Good evening. 41 people have died after their small boat capsized as they were trying to make the crossing from tunisia to italy, the latest in a string of tragic incidents in the mediterranean. Also on the programme, joe biden is expected to issue an Executive Order banning Private Equity and Venture Capital investments in some Chinese Technology companies, well get reaction from two congressmen that sit on the select committee on china. Meanwhile, china has fallen into deflation, with global Cost Of Living issues impacting the demand for products across the economy. And if you are the type of person struggling to get in your 10,000 steps a day, youll be pleased to hear a new study has found that fewer than 5,000 may be enough to see a health benefit. But first to the mediteranean where 41 migrants have drowned off the italian island of lampedusa after their boat capsized. 45 people, including three children, had been aboard the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax las
around that time, scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other. sometimes by song over long distances. in part, because of that discovery, scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entang amments and ship collisions. in the next hour, cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few get to visit to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter: those are the songs of humpback whales, flying about 15 billion miles away from earth, on the off chance intelligent life out there wants to
50 years ago humpback whales were considered an endangered species after decades of commercial whaling decimated the population. around that same time scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other, sometimes by song over long distances. in part because of that discovery scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales, and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. but now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source, and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year. from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entanglements and ship collisions. in the next hour cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few people get to visit, to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter
garner enough support given this shift and given that rise from the far right linda, we ll certainly see how that plays out in july. of course, looking at these results, the french president s party didn t do well. emmanuel macron calling snap elections for later this month. yeah. look i think again, it wasn t a shock that the national rally and other far right parties did so well. but what was a shock was how emmanuel macron reacted to this. he didn t have to do this. he could have come out and said, look, this is a protest vote and just carried on. but on the one hand, i think he didn t have a whole lot to lose. he already lost his his overall majority in parliament. he s already struggled to get some key policies through and this may be a calculation that this is a chance to win back a mandate. and alizée source telling cnn that the approach will be convince, convince, convince in the lead up to these elections, the first round just three weeks away. but in his sp
to put the president s son on the stand. we re live outside court with the latest well, as former president trump said, to give remarks, this hour. and shortly after that, he s gonna be meeting with his probation officer. that is ahead of his sentencing next month, we have new details on the meeting and what it could mean for his conviction and is run for the white house. and some positive results from a combo covid and flu vaccine, a first of its kind so when is it going to become available? we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central right now hunter biden s defense team is presenting their closing arguments to jurors and accusing prosecutors of trying to do the jury, the president s son faces three felony counts of illegally purchasing and possessing a gun in 2018 while abusing or being addicted to drugs? biden has pleaded not guilty to all charges last hour prosecutors walked jurors through evidence that they