Flannery. Hello, and welcome to hardtalk. Im shaun ley. Time is running out. If we dont act fast and radically, it will become too late to limit the effects of Global Warming. Its a sort of thing you hear from campaigners trying to wake up the world. Tim flannery isnt like that. The australian scientist is an optimist and absolutely convinced, he says, that we can shift from a carbon emitting to a carbon absorbing economy. Hope for mankind or just so much hot air . Tim flannery, welcome to hardtalk. Weve seen this year, certainly in europe, some of the most extraordinary temperatures and weather events that weve experienced. In some parts of western europe, a second heatwave in only a matter of a month. Belgium and the netherlands and germany recording their highest ever temperatures. Globally, the Un World Meteorological Organisation says the last four years have been the hottest known to man and yet antonio gutteres, the un secretary general says the paradox is that as things are get
And a tense weekend of protests in hong kong. There are new warnings about the economy. Lets get you started with a quick check of the markets. We ended the friday session in the u. S. We some pressure with u. S. Stocks sinking as the u. S. China trade tensions increased. There was such a wild roller as though you on ended the week down half a percent. It is worth noting it was down almost more than 1 at one point, after President Trump says the talks with china could get canceled for next week. Still, it pared back the earlier declines after we heard from a white house official that suggestions that the u. S. Might not do business with huawei anymore, they walked back the comments. Semiconductors were some of the biggest losers in fridays session. The nasdaq down 1 . U. S. Futures at the moment gaining 0. 1 . All eyes now on asia on this monday as we have markets out of action on holiday. Thats right. If you take a look at stocks in asia, they are set to kick off on a cautious note wi
The Administration Made a big move on huawei with Edward Lawrence covering it from the white house. Reporter President Trump is not ready to make a deal with china. Every countermove or every move to increase pressure on chinese, are met by countermove by the chinese who have not backed off, or come back to the table, when china had stimulus for its companies and economy, white house announced 90 days for companies to stop selling to huawei. The news heard on mornings with maria. It is another 90 days for the u. S. Telecom companies, some of the rural companies are dependent on huawei. So were giving them a little time to wean themselves off but there are no specific licenses being granted for anything. Okay. Reporter this is relief chinese were looking for, they said u. S. Should allow huawei to continue to do business with u. S. Companies. The they are looking for chinese to reverse course to buy agriculture from the United States. This delay comes as tim cook, the apple ceo, met wit
Hello and welcome. Its a week since the el paso shooting in the United States in which 22 people were killed and the suspect is reported to have confessed to police that he was targeting mexicans. The details emerged in an arrest report and the suspect is said to have waived his right to a lawyer. Meanwhile donald trump says us congressional leaders are having serious discussions about meaningful background checks on gun ownership, following the Mass Shootings in texas and ohio. Freya cole reports. Hes the 21 year old accused of killing 22 people in a shooting rampage in texas. And now an arrest affidavit of Patrick Crusius reveals he told police he was targeting mexicans when he stormed the el paso walmart. Back in his hometown, democratic president ial candidate beto orouke has accused the president of fanning racial hatred. We live in a country where some will try to define us by our differences, and theyll say that those differences are dangerous, theyll warn of invasions and infes
A year after the outbreak ofol in the democratic republic of congo, 1800 people have died asd neighboring countries are worried the disee may spread. The second night of democraticof debates is f sharp attacks, most of them aimed at the front runner, joe biden. Mr. Castro it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasnt. Laura plus, President Trump slaps more tariffs on chinese goods. Fo ur americans already in need, the trade war is a burden they just cannot afford. Laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. It has been a year since the akmocratic republic of congo declared an outbf the ebola virus. Since then, 2700 people have become infected and 1800 have died, making it the worst outbreak in the countrys arstory. Neighboring nationtaking more precautions, fearing the diseas the World Health Organization has declared an International Health emergafcy. Our soutca correspondent anne soy reports. Anne it takes a l