Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. A record day for vaccines in england yesterday more than 444,000 doses were registered. But the Health Secretary issues a warning to those who have had them. We dont yet know how much the vaccine impacts on how much you transmit the virus, so thats why its so important that people continue to stay at home after theyve had the vaccine. Police fines as more than 300 people attend an illegal rave in east london. 0rganisers reportedly locked the doors from the inside to stop officers getting in. Severe weather warnings as snow and ice sweeps across the uk amid fears of travel disruption. Leaving the union the snp to present its National Assembly with what its calling a road map to a new referendum on scottish independence. And a dramatic rescue in china as 11 gold miners whod been trapped underground for two weeks are brought out alive. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Can and should anything be done to halt the inex
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Can and should anything be done to halt the inexorable rise of the western worlds Global Technology giants the likes of amazon, google and facebook . Over the past decade, we have seen these tech titans come to dominate data collection, cloud computing, retail, social media, publishing the list goes on. But now, there is pushback from anti monopoly lawyers and sceptical politicians. My guest, American Lawyer lina khan, is in the vanguard of the movement to tame big tech. But whose interest is she serving . Lina khan in dallas, texas, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. Do you believe there is a new momentum behind the push to tame the big, the giant Technology Companies in the western world . Yes, i think there absolutely is. I think we have seen a transformation in Public Opinion over the last few years and the public case for how these firms have so much power and how they are wielding it in ways that harm our economy and our society i t
Have learned from family members of not only the victim but the suspect. They say tolliver and her 14 year old brother argued possibly over laundry before he shot and killed her. Police are releasing few details saying that the suspect is a relative. It was the 8110 block of franklin street around 12 30 this afternoon and on scene checking evidence ever since. Family gathered at the apartment and tell us what may have happened. He call called all of us earlier and he said i love yall, i love yall. We did not know what was happening until i looked on facebook and they said is de, i said this cant be true. Reporter the 14 year old suspect is not in sus di custody according to police. His grandmother is making this plea. Mario, you are a smart, bright young man. Even though you made a mistake, just a bad mistake, but mario, you know the right thing to do. Reporter family members tell us they are not sure how the 14 year old obtained a gun. At this point they are trying to understand how a
The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Thursday, a Sanctions Bill against russia. This will be a heck of a lot easier if there was a white house who actually carried and was willing to get in the fight. Clearly continuing, the russians are not going to slow down. The last point is the problem that hangs over this entire news tonight. It appears the fbi and facebook are acting in realtime, which indicates some learning compared to 2016. The president himself though hasnt only undercut past intelligence about russia attacking in 2016, he also says he doesnt think its happening now either. Is russia still targeting the u. S. , mr. President . Press, lets go, make your way out. You had a chance to speak with the president after his comm
What a job. But first, today, the fiacebook debate. Everybody has an opinion about facebook. The companys actions and inactions have huge consequences for politics, business and news media and facebook cofounder chris hughes is coming out swinging with this op ed the New York Times declaring the social network has become quote dangerous. He says mark zuckers buberzuck is unprecedented and the government must break up facebook and enforce regulations. Hughes dropped this and has been on cnn and just appeared on Fareed Zakarias gps. Nick, thanks for being here with me. I think maybe were having a little trouble with nick. Let see if we can get him on. All right. Little bit of trouble. Whats that . All right. A little bit of trouble here with the new set. That the okay. Were making a big move. Were going to get to nick in a couple minutes. In the meantime, while we work on that, let me bring in our panel. We have an allstar panel wired up onset with us. Kathryn, a little surprise here but