chancellor rishi sunak will announce the budget later. rather than continuing to borrow money to prop up the economy, as he had to during the pandemic, he will instead try to show that he can manage the books and rein in spending. but with food and energy prices rising demand for support is high as faisal islam, our economics editor, reports. underpinning every budget is a precisionjudgment about the state of the economy, and that has never been more complex. cube precision, an engineering company in the west midlands, like other businesses around the country, has rebounded impressively in recent months but now the pressure is on, prices and wages are on the rise. day to day living for staff is getting more expensive which means they would like to earn more money and in orderfor us to do that we had to increase our prices to customers but we have to take into mind that energy prices are going up as well and also national insurance will be going up. rishi sunak will be kee
four days until the c0 p26 summit, four days until the cop26 summit, we speak to an activist as part of our climate critical series. senators in brazil recommended criminal charges be laid against president bolsonaro, they said his handling of the coded pandemic covid pandemic, misuse of public vans and crimes against humanity. the senate voted by a majority told him responsible for many of brazil s covid deaths which has now gone past 600,000. katy watson reports. today marked the end six months of hearings, scandal uncovered. and now a recommendation to charge the man at the top with a very long list of crimes. the senators in favour of president bolsonaro said it was a witchhunt. translation: i said it was a witchhunt. tuna/mom- said it was a witchhunt. translation: ., ., translation: i vote for the re ection translation: i vote for the rejection of translation: i vote for the rejection of the translation: i vote for the rejection of the report. - the commotion in t
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. senators in brazil have recommended criminal charges to be laid against president bolsonaro over his handling of the covid pandemic. he s been facing accusations varying from misuse of public funds to crimes against humanity. a senate committee voted by a majority to hold him responsible for many of brazil s covid deaths, which have now passed 600,000. katy watson reports from brasilia. he speaks portuguese. today marks the end of a long process. six months of hearings, scandals uncovered, a light shone on a government accused of recklessness. and now, a vote to recommend charging the man at the top with a very long list of crimes. but this is a vote that splits senators. those in favour of bolsonaro claim the inquiry is a political witchhunt. translation: | vote for | the rejection of the report. no concrete evidence was found of illegal acts in practice by authorities and employees of the federal public administ
now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. and today, i vejourneyed to the beautiful south coast of england to meet one of the past century s most influential environmentalists, james lovelock. now, he introduced us to the gaia hypothesis the idea that our planet and all of the life on it are part of one dynamic, self regulating system. lovelock is now 101 years old, still having big thoughts about the future of life on earth. have we humans sown the seeds of our own destruction? james lovelock, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. yes, glad to be back! it is such a pleasure to have you back on the programme. i want to ask you for your reflections on your own famous gaia hypothesis that idea that all of life on this planet, and the planet itself, are part of one self regulating system. when you developed the idea five decades ago, you seemed quite optimistic that this system was very durable, very resilient. well, it had lasted three billion y
have this discussion that if we do end up recommending this vaccine, we would only do it if we would give it to our own children. reporter: now more guidance for expectant and new mothers. the director of the cdc urging eligible pregnant and nursing women to get vaccinated and get the booster shot, too. should get vaccinated if you are pregnant, if you are eligible for a boost and your pregnant, you should also get your booster during that period of time. and i would say for nursing, as well. reporter: despite overwhelming scientific evidence of the effectiveness of vaccines, fears over the vaccine and its side effects still persist. about 100 out of about 13 million people who got the johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine developed a rare neurological syndrome including anthony flint. while the fda has not established that the vaccine can cause the syndrome, it noted an increase in reports of the condition. yes, i really wrestled with it because the this could easily