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Its about 4 30am and youre up to date with the headlines. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Leaders around the world have adopted the language of war to capture the scale of the threat posed by coronavirus. But are they deploying the right weaponry . Notjust to protect public health, but to prevent a worldwide economic depression. My guest is laurence boone, chief economist at the Global Economic forum, the oecd. Will we get the dramatic, co ordinated emergency intervention needed to stave off Economic Disaster . Laurence boone in paris,...

On supermarkets, banks and online retailers. The United States are the latest country to call for the postponement of the olympics. The British Olympic Association are also expected this afternoon to ask for the games to be called off. Good morning. Today for england and wales, largely dry and sunny. For scotla nd wales, largely dry and sunny. For scotland and Northern Ireland, more cloud, windier and there is some rain. Ill have all the details coming up. Good morning to you. Its tuesday, march 24th. Our top story the Prime Minister declared a National Emergency last night as he announced dra...

A very warm welcome to those of watching here in the uk and to viewers across the globe. We begin in the us, where President Trump has claimed the country has passed the peak of new coronavirus infections. At his Daily Briefing he said that states across the country were in a strong position to re open the economy and that he would announce guidelines for that in a News Conference later on thursday. President trump has been at loggerheads with state governors about the timing of easing restrictions and reopening businesses and his upbeat assessment comes as the number of deaths is shown to hav...

Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, we start in the us where all four Police Officers who were present when george floyd was arrested in the city of minneapolis are now facing charges in connection with his death. Derek chauvin, the officer who was filmed kneeling on mr floyds neck, has had his charge elevated from third to Second Degree murder. Lets just look at what that means in the state of minnesota. The law there defines first degree murder as one in which the defendant h...

Welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur. In times of crisis we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind. How we balance self protection against the collective interest. My guest today is that dutch writer and historian, rutger bregman, whose book, humankind a hopeful history, is making waves across the world. Do we humans underestimate our capacity for doing good . Rutger bregman in the netherlands, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. We are all living in this time of covid 19. It is a Global Health emergen...