Can the west african state of gabon save its environment . Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Our planet is haemorrhaging Natural Resources at an alarming rate. Biodiversity is under threat as forests are felled, wild animals illegally hunted. My guest today is on the frontline of the effort to conserve and protect what remains. Lee white is the newly appointed environment minister in the west african state of gabon. A country famed for its tropical forests, its elephants and gorillas. But also notorious for systemic corruption and inequality. So can gabon find a sustainable balance between the needs of man and nature . Theme music plays. Lee white, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. You first went to gabon as a research zoologist, a young student. You became a conservationist, an environmental campaigner and yet here we sit with you as a government minister, minister for the environment in gabon. How did you get seduced, if i may use that word, into the murky world of politics . Conserv
To become ranked world number one with a 33 19 victory at twickenham in their first world cup warm up match. And coming up in half an hour here on bbc news protecting our planet explores Sustainable Solutions to Climate Change and how best to care for our enviornment. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The government has announced a package of new measures in a crackdown on law and order. The Prime Minister has promised to create an extra 10,000 prison places after an increase in Violent Crime. This will involve the building of new prisons and the expansion of existing ones at a cost of around £2. 5 billion. Stop and search powers will also be extended to all Police Forces in England Wales which will allow police to stop someone in an area where they think a crime may be committed. Borisjohnson also called for tougher sentencing and an end to the Early Release of prisoners convicted of violent or sexual offences. Labour said austerity measures taken by conservative governments ha
live from our studios in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion s ballot counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favor ofjoe biden over then president donald trump. one of dominion s lawyers, justin nelson and ceo james poulos spoke after the settlement. the truth matters. lies have consequences. over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion s ballot counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favor ofjoe biden over then president donald trump. one of dominion s lawyers, justin nelson and ceo james poulos spoke after the settlement. the truth matters. lies have consequences. over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to dominion in the country. grievous harm to dominion in the country- the country. admitted to tellinu the country. admitted to telli
this in the face of current bills. is this going in the face of current bills. is this going to be enough to freeze the cap this going to be enough to freeze the cap where it is now? this £100 billion the cap where it is now? this £100 billion cost, the cap where it is now? this £100 billion cost, this two your package, would billion cost, this two your package, would take billion cost, this two your package, would take us up to 2024, the next election. would take us up to 2024, the next election, which the daily telegraph notes is election, which the daily telegraph notes is more than labour have suggested, would cost tens of billions suggested, would cost tens of billions more than labour, and what is interesting is, how does this fit in with is interesting is, how does this fit in with truss s approach to the economy in with truss s approach to the economy. she s going to fund spending economy. she s going to fund spending with borrowing? because w