Tougher restrictions are rolled out the Prime Minister warns that normal is still months away. And remembering the past but looking to the future molly marks 60 years of independence from france. For 1st time in history leaders from around the world are meeting virtually for the annual u. N. General assembly that is of course because of the coronavirus and on choose day the fight against covert 19 it dominated speeches from Global Leaders most of them called for united fights and for the United Nations to repurpose itself in response to a world permanently changed by the pandemic but its also exposed a rising tensions between the u. S. And china donald trump accused beijing of spreading what he called the china virus and chinas leaders paying said attempts to politicize the pandemic should be rejected so lets bring in our diplomatic editor james phrases of course at the United Nations and of course weve heard today james covered 1000 becoming really the latest crisis to divide World Le
The designation of this episode as a recession even if it turns out to be briefer than earlier contractions now economists generally define a recession as 2 consecutive quarter months of 2 consecutive quarters of Economic Contraction g. D. P. In the us has already fell by 5 percent in the 1st quarter of this year and the economy is expected to climb by a steeper margin in q 2 of 2020 lets get some expert analysis on this and and the state of the economy with todd morris chief strategist at the trading and cohost christiane who joins us from los angeles thank you both for being here today but i want to start with you now the n b e r declared that the u. S. Recession began officially in february now this marks the fastest the n b r has actually declared any recession is this a good thing as the faster the drop usually the faster the bounce back. From a back listen i put very little stuff. To what any account is really said because theyre not calling it until its already over and theyre s
Into San Francisco. Were looking good so far with no big problems and thats roughly 8 minutes thats not bad at all right thats considered quick. Thats your average from the bottom of the maze through the pay gates across the upper deck and after fremont street, heres 92 our busiest bridge and its not bad. Its just crowd already have a lot of folks packing up rolling to the peninsula so well put it at 13 minutes and growing off to one o one west 5. 82 the richmond sandra fell bridge doing just fine and easy commute of 6 minutes to the north bay and the traffic tracker has more freeways and more drive times so take a peek to take 6. 80 of sell its 11 minutes for 2 danville thats going south maybe youre dumb. Martin bridge commuter. Its a 13 minute trip off to bayfront expressway. No problems for 5. 18 no hot spots for want to want an easy trip heading north from brisbane to San Francisco. Americans have lost their lives. The coronavirus and on behalf of the president. And all of the Amer
Her. On december the 24th 1818 the young priest yosef was sent out for open golf austria to visit his friend france group. And together they wanted to set his poem which dylan knocked a silent night to music. He needed to him to perform at the Christmas Mass in his parish that same night. At the time gruber was a teacher organised and sacristan and on store for a Small Community north of sounds fork. He was expecting his friends were arrived by the early evening bounty knew how long and arduous the journey was in winter. The 2 friends both musicians did not take long to find the right melody to accompany moores contemplated words. It is only a simple composition without any special meaning gruber wrote in his diary and. Value nothing christmas 1818. On Christmas Eve 1818 a time marked by bitter poverty and now. The original German Version of silent night holy night is less 1st song during Christmas Mass on an open door of by the 2 friends to the sound of a guitar line because of. This
But now on bbc news its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The long and bloody conflict in Northern Ireland was known euphemistically as the troubles. One aspect of it got a separate label, the dirty war. That was the name given to the covert operations of the British State both army and intelligence infiltrating the ira, running informers and agents to undermine the Republican Movement from within. One agent was my guest today, willie carlin, who became an undercover spy within the political wing of the ira, sinn fein. Hes written a book exposing his secrets. How does he justify what he did . Willie carlin, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It is actually quite extraordinary having you in the studio given you were an undercover spy in the 70s and the 80s at an extraordinarily dangerous, sensitive time in Northern Ireland and you then went in hiding, you lived in secret. Why have you now, later in life, decided to come out of the shadows . I think its because