Or hashtag bbcyourquestions. Also this hour. Eat out to help out diners across the uk can enjoy a discount of up to 50 off their bills from this morning in a bid to boost the struggling hospitality sector. Europes biggest bank, hsbc, sees its half yearly profits plunge by two thirds as it battles the coronavirus downturn. Institutional racism may have contributed to the disproportionate impact of covid 19 on ethnic minorities in wales, according to a top judge. Nearly two years on from the collapse of genoas morandi bridge, killing 43 people, the italian city prepares to inaugurate its replacement. Splashdown a new chapter in the space race two american astronauts safely splash down as the first commerciallly crewed mission to the International Space station returns to earth. New 90 minute tests that can detect coronavirus and flu will be rolled out from next week. Currently, most test results are returned within 2a hours, but some can take up to two days. Almost half a million new on
An author. The greatest. Hes not even my favorite. How did you get him to write a book . Was it your idea . Want to go to college if it serves your needs and its financially a reasonable decision. But lewere convinced today by the powers that be, by the experts that everybody can go to college and spend whatever it takes and thats not a Good Business plan for anybody. He told me he wasnt going to college i said you need to do et something with your time. Thats academic. You need more academics i think and so i suggested he write a book like, mom, what am i going to write a book about . You like politics, start with somethingpolitical thats humorous. You sent out to saying colleges like an expensive lottery. It is. Id forgotten idid that. But it is. We live in a society where our schools are really forcing us to think about ourselves as the highest Value College prep career. Thats their focus. Thats the promise. Parents are like how many kids go to college, how many graduate, how many g
Well look into why so many fish are coming home this fall. And we begin with a cut in government benefits that will hurt millions of americans. Starting tomorrow people who rely on food stamps will get less. Congress is letting a temp ration increase in food stamp benefits expire, and that means one in seven americans tonight, 47 Million People are worrying even more about putting food on their tables. A family of four receiving the maximum allotment will see a drop of about 36 a month. Thats 420 a year for food that they wont have according to the u. S. Department of agriculture. These cuts will also Effect People not on food stamps. According to moodys analytics, every dollar spent on food stamps generates economic growth. Since farmers receive 0. 15 of every dollar that goes through a Grocery Store it is also about farm income and if people begin to understand who is benefitting from the program, theyll see it is unacceptable to disqualify 2 to 3 Million People from the program. Fam
Hi, mr. President. Pres. Biden how are you . I think weve got everyone here, so over to you to kick us off. Pres. Biden thank you for joining us for this important and timely discussion. We are here to talk about the importance of passing the chips for america act, to strengthen our National Economic security. Two categories, first being National Security and the second being Economic Security and opportunity embedded in the legislation. But we wanted to really try to zero in onm going to turn this o brian to get it started. Thank you mr. President. We are joined by members of your economic and National Security team, as well as business and labor leaders from across the country. We thought that we would try to divide this into two categories. The first being the National Security implications in the second being the Economic Security and opportunity embedded in this legislation. We wanted to zero in on both the urgency of acting and of congress as you say acting without delay, hopeful
Of years, why is the government no longer printing maritime maps . For the first time today ukraine sent soldiers to confront arm militants. One was killed. Ukraine ordered them out by tomorrow or it warned it will launch an operation to fight terrorists. The u. N. Security council will meet to address the crisis. Russia called for the meeting declaring ukraines operation criminal. United states said it is clear that Vladimir Putin wants to seize part of the country. We have the latest. Tensions are spilling obvious in Eastern Ukraine. This is slovyansk, and ukrainian Authorities Say they have launched on aint terrorism operation. The military moved in. The video, which cant be independently verified shows a man taking cover after being shot on the outskirts of the ski. A second man sits lifeless. In the ski center, prorussian act visits remain in control. There was a retreat was of a risk to the government. We are the residents of slovyansk. The guard is coming here, and there has bee