Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. We start in the uk. Tens of thousands of people died needlessly from coronavirus that s the claim of the former chief adviser to the british prime minister, borisjohnson. Dominic cummings told members of parliament he believed the government had been guilty of disastrous failings. He described mrjohnson as unfit for thejob, and said he heard the prime minister say he d rather see bodies pile high than order a third lockdown. Britain has been one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic. Our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. Reality or revenge? delving back into troubled recent history, dominic cummings day to give his version of events a verdict of failure and an apology for his part. Senior ministers, senior officials, senior advisers like me fell disastrously short of the standards that the public has a right to expect. When the public needed us most, the government failed, and i d like to say to all the f
Hello, and welcome. Here in the uk, the country has been rocked by startling testimony from prime minister borisjohnson s former chief adviser. Dominic cummings told members of parliament tens of thousands of people died needlessly from coronavirus because of disastrous failings by the government. He described borisjohnson as unfit for thejob and said he heard the prime minister say he d rather see bodies pile high than order a third lockdown. Britain has been one of the countries worst hit by the pandemic. The bbc s political editor laura kuenssberg reports. Reality or revenge? delving back into troubled recent history, dominic cummings day to give his version of events. A verdict of failure and an apology for his part. Senior ministers, senior officials, senior advisers like me failed disastrously short of the standards that the public has a right to expect. When the public needed us most, the government failed, and i d like to say to all the families of those who died unnecessarily
state of new south wales and crisis on the boards are linked falso show the credit conditions in a us government shelter in child migrants in texas. the united states the european union and several other countries have launched a coordinated set of sanctions over human rights abuses in china they re aimed at 4 chinese officials for their role in the abuse of weaker muslims is the 1st time the e.u. and the united kingdom of targeted beijing for human rights abuses u.s. secretary of state and city blinken accuse china of genocide and cold on beijing to end repression of the weaker is china s already announced retaliatory sanctions against 10 european. politicians for severely harming its own francey and spreading lies and this information they use foreign policy chief said they want to china to engage in dialogue not to continue being confrontational rather than changes policies and address our legitimate concern and china is against a blind eye and these measures are read to w
companies listed in new york. tiktok remains a major stumbling block. uber delivers, but not where we might have expected. food shipments top ridehailing for the first time as the decade of unchecked growth hits the brakes. haidi: let s kick it off with a check of the markets. u.s. stocks are surging, pushing higher as hopes of a stimulus to deal in congress will be imminent as president trump says if no-deal is forthcoming, he could take action himself. the are seeing s&p futures looking flat at the moment after the s&p 500 pushed its fifth straight positive session overnight. chicago nikkei futures also pretty flat at the moment ahead of the holidays kicking off next week so as you expect, we are seeing traders shifting their holdings and also assessing a flood of earnings. the aussie dollar holding that three-day again before the rba quarterly monetary policy forecast. that report due out this hour. 72.33. we heard from phil evans in the previous hour saying he sees puttin
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