that is taiwan's foreign minister speaking to rupert wingfield—hayes.e same old music being pumped into shops, hotels and bars? 0ne company called open air is offering to change all of that. we spoke to its ceo brian desousa. we want to run a good business. we just need a good desousa. we want to run a good business. wejust need a good idea, not tons of star capital. i were going to bars, restaurants, shops, places that looked great but sounded terrible. businesses still spend a lot of money taking themselves look really great, feel really great but not a lot on sounding really great and i thought that could be something. there is a number of things we play off. 0ne that could be something. there is a number of things we play off. one is selfridge's being a contemporary store leading the way. they do a lot of activations during the day. it could be a playlist that promotes pride, it could be a playlist that promotes international women's day but whatever goes on in the store, the music should help can —— help communicate that. it was a very difficult se

rupert wingfield—hayes is in tokyo — there's some flash photography in his report.e's some flash photography in his report. last march, carlos ghosn disguised himself as a construction worker as he attempted to slip past the waiting media on his release from jail. now, he has succeeded in slipping out ofjapan, perhaps in another disguise. even his own defence team have been left dumbfounded, unable to explain how mrghosn did it. translation: it's a complete surprise and we are perplexed. his passports are with his lawyers. somehow, mr ghosn managed to board a privatejet and last night he landed here, in the lebanese capital, beirut. in a defiant statement he said he had not fled japanese justice but escaped from injustice. "i'm now in lebanon", he said, "and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged japanese justice system, where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant and basic human rights are denied." carlos ghosn was born in brazil to parents of lebanese descent. in the late 1990s he helped save french car—maker renault. in the 2000s, he took on an even bi

rupert wingfield-hayes has more. rupert: last march, carlos ghosn disguised himself as a construction worker as he attempted to slip past the g media on his release from jail. now he has succeeded in slipping out of japan, perhaps in another disguise. wneven hisefense team have been left dumbfounded, unable to explain how mr. ghosn did it. >> we didn't know anything about it. complete >> we still have all his passports. rupert: somehow come mr. ghosn managed to board a private jet, itd last night he landed here in the lebanese c, beirut. he said he had not fled japanese justice, but escaped from injustice. "i am now in lebanon," he said, "and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged japanese justice is to where guilt is dipresumedrimination is rampant, basic human rights are denied." this is a truly expert very development and what was already an expert mary --extraordinary story. japanese prosecutors say that by fleeing, carlos ghosn admitting his guilt. many agreed with mr. ghosn and his defense team that the char

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.brations have been taking place across the world. australia and new zealand fireworks launched us into the new decade. this now from tolu adeoye on the celebrations so far.... auckland was the first major city to welcome 2020 with a bang. the sky tower at the centre of celebrations. in sydney, the traditional display went ahead, despite some calls for it to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis. there was singing, dancing and fireworks in pyongyang, as north korea saw in the new decade. whilst a traditional buddhist ceremony was the focus injapan. the fireworks show was scaled back in hong kong because of the recent unrest. protesters formed human chains in the city. so, not the usual big display in the middle of victoria harbour on this occasion. but still, there was quite some show. and this in bangkok... 2020 making quite the entrance. tolu adeoye, bbc news. london's new year fireworks is organised by mayor of london's office. i'm joined now by the mayor, sadiq khan. good even

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.quentin sommerville, is in beirut now. quentin, what are the authorities there saying about all of this? they are saying very little. as you heard in rupert's report, he arrived by private jet, heard in rupert's report, he arrived by privatejet, on heard in rupert's report, he arrived by private jet, on sunday evening. carlos ghosn was born in brazil but is of lebanese heritage and is one of lebanon's favourite sons. he's extremely well regarded in this country, to such an extent that they even issued a postage stamp with his face on it. he owns one of the big vineyards in the country. he is a super well connected to the political elite here in lebanon. he has many high ranking friends who will doubtless offer him protection. so lebanon will hold on very tightly, despite the factjapan gives hundreds of millions of dollars in aid of this country, lebanon will hold on very tightly to carlos ghosn. all the while, while he has been locked up injapan, there has been a protest movement in le

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.e is set to rise by more than four times the rate of inflation. the increase takes hourly pay for people over the age of 25 to £8.72 from april. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. it's been promoted by the new government as the biggest cash increase ever for those on the lowest pay, an extra £930 a year, if they're full—time. for the employers that have to pay it, though, their income isn't going up anything like as fast. many low—paying industries like restaurants and hotels don't dare raise their prices to cover the extra costs for fear of losing customers. the chancellor set out a plan for raising the wage to 66% of average earnings, or about £10.50 by 202a. i think politicians need to understand that that kind of rise doesn't come for free and they'll need to be looking at the kind of supportive policies around that that will help businesses. in the past decade, boosting wages for the lowest paid has reduced income inequality, the gap between the lowest paid and the a

he's been speaking to our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes.dilemma in dealing with the hong kong issue. 0n the one hand, they are not able to promise the protesters those free elections or other demands or doing an independent investigation on the police violence. and on the other hand, if the chinese government decides that is going to march and they want to move their force into hong kong and deal with the situation militarily, many people in the world would agree with me that it has signified the total failure of the one country, two systems model so they are caught in the situation, the hong kong situation is going to deteriorate and it's a failure of the one country, two systems model, or a military solution that will also signify a failure of the one country, two systems model. have they got one eye on taiwan when they're thinking about this? yes, yes. and after the violence and protest activities in hong kong in the last three months, the public opinion surveys show over 90% of the taiwanese people reject the one country, two systems mo

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.e with the latest is our economics correspondent andrew walker. this is quite extraordinary. absolutely. it's hard to... i can't think of any precedent for a major international business figure, and let's be clear, i don't think there isa let's be clear, i don't think there is a bigger name in the global motor industry, one of the biggest industries on the planet, there is no precedent for someone being arrested in this way, and then fleeing the country... one couldn't say exactly like a common criminal, firstly because he protests his innocence, but also it must have taken considerable innocence, but also it must have ta ken considerable resources innocence, but also it must have taken considerable resources to organise this kind of flight from the country, from under the noses of the country, from under the noses of the japanese authorities. without a passport because they'd been taken away. taken away but it's possible to have more than one passport for a particular country. you may

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. andrew walker.nd the reports coming from lebanon as he arrived in a privatejet reports coming from lebanon as he arrived in a private jet coming from turkey and got into the country using a french passport despite the fa ct using a french passport despite the fact his lawyer injapan body had all fact his lawyer injapan body had aler fact his lawyer injapan body had all mr ghosn passports. is a possibility if you international traveller —like ears you may have another one to travel. he has an lebanese identity card the lebanon government position as he is very welcome. the senses he has got very strong support within the establishment of lebanon. i remember when he was head of the car company one point he wanted to be interviewed for hard talk and the interviewed for hard talk and the interview didn't get done but he wa nted interview didn't get done but he wanted it done there. i think it will be very difficult for him to resume any major career in the international motor industry. his position shou

rupert wingfield—hayes has more. construction worker as he attempted to slip past the waiting media on his release from jail. now he has succeeded in slipping out ofjapan, perhaps in another disguise. even his own defence team have been left dumbfounded, unable to explain how mrghosn did it. translation: we didn't know anything about it. it's a complete surprise. we still have all his passports. somehow mr ghosn managed to board a privatejet and last night he landed here, in the lebanese capital beirut. he said he had not fled japanese justice, but escaped from injustice. i am now in lebanon, he said, and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged japanese justice system where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant, and basic human rights are denied. this is a truly extraordinary development in what was already an extraordinary story. japanese prosecutors will say by fleeing, carlos ghosn is admitting his guilt. but many others agree with carlos ghosn and his defence team that the charges against him were essen

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news enjinmen island.sess military—style semi—automatic firearms. the country banned the weapons after a lone gunman killed 51 people during friday prayers in christchurch earlier this year. there was a nationwide amnesty for those willing to hand in their guns. so far more than 50,000 firearms have been destroyed. from christchurch, danny vincent reports. a community struggling to grieve. this is not only a place of worship, but also the scene of an attack that shocked the world. friday prayers bring a moment of reflection, but also pain. what happened here changed new zealand. with unity came a warning of the need to guard against extremism. i was sat here against the window here. nathan smith is the only british survivor of the shooting. he saw many of the congregation killed. they were my friends. if i leave because of what he's done, ifeel like i'm letting them down — he's won. and he's not going to win, is he? on 15 march, a lone gunman walked into this mosque armed with a semiautomatic, military—sty

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.wales are expected to enter into civil partnerships from today. it comes after a long battle against a law that had previously only permitted same—sex couples to become civil partners. daniela relph's report contains flash photography. cheering. finally, civil partners. something they had always wanted, but until today, had been legally impossible. rebecca steinfeld, charles keidan, and their two young daughters, mark the occasion at chelsea registry office in london. i love you. this wasn't a wedding. they didn't even call it a ceremony. it was the registration of a civil partnership. giving the family the legal and financial protection that a marriage provides. there are lots of reasons why people don't want to get married. they might have had a previous bad experience of marriage, their own parents marriage, they might have feminist objections like we do. and we feel thrilled and honoured that we have opened up the institution of civil partnership so that everyone can now form one r

our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in tokyo.re can you tell us about this statement he has released? this has come within the last hour or so, released by mr ghosn's agent or advisers in lebanon. it is, as you said in your introduction, quite a dramatic declaration that mr ghosn has said, entity said" eye and fleeing a rigged japanese justice system" he said guilty is presumed, discrimination rampant, and human rights are denied. he said he was not fleeing just as part escaping injustice and political persecution. he is essentially saying what he has said before and what his defence tea m said before and what his defence team has said before, that the case against him was politically motivated by nissan and that they had conspired with the japanese prosecutors' office to trumped up charges against him in order to get him out of his position as the chairman of nissan and mitsubishi motor corp. that has been the allegation all along by mr ghosn and his defence team. now he has taken this very, very dramatic step to flee japan, to

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. stabbed three times in front of her child, according to police in london. officers were called yesterday afternoon to a report of a stabbing in in streatham, south london. the 36—year—old was attacked from behind while pushing her child in a pushchair. the man did not speak when he stabbed the victim, who was was taken to hospital but her injuries are not considered life—threatening or life—changing. the lone suspect is described as a black man, who was around 6ft and wearing dark clothing. there have been no arrests and police officers are appealing to witnesses to come forward. the headlines on bbc news... thousands of people in south—eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on the coast after becoming trapped by advancing bushfires. thousands of iraqi militiamen have attacked the american embassy in baghdad, angry at us air strikes on theirforces. lebanon says the former nissan boss carlos ghosn entered the country legally and will not face any legal consequences, after he

there, and luring away many of taiwan's remaining diplomatic allies. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayesisland ofjinmen, still controlled by taiwan, but only 2 km from the coast of communist china. 0n the tony taiwan controlled island ofjinmen, the big guns still point out at the china coast. this was once one of the most militarised places on earth. but today, the gun crew are actors. the audience tourists. the tank traps on the beaches ofjinmen are remnants of a conflict many here thought was long over. for the past 20 years, ferries have crossed the narrow strait from a chinese city every half hour. since the crossing opens, this man's business has thrived. jinmen‘s most famous knife maker has now become one of the island's top tourism attractions. he is slowly turning thousands of old chinese artillery shells into frighteningly sharp kitchen knives, and selling them back to tourists from mainland china. but his best customers have 110w china. but his best customers have now suddenly stopped coming. translation: recently, relations between china and taiwan have got much worse, and the

speaking to our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, foreign minister wu said recent events inems model has been a complete failure and will never be acceptable to taiwan. the chinese government face a very serious dilemma in dealing with the hong kong issue. 0n the one hand, they are not able to promise the protesters those free elections or other demands or doing an independent investigation on the police violence. and on the other hand, if the chinese government decides that is going to march and they want to move their force into hong kong and deal with the situation militarily, many people in the world would agree with me that it has signified the total failure of the one country, two systems model so they are caught in the situation, the hong kong situation is going to deteriorate and it's a failure of the one country, two systems model, or a military solution that will also signify a failure of the one country, two systems model. have they got one eye on taiwan when they're thinking about this? yes, yes. and after the violence and protest activities in hong kong in the l

"escaped injustice and political persecution" in japan. 0ur correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, isc declaration that carlos ghosn has said. he said he was fleeing a red japanese justice system where he said guilt is presumed, discrimination rampant and human rights are denied and he saidi and human rights are denied and he said i am not fleeing justice, i am escaping injustice and political persecution. he is essentially saying what he has said before and his defence team has said before that the case against him was politically motivated by nissan and that they had conspired with the japanese prosecutors office to trumped up charges against him in order to get him out of his position as the chairman of the corporation. now he has taken it is very, very dramatic step to flee japan, to jump bail, to get to lebanon on and now he is essentially a fugitive from japanese justice. this statement has just been released, what do you think would be the reaction injapan and in the investigations into how he managed to get out of the country? i think there are two very large questions that th

our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, has been following developements in japan. there must red faces. you can imagine this is very high case. it has involved someone is very high case. it has involved someone who is a household name here injapan, was once probably the most famous foreigner living in japan, working in japan for sub famous foreigner living in japan, working injapan for sub led the revival of nissan. last year, as the report said, he was arrested and this prosecution, this year long drama began. but the big question being asked today here i think is how on earth did carlos ghosn do this? he was under strict bail conditions, hit the house he was living and had security cameras in it that were supposed to be watched pretty much constantly by the police observers. he had his passport, it had been surrendered. in fact, his lawyer today said that he still has mr ghosn's passports. he is the citizen of three different countries and they are still in a safe in his office. the question is how did mr ghosn manage to slip away from his home, escape surveillance and, we

gareth barlow, bbc news. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes is in tokyo. good to see you.about carlos ghosn‘s whereabouts? very little. i think there has been really shocked here injapan. there has been really shocked here in japan. just the silence there has been really shocked here injapan. just the silence that we have heard from the prosecutor ‘s office and indeed from mr ghosn‘s lawyer. neither making any official comments so far lawyer. neither making any official comments so far as lawyer. neither making any official comments so far as to what has happened to mr ghosn, and i think they have been completely taken by surprise by this, it certainly seems so. surprise by this, it certainly seems so. japanese media is reporting that there is no record on the immigration department of mr ghosn leaving the country, certainly under his normal name. so there is a lot of speculation here that he may have used an alternative identity and alternative passport. as the previous said, he was a citizen of three different countries and it is possible that he may have a slightly diff