the 3rd is government of, you know, being involved in corruption. i will i stay with this. we're joined now by iris ira guy. he's a professor of political science at the university of the philippines. silly man, i great, have you with us on the ye, sir. we heard there about how popular money polco is in the philippines and do you think that could lead to success and the rest of the presidency? well, a name, recall, and recognition are ingredients to the victory of presidential candidates or, and, and money pocket always not only know nationally, but of course, nobody there saw a lot of name recognition. and a lot of, i don't think there are a lot of filipinos, i don't know him, but unfortunately, on for him, i don't think that pure popularity or name all will deliver him the presidency at this particular juncture in philippine and wine owns well, it's, it's because the country had seen its share of a celebrity politicians who were able to reach the highest excellence of a political office and the, the record of celebrities becoming an even us ford saw men becoming effective governors are effective rulers, leading the government has not been good. the last time a celebrity became p

, all of them. joining us set from the philippines to day from bonilla are joined by a chris elliot as a journalist and author in marchina. danilo are our professor of journalism at the university of the philippines and also in manila, richard to he darian an academic and author of the rise of de tirty, a populous revolt against elite democracy, a warm welcome to you all chris, other. let's start with you. so de today's got to retire from politics. ah, but we've heard that before. should we believe him this time? i would say by quick answer would be no. but maybe there is a slight to do it. i mean, he's been known to lie to have something up please. so the best thing to do is to just wait and see. but it's become like, you know, a running drama in the political scene because electrons are coming up. and, and it kind of diverts the very important topic of today, like the been that make the corruption that's been going on related to the pandemic . so that's, that's the only thing that, that basically gets in the way danilo will deter, to his vision of retirement. look like if his daughter wins the presidency, can we expect him to be in the background? the wizard of oz. like still

the administration and accusing president with legal authority as government of you know, being involved in corruption. aries, our guy is a professor of the school science at the university of the philippines, journeyman. he says, park years, popularity will be enough to convince voters. i don't think that pure popularity or name call will deliver him the presidency at this particular juncture. in philippine, it's because the country had seen its share of a celebrity, politicians who were able to reach the highest excellence of a political office and the, the record of celebrities of becoming an even us sports. men becoming effective governors are effective rulers, leading the government has not been good. the last time a celebrity became president of his didn't was cut short of the other 2001. so. okay. oh, might be writing a lot on the magic of celebrity. but unfortunately, at this point, i think the filipino electorate knows more than just simply on knowing him as a world famous box. one of money pock yoga context and narrative is that he is an ordinary. he used to be and, and he still claims to be an ordinary filipino who, who came from the poor. so i think there is a lot of populist l

of the £20 uplift in universal credit. two journalists are awarded the nobel peace prize. it is for their work in defending freedom of expression in the philippinesrussia. and finally backin philippines and russia. and finally back in the ring, tyson fury is preparing to defend his wbc heavyweight title against deontay wilder this weekend. and coming up on the bbc news channel, one day to go until the heavyweight showdown between tyson fury and deontay wilder. the weigh—in takes place later, but the fighters will be kept apart. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. more than a0 million people across the uk are being offered a flu vaccine this year, in the nhs's biggest campaign against the virus. fewer people than usual caught flu last winter, because lockdowns meant we mixed less and people focused more on handwashing and hygiene. but medics are worried about the impact of flu and covid—19 circulating together in the coming months. everyone over the age of 50, people with health conditions, pregnant women, health and care workers, and most children are being urged to take up the offer of a jab as soon as possible, as our health corr

the universal declaration of human rights, the work. this is that kind of moment, and i don't know how we, in the philippines will have integrity of elections. if gabriella aren't put in place around the social media, journalists will continue doing our jobs. but they're always repercussions if you do a story. someone doesn't like an explosion inside a sheer mosque in northern afghanistan has killed at least 30 people and wounded 100 others. it happened in the strategic city of condos close to the border with tucker cust. on it comes just 5 days after an explosion or a mosque in comp will kill 13 people. a group affiliated with iso claim responsibility. all power has more the taliban along with i had said that the taliban forces lead unit is that the ceiling of the whole area and try to figure out the circumstances of the glass. what happened? exactly, and who was behind this, but this is something which is definitely going to put further raise all the taliban because they came to i've got a sense think that our biggest asset us is providing security that is now being challenged by many groups operating in the country the un human rights co

the universal declaration of human rights, the work. this is that kind of moment. and i don't know how we in the philippines will have integrity of elections. if guardrails aren't put in place around the social media platforms, the, the journalists will continue doing our jobs, but they're always repercussions. if you do a story, someone doesn't like. i'm not too slow and my colleague rory challenge, so worry for journalists around the world who just want to report the truth and let the audience so the readers of the listeners make up their own minds. this is inspirational. good news. yeah, i think so it's, it's always interesting to watching, who are the nobel team chooses as being the peace prize laureates of any particular year? it kind of gives you an idea into the concerns that they might have about what's going on in the world. and the challenges that the globe is facing or at the moment is always a bit. so for an, an unexpected announcement or often is because it's, it's essentially a secretive process. there are in any well this year, particularly $329.00 candidates. but we don't know who they were.

the universal declaration of human rights, the work. this is that kind of moment. and i don't know how we in the philippines will have integrity of elections. if guardrails aren't put in place around the social media platforms, journalists will continue doing our jobs. but they're always repercussions if you do a story, someone doesn't like why my 2 are slow, my colleague, rory, challenger correspondence falling. that story. right. so this is journalism as piece campaigning, but i guess i mean you and i both spoken to maria, so she wouldn't describe herself as a campaign or per say. she's a hard, tough journalist primarily, but the consequences of what she says, what she prince go far and wide. yeah, and i think that's what the, the committee to know about committee in norway was alluding to balance. you were stating pretty candidly, actually, when it made the announcement when her barrett rice. addison stood up in front of the cameras and said why these 2 journalists were getting the award. what she said was her maria miranda and dmitri murat off her. we're giving this award because it's intended to unders

the universal declaration of human rights, the work. this is that kind of moment. and i don't know how we in the philippines will have integrity of elections. if guardrails are put in place around the social media platforms, the journalists will continue doing our jobs. but they're always repercussions if you do a story, someone doesn't like already. challenge joins us now live from all. those are already that's really puts the struggle of journalists in the line like, doesn't it? yeah, i think that was the intention of the nobel peace committee. when they came to this decision, i was speaking to her very gross allison after the announcement was made. and i asked her why these particular candidates have been chosen amongst a field of 329. and she said, well, we come out from all angles, but we were worried about the state of journalism, a freedom of information, freedom of expression in the world in a moment. and these 2 journals essentially are exemplars of courage in working in difficult circumstances in difficult countries. that is the view of things that she was trying to get across in her announcement.

of planetary geosciences at open university fin just from the u. k. thanks so much for joining us now. is there a professor you're welcome. how the son of the late philippine leader ferdinand marcus has announced that he will run for president and next year's elections? hadn't on demarcus junior, has been involved in politics since his return from exile in 1991. in 1986 more than a 1000000 filipinos protested against his father's controversial martial law. eventually leading to his exit from office. let's now speak to our correspondent miller anderson in manella jamila. how is this announced candidacy? gone over with the public water? is chances well, you know, he spoke today about his ability, his claim that he's able to provide a unifying leadership, but just the thought of a marcus presidency has outraged so many here that there has been a deliberate campaign to campaign against the possible return of the marcos is even before he has made this announcement that is because survivors of those who suffered during the market years are still alive to tell their stories to day. and also this is the same former senator, the son of the error of the market. well

the line of work. philippine bornjournalist at columbia universityjoins us columbia university joins us live columbia universityjoinsult circumstances. truly maria has been under intense pressure over the last five years since duterte has beenin five years since duterte has been in power, she has been trolled, threatened with death and rape, she and rappler have had close to a dozen lawsuits. she has tremendous strength of character, she has also largely been locked up in the pandemic, but allowed to travel, just last week the government refused to let her travel to greece, her mother was ill —— to the us, she wanted to visit her mother and she hasn't been allowed. it is a lot of tremendous pressure, she has shown courage, equanimity and grace through all of that. my auestion grace through all of that. my question then is, what keeps her going under such difficult circumstances, do you think? what motivates her? i circumstances, do you think? what motivates her?- circumstances, do you think? what motivates her? i think she is a firm believer _ what motivates her? i think she is a firm believer of _ what motivates he