There have been questions about china beyond its former economic woes. The four Day Meeting is held once every five years, and lays out the countrys future economic direction. What did we learn . Im nowjoined by Our Asia Pacific editor micky bristow. Explain what they were discussing, here. There are so many issues facing the chinese economy, it is hard to know where to start. What were they hoping to achieve in a meeting . Were they hoping to achieve in a meetin . , , meeting . This is held every five ears in meeting . This is held every five years in the meeting . This is held every five years in the communist meeting . This is held every five years in the Communist Party i meeting . This is held every five i years in the communist Party Cycle and it is usually at this meeting of the Communist Party set out its major overall economic agenda for the coming years. So, broad brush ideas, essentially, that is what they were going to discuss. When you read the communique that they came ou
And the defending european champions, portugal, are beaten in a six Goal Thriller in munich in the euros. Hello and thanks forjoining us. We start in brazil where the number of deaths related to covid 19 has passed half A Million the second highest in the world. The Virus continues to spread as President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to back measures like social distancing. Experts say the outbreak could worsen with slow Vaccination Rates and the start of winter. Mark lobel reports. As covid Death Rate half A Million here, the painful goodbyes continue. Translation the Death Rate has been much higher lately, despite all the precautions. I have lost members of my family. Brazils Health Minister members of my family. Brazils Health Minister Tweeted Members of my family. Brazils Health Minister tweeted the Health Minister tweeted the grim news of the 500,000 lives lost saying is working tirelessly to vaccinate all resilient in the shortest time possible and to change the scenario that has plague
of its civilian prime minister, abdalla hamdok. and we report on how the queen will celebrate her platinum jubilee this year, becoming the first british monarch to reign for 70 years. hello, and welcome. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, says there is no reason for further coronavirus measures in england amidst the surge of coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant. it comes as the education secretary says the government is determined to keep schools open after learning a painful lesson from earlier closures. speaking at a vaccination centre, borisjohnson said current measures which include compulsory mask wearing in some settings, working from home where possible, and covid passes for some venues will stay the same for now. the prime minister said that pressure on nhs hospitals is going to be considerable in the coming weeks as omicron continues to surge through the country but he says omicron is plainly milder than other variants. meanwhile, the educatio
more than half of them will pretend to be a christmas parcel delivery. i ll look at how you can spot the real ones, from the fakes. on a dramatic night of league cup football, liverpool stage a late fight back against leicester, to eventually reach the semi finals in a penalty shoot out. good morning. it isa it is a cloudy start to the day. some rain around, they heaviest of what is coming in from the west. but for most of us it will be unseasonably mild. details coming later. good morning. it s thursday, the 23rd of december. our main story. the omicron variant may cause milder illness than delta, according to two early studies, with patients less likely to need hospital treatment. scientists say the research is good news to a degree , but a big wave of infections in unvaccinated people could yet overwhelm the health service. the government says it is continuing to monitor coronavirus data. here s our health correspondent, katharine da costa. early data from south africa, a
at high interest rates, . excessive interest rates. care homes are under pressure like never before. care and finance don t go together. it shouldn t be for personal gain. it s people s homes, it s people s livelihoods. the government s announced more funding. but is it time for more checks on where the money s going? it is the unacceptable face of capitalism. given that the purpose of the sector is to look after literally the most vulnerable people in our society. as the bbc s social affairs editor, i hearfrom too many families worried about the care their elderly or disabled relatives receive and the cost of that care. i m on my way to hear one daughter s experience of her father s care. what was it like growing up around here? lovely, everybody knew everybody. tess grew up in staffordshire. i ve got some beautiful memories there. there was six of us children and my mum had threejobs. my dad was a tyre fitter. money wasn t brilliant, but my dad always said pay your bills,