For a 2nd and to another big factor in this election to the course the coronavirus pandemic the u. S. Has hit with same you figure is 7000000 cases 200000 deaths i think huge numbers the biggest in the world and this is how significant is the coronavirus and then it kind of bathed in this election one would have expected it to be the number one story all the time but we are living in a time of economic crisis now the replacement of the Supreme Court to go with another justice i think actually the biggest significance of this judicial appointment has to do with trying to distract the public from the underlying failure to address the cole did challenges coronavirus hooley and swiftly in a coordinated fashion. Will this make a difference when we look at the poll numbers they have been sort of frozen. A significant. Lead for joe biden and it appears no matter what the headlines are that different stays the same so i suspect what makes this particular election different is just how stable t
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers ou. Thank you. You will face american justice in an american courtroom and the prospect of many years and an american prison. The two men are originally from london. Our correspondence in the u. K. Former u. S. Police officer charged with the murder of george floyd is being released sofrom pafter posting money for bail. President trums doctors say that he is covid free and is returning to the ov office. He wanted to go to the oval yesterday. If he decides to gowe to the ov, ave safety calls there. Safety protocols there. Are going to close. Two alleged members of the Islamic State group have been at yo data to t u. S. To face trial for murdering western hostages. They have been in detention in a rack while fighting iraq while fighting extradition and are originally from london. Ey are nicknamed the beatles. The men deni
Thfreeman foundation. By judy and peter blum kovr foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. Viewers like you. Thank you. Anchor im katty kay in washington and this is bbc world news america. A u. S. Court has chaed to members of isis with murder for killing american hostages in syria. Like many other terrorists before thehey have underestimated american resolve to obtain justice for our fellow citizens who are harmed or killed by terrorists anywhere in the world. Katty the vice pridential debate doesnt usually get much attention, but with concerns about the health and age of both president ialll candidates, eyes are on utah tonight. Facebook bans ads fm the Conspiracy Theory group qanon, but will that help or hurt the organization that has won among Trump Supporters . Welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. Two former british Islamic State prisoners arrived at a federal court in virginia. They face charges in connection with the killing of hostages
Finally, vaccines are being produced that might help us return to Something Like the lives we had before covid. Here in the uk, over 10 million doses have already been given out, but at the same time, the virus is Mutating First here in the uk, then in brazil and south africa. So, scientists are turning their attention to how to adapt vaccines to make sure they work against all new variants. Astrazeneca and Oxford University say they plan to have a Next Generation Covid Vaccine ready for the autumn. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. The scientists at oxford who created the astrazeneca vaccine are continually monitoring how coronavirus is evolving. The current vaccine is thought to give good protection against new variants, but theyre working on tweaking the jab to make it future proof. The scientist whos leading the Research Says its relatively simple to redesign the vaccine. Its not difficult to put a different Antigenic Insert into the vaccine, so we dont want to panic and say
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alexander lukashenko still sits in the president ial palace in belarus, six months after an election which he probably lost. Europes last de facto dictator continues to brutally repress protests and imprison political opponents. My guest is sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, the woman who believes she won last augusts vote, and who, from exile, calls herself the leader of democratic belarus. But is toppling lukashenko any closer to reality . Sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, in vilnius, lithuania, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, thank you. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. There you sit in vilnius in exile. Alexander lukashenko is still president of your country, belarus, and it is now the six month anniversary since you are convinced you won the president ial election. So, im just wondering how you feel today . Oh, thank you. I feel responsibility, first of all. Responsibility for the belarusian people who believed in me, who believed me, and they know that on