Under water after some of the heaviest monsoon rains in decades but a 1000000 people are seeking Higher Ground with river set to rise further. President donald trump strips hong kong of the special trading status hardening the u. S. Stance on china for its clampdown on human rights that. An exhibition tennis tournament here opens its doors to spectators for the Laboratory Safety protections the 1st major sporting event in germany to welcome back fans. Welcome to the program the Irish Government and apple have won their appeal against a 2060 e. U. Decision that sat. To pay the Irish Government certain buildings heroes and back taxes money that island didnt even walled so i took the case to europes 2nd highest cost of a long denied that its tax origins with apple amounted to illegal state aid the European Commission is expected to appeal the ruling to the European Court of justice and. Earlier this year then irish Prime Minister lavrov Current Apple chief executive tim cook had an annive
We have made tremendous progress. There is still a long way to go. When we started out, we saw cases doubling every two or three days. We are now in a cycle where they are doubling every 12 days. We have toet to a place where we see a decline in cases, a decline in hospitalizations and occupied by icu bed covid positive or people under investigation for having covid. We are making progress because people are staying home. Tight sure that we hold is critically important for us to continue to get to a place where we can even start to have a public conversation about what coming out of these restricted measures may look like. You have been very critical of governor desantis. Saying god help us as he plans to reopen parts of florida. What is your concern . My concern ist the issue that i articulated. The only locality the only way to make progress is to have very high restrictions. It is those congregate settings, apart, a nursing home, a jail, other places that is a breeding ground for th
If you live in the eastern half of the country, those at west, this is your number. Yourt west, this is number. If you are a chicago resident, this is your number. ,e will begin how we always do with the numbers courtesy of john hopkins university. Now 2. 4 million cases around the world in 185 countries. The total deaths, one of six 1000 69,000. Joining us from her office in chicago is the mayor, Lori Lightfoot. Thank you for being with here with us here on cspan. My pleasure. I want to begin with some concerns expressed by deborah birx on the White House Coronavirus task force. We have made tremendous progress. There is still a long way to go. When we started out, we saw cases doubling every two or three days. We are now in a cycle where they are doubling every 12 days. We have to get to a place where we see a decline in cases, a decline in hospitalizations and occupied by icu bed covid positive or people under investigation for having covid. We are making progress because people are
will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid 19 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now who believe that china s primary aim here isn tjust to deny the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility that covid came from within china s borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could well be a deliberately engineered effort by russia to derail ukraine s big counteroffensive. it s another extraordinary twist in this war, which almost every day seems to bring new complexities and new horrors. but how are people in moscow reacting to the way the war is going? the bbc s redoubtable russia editor steve rosenberg has lived and worked in the country for 30 years. things have not been going well for russia. you know, there were those explosions over the kremlin the beginning of may. there have been drone attacks on russian regions bordering
hello and welcome to the bbc s headquarters here in central london for another edition of unspun world. this week, what s it like for a journalist to be treated like an enemy in moscow? as relations deteriorate between russia and the uk and russia and the west, and just when you think they can t get any worse, they get worse. you know, that makes it difficult. the civil war in myanmar, something the outside world seems completely unaware of. it really is a david and goliath war here, when you re seeing drones versus russianjets. so if they do win, it will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid i9 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now- who believe that china s primary aim here isn tjust to deny- the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility- that covid came from within china s borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could