that she would have survived. history is made in the gymnastics in liverpool, asjessica gadirova, wins britain s first ever women s individual all around medal, at a world championships. and join me live exactly 100 years after a team of british and egyptian archaeologists discovered at the entrance to the tomb of tutankhamun. plus, it is a frosty start to friday for a sum and for many it is going to be a dry and sunny day. details coming up. good morning. it s friday, the 11th of november. our main story. plans for a new nuclear power plant in sizewell in suffolk are under review, as the government looks to try and cut spending. a high speed rail line promised for the north of england could also be scaled back. a treasury spokesperson has insisted infrastructure projects remain a priority. here s our business editor, simonjack. major energy infrastructure and transport projects, including a new nuclear plant in suffolk, and a new rail line in the north of england, are under
Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week new normal or old normal . In the United States, President Trump wants the old normal back, though he likes to call it . Actual normal . In china, president xi is already reaching for new normal, one which includes much tighter control over the people of hong kong. Meanwhile what kind of normal do the rest of us want and what kind can we have against the ever present risk of a pandemic whose next move we cant predict . My guests on socially distanced screens political commentator Yasmin Alibhai brown, Michael Goldfarb of the podcast first rough draft of history, and here in the studio, observing the two metre rule, the bbcs chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. Welcome to you all. Old normal or new normal, well come to that in a moment, but the World Health Organisation keeps telling governments itll be hard to achieve any kind of normal without good testing. Five months into this pandemic, what have we learned
And, later today, the pope will return to st. Peters basilica to celebrate mass. Now on bbc news, its time for dateline. Welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. And this week new normal or old normal . In the United States, President Trump wants the old normal back, though he likes to call it actual normal. In china, president xi is already reaching for a new normal, one which includes much tighter control over the people of hong kong. Meanwhile, what kind of normal do the rest of us want and what kind can we have against the ever present risk of a pandemic whose next move we cannot predict . My guests on socially distanced screens political commentator Yasmin Alibhai brown, and Michael Goldfarb of the podcast first rough draft of history. And here in the studio, observing the two metre rule, the bbcs chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. Welcome to you all. Now, old normal, new normal, i started there. Well come to it in a moment, but first i want to talk about testing