In relations to trade in northern arms this morning the commission has decided to send a letter hommel notice to the u. K. Government this is the 1st step in an infringement procedure. The letter invites the u. K. Government to send its observations within a month. And besides this the commission will continue to work hard towards a full and timely implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement we stand by our commitments. Armenia and azerbaijan have rejected International Calls for talks to end fighting over a disputed region is every president since a 1000000 troops must leave nagornokarabakh before any negotiations can happen. Thousands of police are out in force in hong kong to deter protests on Chinas National Day its the 1st major holiday since beijing impose its National Security law on home combe. Indian police are accused of committing the body of a teenage girl against her familys wishes the 19 year old died after she was gang raped its promote provokes renewed anger over Sexual
Been grappling with global interconnectedness for as long as weve been a species this book starts from our ancient past indeed our 1st migrations out of africa as modern human beings and takes us through how technological advances in agriculture in writing with alphabets in ocean navigation with the steam engine and now in our time with the digital age have reshaped this interconnectedness its quite a story of course it is the the history of humanity because we are globally interconnected in fundamental ways whether we have nationalism or not we cant help but having this interconnectedness of course a days before this book was being finalised came the pandemic a so i you quickly scrambled with a preface at the beginning to say well this is quite horrific its not the 1st time pandemics themselves have reshaped our lives as well they are also emblematic of globalisation you know we have government advisers on this show sometimes quite a quite a few but we dont have people who advised mor
A preface at the beginning to say well this is quite horrific its not the 1st time pandemics themselves have reshaped our lives as well they are also emblematic of globalization you know we have government advisers on this show sometimes quite a quite a few but we dont have people who advised more than 140 countries around the world to learn u. N. Secretary general is the big question about the pandemic of course is what is your advice to rich and poor countries grappling with a recession a depression maybe the worst in centuries my advice always which politicians dont like turn is for us to understand the situation and look around at whos doing well because in this pandemic there are a few countries that have got good under control chinas one of them. A korea to a large extent Australia New Zealand vietnam among poor countries lot b. T. R. Cambodia really amazing quite poor countries have beaten this virus down and then the United States out of control brazil out of control and so if
Afshin rattansi were going underground or whats supposed to be week 2 of julie the songes london trial from the country with one of the highest coronavirus death rates on earth coming up in the show with nato nations panicking over a Global Economic catastrophe amidst a pandemic and Climate Crisis where the Global Economy ever recover after millions of lost their jobs since the start of the 1st covidien used lockdown could coronavirus mean the end of capitalism and globalization as we know it and are our politicians really fit for purpose joining me now from new york city is the author of the ages of globalization Geography Technology and institutions and director of the Sustainable Development Solution Network professor Jeffrey Sachs of the center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University thank you so much jeffrey for coming on before i even get to the book in the past few days theres been a story that will go and did on arguably 13000 refugees on the island of les was in gre
Even being recognized as such its a pretty dramatic time niner the new book the ages of globalization goes right from the beginning of time you yourself have gone through a journey arguably intellectually tell me about briefly about the new book weve been grappling with global interconnectedness for as long as weve been a species this book starts from our ancient past indeed our 1st migrations out of africa as modern human beings and takes us through how technological advances in agriculture in writing with alphabets in ocean navigation with the steam engine and now in our time with the digital age have reshaped this interconnectedness its quite a story of course it is the the history of humanity because we are globally interconnected in fundamental ways whether we have nationalism or not we cant help but having this interconnectedness of course a days before this book was being finalised came the pandemic a so i you quickly scrambled with a preface at the beginning to say well this is