Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week hong kong in tears. Gulf tankers in flames. And britains marmite man in pole position to become the next Prime Minister. My guests today are chinese writer diane weiliang, uk political commentator steve richards, Agnes Poirier of french news weekly marianne, and american journalist Michael Goldfarb of the podcast frdh. Hong kong wept last week. Its leader, carrie lam, was in tears because so many of her citizens distrusted her assurances on a new extradition law and took to the streets in protest. The protestors wept because they had been tear gassed by police. But their determination paid off. This weekend the government suspended its plans for the extradition bill and said it would listen. What next for the unique and fragile ecosystem that is hong kong . Diane, what happened here . It looks like a a dramatic u turn. Last week the government was defiant, sending out police with rubber bullets. It is in some ways a surp
And britains marmite man in pole position to become the next Prime Minister. My guests today are chinese writer diane weiliang, uk political commentator steve richards, Agnes Poirier of french news weekly marianne, and american journalist Michael Goldfarb of the podcast frdh. Hong kong wept last week. Its leader, carrie lam, was in tears because so many of her citizens distrusted her assurances on a new extradition law and took to the streets in protest. The protestors wept because they had been tear gassed by police. But their determination paid off. This weekend, the government suspended its plans for the extradition bill and said it would listen. What next for the unique and fragile ecosystem that is hong kong . Diane, what happened here . This looks like a a dramatic u turn. Last week, the government was defiant, sending out police with rubber bullets. It is in some ways a surprising move. If we look at the 2014 Yellow Umbrella Movement and the stand off, the Hong Kong Government w
The World Health Organization says a staggering 230,000 cases of coronavirus were reported around the world on sunday. That is the most ever in a single day. The surge in new infections of course led by the u. S. , which has confirmed now more than 3. 3 million cases overall. Since last week at least 33 states have reported a significant jump in new infections. Now as the outbreak continues to grow the white house has been trying to undermine its own top Infectious Disease expert. President donald trump says dr. Anthony fauci made many mistakes early on including telling people not to wear masks. Now, that was back when masks were in short supply and he wanted First Responders to wear them. Well, now the u. S. Surgeon general is saying the administration is trying to correct its own earlier messaging and believes the country can turn things around. The disease course is about two to three weeks. So just as weve seen cases skyrocket we can turn this thing around in two to three weeks if
Youre watching todays Worldwide Exchange. Im ross westgate. Here are the headlines today from around the world. Spanish Bank Stocks Hit hard. Bbv bbva, sees profits plunge. A pair of china Manufacturing Survey seeking expansion in january. The official pmi has slipped below expectations. And is steady as she goes, the u. S. Economy is expected to keep up the recent trend of modesty of unspectacular job growth in january. Plus, the dutch finance minister warns of a worsening deficit this year, this after the government is forced to bail out local banks after a bailout of 3. 7 Million Euros. We kick off with the pmis out of the eurozone. January manufacturing pmi, 47. 9. The flash 47. 5, december manufacturing pmi was 46. 1. It has boosted the euro to maintain its gaze, now back over to 1. 3651 and continuing to climb high. That is now a 32month high against the yen, as well, at 11. 25965. The german manufacturing pmi was a little better, as well, this morning. Helping to boost those num
Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week new normal or old normal . In the United States, President Trump wants the old normal back, though he likes to call it . Actual normal . In china, president xi is already reaching for new normal, one which includes much tighter control over the people of hong kong. Meanwhile what kind of normal do the rest of us want and what kind can we have against the ever present risk of a pandemic whose next move we cant predict . My guests on socially distanced screens political commentator Yasmin Alibhai brown, Michael Goldfarb of the podcast first rough draft of history, and here in the studio, observing the two metre rule, the bbcs chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. Welcome to you all. Old normal or new normal, well come to that in a moment, but the World Health Organisation keeps telling governments itll be hard to achieve any kind of normal without good testing. Five months into this pandemic, what have we learned