Friday to us special coverage of the election please join us then have a great day. This is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss branch a bore in washington coming up with a 3 day into the storm to december. As another wave of coping 1000. 00 infection slams europe the United Kingdom will reimpose a Major National lockdown straight ahead we take you across the atlantic for the latest plus as the u. S. Election campaign nears an end we take a look back at the horse race and the big dollars that fund it we have a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with the latest lockdowns in the u. K. As europe continues to see a surge in copan 1000 cases now the announcement from british Prime Minister Boris Johnson comes as the nation eclipsed 1000000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus the new restrictions will begin thursday the 5th of november and last until the 2nd of december the Prime Minister spoke about the new measures on saturday in this countr
After our Special Report on the torture and rape of uighur women in chinese camps, the us and British Governments promise serious consequences for beijing. A Hotel Quarantine scheme for uk residents returning from Coronavirus Hotspots is expected to come into force on the 15th of february. Hello and welcome whether youre watching in the uk or Around The World. We start in washington where President Joe Biden has made his first majorforeign President Joe Biden has made his first major Foreign Policy speech as president. Diplomacy is back he said. And america is back ready to work with others to solve global challenges once again. It was a huge shift in tone, and in direction from the last four years. The president said he was prepared to talk to americas adversaries and pointed to an early example the extension of a treaty with russia to limit Nuclear Weapons stocks. But he also had a warning for moscow. At the same time, i made it clear to President Putin in a manner very different fro
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern. That was on 30 january, 2020. And he said that there was a window of opportun
Her from two committees. The Prime Minister is being urged to block plans for a new coalmine whitehaven in cumbria. Dozens of environmental groups have written to him and saying they are mystified that the government has not intervened even though it is due to host a climate in glasgow this year. Downing street insists the government is a world leader and will not reverse the decision. Newsreel and beneath this land lie more than 200 million tons of coal. Its more than half a century since the last deep coal mine opened in the uk. The plan is to burrow under the irish sea to access a vast deposit of high quality coal. The local mayor is delighted. I think the project is absolutely fantastic. You know, itll bring huge amounts ofjobs and prosperity into the area. Its been broadly welcomed right across copeland. Ive never known a project thats carried so much public support. The coal produced here wont be used to generate power, but to make steel, he says, and means less will need to be i
Post following several controversial remarks. Scientists warned about the cacophony of Human Activity thats drowning out the natural Ocean Soundscape. And we visit the uk streets where having a Babyis The Uk Streets where having a baby is something of a lockdown trend. We begin in the United States where President Joe Biden has pledged to re engage with the world in his first major Foreign Policy speech. Its a remarkably different tone to the America First tone of the trumpet menstruation. Mr biden said solutions to problems such as Armed Conflicts and Climate Change could be solved only by working with other nations. He also said his administration would step up efforts to end the war in yemen. We would step up efforts to end the war in yemen. Would step up efforts to end the war in yemen. We are also ste |n~ the war in yemen. We are also stepping up the war in yemen. We are also stepping up our the war in yemen. We are also stepping up our diplomacy the war in yemen. We are also step