This is the one business show you cant afford to miss more in washington the race for a vaccine is on and pharmacy reflect that we bring you up to speed on the state of the search and how markets are moving on the news plus. You can tell that its a great diversion and it is the ruling i was expecting germanys top court has ruled on the boats were going to mission scandal offering consumers compensation for their purchases we bring you the latest on the ruling on the ground in berlin as tracking becomes a reality for some nations amid the pandemic travesty concerns are about could these moves set a benchmark for the rest of the globe we take a look straight ahead with a packed show today so lets dive right in. And u. S. Markets surged today on hopes of global economys reopening and more specifically news regarding a Coronavirus Vaccine and vaccine is what we want to focus on here at the top of the program u. S. Based pharmaceutical giant merck announced tuesday it will buy austrian vacc
Out there for some. Its wednesday, the 8th of may. Our main story. The parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. In an open letter, they say theyre disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force Tech Companies to make their platforms safer. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. I want to know what theyve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. Its really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. Brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. We showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. Had you, um. Had you seen conten
In dealing with the pressure, goal scoring and movements and assisting and dealing with the pressure, he brought everything to the table that we could possibly hope for. Britains Geraint Thomas remains second overall after stage five of the giro diitalia. It ended in a Sprint Finish in luca in tuscany with frenchman Benjamin Tomma claiming the First Grand Tour stage win of his career. It was also the first victory of the year for his cofidis team. Thomas finished in the main group alongside overall leader taday pog archer and remains 46 seconds behind the slovenian. Rafa nadal insists hes excited to be playing in a tournament that hes won 10 times before, even if hes going into the italian open ranked 305 in the world, hes Playing Zizou Bergs in the first round in rome later in another stop of whats expected to be his final year on tour before retiring. My my feelings are better, in terms of tennis, why not . I am here to try my best and tomorrow it is going to start and all the matche
Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the last hour, the mp Natalie Elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. Natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffmanjoins Me from The Houses Of Parliament henry, was this a surprise . It was a shock. If you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, Natalie Elphicke would have been nowhere near that list. And i think that was reflected in the faces of conservative mps at prime ministers questions, as keir starmer announced at the start of his question that he wanted to welcome her to the labour side. Mps had not noticed her there, and they were expressing to bewilderment to each other. Natalie elphickes announcement will hurt rishi sunak, because she goes for him on an issue that is central to his attempt to recover his political position. She accuses him of failing on small boats.