Next week we're on the road in South Africa….you can read all about our plans here.
I've been working on getting everything sorted and finding some people who want to come and talk to us. At the moment there is a huge 2.5 metre banner erected in our office that will be coming with us, just in case there is any doubt that World Have Your Say have arrived. I'd take a photo for you - but my camera is already packed.
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To today's show --- you guessed it, Burma. If you heard Monday's programme, we spoke to pro-democracy activist Taung Ko Tang, who may have been arrested after our conversation with him, though we haven't been able to confirm this. We're still trying to find out. Meanwhile, photos of a Japanese photographer shot dead in Rangoon yesterday by Burmese forces are dominating the papers here. China has urged 'restraint'; ASEAN has called the use of force 'repulsive'; the US has imposed more sanctions; and India and the UK have criticized the generals.
...talking about Burma once again today.
Troops have closed down five main monasteries, in Rangoon and declared them no-go areas to prevent anti-government protests.
We have discussed at length what the world should be doing. President Bush has urged China to put pressure on Burma's military rulers to end their bloody crackdown on protesters. The US also announced a freeze on the assets of 14 members of Burma's junta, recognizing that china is the only key ally with any influence over the junta.
| 15:23 UK time, Thursday, 27 September 2007
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Reuters is just flashing 'MYANMAR STATE TV SAYS NINE PROTESTERS KILLED IN YANGON CRACKDOWN'. There's only one thing we're going to be talking about today. So here are some questions for you about the situation in Burma...
Actress Rani Moorthy knows first hand about the prejudice suffered by Asians with darker skin. She is currently touring the UK with her play that focuses on skin colour, Shades of Brown.
When I was a child my grandmother took me to one side and said make sure you're good at something, no man will ever marry you for your looks. I knew this was because I was dark skinned. It was treated as a disease and every Friday I had to have oil baths in an attempt to lighten my skin
Do you have any questions for her?
At the height of his running career Ed Moses was the world’s best hurdler, but when he agreed to co-host World Have Your Say from the Next Step conference in Namibia I doubt he could have imagined that he was letting himself in for a 2-hour marathon.
Morning / afternoon / evening everyone -- Peter Dobbie here with news of todays World Have Your Say -- on air @ the usual time, here on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service.
Today, one topic and one topic only: Burma; and what in your opinion should the outside world be doing now ?
The crisis in that country gets worse by the hour: thousands of Buddhist monks and other protesters have been marching in Rangoon despite a crackdown that has reportedly killed at least one monk.
Monks' shaved heads stained with blood could be seen at the Shwedagon Pagoda where police charged against protesters demanding the end of military rule.
As the situation in Burma continues to deteriorate, the world continues to watch. And considering this is a country in which the authorities exert total control, the world has had a pretty good view. Protests have been reported from Burmese citizens on tv and radio stations (including World Have Your Say), videos have even appeared on news channels and You Tube. One domestic phone-in radio show has even called it the "first You Tube revolution".
One editor, one producer, one presenter, two engineers, 19 boxes of broadcasting equipment equals a week of hard graft and five programmes from South Africa, live on the World Service, and for the first time, live on SAfm.
From London Heathrow to Musina
On Monday 8th October we'll be live at a truckers café on the Beitbridge Road.
| 18:13 UK time, Tuesday, 25 September 2007
We're off air now, but you can follow the debate below.
Sorry for the late arrival of this post - blame it on Luci in Demark, Ricardo in New York, Michael in Uganda, Helen in Australia, Alan in Thailand and Johannes in Berlin who are amongst a whole bunch of you who have signed up for the Daily Email while I was in Namibia. It's taken me a while to reply to all of you since I got in.
Here are today's subjects...
| 10:04 UK time, Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Our new theme tune- aired for the first time on yesterday's show- has got a few of you going - mainly to another radio station if some of your e-mails are to be believed. The new sound of WHYS is part of an overall re-branding of the World Service, though every programme doesn't sound the same.
Good morning,
The monks in Burma have continued to defy military orders to begin new protests - and have been told they will be "dispersed by military force". We discussed the situation on last night's show once again, but will certainly be keeping a close eye on developments today.
Women's politics
Seven women in Poland are causing a bit of a stir in Poland with this picture. The placard read "Poland is a Woman - Women's party", one slogan is "Nothing to Hide" and part of the manifesto reads "dressed or naked we are not only sex objects".
Hello and good Monday morning to you all from a very wet and dreary west London. After a couple of blinding shows to end last week (listen again or download - see right hand side of this page), I'm not prepared to let the bad weather dampen my enthusiasm, so here's a few topics that have caught my eye over the weekend.
Let me know what you think, especially if there's something you'd love to get off your chest. Post here, or e-mail worldhaveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.
| 13:18 UK time, Friday, 21 September 2007
Hi there from Windhoek.
Here are some questions for you that our guests in Namibia would like you to answer:
1. Does every child have the right to have access to sports facilities?
2. Can sport change people and their society in a way that goes beyond the playing field? If it can, how? Has it happened to you? Please send us your examples.
| 22:19 UK time, Thursday, 20 September 2007
It’s been an unlikely evening. I’ve seen oryx and giraffe and baboons from the back of an old South African military vehicle, I’ve seen the sights the sun set on, and I’ve eaten more meat than even the most fervent follower of the Atkins diet could justify. But possibly even better still, I’ve sat and had a beer with Ed Moses and he’s agreed to help host the show on Friday.
We're off air now, but you can follow the debate below.
Good morning everyone! Not a bad day to be talking to Britain's foreign secretary. Gordon Brown has just announced a tough new stand against Zimbabwe's president; Condoleeza Rice is meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders a day after Israel declared Gaza a 'hostile entity'; monks in Burma continue their protests against military leaders; and Pakistan has announced new presidential elections.
David Miliband, Britain's foreign secretary and avid blogger, has agreed to spend the hour taking your questions today, from 1800 to 1900 BST.
I'm Anu Anand and I'll be presenting tonight's show.
David Miliband is particularly passionate about climate change and Turkey joining the EU. But it's your turn to question him on Britain's policies around the world-- the so-called 'war on terror', trade, the Middle East, poverty, debt, global warming.
We've already had more than 400 messages to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Persian service! Many people there are worried about the prospect of war against Iran. Post below if you want to participate too.
DOES IMMIGRATION CAUSE CRIME?
A chief constable here in Britain says increased immigration has led to an increase in knife crime and drink-driving offences. Julie Spence, of Cambridgeshire police, says police are struggling to cope. I've just been looking at some research in the US which says immigrants don't cause more crime, they just get imprisoned more often. So, do you think immigration causes more crime, or are we just more likely to blame immigrants for problems that already exist?
The Independent says that the situation in Burma is "a plight we can no longer ignore". Reports of rape, torture and forced labour as part of Burmese lives.
Hundreds of defiant monks marched through Yangon Tuesday, walking 10 miles through streets in the latest in a series of anti-government protests.
What should be done? Is it time to act? What do you want to see done? Who should be intervening and how?
| 15:13 UK time, Tuesday, 18 September 2007
We are off air now, but please continue to post your comments here.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT IRAN? (and that includes those of you in Iran)
The French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, has suggested that the world should prepare for war over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Mohamed ElBaradei is the head of the IAEA (The UN's nuclear watchdog). He says 'I do not believe at this stage that we are facing a clear and present danger that requires we go beyond diplomacy'. Next to mention is General Petraeus who said that Iran was supporting militia in the south of Iraq. I could go on.
A lawyer representing the Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, has said that if he is re-elected, he will give up his post of army chief soon afterwards.
Gen Musharraf is seeking re-election by parliament before its term expires in mid-October.
Ros and I are lucky enough to be taking WHYS to Namibia this week. We will be broadcasting the programme on Friday 21st September from the Next Step Conference in the capital, Windhoek.
The conference aims to highlight the value of educating and developing young people through sport, and on using sport in areas such as gender equality, the empowerment of women, and combating HIV/Aids.
We're OFF AIR now, but you can follow the debate if you SCROLL DOWN to the end of this blog post. We've had a few technical problems with the blog today. So we've put all the comments together at the end of this post.
The Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu has called Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe 'the worst kind of racist dictator', and likened him to the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. He said Britain's prime minister Gordon Brown should lead a coalition of countries in mounting stricter international sanctions against Zimbabwe and said the time for 'African solutions' is over. Here's the storyin full. Until now, criticism of Robert Mugabe from outside Zimbabwe has come largely from white, western leaders. Dr. Sentamu himself fled Idi Amin's Uganda. Is he right about Robert Mugabe?
| 10:09 UK time, Monday, 17 September 2007
The Archbishop of York - last heard on WHYS sending messages of support to Alan Johnston- wrote a piece in the Observer this weekend calling on Britain to lead the way on sanctions against Zimbabwe. Dr John Sentamu says Africa itself hasn't been able to sort out Rober Mugabe so it's time the rest of ther world did. Dr Sentamu knows a thing or two about opressive regimes - he was once arrested by Idi Amin's regime in Uganda.
| 14:53 UK time, Friday, 14 September 2007
Those of you getting the WHYS Daily Email often reply well before we go on air and I would love to get some of you on the show to expand on your comment - it happened yesterday with Henry in Lagos. The trouble is I normally only have an email address to reach you on. Obviously you may not want to talk on air, but if you do, include your phone number then we can easily get back to you.
Here are today's stories:
| 14:49 UK time, Friday, 14 September 2007
I always read while I walk which as I found for the umpteenth time while walking down Fleet Street today can be reasonably annoying for people coming the other way. And to feed my reading needs I hoard newspapers in my bag (bear with me, this is going somewhere)...
A bloody nose for McLaren. Named, shamed, defeated, condemned to pay a record US$ 100 million for cheating.
The British Formula 1 team has been found guilty of using stolen information provided by a Ferrari insider to redesign its cars and win races.
More on the story here.
Does it really matter HOW you win? Does it need to be fair and square?
| 15:05 UK time, Thursday, 13 September 2007
Hi all...welcome to World Have Your Say....we're off air now..but you can follow the conversation here...
The trips are coming thick and fast at the moment with shows in Phoenix and San Francisco fixed up in the last day or so. All trip dates are at the bottom of this post. Here are today's subjects.
Do we talk too much about religion? Are we -- the media -- obsessed with reporting religion?
Carol Sarler, an outspoken Times columnist, says she's had enough: "Enough religion. Stop shoving it down my throat."
Her argument is: 97% of people in Britain don't attend religious services on a regular basis and yet we report on gay bishops, faith schools etc.
Do you agree with her? Do you think the media in your country gives too much space to religion?
Welcome to World Have Your Say..follow the debate here...
Arnaud who's a WHYS listener is Rwandan now living in Cameroon. He sent us an emails, asking: "Is peace and poverty under dictatorship better than bad democracy?". Arnaud says, for him, the answer is a resounding yes. But he wants to know if you agree with him. So, wherever you are in the world, let us know if you do. On today's progamme we spoke with people from Iraq, Russia, Poland, Zimababwe, Pakistan Congo and Morocco..to try and get some answers.. We are off air now, but you can listen to the programme again - just click on TODAY's programme...
And tell us what you think about the case of the missing 4 year-old Madeleine McCann who disappeared from her parent's holiday apartment in Portugal in May. If you're in Portugal, we'd like to know what you think of the way your police and judicial system have been portrayed AND do you think the British media has been too critical of the way in which the Portugese have dealt with this?
The war of words between the United States and Iran has been going on for sometime.
But his week things have moved to a different level, with strong language by senior US officials and action.
General David Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq, has spoken of a "proxy war" there. In Washington the Pentagon has announced it will build fortifications along the border with Iran and a big military base there.
So where will the US troops go after Iraq: back home or into Iran? Do you think a conflict with Iran is inevitable? Can Iran be blamed for the violence in Iraq?
| 14:08 UK time, Tuesday, 11 September 2007
We are now off air, but you can follow the debate by reading the comments below.
Welcome to Robert in the Fiji Islands who's definitely the first person there to subscribe to the WHYS Daily Email. There are enough things to talk about today to warrant two emails and a three hour show, so straight into it...
It will be a familiar scene in New York today.
It's September 11th and a ceremony will mark the sixth anniversary of the attacks at the World Trade Center.
For the first time, the commemoration won't take place at what became known as Ground Zero, now a building site.
The New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg, thinks it's time to move the city beyond grief. But is there a time to stop commemorating?
We're off air now, but you can listen again here.
Today may mark the beginning of the end of the US-led operation in Iraq.
General David Petraeus, the US military commander in Iraq, will address the Congress this afternoon in Washington for a much anticipated assessment of the surge.
Not much has leaked from what he's going to say. But it's expected that General Petraeus will ask for more time for the surge to work, offering a token withdrawal of 4,000 troops or so in the beginning of next year.
We'll rise to the occasion, with a three-hour special (from 1700 to 2000 BST), joining forces with two other World Service programmes -- Europe Today and World Briefing.
Hi All...welcome to WHYS...we are off air now but you can follow the debate here...
Anu here. Hi all- TGIF! Well, if you were listening like I was at home yesterday, you probably noticed that the debate on baggy pants fell down (sorry, couldn't help myself). Well, it's a go today, as you'll see further down.
IS MOROCCO A DEMOCRACY?
Moroccans are voting today, and it's expected that a moderate Islamist party will win lots of seats in Parliament. A third of Moroccans live in poverty, the King holds ultimate power and many feel he isn't doing his best, though they're not allowed to criticize him. In fact, the Moroccan monarchy is one of the world's oldest and most revered, despite allegations that the monarchy still imprisons and tortures critics....
| 12:45 UK time, Friday, 7 September 2007
Sami Al-hajj is an Al-Jazeera cameraman who's been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002. Without charge .You can read about his employer's campaign to free "Prisoner 345" here.
Here in Britain, our trade paper for journalists UK Press Gazette
carried a front page appeal from Mr Al-Hajj's lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith in which he says that "Sami Al-Hajj is no more a terrorist than my granny". he also calls on the journalistic community to campaign for his release in the way we- and notably our programme- did for Alan Johnston. That link is taken up here
A lot has been happening as we approach the September 11th anniversary. Talk of troops pulling out of Iraq early, more allegations of Iranian involvement there and a new Bin Laden video.
Most people heard in a poll commissioned by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service believe foreign troops should pull out of Iraq immediately.
Thirty-nine per cent of the people heard in the poll say the troops should leave now.
Another 28% say they should go, but gradually, over a year. More than 20 thousand people in 22 countries took part in the survey.
Hello again, here's a story that really caught my eye.
Would you let your children appear in a reality TV show?
A new CBS show in the States lets kids aged 8-15 create a functioning society in a New Mexico town. They run their own government with minimal adult help and supervision.
Kid Nation has had problems - and with it - massive exposure, ahead of its first broadcast on September 19th. One child swallowed bleach, another sprained her arm and a girl's been burnt whilst cooking.
| 19:00 UK time, Thursday, 6 September 2007
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FAREWELL PAVAROTTI
So, the big man has passed on and we'll be hearing your tributes. We'd especially like to hear from you if you ever saw him perform. I keep reading about this one performance at the New York Met in 1972 - if you were there, I'd love to hear what it was like. And do you think he's moves in the 90s to take opera into the mainstream helped or hindered opera?
More...
Firstly, opera legend Luciano Pavarotti has died aged 71. He had pancreatic cancer. The Italian tenor is credited with bringing new audiences to opera and his rendition of Nessun Dorma, which was the official song for the 1990 World Cup.
What will his legacy be? Did he make opera more accessible to the masses? Or does opera still have a way to go?
Hi there. Just before I leave for the day I wanted to get your thoughts on this article.
We're thinking of discussing the idea of "9/11 fatigue" before the anniversary. It's certainly got a lot of bloggers talking - over 500 at last count.
So how much tribute is enough? What will you be doing on 9/11 to remember those who lost their lives, if anything at all? Post a comment and let's get the debate started.
| 14:47 UK time, Wednesday, 5 September 2007
We're now off air, but keep posting your comments on the blog.
Unlike my usual sprawling efforts, this is going to a short and sharp affair. We've got some new music on the way (24 September's the date for your diary) and I'm helping get it all together so my afternoon is full of bass drums, dramatic synth stabs and atmospheric strings. Just call me Ros Michel Jarre.
Right here are today's stories...
Are you worried about cyber crime? Do you feel your country is prepared for a cyber attack?
First it was German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who raised the issue of cyber-crime after her visit to China.
Do you know The Secret? Do you believe in the Law of Attraction?
I hadn't heard about it until a month ago, when I went to see my family in Brazil and realised all my friends were talking about it. Even my doctor asked me to read the books and watch the DVD.
The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne, is a worldwide bestseller, with more than 7 million copies sold. It's in the New York Times and the USA Today bestseller lists.
It's huge in Australia, Portugal, South Africa and many other countries.
The West Bank wall
An Israeli court has ordered a the re-routing of wall in the West Bank.
The separation barrier near the West Bank village of Bilin, will be moved. It's a scene of sometimes rowdy weekly demonstrations against the project and will reunite some residents with land they owned but had been unable to get access to. Israeli and Palestinian activists say it's a rare legal victory.
What do you think of the move? Does it affect you? Do you want to hear from people it does?
| 14:54 UK time, Tuesday, 4 September 2007
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There has been what can only be described as a flood of gifts into the WHYS office this week. First Adam in Portland sent is some key rings adorned with different paw prints from some of Oregon's most fearsome creatures (Puma concolor anyone?), then Zoli in Hungary posted us a poem, a CD of a track he's recorded (not about WHYS sadly) and a postcard of, er, Paris (we couldn't spot the Hungary connection Zoli). Thanks very much to both of you and if any of the rest of you want to send us things, that's absolutely fine.
Here are today's topics...
| 09:53 UK time, Tuesday, 4 September 2007
London is a bit more chaotic than usual this morning, as the first full day of a tube strike took hold. It's a chance to see London at it's best- and worst. The rudeness which is one of the hallmarks of Londoners is there to the fore of course - i think a lot of people think the disruption is a personal attack on them , but then people are getting around and discovering transport routes they didn't know existed.
Talking of work....a new report says Koreans work the longest hours, but U.S workers are the most productive.......the uncertainty and anxiety in Pakistan will be exacerbated by the latest bomb attacks
Hello! I'm Joni, a U.S. journalist on work experience at World Have Your Say this month. As I've been scanning the news back home, I noticed quite a stir about droopy trousers.
It seems a growing number of cities around the USA are legislating against baggy pants, backed by claims of indecency when people flash their underwear.
| 19:00 UK time, Monday, 3 September 2007
Hi from Ros. We're off air now, but you can listen again here.
THE SHIFT TO BASRA AIRPORT
The Brits say they're not going to be flying out just yet but the significance of their departure from the centre of town is there for all to see. Whether they leave with their mission accomplished, whether the move has shifted the tenor of the coalition's operations to one of an end game is for you to decide. George Bush certainly doesn't see this as a job done and he's arrived in Iraq today to say so.
Here are the rest of today's stories...
The Lebanese army has regained control of Nahr al-Bared refugee camp after three months of fighting with militants belonging to the al-Qaeda inspired Fatah al-Tslam. On World Have Your Say we've talked to Palestinian refugees who were living in the camp during the fighting. We'll hope to get back in contact with them to hear their thoughts on the breakthrough. Newspapers report parties on the streets in celebration…..
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