study bad diseases, human diseases, the interplay between the two of them. so, we can simply just read that correspondence and move forward. there is no need to threaten the chinese with sanctions or anything like that or you just look at what the grants asked for, and with the grant reports said. and we will move forward. and we will learn more. this kind of research on viruses and seeing what is involved in making those viruses more potent. this was considered positive and useful research by the scientific communities around the world including in the united states, but there was also another group of scientists who looked at this research overtime and said, you know, we understand why you want to do it. we understand with the benefits of this research can be, we get that. we do however find it too risky
and human diseases and interplay between the two of them. we can read that correspondence and move forward. there s no need to threaten the chinese with sanctions, anything like that, just look at what the grants asked for and what the grant reports said and move forward, we ll learn more. and this kind of research on viruses and seeing what s involved in making those viruses more potent was considered positive and useful research by scientific communities around the world, including in the united states. but there was also another group of scientists who looked at this research over time and said you know, we understand why you want to do it, what the benefits can be, we get that. we do however find it too risky and we find the chances of a
a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas, the prime minister has said. the royal navy vessel, which will cost a reported £200 million and be in service for 30 years, would be used to host trade fairs and diplomatic meetings. it will be the successor to the royal yacht britannia, which was retired in 1997. those are the main story at eight minutes past six. we are going to colombia next. the colombian government has deployed 7000 troops across some of its major towns and cities in a bid to end two months of deadly protests and riots. demonstrators have vowed to march on the streets of the capital city bogota today as they continue their stand against poverty, police violence and tax rises. 0ur latin america correspondent will grant reports. colombia is no stranger to violence.
fact that they are opposed to benjamin netanyahu, and they say after 12 years, consecutive years in office, now is the time for change, mr netanyahu of course is on trial for corruption charges, corruption that he denies, but still, the other political players say he has been putting his personal interests before those of the country. goodness. thank you very much for the latest on the situation in jerusalem, our correspondent following those talks to try to form a coalition government. the colombian government has deployed 7,000 troops across some of its major towns and cities in a bid to end two months of deadly protests and riots. demonstrators have vowed to march on the streets of the capital, bogota, today, as they continue their stand against poverty, police violence and tax rises. our latin america correspondent will grant reports. colombia is no stranger to violence, but these scenes have shocked the nation.
will grant reports. colombia is no stranger to violence but these scenes have shocked the nation. two months after the protests began, they are showing no sign of letting up. what started as an outpouring of anger over a proposed tax hike has now exploded into pitched battles in several major cities. the epicentre of the anti government protests is cali, a city which suffers from all of colombia s social ills, from poverty to paramilitaries and drug cartels. every day, peaceful protests soon descend into burning barricades and stone throwing. the authorities responding with tear gas and live rounds. the latest incident to enrage demonstrators was the sight of civilian gunmen shooting at protesters with the police. the president, ivan duque, announced the deployment of some 7000 military personnel around the country. translation: i want to make it absolutely clear|