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A 1000000 New Zealanders go back to work. And donald trump and likely president ial rival joe biden try to score political points by talking tough on china but critics warn the strategy could backfire. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us britain has held a minutes silence to pay tribute to frontline workers who have died after contracting covert 19 of these were the scenes earlier this morning. The u. K. Government has announced it will make a 60000 pounds compensation payment to f...

Thank you for coming. That is the pink newspaper thats really good. I present bc radio. Ive done a show for the World Service ive made fifty inventions that shaped the modern economy. And how numbers lead us astray and sometimes help us to understand the world. I also have a podcast with a gentleman called michael lewis. Called Cautionary Tales its all about things going wrong sometimes and tragic ways and sometimes in amusing ways. In between all of that i try to write a few bucks. The second t...

Aware many of you have no idea who i am so thank you for showing up out of the spirit of pure curiosity. I think it speaks very well of you and i know theres really big names at the festival and i feel honored to be among them so thanks for coming. Who am i to mark a few things around i write a column called the undercover economist for the Financial Times. At the pink newspaper thats really good. I recommend it. Thanks baxter. And the second thing is i present bbc radio so im present a show for...

Reporter, by gad shiobhansiobha we begin with a strike off the coast of california where Scientists Say the same ships bringing us everything from food and electronics are unintentionally killing endangered whales. Weve discovered a Government Program designed to protect these animals is routinely being ignored by shipping companies traveling in and out of the San Francisco bay. This is the largest animal ever known to exist on earth. Its a blue whale and something is killing them off the califo...

Democratic and republican members of the House Armed Services committee over the pentagon plan to devote 3. 8 billion to construct more border wall. The pentagon is asking congress to approve a 705 billiondollar budget for fiscal year 2021. This hearing is three hours 35 minutes. We will go ahead and call the committee to order. Good morning, everyone. We are gathered here this morning from secretary of defense doctor mark esper and chairman joint chiefs of staff general to hear about the propos...

I will start with some good news well, first of all, i will start with thinking our witnesses for being here and thanking them for their service to our country. Further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the gove...

Neil would take a little more than 2 to get to 30,000. It would take 9 to get to 32,000, Peter Navarro, among others saying that is in the equation. A lot depends on key developments. The president is en route to davos, switzerland, but the backdrop of the impeachment trial tomorrow. Blake burman is looking at Administration Legal response to all of this, how it will position itself in the senate. He joins us in the white house. Sir . Reporter neil, if they havent done so already the Trump Legal...

Now on bbc news after social media suspended donald trump, some have questioned the power of the Silicon Valley giants. Has big tech gone too far, or is it long overdue . Hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. Many of us all over the world rely on social media for information, communication and entertainment, but the reach and power of Big Tech Companies is worrying many. Their decision to ban donald trump and decide what can and cant be said on their platforms has reignit...

Everyone to be nice to each other. If people see other people being kind they will be kind as well. And when we covered the story of rose brown earlier this year, who was given the gift of her own bespoke digital voice that she chose to match her personality, she told us shed always wanted to be on eastenders. So we took her on a tour of the iconic set. Absolutely fabulous, and i think rose has had a fabulous time. What a lovely christmas present. It was like a dream come true. Hello, welcome to...

Actually also at the top of the leaderboard. At the bottom of the leaderboard, a lot of health care names. To be clear, this was a pretty even trading range. The smallest range since december of 2017. Romaine lets dive deeper into the action with all of our market reporters. Abigail i am looking at an area of outperformance, the emerging market index. Here it is over the last six months, up about 9 . Huge outperformance. Up eight of the last nine days. We also see that this recent action takes i...