Summit s the richest one percent of the world s population owns more than half of its wealth but those very rich people have spent billions in projects aimed at helping the poor ranging from health care education and humanitarian assistance to scientific research and good governance but critics say at least in the case of the United States only a 5th of the money actually went to those who need it most so is there a need to redefine philanthropy who should decide where that money goes and would it be better spent by the state through taxation instead of via charitable foundations that s the real story from the b.b.c. Coming up after the news. Hello I m raising remain with the b.b.c. News scientists say the number of people infected by the new RISP era tree forest which is related to solace that is a measured in the Chinese city of Rouhani is likely to be far higher than official figures suggest 41 laboratory cases of the virus have been confirmed talked to Pisa dash back an expert on
Was that was overcome of will in the sense that the climate crisis isn t you know that whatever is going to happen in climate a lot of it is already going to happen and you know when there s nothing we can do to call that back at the moment so we are going to be into a new world but going back to what you re saying about media I think. What has happened with social media is that it s tended to prioritize the views of the people who live at the extremes. Not not the bulk of this sort of 84 percent or so of ordinary people in between who aren t obsessive Lee that they re right about something and perhaps are prepared to compromise and to think differently but the few people at the edges of course propel social media. You know they create the biggest reactions by saying the most objectionable things and so because of the way Facebook consolidate works the algorithms continually promotes those kinds of views the engine of social media seems to be opprobrium doesn t it and I was even read
Radio. Good morning and a very happy Christmas to you I hope you enjoy the day so far I hope you feel to have a visit from Father Christmas as the Turkey says it will sit in the oven and you roll up the pigs in blankets and prepare the vegetables and clear up all that wrapping paper I will be with you for the next 2 hours with festive cheer and Christmas crackers chosen by my b.b.c. Radio walks with colleagues one by one they ll drop into my studio grotto and also reflects on the Christmas tights past so if you ve always wanted to know what drum sell sticks almost Christmas morning and I don t mean what he s wearing so pajamas I have no doubt what David pre-vote tucks into his festive feast or indeed which of my colleagues is on the Judy ending of carrots under strict orders from her mother for how about which b.b.c. Radio Oxford presenter is about to wrap his new baby up in swaddling clothes as it lies in a manger It s my Christmas crackers and as much as I would love to hear from yo
Haines of the sea there are signs of the variables to make it very imprecise in terms of what might happen from here we ve got some science and some expertise which says to us what might happen but the reality is that cannot be precise section the White Island death toll stands at 18 military specialists recovered 6 bodies last Friday amid fears of a new volcanic eruption experts say North Korea appears such a launch a long range missile as a kind of Christmas gift to the United States they always build Gallow and so looks back at 21000 u.s. North Korea equation 21000 began with Kim Jong un warning he may take a new way if the u.s. Didn t soften its stance on nuclear talks the world may soon find out just what he means by that talks broke down after Donald Trump walked away from a February summit with Kim and annoy they were willing to do you know portion of the areas that we wanted but we couldn t give up all of the sanctions for that we had to walk away from. Within weeks the North
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