Virus to threaten to cause more pain and more heartache in our country. And one of britains most acclaimed film directors sir alan parker has died at the age of 76. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world do stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im nancy kacungira. The head of the World Health Organisation has said the effects of the global coronavirus outbreak will be felt for decades to come. Tedros ghebreyesus was speaking to the whos Emergency Committee meeting to assess the covid nineteen pandemic six months after first declaring a Global Public health emergency. The Emergency Committee is discussing what more can be done to control the virus. The pandemic is worse than a Century Health crisis the effects of which will be felt for decades to come. Many scientific questions have been resolved. Many remain to be answered. Have been resolved. And the results from virologist studies are painting a consistent picture. M
The tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. Jeff bezos is stepping down as amazons Chief Executive. The Online Retail giants founder will move to become the compa ny s executive chairman. He will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazons Cloud Computing business. And this comes as the firm reported 386 billion in sales in 2020, thats up 38 on the year before. Their profits almost doubled, rising to 21. 3 billion. So whats been the reaction to the news bezos is stepping to the side, and what do we know about the new boss . Duncan howe is e commerce strategist at cheil uk, which is a Digital Marketing and advertising agency. Duncan, welcome to the programme. Executive chair man still means he will have a lot of control and very much involved in and is on, but it is the day to day responsibility. What do you think about this move . I responsibility. What do you think about this move . I think it is a bit of think about this move . I think it is
Significance as tension between the u. S. And china escalates over hong kong and the South China Sea and a major hike of twitter fake messages appear on some of the most followed accounts including bill gates barack obama and iran mosque. China has become the 1st major economy to report growth since assad of the kovac 19 pandemic official data shows its economy grew at an unexpected 3. 2 percent in the 2nd quarter after shrinking the most in nearly 50 years while some industries are nearly back to normal Consumer Spending is still down. The epidemic is still spreading faster overseas the restart recovery of the World Economy and trade has been very difficult domestically the recovery have to modest slowed the pressures of stabilizing and surprises and safeguarding residential employment a huge katrina you is in beijing for us joins us now live some unexpected numbers katrina growth much better compared to the rest of the world in china what is driving this. Well the authorities here sa
A minutes silence to commemorate the life of a minutes silence to commemorate the life of sir tom and to respect the life of sir tom and to respect the lives the life of sir tom and to respect the lives lost through covid. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons. And the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says Research Suggesting the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. A study, which has yet to be Peer Reviewed, has shown the jab could cut the spread by two thirds. Its the first time a vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission. It comes as a new study shows that 88 of people who tested positive for the virus retained antibodies for the full six months of the trial. Awarning, a warning, this report contains some flashing images. Its been the Great Unknown would vaccines stop coronavirus
From the beaches of spain to the streets of los angeles coronavirus cases are surging on almost every continent faster and further than ever before its taken just 4 days for the global number of cases to jump from 15 to 16000000 well over the past week 37 countries reported record spikes in daily infections including the United States where the tally is going up by 60 to 70000 every day california remains the epicenter of its outbreak while florida has overtaken new york with more than 432000 infections brazil is the 2nd worst hit country after the u. S. The number of cases across latin america has surpassed 4300000 more than the United States and canada combined those top 3 hotspots the us brazil india now account for half of the worlds infections by mr Narendra Modi warned the indian public to remain vigilant saying the danger of covert 19 is far from over. Well lets see whats happening across latin america petit joins us live now from the colombian capital bogota alexandros a latin