Now on bbc news, click. The uss biggest rival is moving in on social media and communications, and the us is pushing back. Hard. This week we ask, what is going on in china . Hey, welcome. This week were gonna bring you up to date with one of the most important parts of the technology world. This place is a long way away from silicon valley, both geographically and culturally. And that is a place that is now challenging the wests tech dominance. I am of course talking about china. Now, in chinese there is a common phrase. Says phrase. Roughly translated it means a contradiction, like an Unstoppable Force meaning an immovable object. And over the last few years we have seen this in world politics. China, the Unstoppable Force, meeting the usa, the immovable object. This is Tiananmen Square in beijing. When i first went to china nearly 15 years ago, it was already clear that the mighty dragon was awakening, and the next Technology Superpower was rearing its head. Fast forward to 2020, an
Good morning. Cool air good morning. Coolair is good morning. Cool air is arriving further north of the uk today, with rain followed by blustery showers and some sunshine. In the south it stays mild, but pretty cloudy, but that cooler areas moving across all of the uk by the time we to tomorrow. Cooler air is. I will have a full forecast coming up a bit later on. Its saturday 21st november. Our top story. The nhs has started setting up coronavirus Vaccination Centres across the uk, with the hope of getting all adults vaccinated by the spring. With infection rates dropping and levelling off in all four nations, the government has asked the medical regulator to asses the Pfizer Biontech vaccine for uk use. Anna oneill reports. This is the ray of light as described by the Health Secretary. Millions of doses of this pfizer ion tech vaccine against covid i9 could be heading to britain as early as next month, and the nhs is getting ready for a mass Vaccination Programme. ready for a mass Vac
Return to their classrooms before mid january. We have reaction from teachers and parents. The post brexit trade deal between the uk and eu is signed into law, and will take effect at 11 oclock tonight. And its sir Lewis Hamilton. The formula 1 champion is knighted in the new year honours list. Plus, and icy start for many a game and a bit of sleet and snow around, but what are the prospects as we go to the start of the new year . I have all the details here on breakfast. Its thursday the 31st of december. Our top story. More than three quarters of people in england are waking up to the toughest coronavirus restrictions this morning. The midlands, north east, parts of the north west and parts of the south west are among those escalated to tier four. The Prime Minister borisjohnson has described it as a critical moment and urged people to stay at home for new years eve celebrations tonight. John mcmanus reports. Hidden behind scaffolding and silent since 2017, tonight, big ben will temp
Leading charity says 4. 2 Million People have borrowed more during the crisis, warning that problems could soar if Financial Support is switched off. Lewis hamilton calls for all racist symbols across the world to be removed. The formula 1 World Champion has praised protestors for tearing down the statue of a slave trader in bristol. For trader in bristol. Most of us today it will be a dry for most of us today it will be a dry day with large amounts of cloud floating around but some sunny spells. The rain coming in from the north west through the day. All the details at 27 minutes past. Its tuesday june 9. Our top story. The plan for all primary pupils in england to go back to school before the end of term is to be dropped by the government. It means abandoning proposals for pupils from every year group to spend four weeks in school before the summer break. The education secretary Gavin Williamson is expected to confirm the decision to mps later today. Our education correspondent Sean
In essence, these active measures pose a threat, not just something that happened in the past. Yes, sir, thats right. This has been going on for a long time. Theres nothing new, only the cost of doing it. The use of cyber social media increased the impact of capability is russia has. The ability to use the interconnectedness and all of that provides but it didnt provide before, they literally upped their game to having a significant impact. From my perspective, thats just another tool americans require information, the manipulation of life. Senator feinstein. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Where there is obviously more than one threat to our country, i would argue that the greatest danger to the United States is north korea. I am one of those that have been trying to follow this as close as possible. In the statement for the record, you state and i quote north Koreas Nuclear weapons and missile programs will continue to pose a serious threat to u. S. Interests and a security environment in 2