And lockdowns. Welcome, good to have you with us. You see this outbreak again across the south and the west. I guess the question is did these States Reopen too soon . If they reopened too soon its really odd because they opened in the beginning of may and throughout may very little changed and all of a sudden starting early june and accelerated in june theres a huge spike of positive tests in the states. If anything the lockdowns caused this what happened, why didnt it happen in may and not june and thats a very good question which i dont think we have the answer to right now but its also a question that the media is not really asking. Paul do you have any speculation yourself about why that is . Where are they coming from . You have seen, houston, san antonio, miamidade, Maricopa County in arizona. Alex june has been very hot in the sunbelt states, its typically hot in texas and arizona, driven people indoors and use airconditioning. There may be Real Community spread from that. Clea
And lockdowns. Welcome, good to have you with us. You see this outbreak again across the south and the west. I guess the question is did these States Reopen too soon . If they reopened too soon its really odd because they opened in the beginning of may and throughout may very little changed and all of a sudden starting early june and accelerated in june theres a huge spike of positive tests in the states. If anything the lockdowns caused this what happened, why didnt it happen in may and not june and thats a very good question which i dont think we have the answer to right now but its also a question that the media is not really asking. Paul do you have any speculation yourself about why that is . Where are they coming from . You have seen, houston, san antonio, miamidade, Maricopa County in arizona. Alex june has been very hot in the sunbelt states, its typically hot in texas and arizona, driven people indoors and use airconditioning. There may be Real Community spread from that. Clea
The england cricketer ben stokes wins Sports Personality of the year. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the political commentator and former head of communications for the conservative party giles kenningham, and the Political Writer and academic maya goodfellow. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. Labours leader, jeremy corbyn, and the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, have apologised for the partys defeat in the general election which saw them lose 59 seats. Mr corbyn said he was sorry they came up short. Speaking to the bbcs andrew marr, mr mcdonnell said it was unfortunate the party hadnt been able to articulate its message more effectively. He also blamed the medias portrayal ofjeremy corbyn, insisting that hed been demonised for four years solid. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Thejeremy corbyn era is coming to an end. But what will that mean for labour . How much does the party need to change after its disastrous election . T
Wins Sports Personality of the year. And well be taking another look at the papers with political commentator and former head of press under david cameron, Giles Kenningham and the Political Writer and academic, maya goodfellow. Good evening. Labours leaders have apologised for the partys defeat in the general election, which saw them lose 59 seats. Jeremy corbyn said he was sorry they came up short. Speaking to the bbcs andrew marr, shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, said he owns this disaster and that he regretted the party wasnt able to articulate its message more effectively. But he also blamed brexit, and the medias portrayal ofjeremy corbyn insisting that hed been demonised. Tonight, labour suggested that the process to elect a new leader could begin onjanuary 7th, as nick eardley reports. Thejeremy corbyn era is coming to an end, but what will that mean for the labour party . How much does it need to change after its disastrous election result . This morning, mr corbyn said he too
Also in the programme a minutes silence as new zealand pays tribute to the victims of last weeks deadly volcano eruption. And in the philippines, a key day in the cyber libel trial of a journalist and outspoken critic of the president. Good morning. It is 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 1 00am in madrid, where the longest un climate talks ever held have finished with a compromise deal on tackling climate change. The agreement means all countries will put new, tougher carbon cutting plans on the table in time for another major conference in scotland next year. Our science editor David Shukman has the details. Were starting to get a little lost. We are kind of lost. 0k. Confusion and fatigue after the longest session of climate negotiations on record. We are a little confused about what documents are being discussed. The hope had been to speed up the fight against rising temperatures. Instead, the talks limped to a compromise that left many unhappy, especially the island nat