make sure it wins. >> roma has been the subject of a massive campaign by netflix to win oscars. the chief aim, to bring victory to alphonso cuaron's largely auto graphicalto -- auographical portrait of his house made in mexico city in the rly 1970's. he is taking the bign arketing pushride. >> they do a lot of work doing the promotion and the marketin

this space rover to mars has been named after rosalind franklin his work was essential to the discoverya. we will be talking about raising the profile of women in science. we will discuss the papers at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm. that is all to come, now it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. uk horseracing is suspended following an outbreak of equine flu — which could threaten the cheltenham festival. more needs to be done to tackle racism in football — the premier league makes a pledge to act. and we'll be live at the fed cup tie in bath — they've beaten slovenia, now great britain take on greece. also coming up in the programme... england's cricketers name their squad for the upcoming tour of india — sarah taylor and katherine brunt are back. and running all over the world — 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents — we hear from the woman who's broken the record. hello and welcome to sportsday. there are fears that next month's jump racing showpiece, the cheltenham festival, could be under threat after an outbreak of equine flu. racing was cancelled today and has been call

and into rosalind operating every ten minutes. a reminder, the d.c. street car in northeast always also free to us >>> news4 is working for you in the community with a o word an urgent need at local food banks. the beginning of the year is always a difficult time at food pantries, but the federal furlough seems to have added to things this year. contributions are down in fairfax county. 600 pounds out about last week to families who were in need as a result of not being able to get a ycheck. so we really need your help to refill the pantry so we can continue to meet the needs of our community. w now, here't they really need. cooking oils, dry beans, laund detergent, cereal, and food gift cards. if you want to help out, just sech food bann the nbc washington app. >>> coming to fauquier county where this summer's cs nty fair haen cancelled. the reason, not enough parking. in a letter released this week, therd county b of supervisors says that construction of a new sports complex directlyth behin fair grounds is to blame for this e.is because of that wor

. >> additional support has been provided by, rosalind p. walter, cheryl and phillip milstein family, judy and josh westin and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program. i'm in the vietnamese capital hanoi for special coverage of the summit here between president trump and kim jong-un. two remarkable situations face the president right now. this high stakes nuclear diplomacy while bombshell testimony against the president unfolds in washington at the very same time. it was all smiles and handshakes here between the president and kim jong-un before the two settled down to an intimate dinner. while on capitol hill, the president's former personal lawyer and fixer michael cohen, ahead of his own prison term, apologized for lying to congress and covering up for trump. he called the president a racist, a con man and a cheat. we will have more on that testimony in a moment. first, all of this was on trump and kim jong-un's minds as they met and shook hands here in hanoi. take a listen. mr. tr

. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p.alter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seat-in melvin, judy and josh weston, the jpb foundation and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. tense times in venezuela, and the world is taking sides. the european union parliament is the latest to recognize juan guaido as the interim president of venezuela. the significant addition to more than a dozen countries that have already declared support for the national assembly president, including, of course, the vital backing of the united states. president trump personally calling guaido earlier this week, but russia, china, iran and cuba have forcefully thrown their support behind president nicolas maduro whose 2018 election was condemned for electoral fraud. the crackdown on recent protests has seen some 850 people arrested. at the heart of all of this is juan guaido who is

. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the program. just over a week before the american government is once again set to shut down, the president's state of the union was a double-edged sword. on the one hand, a call for bipartisan cooperation while offering no signs of compromise on the ideological divide that stifles washington and the nation. there were supports of chants from the president republican cohorts. a large block of democrats often sat in disapproving silence. much of the president's rhetoric was largely sign posted ahead of time. tough on trade, immigration and ending foreign wars. beneath it all, was this also all about the next presidential election? playing the long game with some insight into how he hopes to frame the narrative and his democratic opponents while in the short-term, talking up the economy and lambas

. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston, the jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. condemnation is no longer enough. ithful expect concrete action to address the sexual abuse crisis that's become nearly synonymous with their faith. among his goals is how to establish specific protocols for handling accusations against bishops. behind closed doors, the pontiff heard testimony from survivors of abuse. in america alone, one advocacy group estimates more than 6,700 american priests have abused tens of thousands of children. and the u.s. catholic church has reportedly paid out approximately $3.8 billion in settlements since the 1980s. just last week, the church defrocked cardinal theodore mccarrick of washington after a church trial found him guilty of abusing minors.

/ rosalind: that's the question. it's very tricky.for a small country, has been significant for geopolitics. you've got russia, china, the u.s., turkey, other countries jostling for influence. for him, the u.s. is the priority. america for decades under chavez or maduro wasn't interested in venezuela. now it is. they were a proponent for international support. it's been in venezuela's neighborhood. he needs that relationship. at the same time, he needs money from places like china. he needs to be careful not to become a in the dance between the two major powers. responded?hina we heard from maduro he has room -- support from some around the world, including vladimir putin and erdogan. what about president xi? rosalind: china has been careful in his public statements. they don't support interference in another country's affairs. they pointed out they were there butmaduro's inauguration, they have not specifically said they support maduro and they are keen to talk to geoeye those people. they have supported chavez and maduro, and that's

. >>> additional support provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and kyrene schwartz. chareryl and philip milstei family. the j.p.b. foundation and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. civilians continue to flee the last area under isis control in syria as the terrorist group makes a final stand against u.s.-backed forces there. its caliphate is about to be defeated and president trump says mission accomplished, and he plans a total withdraw of u.s. troops. military and intelligence leaders of the anti-isis coalition are not totally convinced, including the former head of the british secret intelligence service. he led the organization, which is also called mi6 for five years during the time of 9/11 and the global rise of radical islamic terrorism. in a wide ranging discussion and rare tv interview, sir richard shared with me his views of the dangers facing the west from radical islam to russia and china. sir richard, welcome to the program. >> nice to be here. >>