At all for this hour news wise but if youre looking for more head on over to our website r. T. Dot com for countless articles and interviews thanks for tuning in. I mention are times you were going underground as amid an International Coronavirus crisis the u. K. Government unveils a budget just weeks after pm Boris Johnson fired his own finance minister coming up on the show is it too late to pump money into Health Infrastructure devastated by the tory austerity that followed the 2008 western economic crash or is britains new liberal epidemic of inequality killing off the poorest too quickly we speak to economist guy standing who is set to advise the Jeremy Corbyn government if we did 1 december general election and we ask the author of why nations fail british economist James Robinson if the u. K. Chancellor should today be looking to communist china for tips on reviving britains economy plus we ask a former u. K. Home Office Minister why a pandemic hasnt yet been declared in britain
Shadow chancellor John Mcdonald will measure this budget with joining me now from geneva in switzerland is someone who has advised a shadow chancellor standing cofounder of the basic Income Earth Network guy thanks so much for coming back on so after years of tory austerity the un called it callous policies driven by a political desire for social reengineering how well prepared is the chancellor to offer policies in response to Something Like coronavirus well to be frank i think its almost irresponsible to be having a budget today the chancellor is a young man whos never had a senior government position before and hes been in the job for weeks to prepare a complex budget and an extremely sensitive moment in our modern history when weve not only got the pandemic rushing towards us but the World Economy is at the very very fragile state. Bad mistakes at national and International Level could lead us into a big recession i want to get to those macro level top topics in a 2nd but im not su
And warns they could spark civil unrest and that threatens National Security adviser as her roommates hasa has more in the daily challenge of finding safe water. In zimbabwe 2nd city below where the supply of piped water from the city council is unreliable that means they sometimes have to use im treated water when the supply is turned on with lindsay my make civil trips to the communal tap to stock up she says a neighborhood can sometimes go a whole week without water and she doesnt want to use any thats not clean and safe getting more time in the halls doesnt make us feel because that water is not here at the lake this post do we need so many people who suffered in the forms so i believe it was something i dont. The sudan water crisis is so bad that in january zimbabwes agriculture minister warned there was less than 30 days worth of grain in the country strategically and there are other persistent problems political and economic corruption remains widespread those who protest agains
Few government hospitals still functioning find out next what the Doctors Association says assignment genocide is taking place inside Zimbabwes Health care system. We begin in india where 50 student groups in new delhi are set to march against a controversial citizenship law but police say they wont allow the demonstrations to go ahead protesters say the legislation discriminates against muslims at least 25 people have been killed across india since it was passed in parliament 2 weeks ago lets speak to Elizabeth Bron im in new delhi for is so moranis today elizabeth and the protest rally in new delhi could be confrontational. Absolutely folley we are here in the center of the capital. Early and there is only ready a very Large Police Presence here hundreds of Police Officers and theres also riot police here in riot gear they are expecting as you mention 50 students student groups have organized a protest here today and what theyre planning to do is to march to the residence of the home
A weak economy made worse by political chaos. Thank you very much for joining us we start in india with 50 student groups in new delhi are marching against a controversial citizenship law all the groups are also calling for a National Protest day across the country opponents say the new law discriminates against muslims and violates the constitution the 2nd the constitution of india at least 25 people have been killed during protests since the legislation was passed in parliament nearly 2 weeks ago al jazeera is elizabeth per annum joins us now live from new delhi for the latest so liz more rallies across india lets start with delhi way you are how are things shaping up. Yes finally over the last few hours weve seen protests as weve been with the protest as they are now in their thousands behind me. They have marched through the center of the capital new delhi to a place called jan 3rd month which is this known as the center of protests in the country now these people are actually defy