robinson, and u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. since we went off the air together outside buckingham palace yesterday, some extraordinary scenes at that committal service at windsor castle west of the city here for the queen as she was lowered into that vault and then the private ceremony last night for the family. some of the headlines in london, a look at the morning papers, until we meet again a shot of the corgis saying good-bye to the queen. it s always tough on the dogs to say good-bye. i thought the ceremony was the most moving of the day. just before the committal of the coffin that somehow as they were singing the anthem god save the king and the camera panned to king charles iii, it felt like in that moment, it hit him. his mother is gone, he is the monarch, and the country turns its eyes to him. it was an extraordinary day, wasn t it, the pomp and pageantry, and also moments of emotion for a family that is just a family in some ways, grievi
as you know, last tuesday, the annual inflation rate came in as 8.3%. the stock market skydived. people are shocked by their grocery bills. inflation is up hardly at all. you re not arguing 8.3 is not good news? no. but it was 8.2 before. you re making sound like, oh, my god, all of a sudden it went to 8.3%. it s the highest inflation in over 40 years. i got that. biden has used the pandemic as the legal reasoning behind why request he could cost up to $20,000 worth of student loan debt, but seems like he completely undercut his own argument. mr. president, first detroit auto show in three years. yeah. is the pandemic over? the pandemic is over. we still have a problem with covid. we re still doing a lot of work on it. the pandemic is over. if you notice, no one is wearing masks. everyone seems to be in pretty good shape. i think it s changing. this is a perfect example of it. those remarks were apparently not scripted, catching several of his top heal
putin and his policpolicies. i m more convinced today than i was then that we did the right thing. finally, september always means back-to-school for kids. this year, though, a special group was amongst them. the children of ukraine went back to class last week for the first time since war broke out. gps had the great privilege of speaking to some of them when we visited kyiv last week. my dad can get injured or my home can get destroyed. it s not something that only affects ukrainians, but will sooner or later affect the whole world. but first, here s my take. at first glance, kyiv looked strangely normal. there were a few barricades here and there, but mostly the streets were busy, traffic was moving, shops were open, and restaurants were full. you could buy french wines, american energy drinks, and candy from around the world at the local grocery store. the city looked much as it had on my last visit a year ago, though get thing this time was far more complicat
september means going back to school. this was special this year. the children of uscience went back to class since war broke out. finally, september always means back-to-school for kids. this year, though, a special group was amongst them. the children of ukraine went back to class last week for the first time since war broke out. gps had the great privilege of speaking to some of them when we visited kyiv last week. my dad can get injured or my home can get destroyed. it s not something that only affects ukrainians, but will sooner or later affect the whole world. but first, here s my take. at first glance, kyiv looked strangely normal. there were a few barricades here and there, but mostly the streets were busy, traffic was moving, shops were open, and restaurants were full. you could buy french wines, american energy drinks, and candy from around the world at the local grocery store. the city looked much as it had on my last visit a year ago, though get thing th
there s been turmoil in british markets since the government announced unfunded tax cuts three weeks. it s 4:30. good morning. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. last month, president biden told americans the covid pandemic was over. a striking statement, given that us covid deaths are still running at an average of close to 400 a day. the overall covid death toll in the states has topped 1 million. on many measures, america s pandemic performance has been relatively poor. my guest is the soon to retire chief medical adviser to president biden, dr anthony fauci, the scientist at the centre of america s covid storm. what lessons has he learned? dr anthony fauci in bethesda, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s good to be with you. it s great to have you on the show. now, let s start with that big statement by president biden. the pandemic is over, he declared. do you agree with that view? well, certainly, if you re talking about the