fukushima nuclear disaster we ll visit a site transformed and meet those still clinging to the past. the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, has passed a major covid 19 stimulus package worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday, despite every republican voting against. and the same thing has happened in the house every republican voted against, along with one democrat. the measure will be signed into law by president biden on friday. here s house speaker nancy pelosi announcing the result. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 211. the motion is adopted. applause the bill s aim is primarily to address the impact of covid on the us economy. but there are broader ambitions to tackle longer term causes of poverty. here are some of the details. the so called american rescue package gives one off payments worth $1,a00 to most americans. it allocates $350 billion to state and local governments, and $130 billion to schools. it
that s it from me. now on bbc news. hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. it seems myanmar s military is prepared to kill as many pro democracy protesters as it takes to safeguard its grip on power. so what options do the opponents of the coup have left? my guest is doctor sasa, representative of the committee that represents the ousted parliament to the united nations. why has myanmar s democratic transition gone to so tragically wrong? dr sasa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i cannot say where you are because i know you want to keep your location secret. but it is clear that you escaped from myanmar in the hours and days after the february one coup. as i understand it, you were with aung san suu kyi in the hours before the coup. can you tell me exactly what happened to you? it was the 1st of february that the military coup stolen democracy from the people of myanmar. so there was not onl
who fled to india after being told to shoot at protesters. the brother of ghislaine maxwell tells the bbc that the conditions of her detention in an american prison are degrading and amount to torture. hello to you. it s exactly one year since the world health organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic. that is the point the disease was confirmed as a truly global problem. covid 19 has so far claimed 2.6 million lives, but there is hope on the horizon as vaccines reach some of the furthest corners of the world. our global health correspondent naomi grimley has been looking at the pandemic, one year in. it s been a year that most of us will remember for the rest of our lives. one of grief and loneliness on a scale none of us could ve imagined. it s exactly 12 months since the world health organization officially sounded the alarm about the seriousness of covid 19. we have therefore made the assessment that covid 19 can be characterised as a pande
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are christopher hope, chief political correspondent and assistant editor at the daily telegraph, and ayesha hazarika, columnist at the evening standard & the i, and times radio presenter. tomorrow s front pages. starting with. the discovery of human remains in the search for 33 year old sarah everard is the lead for the guardian a serving police officer is being detained on suspicion of her murder. the metro carries a picture of the police search in woodland near ashford in kent where the discovery was made sarah everard was last seen a week ago walking home through clapham in south london the telegraph says the arrested officer lived in deal in kent and worked in the met s parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. the times highlights the words of reassurance from the metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick said women should feel safe walking the streets
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