Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The International Reach of the black lives Matter Movement has put a new focus on racism in sport. My guest today is an athlete who made a stand. Adam goodes was a star in aussie rules football, one of the greatest ever players of aboriginal descent. He quit the game after years of racist abuse. A movie has been made of his story. What can australia and the wider world learn from it . Theme music plays adam goodes in new south wales, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, mate. Adam, you quit your sport, aussie rules football in 2015, having made a stand against racism. Five years on, racism and racism in sport is top of the agenda with the black lives Matter Movement making it such a theme right across the world. How much do you believe has changed in the past five years . I think the biggest thing thats changed for me is that im not putting myself in a situation for that abuse to be put on me every time i went to work. So thats the biggest
Early results from two more Coronavirus Vaccine trials have produced an immune response without any serious side effects. One trial was carried out at the university of oxford, and the other at chinas academy of military medical sciences. Donald trump has said he plans to send federal Law Enforcement personnel to more us cities to tackle anti racism demonstrations, which he insists are the work of anarchists. Some democrats have called their actions deeply disturbing and unacceptable. European Union Leaders hold a fourth day of talks in an attempt to overcome major differences about a 750 billion euro coronavirus rescue package a divide on how it will be funded. The Actress Amber Heard says her ex husband, johnny depp, threatened to kill her many times. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The International Reach of the black lives Matter Movement has put a new focus on racism in sport. My guest today is an athlete who made a stand. Adam goode
England and scotland have been ordered into new lockdowns to contain a surge in virus cases threatening to overwhelm health systems. Schools will be closed to most pupils, also non essential retail and hospitality. Borisjohnson says the weeks ahead will be the hardest yet, as a more infectious variant spreads. Donald trump and joe biden are campaigning in georgia ahead of two crucial runoff votes for the senate on tuesday. At an event in the city of dalton, mr trump said if democrats took the senate their radical politics would be unchecked. The us president elect, joe biden, urged georgians to vote in record numbers. The Us Justice Department is to appeal against the uk Court Decision not to extradite the wikilea ks founder, julian assange. Thejudge said there was a real risk of suicide, in an american maximum security prison. Julian assange is wanted on 18 charges relating to the release of half a million secret
government files. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im ste
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First the total number of people known to have died from covid 19 around the world has now reached 190,000, according to figures collated byjohns Hopkins University in the united states. And the us is the worst affected country, with 50,000 confirmed deaths around a third of those are in new york state. But there are signs that the number of confirmed new cases is starting to decline in the worst affected countries. In the us, seven European Countries and iran, the five day averages of new cases are falling. And the search for a vaccine is gathering pace. There are now 70 candidates for possible vaccines in development around the world, of which five have begun clinical trials. Two are in china, two in the usa and one here in the uk. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh was invited to the university of oxford to witness the first doses bei