Is the World Health Organization on life support its response to the coronavirus demick is to be scrutinized by a number states with calls for change growing louder all the lessons to learn for the next. This is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program on. The coronavirus pandemic is one of the Biggest Challenges the World Health Organization has ever faced its also receiving both praise and criticism for how its dealing with the crisis critics say the w. H. O. Acted too slow to declare a pandemic its Member States voted unanimously for an independent inquiry into the Global Response to covert 19 and the un bodies role its director general welcomes the review i will initiate such an evaluation earliest appropriate moment we welcome any initiative to strengthen Global Security and to strengthen doubly to your eyes on ways that related job remains fully committed to transparency accountability and Continuous Improvement of the w h os biggest donor is also its loud as critic the us
Is the World Health Organization on life support its response to the coronavirus pandemic is to be scrutinized by Member States with. Growing louder. For the next. This is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. The coronavirus pandemic is one of the Biggest Challenges the World Health Organization has ever faced its also receiving both praise and criticism for how its dealing with the crisis critics say the w. H. O. Acted too slow to declare a pandemic its Member States voted unanimously for an independent inquiry into the Global Response to covert 19 and the un bodies role its director general welcomes the review i will initiate such an evaluation earliest appropriate moment we welcome any initiative to strings in Global Security and to strengthen doubly to your eyes on ways that related job remains fully committed to transparency accountability and Continuous Improvement of the w h os biggest donor is also its loud as critic the us president is threatening to cut all funding unl
Illian. Has joke at the end it reminded me of churchhill as well. Do you expect Boris Johnson to try to emulate his idol . Will he try to boil down the middle now that he has such a big church and keep all of these voters with the conservatives for longer . Christopher well, i thought that was a most interesting part of his speech. In my opinion, perhaps the most effective was his candid and disarming, even charming admission that a lot of the voters who put him back into power with a large majority have him on probation. A very nice parallel with his election as the mayor of london when a lot of traditional labour voters supported him and they have now supported a conservative party. That, i think is notice also in the rhetoric, one nation conservatives. He remindednation, himself that that is the formula. What does that remind you of . , not labour,labour but new labour. That was the slogan of tony blair. Clearly looking to put a very personal stamp, which arguably could be churchhil
Particular pressure early in the session, but paring some of those losses, down by about 0. 3 right now. We had seen the pound gaining on the back of those polls i mentioned in the headline, but that seems to be shortlived. Now we see a fairly flat pound. 1. 2916 is where we trade on the u. K. Currency right now. Lets check out a bloomberg first word news update. Heres leighann gerrans. Ighann beijing told the u. S. Ambassador to quit meddling in hong kong affairs. The chinese also warned the bill could affect cooperation in important areas. The u. S. And china are in the midst of negotiating a trade deal. The white house is pushing to wrap up negotiations on a new trade deal with mexico and canada. The agreement known as usmca has become President Trumps top legislative priority. The administration and House Democrats have been locked in talks for months to secure a vote before the end of this year. Democrats want more enforcement of labor issues. Both mexico and canada say there has
As growth slows to its weakest in a quarter of a century. And as Extinction Rebellion protestors descend on the uks capital, we find out how companies, not governments, are under intense scrutiny over their climate credentials. And well be getting the inside track on the s word, sustainability, its a business buzzword for yonks, but is itjust about Climate Change and why should Companies Care . Well find out later. Today, we want to know about e mail overload, should compamnies ban staff from work emails outside office hours . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. A warm welcome to our new business show, and we start today in the uk where its cruch time for brexit. While Prime Minister borisjohnson is working out how he will sell his new brexit deal to parliament, businesses are weighing up how it could affect future trade between britain and the eu for decades to come thats if the deal gets approved. Mrjohnson has written an open letter to busin