Politicians are yet to reach a deal on extending an expired aid package. And president and Prime Minister rajapaksa early results from sri lankas parliamentary elections show the brothers are set to cement their grip on power. The coronavirus gets underway as the wounds based players compete at the p. G. A. Championship. The french president has pledged support during his visit to lebanons capital today is off to it was devastated by a huge explosion a die humanitarian situation is developing there as International Relief teams arrive in the crisis hit city at least 138 people have now died while still missing and more than 5000 have been injured our correspondent anaconda begins our coverage from beirut. Search and rescue teams are still digging through the rubble at beirut port the site of massive explosions that damaged or destroyed much of the lebanese capital families are desperate for news about their loved ones dozens are missing there is pain and grief zainab fears she will nev
Our global cover story, hiding from silicon valley. Here is joel weber on tech lash. What it is and why he put it on the cover. Joel there in the zeitgeist right now, tech lash, one of the words of the week. There is this overarching theme of people outraged at tech and the privacy issues. When we thought about that, this image resonated more than any other with us. It was this image that a company, joel steins story, he experimented with how to take back privacy in his own life and disable tech from encroaching in his world. He found a mask. The cover image is creepy. It is for facial recognition technology. It speaks to a larger thing. There is tech lash, in d. C. Especially. That is a theme. Antitrust is a theme. Those things feel out of your domain as an individual. This cover is an attempt for us to say, you as an individual, what can you do in your daily life that will still have a modest consequence . Carol as joels story shows us, it is not so easy. As does maxs story. Joel he
Here is joel weber on tech lash. What it is and why he put it on the cover. Joel there in the zeitgeist right now, tech lash, one of the words of the week. There is this overarching theme of people outraged at tech and the privacy issues. When we thought about that, this image resonated more than any other with us. It was this image that a company, joel steins story, he experimented with how to take back privacy in his own life and disable tech from encroaching in his world. He found a mask. The cover image is creepy. It is for facial recognition technology. It speaks to a larger thing. There is tech lash, in d. C. Especially. That is a theme. Antitrust is a theme. Those things feel out of your domain as an individual. This cover is an attempt for us to say, you as an individual, what can you do in your daily life that will still have a modest consequence . Carol as joels story shows us, it is not so easy. As does maxs story. Joel he has been on gmail for 15 years. The thing that is so
Deal on major components by friday. The four key negotiators, pelosi, schumer, meadows, mnuchin, they plan to meet this evening. Lets start there with nbcs kasie hunt. Shes on capitol hill. Kasie, where are we seeing progress . Where are we seeing division in these talks . Reporter well, craig, we heard yesterday from the white house side that they are still trillions of dollars apart in these negotiations. So that suggests theres still a long way to go. We know there are three key areas. Theres Unemployment Insurance, which we hear they are making some progress toward. There was an offer on the table for 400 a week for people through december. Democrats have some reservations about that and are more likely to suggest perhaps 600 through january. Remember, Mitch Mcconnell signaled he may be willing to move forward with that, that its not a red line in the sand for him to include that. I think thats pretty telling. You also, of course, have money for state and local governments. That is
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Amid the grief and pain in lebanon, theres growing anger at the government. The massive explosion in beirut killed at least 137 people and injured more than 5,000 dozens are still missing. The french president , Emmanuel Macron is the first world leader to visit since the blast and called for profound change from lebanons leadership. Heres our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville. Frances president said he was here to bring home truths to lebanons politicians. He received an earful of them in beiruts gemmayzeh neighbourhood. Woman shouting they stopped clearing up their shattered homes and streets, and begged for help. Please help us please, please do something about us the french president is being pulled in all directions behind me, there is a great deal of anger here among the lebanese people. Some are calling for a revolution. Others are telling them that there needs to be political change in this country. Most