it is a neat phrase, some might even say it is a glib phrase but america is back in what way and where? the question is an existential back or aspirational america is back? the answer is it is a bit of both. the fact is that donald trump took america out of international organisations and threatened to get out of nato and really affected the western alliance. whatjoe biden is saying is we are back in this alliance and we are back as a collective but that aspirational part of it is that donald trump and the american democracy has really been tested and the legitimacy of american democracy is not where it was a decade or two ago and so it becomes an aspirational america is back. america wants to be notjust economic but the moral leader of the world. joe biden is keen to restore that but there is a lot of work to do and domestically the us is not fair. nonetheless, america is back at the table. and that really is the take away from this past week. in european terms, what might a
now on bbc news. dateline london, with shaun ley. hello. i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together columnists from leading journals, bbc specialists and the reporters who write, broadcast and blog for folks back home from the dateline: london. this week biden s back and bibi s out. what changes will follow from a united states administration re engaged on the world stage and an israel led by its first new prime minister in more than a decade? to discuss that and more, i m joined byjeffrey kofman, who hails from canada and anchored programmes there and in the united states. he s also served as a foreign correspondent in war and peace. russian born arkady ostrvosky reports on the country of his birth, as well as eastern europe, for the economist. the bbc s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, also canadian by birth, is with me here. canadian by birth and nationality. we are glad to have you here. thank you for being with us. pasties in cornwall,
when asthma symptoms strike, airways narrow. and there s less breathing room. primatene mist opens airways quickly. get the #1 fda approved over-the-counter asthma inhaler. the president in cornwall, england tonight. the first leg of his first trim abroad. what does he need to accomplish? the trip coming as his domestic agenda, especially a bipartisan deal on infrastructure is in danger of falling apart. the former democratic senator russ finegold is here with advice on how to get around the gop filibuster and get biden s agenda moving. and white house officials perplexed at his ill prepared answers about visiting the southern border visiting mexico and guatemala. here at home, president biden s agenda is stalled. my next guest angst lot about how to get big bills passed in washington. russ feingold joins me now. senator, thank you so much. good to see you again. good to see you. thanks a lot. when you look at what is going on at home with the president s domestic agend
that s been knocked sideways is the travel and tourism industry. one in ten people around the world work in the sector and it accounts for $9 trillion of global gdp. has the travel industry been transformed for ever? and could some of the changes actually be good for us? and the planet? that s global questions, travel in a post global world. travel in a post covid world. well, to bring you this edition of global questions, our two panellists and our questioners join us live via video link. let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week giving the answers. paul theroux is an internationally acclaimed american author and explorer who has been described as the world s most perceptive travel writer. he has a new novel set in hawaii called under the wave at waimea out in april. and gloria guevara is ceo and president of the world travel and tourism council, which represents the travel and tourism private sector globally. so she is deeply involved in all the current negotiations
of the scottish parliament election on the 6th of may. ministers in england launch a campaign to reassure parents it s safe for children to return to the classroom. now on bbc news global questions. covid 19 slammed the brakes on international tourism, but with vaccines now being rolled out around the world, there s optimism that international travel may soon take off again. hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. covid 19 lockdowns have wreaked havoc on our economies, and one area that s been knocked sideways is the travel and tourism industry. one in ten people around the world work in the sector, and it accounts for $9 trillion of global gdp. has the travel industry been transformed for ever? and could some of the changes actually be good for us and the planet? that s global questions: travel in a post covid world. well, to bring you this edition of global questions, our two panellists and our questioners join us live via video link. let me tell you