Afshin rattansi were going underground or whats supposed to be week 2 of julie the songes london trial from the country with one of the highest coronavirus death rates on earth coming up in the show with nato nations panicking over a Global Economic catastrophe amidst a pandemic and Climate Crisis where the Global Economy ever recover after millions of lost their jobs since the start of the 1st covidien used lockdown could coronavirus mean the end of capitalism and globalization as we know it and are our politicians really fit for purpose joining me now from new york city is the author of the ages of globalization Geography Technology and institutions and director of the Sustainable Development Solution Network professor Jeffrey Sachs of the center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University thank you so much jeffrey for coming on before i even get to the book in the past few days theres been a story that will go and did on arguably 13000 refugees on the island of les was in gre
Al jazeera investigation reveals serious flaws in obtaining e. U. Passports in cyprus. India records more than 3000000. 00 coronavirus cases in the worlds highest daily increase included 19 infections plus. Im malcolm webb in a tea plantation in kenyas highlands more than 60 years ago british colonialists forced the local people off this land to make space for it will be speaking to the few that still survive about their fight for justice. Position in belarus has called for another round of mass process to push for president Alexander Lukashenko resignation 2 weeks after he claimed a victory in the disputed elections that crowd streaming into the center of the capital minsk a defiant look at schenker has ordered the army into full combat readiness despite a violent crackdown demonstrators have been coming out every day since the disputed vote on august the 9th. Earlier my colleague. Spoke to the Opposition Leader spent lunna took them off sky shes in exile across the border in neighbor
And the worlds highest daily increase in covert 1000. 00 infections plus. Im webb in a tea plantation in kenya as highlands more than 60 years ago british colonialists forced the local people off their land to make space for it will be speaking to the few that still survive about their fight for justice. In the sport and finally to take on paris for the European Champions League title will be in lisbon ahead of the big game. The opposition and belarus has called for another round of mass protests to push for president Alexander Lukashenko his resignation 2 weeks after he claimed victory in a disputed election these are the scenes in the capital many square tens of thousands of people are now streaming into the center of the city defined has ordered the army into full combat readiness in the past hour of the Russian Foreign minister has come out in look assange has support. Says there is no way to prove the embattled belorussian leader did not win the president ial election despite a vi
Whitehouse leave me alone. [laughter] i am telling you, if we ever clean up plastics in the ocean, it will be because of these two folks in senator leahy and i will be willing coconspirators. I have been told about this a lot, and im astounded by the problem mankind has created for the oceans. We can be better stewards of gods creation. We are going to have a hearing today about some solutions, and we are going to find a way to create some kind of fund that people can contribute to. I know they are doing it at the world bank, but i like the global fund idea where the world comes together under American Leadership to solve a problem. Thank you colleagues, for your leadership. Thank you, mr. Chairman. With all the joking that goes back and forth, it is safe to say that the chairman and i feel very strongly about this. We do want to help. Were inwhitehouse and i vietnam last year. We met with the vietnamese officials and scientists to discuss Ocean Plastic pollution and had a great meetin
Even being recognized as such its a pretty dramatic time niner the new book the ages of globalization goes right from the beginning of time you yourself have gone through a journey arguably intellectually tell me about briefly about the new book weve been grappling with global interconnectedness for as long as weve been a species this book starts from our ancient past indeed our 1st migrations out of africa as modern human beings and takes us through how technological advances in agriculture in writing with alphabets in ocean navigation with the steam engine and now in our time with the digital age have reshaped this interconnectedness its quite a story of course it is the the history of humanity because we are globally interconnected in fundamental ways whether we have nationalism or not we cant help but having this interconnectedness of course a days before this book was being finalised came the pandemic a so i you quickly scrambled with a preface at the beginning to say well this is