it s time for click. this week a collection of collectables. but will pikachu trump this mega collage? is a tweet from the past the future of art? and will a midsummer night s dream become a nightmare in spandex? welcome to click! this week, we re going to be talking about rare and collectible items. now, lara, you ve been looking into something that s been getting a lot of hype recently, haven t you? i have. now, can you tell me what is the most collectible item you have in your house? um. this shirt? oh, i know this thing. everyone s always asking me about this online. how about you ? well, i managed to dig out my peter andre doll! it s been signed by peter andre himself! no way! all hail the andre! now, the thing is, there are plenty of collectible, valuable things in the world and by definition, each one of them is very rare. so it might surprise you to learn that people have started to buy digital collectables. see, the thing is, you can make an identical copy of a d
the charity save the children has warned that planned reductions in british aid to syria could lead to hundreds of thousands of children losing their access to education. since the start of the conflict a decade ago, thousands of schools have been destroyed in what the un says is a deliberate ploy by president bashar al assad and his allies to terrorise communities a charge the regime denies. the foreign office says no final decisions have been made, but it is warning there are tough decisions ahead because of the pandemic. our middle east correspondent quentin somerville reports. to be a parent in syria is to carry the world on your shoulders. forabu, his burden is constant vigilance. for years he s watched the sun set and rise from this hilltop, waiting for the next attack. he s a flight spotter, a one man early warning system, protecting the village below where his wife and five children live. at the end of another long shift, he calls home. he knows firsthand the fear a
now on bbc news, stephen sackur talks to american author, stephen king, on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. millions of readers all over the world are drawn to fiction that explores our fears. horror sells, and no one does it better or more prolifically than my guest today, stephen king. he s written more than 60 books, sold close to 400 million copies. he is the master manipulator of dark places and the paranormal. if you re not a reader, you may have seen the shining, carrie, stand by me all films based on his stories. he s been writing for half a century. how has our appetite for fear evolved? stephen king in florida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s nice to be here. i wish we could do it in person. me too. but nonetheless, it is a pleasure to see you on my screen. and let me begin by asking you about the threat that we all, all over the world in florida, in the uk, all over the world are living with, and that is covid 19. has that inv
hello and welcome. uncertainty over stocks of covid vaccines is causing growing tension between the uk and the european union. with around 25 million britons vaccinated, authorities here are warning there ll be a significant reduction in available vaccines next month. astrazeneca and pfizer have both tried to play down those of vaccine produced in the uk and europe. another step closer to normality. gps like this one in lincolnshire, thousands have been given vaccines this week. in total, more than 25 million have now beenjabbed. for the next fortnight, there should be plenty of doses to go around. after that, there is more doubt. a letter sent by the nhs to local health services warned of a significant reduction in supply next month and said no further appointments for those should be ablated to booking systems in april. systems in april. vaccine alwa s systems in april. vaccine always lumpy systems in april. vaccine always lumpy and - systems in april. vaccine always lum
we start in the us where the federal reserve gave financial markets a double boost on wednesday. it says the world s biggest economy will recover much faster than it was predicting a few months ago as vaccines are rolled out and government stimulus cash begins to flow. and it has put to rest for now fears that higher interest rates are around the corner. the fed has promised to keep them close to zero until the recovery is complete. michelle fleury has more. jerome powell was surprisingly forthright. he said he is in no rush to pull support from the economy. with 9.5 million jobs still missing and spending on travel and hospitality still weak, the fed chief said the bank was committed to keeping borrowing rates near zero until the job is done. the job is done. today, interest the job is done. today, interest rates - the job is done. today, interest rates were - the job is done. today, | interest rates were kept the job is done. today, - interest rates were kept near