More of the same . While the human and Economic Cost of the chemical blast in the port of beirut has been devastating, around 200 people died, 6,000 injured, 300,000 laid homeless and theres been billions of dollars of damage. Well, as always, we are having to bring you our two panelists and our questioners who join us from all around the world via video link. Let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week. Manal abdel samad is a lebanese politician who resigned as minister of information following the explosion but she remains in the caretaker cabinet. She believes that change remains elusive and regrets being unable to fulfil the aspirations of the lebanese people. And rana khoury is a political activist and Founding Member of an independent Campaign Group that has no political affiliations and is led by volunteers. It aims to bring progress on environmental and socio economical issues in beirut. She has been right in the midst of the street protests in the city. Welcome to you bot
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. On the edge of losing control of coronavirus a warning from one leading scientist as more than 3000 uk cases are recorded for a second day. This is still a very widely distributed infection. Its across the whole of the uk, and by every measure, the numbers are going up. Oxford university and astrazeneca restart Clinical Trials of their Coronavirus Vaccine which was halted after a volunteer fell ill. Sir Terence Conran the designer and habitat founder who revolutionised british decor and dining has died aged 88. Now on bbc news. A month after lebanons catastrophic explosion in the port of beirut, what next for the countrys crisis hit economy and broken political system . Hello and welcome to this edition of global questions with me, Zeinab Badawi. This week we ask if lebanons political system is broken. The beirut explosion has led to a huge backlash against the countrys ruling class, who are blamed for decades of corruption and mismanagement. Coul
Now on bbc news, its time for global questions. Hello and welcome to this edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi. This week, we asked if lebanons political system is broken. The beirut explosion has led to a huge backlash against the countrys ruling class who are blamed for decades of corruption and mismanagement. Could the anger this time lead to a real change in direction or will it simply be more of the same . Well, the human and Economic Cost of the chemical blast in the port of beirut has been devastating, around 200 people died, 6000 injured, 300,000 made homeless and theres been billions of dollars of damage. Well as always, we are having to bring you our two panellists and our questioners who join us from all around the world via video link. Let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week. Manal abdel samad is a lebanese politician who resigned as minister of information following the explosion but she remains in the caretaker cabinet. She believes that change rema
Led to a huge backlash against the countrys ruling class who are blamed for decades of corruption and mismanagement. Could the anger this time lead to a real change in direction or will it simply be more of the same . While the human and Economic Cost of the chemical blast in the port of beirut has been devastating, around 200 people died, 6000 injured, 300,000 made homeless and theres been billions of dollars of damage. Well as always, we are having to bring you our two panelists and our questioners who join us from all around the world via video link. Let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week. Manal abdel samad is a lebanese politician who resigned as minister of information following the explosion and she remains in the caretaker cabinet. She believes that change remains elusive and regrets being unable to fulfil the aspiration of the lebanese people. And rana khoury is a political activist and Founding Member of the beiruti madinati, an independent Campaign Group that has no
And theres just hours to go in transfer deadline day in the premier league. Everton sign defender ben godfrey from norwich city in a £25 million deal. Hello, good afternoon. Number 10 says an investigation has begun into the error which meant that the close contacts of nearly 16,000 people with coronavirus were not traced last week. Public Health England has blamed what it described as a technical issue, and the investigation will look into why the problem wasnt discovered sooner. Although those testing positive were informed, their details were not passed on to the test and trace system to alert those theyd been in contact with. The bbc has been told by Senior Public Health officials a significant proportion of the unreported cases are from the north west of england. Phe says the issue has now been resolved, but labour has called the situation shambolic. The Health Secretary matt hancock is to make a statement to mps this afternoon. Heres our Health Correspondent cichard galpin. Test