A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, the latest Research Says an extra 100ml of sugary drinks a day about two cans a week would increase the risk of cancer by 18 . So wed like to know to what extent do you chose foods or drinks based on health . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Armed iranian boats are reported to have tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker near the strait of hormuz before being driven off by a british warship. Media reports quoting us officials said the iranian vessel asked the tanker to stop in iranian waters close by, but withdrew after a warning from a royal navy frigate. Its a strategically very important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. Peter bowes reports. This tanker, the British Heritage tanker was passing through the area. It was about to cross the strait of hormuz when there
Amy the death toll from the devastating fires on the Hawaiian Island of maui has reached 55 and is expected to rise. The Historic Town of lahaina has been largely destroyed in what is now being described as the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. We will speak to two native hawaiian activists in maui about the fires, the legacy of colonialism, and the Climate Crisis. The fire is a symbol of the terminal point, where it all end s up if you continue down this mode of extraction as a way to live. But it is also it contains the most deep and durable relic of our history. Amy we will also speak to a fire scientist at the university of hawaii about how the Climate Emergency fuels the deadly fires. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In hawaii, the death toll from the historic maui wildfires has reached at least 55 people and decimated the town of lahaina, once the epicenter of the kingdom of hawaii. On
Quadriga and were going to talk about it with three people who watch u. S. Politics very closey. Its a pleasure to welcome crist jana maya, a correspondent be with the morning show and former by reported for a. I. D. From washington. She says we look at with shock and no awe at a u. S. Campaign at a man who be would be fired from any school for his hateful, racist remarks writes our next guest about politics. She says one of the Biggest Challenges for Hillary Clinton see that her s to conventional qualities as a candidate matter more than Donald Trumps populism. And Erik Kirschbaum now works as a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times in berlin. He says there is a lot of frustration with the government n europe and it the moon i fests itself in support for rightwing candidates like pen. But its hard to imagine americans electing anyone by clinton. Can we really be sure its going to be clinton against trump when it comes to the general election . Or i iit possiblble there could be more
Islamic state group, as an increasing number of witnesses say they recognized him. Thousands of people taking to the streets this tuesday in paris, in protest against the government cost hotly contested labor reform. Annette but we began in france, where a man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group gun down a French Police commander to death before being killed himself. The threeyearold son was held hostage new the french capital. His partner was found dead, but the child was rescued. Abballa,r was larossi a french citizen with links to jihadist groups. Our correspondent has more. For the french president , francois hollande, it is not just a murder but an act of terror. France is not the only country concerned by this threat. Hollande we have seen in the past days in the United States in orlando, but we also saw it in europe and other countries of the world. France is facing a Terror Threat on a large scale. Everybody remembers what happened in 2015. November, the level of thr
Hello. There is so much news about coronavirus today and were going to talk about some of it. The app, do you remember the english nhs covert tracing app has arrived and you can download it now and lots of people have and we will put your questions to one of our tech experts and get some a nswe is tech experts and get some answers and also rishi sunak the chancellor did a sort of mini budget today that wasnt a budget but i did have lots of measures to help the economy over the next few months. The centrepiece of being a new scheme to replace the furlough scheme to replace the furlough scheme where the government will step in and give some money to help people top up their wages if there are hours are reduced. It is quite complicated and it does mean im afraid there are quite a lot of numbers in this episode of newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, it is adam in the studio. And laura in the same studio, two metres apart. And i promise chris mason will be back next week. He has promise