Our guests are the french journalist Agnes Poirier of the magazine, lexpress, The American Journalist And Broadcasterjef mcallister. And with me, suitably distanced in the studio, the bbc s Science Editor, david shukman. Welcome to you all. David, Yourfirst Time back in the building for over a year. Very strange feeling but very nice. And i hear your mum is an avid dateline viewer, so she will be especially pleased to see you here for the first time she is a huge fan so i cannot make any mistakes. In the uk and the us, the Vaccination Programme against the pandemic has been hugely successful, but what about elsewhere . Have policymakers listened to the scientists . Vaccinations for some will be the key to travelling again. Fewer planes flying did some environmental good but as more flights are scheduled, what further damage are we doing to our climate . This is another area where scientists and policymakers may not be on the same page. Will this crisis be discussed at the upcoming G7 S
Risk and saturday night. Spain says buddhist Risk And Return on monday, but you will have Risk And Return on monday, but you will have to Risk And Return on monday, but you will have to quarantine on your return will have to quarantine on your Return Home. Thousands of palestinians, who fled their homes in gaza during the conflict over the past 12 days, Return Home after a ceasefire comes into force. And coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline london. The Prime Minister has expressed his concern in the wake of lord dysons highly critical report into the bbc s Panorama Interview with Princess Diana in 1995. An inquiry found that the bbc covered up Deceitful Behaviour used by the Journalist Martin Bashir to secure his world exclusive interview. Last night, Prince William launched a scathing attack on the bbc saying it had let his mother, family and the public down. Today borisjohnson said he hoped the bbc w
this week, the war of elections in france and the uk, and a new round ofjaw jaw to try to bring peace to the middle east. to discuss that, four eminent jaw ers , british conservative commentator alex deane, thomas kielinger, who writes for germany s die welt, agnes poirier, uk editor of marianne in france, and the american journalist and broadcasterjef mcallister. a warm welcome to you all. let s begin with france. if emmanuel macron wins, what kind of france will we get? nobody knows. we have seen him at the debate with marine le pen. marine le pen had a disastrous, car crash debate. he held the fort. he was relaxed and calm. so at least we know he is kind of presidential for a 39 year old. what do we know? his programme is pro business but also quite socially conscious. he is a centrist. the real thing is, of course, the general elections which will be taking place in june. we need to fill all the mps‘ seats at the national assembly. it is the first time we might have a
jordan spieth takes the lead going into the third round of the open. and donald trump s stalled plans to reform obamacare will be among the topics discussed on dateline london at 11:30am with jane hill. boots the chemist has apologised for its response to a row about the cost it charges for the morning after pill. the chain initially rejected calls to reduce the price, saying it didn t want to encourage the misuse of emergency contraception. but after criticism from a string of labour mps and with health campaigners talking of a sexist surcharge , it now says it s looking at lower priced alternatives. earlier claire murphy from the from the british pregnancy advisory service said boots had made a mistake. i ve think it boots spectacularly misjudged where public opinion was on this issue and that is why they responded the way they did and we are very forthright in that position. i had correspondent says with them trying to persuade them to change their mind but they were intr
i think it is extraordinary rhetoric. i know we will not have a discussion like that today! a majority of the country voted to leave the eu, imagine having such co nte m pt leave the eu, imagine having such contempt for your fellow countrymen that you would use such a turn. if remain won, i would not refer to them like that. after four days of talks, what is your reading of it? it s a two year process, at the beginning people posture and pose on both sides and people set out the very highest points of their stores, they know that you will go inwards to a co nve rg e nt that you will go inwards to a convergent point so you want to stretch things as far as possible. the fact that there are a lot of good mood musics, they get on on a personal level, michel barnier and david davis, and they have a history where they understand each other a bit. my instinct is, good start. this will emerge quite quickly, a good outcome is in the interests of both countries and europe. so far, we h