what was your reaction to the accusations made by dominic cummings? let me know on twitter, it s @annita mcveigh, or #bbcyourquestions. president biden orders an intelligence report into the origins of the covid 19 virus, after recent us media reports it could have emerged from a chinese laboratory. victoria heads into a snap week long lockdown. more than five million people in australia s second biggest city, melbourne, will now face restrictions. ten years after the winterbourne view scandal, campaigners fear people with learning disabilities and autism are still facing abuse in long stay hospitals. the cast of friends! also coming up. friends reunited they re back, 17 years after the prgramme ended its run. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, will in half an hour s time respond in detail to a series of explosive claims by the former downing street adviser dominic cummings, including that tens o
restrictions come into force. and from bookseller to astronaut. amazon founderjeff bezos is embarking the us vice president kamala harris, who s visiting guatemala, has urged its citizens not to come to the united states. this is herfirst stop on a regional tour aimed at tackling the undocumented mass migration to america right at the source. ms harris and the biden administration are pledging $310 million in immediate humanitarian aid. in addition, there will be long term investments worth four billion dollars to boost development and security across the region. and it s notjust money last week the us said it would send 1.5 million vaccines doses to guatemala and mexico. but consider this: one usaid study looking into programmes in guatemala found that from 2006 to 2011, incomes rose less in places that got us funding, than in similar areas that received nothing. and the numbers heading north keep growing. in april, us border agents encountered nearly 180,000 migrants at t
hello and welcome. 12 of europe s top football clubs have confirmed they plan to form a breakaway super league, in defiance of european football s governing body, uefa. six of the teams are from the english premier league with three teams from both italy and spain. they have agreed to start a new mid week tournament. the move s been condemned by the premier league and uefa. adam wild reports. these are english football s most successful clubs, but with such success comes great power and even greater wealth. creating a new league with europe s other football giants has the lure of untold riches, but at what cost? this new super league includes english football s so called big big sticks, arsenal, tottenham, chelsea, manchester city and mattner magister united, including leading clubs from spain and italy. what is proposed is a mid week competition with as many as 20 clubs in total and eventually women s leak as well. but it has been met with both criticism and condemnation.
are america s racial divisions starting to heal, or are they as deep as ever? hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. the black lives matter movement triggered a bout of soul searching all over the world as governments and citizens examined their attitudes and actions on race and diversity. it s now one year since the death of george floyd, and his killer is behind bars. so, how far have we come in the struggle for racialjustice? that s global questions: what has blm achieved? well, to bring you this addition of global questions, our two panelists and our questioners join us via video link from all corners of the world. let me tell you who s in the hot seat this week giving the answers. opal tometi is co founder of black lives matter, which was set up in the united states in 2013 to fight racism. an american human rights activist, she was the first woman to receive the prestigious international peace honour prize this year. and duwayne brooks is a britis