Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Prime Minister says the governments first budget in october will be painful. Sir keir starmer was speaking in the rose garden at Downing Street ahead of parliaments return next week. He said labour had inherited an economic and societal black hole, but the conservatives called the Speech A Distraction from the promises he had no intention of keeping. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller reports. On Hannah Miller reports. A Beautiful Day in the down street on a Beautiful Day in the Downing Street garden, the Prime Ministers message was not so sunny. Looking ahead to the autumn and signalling unpopular announcements to come. There is a budget coming in october. It is going to be painful. We have no other choice, given the situation we are in. Those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavy a burden. I will have to turn to the country and make big asks of you as well. He country and make big asks of you as well.. well. H
Nigerian subsidiary responsible for multiple pipeline leaks and or does it to pay damages to pharma its. 70 years after they were driven to local extinction jack you as a back in their natural habitat in argentina. Hello we begin with the race to vaccinate the world against covert 19 and with fears that poorer nations are being left behind as rich countries rush to secure supplies johnson and johnson has become the 1st company to announce trial results for a single dose jab it says its vaccine is 66 percent effective in preventing moderate to severe symptoms of code 19 and plans to seek authorization in the United States next week thats just a day off to the American Company nowak said its vaccine was 89 percent effective in u. K. Trials but both vaccines are weak against the variant that was 1st detected in south africa a country which wont receive its 1st vaccine shipment until february meanwhile the European Union which has already secured 2 vaccines has just approved astra zeneca j
Stefani and supervisor victor mar. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. [agenda item rea supervisor ronen thank you, mr. Clerk. Can you please read items number 1 and 2 together. Clerk yes. Item number 1 is a motion approving or rejecting the mayors nomination for the reappointment of mark dunlop to the Treasure Island Development Authority board of directors for a term ending february 26, 2024. Item 2 is a motion approving or rejecting the mayors nomination for the appointment of Julia Prochnik to the Treasure Island Development Authority board of directors, for a term ending february 26, 2021. Supervisor ronen thank you. And i just would like everyone to know that mr. Dunlop is not here because hes not feeling well. Normally, i would ask that the item be continued, but i think it would be okay to hear this today. I would call tyra funnell in case she wants to say a few words on behalf of mr. Dunlop. Yes. Can you hear me . Supervisor ronen yes, go ahead. Mark dunlop h
U. N. Secretary. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Were delighted to have you both. So, let me start with you, if i may, doctor. Could you give us a global snapshot of Energy Poverty, where things stand, what populations are affected and what kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that are most affected. Thanks again for having us. I think to just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary munoz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. And as you ask, and rightly so, what is the global landscape. Let me start with my own continent. Africa accounts for only 2. 3 of the 270,000 hours of electricity generated. Asia is only 7. 8 . Its africa but also south and central america, its 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa, 3. 2 , india, 5. 8 , and south and Central Africa america are just 4. 9 , you see theres still large swaths of the global space that is energy