a church and powerlines. something you don t like the looks. ~ ,. ., ., , looks. we discovered a very larae looks. we discovered a very large comet- looks. we discovered a very large comet. headed - looks. we discovered a very i large comet. headed towards earth. and the hit satirical film about a comet hurtling towards earth: we ll be speaking to its director about why it s an allegory for the current climate crisis. the omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading rapidly around the world. in the us, the number of new covid infections and the number of hospital admissions have reached an all time high. in europe, the world health organisation said it expects more than half the people there will be infected in the next six to eight weeks, with france, italy and turkey reporting new pandemic highs. if we take a closer look at the us, we ll see cases there have soared over the past few weeks to an average of 737,000 per day. the number of americans in hospital with covid is o
the tunbridge wells murders. and a warning that viewers may find some of the details distressing. this is the story of two young women. people were thinking this is a serial killer. their murders in a quiet town in the 1980s. there was quite a lot of blood around wendy s head, around the bedding. it became apparent that caroline hadn t just simply disappeared. and the extraordinary investigation which brought the killer to justice. in 2019, we had a breakthrough. bingo. it looks like he s got some hard drives in there, i would say. an investigation which uncovered the darkest secrets. looking at this excuse me. ..of a man who picked his victims from among the dead. listen to what i m going to say. yes. every single one of us has that same wish for someone that we ve lost, and that is that they rest in peace. back in the 19805, you were very lucky if you saw the inside of a police car. you were walking various beats in the town centre. ian pointon still remembers the events
it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the world s autocrats do not like to be laughed at. now, that is a political reality my guest today, bassem youssef, understands all too well cos he made his name and won an audience of tens of millions with a satirical comedy show during egypt s popular uprising more than a decade ago. but that revolution quickly morphed into authoritarianism, and youssef fled to the us, taking his gift for comedy with him. did he and do we still expect too much from political satire? bassem youssef in los angeles, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me on bbc hardtalk. it is a great pleasure. i think it s fair to say, bassem, a lot has happened in the last seven years or so since you left your home country, egypt. when you consider your life today, how much emotional pull does your home country have on you as you sit there in california? well, much less than in the past. i think this was an interesting journey fo
billions of dollars in aid the bbc s quinten sommerville reports on a growing crisis. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let s get the latest on novak djokovic in australia. the tennis world no. 1 has issued a statement to as he puts it address the continuing misinformation about my activities and attendance at events in the lead up to my positive pcr covid test result but has admitted breaking isolation rules to attend an interview was an error ofjudgement . the statement also addresses the tennis star s incorrect travel declaration form for his entry into australia. he says, this was submitted by my support team on my behalf, and my agent sincerely apologises for the administrative mistake in ticking the incorrect box about my previous travel before coming to australia. this was a human error and certainly not deliberate. meanwhile, a spokesperson for the australian immigration minister who still holds the power to cancel the player
The tennis world no. 1, novak djokovic, has issued a statement to as he put it address continuing misinformation over his travel to australia. he s apologised, saying his team ticked the wrong box on his immigration form about his previous travel. president biden is calling it a defining moment for us democracy. he was in georgia, calling on the us senate to create national rules for early voting and voting by mail, and to restore state voting laws meant to prevent discrimination. the us has recorded more than 1 million new covid cases as officials warn the peak of a fast spreading omicron surge is still to come. and there are currently more people in us hospitals with covid than at any point during the pandemic. now on bbc news,