As part of a campaign against Climate Change. We start with another day of bloodshed on the streets of myanmar. World leaders have expressed outrage at the killing of dozens of protestors, on what was the deadliest day since last months Military Coup. The un secretary general Antonio Guterres said the violence was unacceptable and demanded a Resolute International response. Our correspondent laura bicker has this report from bangkok. Defiant, determined and undaunted. Armed with wooden sticks and slingshots. They scream in protest as the bullets continue to fly. Street battles sprung up in over a0 towns and cities. Some sheltered behind makeshift barriers in their neighbourhoods, but the gunfire at times appeared relentless. Attempts were made to save as many lives as possible. The applause here offering hope to these makeshift medics but casualties including children were reported across the country, making it the Bloodiest Day since the army seized power on the 1st of february. The m
Who doesnt love winnie the to . I grew up on those stories and we will talk about that later. Lets start in europe where an important meeting is taking place today between eu Finance Ministers to discuss rubber stamping a global agreement on corporation tax. The ministers will discuss creating a new legislation for a minimum 15 Global Corporation tax for all multinational companies. The move is aimed at creating a more universal Regulatory Environment and minimising opportunities for tax avoidance. This follows a deal which was agreed by 136 countries last year and is designed to make sure large multinational firms pay tax of at least 15 on profits in each country they operate in. Joining me now is tove maria ryding, whos the policy and advocacy manager at tax justice. Lovely to see you again. So, they are going to rubberstamp this historic agreement that was reached between 136 countries. Do you think this will do thejob . Will the countries. Do you think this will do the job . Will t
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and two o clock in the morning in turkey where officials have said most rescue efforts to find survivors have come to an end two weeks on from the earthquake that devastated the south of turkey and north west of syria. search operations have been winding down for days as the chances of finding people fade. more than 47 thousand people are known to have been killed by the quake and the aftershocks across both countries. meanwhile, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, surveyed the damage in hard hit hatay province as he toured the region by helicopter. he s expected to hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel held parts of syria. with clean up efforts getting underway in turkey anger is building in some of the worst affected areas. as bulldozers clear debris in the devastated southeastern city of antakya, many people are sti
outrage. i m used to the lies. i m not used to cruelty. can the bill pass this week? dennis mcdonagh will be here and the changing globe. heat waves and natural disasters raise pressure to act on the climate crisis. with some falling short, will it be too late? i ll ask the new australian prime minister in his exclusive first u.s. interview ahead. hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering if political tides may be turning. president biden is back in isolation this morning after testing positive with a rebound case of covid after being treated with paxlovid, though his doctor says he no longer has any symptoms. this time biden does have some good news to mull over. first, the bipartisan passage of the bill to boost competition with china on the manufacturing of semiconductors and second a sudden possible deal in congress on a massive plan to begin to tackle the climate crisis, high drug prices and address big companies that avoid taxe
/PRNewswire/ TIME has named Yale School of Medicine immunobiologist Dr. Akiko Iwasaki to the 2024 TIME100 Health, the magazine s annual list of the 100 most.