Praises the scientists but he has a warning too. As with celebrate this achievement, we are not carried away with over optimism or fall into the naive belief that the struggle is over. It is not. Jabs at racecourses that could be used in the biggest logistical operation the country has seen. This will take a while before having changes, but we are hopeful that this is the beginning of the end of this very difficult year that we have had. 55 Million People go to the strictest tears in england as new restrictions replace the Second National lockdown. And head of a crucial yearfor the globalfight against and head of a crucial yearfor the global fight against Climate Change, my colleague isjoined by global fight against Climate Change, my colleague is joined by activists from around the world and other special guests for a Discussion Programme about the challenges ahead and how to resolve them. We are about to be given a warning like we have never heard before. Our planet is broken and hum
His words, as we learned that this year is one of the warmest on record. Let us hear from the un secretary general on state of the planet. Dear friends of the planet. I thank the bbc for highlighting our Global Environmental crisis. Lets face the facts, the state of our planet is broken. Humanity is waging war on nature, this is suicidal. Nature always strikes back and is doing so with Gathering Force and fury. Biodiversity is collapsing, deserts are spreading, oceans are choking with Plastic Waste and in 30 years, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Coral reefs that support livelihoods for 500 Million People are dying. And Water Pollution is killing 9 Million People every year. The last decade was the hottest on record, artic sea ice in october was the lowest ever and apocalyptic fires and floods, cyclones and hurricanes are the new normal. Covid 19 lockdowns have temporarily reduced emissions, but Carbon Dioxide levels are at record levels and rising. Every tenth of a
World for Prescription Drugs. So that is the reality of this bill. What do we do . Well, if we are serious about responding to what the American People want and the polling that i have seen, its like 70 to 80 of the people understand that Prescription Drugs are much too high. They want us to act. This bill, unfortunately, does not do that. If we are serious about reducing the price of Prescription Drugs, we know exactly how we can do it. For over 30 years, the Veterans Administration has been negotiating with the pharmaceutical industry to lower the cost of Prescription Drugs. Moreover, for decades virtually every other country on earth has been doing the same thing. The result of where we are today is that medicare pays twice as much for the exact same Prescription Drugs as the v. A. And people all over this country. In some cases, as i mentioned earlier, we may pay up to ten times as much for a particular drug. In other words, when it comes to reducing the price of Prescription Drugs
5 an hr a tieiaiifi [ cloud lingers through central areas. Temperatures ranging from 3 7. It stays cold throughout next week. It sta rts stays cold throughout next week. It starts to turn unsettled from tuesday onwards across the north and in all areas by the end of the week. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Borisjohnson and the president of the European Commission will speak in the next few hours to try and break the brexit trade talks deadlock. The uk vaccine regulator says the covid 19 vaccine will definitely be ready to go into care homes in the next two weeks. A large scale vaccine roll out begins in russia. The makers of the sputnik jab claim its up to 95 effective, but its still undergoing trials. On Small Business saturday whats next for the high street as we know it after the recent collapse of household names. Now on bbc news ahead of a crucial year for the global fight against Climate Change, presenter Lucy Hockings is joined by activists from around the world and oth
This is the pbs newshour democratic debate in partnership with facebook. Now live from milwaukee, gwen ifill and judy woodruff. Here we are. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening and thank you. We are happy to welcome you to milwaukee for this democratic debate. We are especially pleases to thank our partners at facebook who have helped us set up a vibrant conversation among voters who are undecided. And tonight youre going to hear some of their questions for the candidates. And you can follow along at home on the pbs newshour page on facebook. We also want to thank our host, the university of wisconsin, milwaukee, on whose campus we meet here in the beautiful helen vader concert hall. Also our warm thanks to milwaukee public radio and milwaukee public television, as well as all our friends at the pbs member stations across the country tuning in tonight. This is the sixth time the democrats have met facetoface. Each time we learn more about them and the president s they say the