To the precious metal. And the notorious Wolf Of Wall Street takes us through the whole thing. Storm orlena strikes americas north east coast heavy snow, and high winds bring New York City to a near standstill. And updated and re published ladybirds nature Picture Books are backafter inspiring a generation of children in the 1950s and 60s. Good to have you with us. The United States has threatened to impose sanctions on myanmar, following a Military Coup in the country. President biden has urged an International Response to the power grab, and called it a direct assault on democracy. Those detained include the head of the largest party, Aung San Suu Kyi and other memebers of the civilian leadership. Troops are on the streets of the capital, naypyidaw, and the biggest city, yangon and a curfew has been put in place. Our special correspondent, fergal keane reports. An army reverting to autocratic type, swiftly and ruthlessly deposing a democratically elect the leader. Somewhere behind th
For most companies, making a product for which theres guaranteed demand Around The World sounds too good to be true, but a successful covid 19 vaccine promises to be just that. One vaccine shot, or a couple as your first booster, is not going to provide lifetime immunity to the virus, so the manufacturers are set to reap the profits for years to come. Drug maker pfizer reports its earnings later today, the question is which of the drugs firms are going to come out on top, and how lucrative Will Making Vaccines actually turn out to be . Joining me now is Sunaina Sinha haldea, managing partner, cebile capital. Thank you for being on the program. First of all, pfizer, when it comes to its news today. This will obviously not have in todays earnings, profits it is going to make with this vaccine it has come up with this vaccine it has come up with biontech . M0 with this vaccine it has come up with biontech . With this vaccine it has come up with biontech . No it wont. There will up with bi
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Caroline Wheeler, the deputy Political Editor of The Sunday Times, and broadcaster and authorjohn kampfner. Normally, you Member Anyone who watches his programme normally knows we go through this great Graphic Stack of papers. We cant do that tonight so we willjustjump straight in. Lets start with the daily mirror. Gone on to stop the south africa bug. This begs the question for me, if this hunt is so important, wire quarantine measures not extended to include people travelling in . Why is there not an altar locked down in these areas . Will have to produce these graphics to make up for the technical shortfall. 0n to make up for the technical shortfall. On a serious point, youre coming to the times which looks at this and perhaps greater depth as well, but to me it is inexplicable, as i was saying in the earlier segment, that you can come from any country via a stopover somewhere else, tim
Following the money in the biden pay to play investigation. A new statement, the committee has now identified over 20 million in payments from foreign sources to the biden family and their business associates. Republicans saying the timing is key. Some of those foreigners seem to be rewarded with access to joe biden. One example, a Russian Oligarch paid out millions weeks before then Vice President biden had dinner with that same oligarch at a washington, d. C. Restaurant. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy saying americans deserve answers now and they should come directly from the president. I would think the president would want to clear that name rapidly. Give us his bank statements. Enough proof out there the biden family needs to show there wasnt a pay to play. America deserves more and americans want to know. The one thing i will tell you is as this congress, the peoples congress, well follow the facts and provide it to the American Public just like the constitution tells us to do. Har
Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its