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country's pre—pandemic preparations before 2020. north korea fires a suspected missile overjapan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of tokyo and washington. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the first preliminary hearing of the uk covid—19 inquiry is about to begin. there will be an opening statement by the chair of the inquiry, baroness hallett, followed by a minute's silence. the session will focus on how prepared the uk was for a pandemic before 2020. joining us now from the inquiry is our health correspondent,...

>> joe biden, thank you for everything, joe biden. >> the border is overwhelmed. yesterday's numbers over 9,000. add 1500 got-aways, plus the thousand through the port of entry, it's not slowing down a bit. >> arizona can't do this alone, nor should we have to. >> the reality, help is not on the way. >> sandra: outnumbered and outresource, migrants on the border each and every day. the flow of people is constant day after day after day, and unprecedented levels. live pictures from arizona screen right, and on the left that, is texas. these are checkpoints showing large groups of migr...

welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the idea of a social contract is a staple of political philosophy, put curedly, it's the ties and obligations that bind the individual, the community and the state. but what happens when that contract is threatened by forces beyond the control of any national government, say, a climate crisis or right now, a global pandemic? my guest is baroness minouche shafik, the director of london school of economics, former top official at the world bank. is humanity capable of collective action to meet global challenges? baroness minouche shafik, welcome...

World. neil: and a lot of us don't think about some of the things we say sound, or the way we act, you know, is being picked up in the workplace. what's a big faux pas you try to smash when you're called for advice? >> well, i concentrate on the a, b, c, d's. appearance, behavior, communication, and digital footprint and i have to say, my most popular class is e-mail etiquette. so many employees are hitting reply all when not everyone needs to see that particular message. i mean, people are showing up late for work. people are wearing flip-flops and they're wearing dirty shoes. they're not pay...

Acknowledging that having covid is like having a vaccine so if you've had covid and you had a couple shots, we all know people who have had every shot and they are still getting covid. isn't it may be, aren't we sort of at the point where individuals may be their doctor ought to decide what is best for them? >> emily: you would think that i can figure out which is more frightening. the potential physical effects of the pandora's box or the fact that we still live in apparently a dystopian administration that refuses to recognize that. beholden to the teachers union. treating children like the ...