under the age of 18 die, because of a pregnancy. so we know this is one of the most important things we can do. and, britain sjohanna konta will be on centre court later today, in her attempt to make it to the wimbledon semi finals. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: kyle sinckler has apologised after being arrested on a night out in auckland following the lions drawn series with new zealand. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the author of a government review into working practices says he d like to see an end to the cash in hand economy. matthew taylor, who s a former adviser to tony blair, said cash jobs such as window cleaning and decorating are worth up to £6 billion a year, much of it untaxed. his reports recommends that people in the gig economy should have better protections, and that their employers should pay national insurance contributions, but doesn t say zero hours contracts got should be banned. more details from our economics corresponden
preserve the welsh language. the government aims to double the number of speakers by 2050. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that left 2,400 people dead. many of them were haemophiliacs who died from hepatitis c and aids related illnesses after receiving contaminated blood products from the nhs in the 1970s and 1980s. we can speak to liz carroll who is the chief executive. in central london. good afternoon. what is your reaction to this? of course we are really pleased that this announcement has been made today, but also relieved for the many many people who are affected by this tragedy. and the campaign has been working tirelessly for years. there has been. days see this progressing from here this way? the most important thing is that this inquiry looks at what has happened to our community over many many yea rs. to our community over many many years. it needs to go back to the early days of
contraception around the world. and celebrating the silk road: china hopes its trillion dollar project will unite the country and usher in a golden age of trade. hello. president trump has defended his eldest son, who s released e mails suggesting he was ready to accept an apparent offer from the russian government to help his father get elected. last october, donald trumpjunior was promised official documents that would damage hillary clinton. that led to a meeting, which he says he didn t tell his father about, with a russian lawyer and two key trump advisers. opponents say he should have gone instead straight to the fbi. this from the bbc‘s gavin hewitt. for nearly six months there has been a shadow over the trump administration, with the allegation that the trump campaign last year in somehow colluded with the russians. but today a series of highly damaging e mails were published, suggesting that russian officials we re suggesting that russian officials were actively tr
For workers and their ability to make ends meet. yes, let me take you quick back to 2004 2019, we started progress in informal into very formal economies. the informality since covid has picked up again. the recovery is happening in the formal sector where we know there is no protection and no voice, no negotiation, and in a lot of cases where the real wages are going down, so that has a dampening impact on that quality of thejobs. what is quite unacceptable in my mind, as you and i are speaking, we estimate 214 million workers, unable to earn the $1.90 a day, which is the threshold for poverty.
Has picked up again. the recovery is happening in the formal sector where we know there is no protection and no voice, no negotiation, and in a lot of cases where the real wages are going down, so that has a dampening impact on that quality of the jobs. what is quite unacceptable in my mind, as you and speaking, we estimate 214 million workers, unable to earn the $1.90 a day, which is the threshold for poverty. when we look at the covid situation and the lifting of restrictions in china,