more urgent. my guest is boss of the international energy agency, fatih birol. will the much vaunted transition to clean energy be derailed by a short term energy panic? fatih birol in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, thank you very much. let me start, if i may, mr birol, with words of yours. not long ago you said, what the world is going through today is a major, it might be the first, global energy crisis in terms of depth and complexity. with words like that, aren t you in danger of turning an energy problem into an energy panic? i don t think so. what i am trying to do is that people understand the dimensions of the crisis we are in and to take corresponding measures. if we are not able to read the game, how deep and how complex our global energy crisis is, then we might not be able to get the right solutions and give the right answers. for example, when we look at europe, we have seen on 2a february, the invasion of russia, and the international energy
their first ever major tournament. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. our top story for you today: scientists say there s compelling evidence that a market selling live animals in the chinese city of wuhan was the early epicentre of the covid 19 pandemic. it s a significant contribution to what s always been the dominant theory that the outbreak began with the coronavirus spreading from animals to humans at the so called wet market . this is the seafood wholesale market in wuhan. one of the studies just published in the journal science says genetic information suggests there were two crossover events where animals infected humans in late 2019. a second study also in science shows the earliest known cases in the city were clustered, around that market. i spoke to dr michael worobey, one of the lead authors of that study and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the university of arizona. he took us through the resea
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a bbc news investigation has uncovered the abuse and neglect of disabled people in institutions in ukraine. more than 100,000 children and young people live in facilities across the country most of them do have families, but poor community services mean the youngsters end up in a system that can t meet their needs. the country may be at war, but this is a problem that pre dates russia s invasion. human rights investigators say ukraine shouldn t be allowed tojoin the eu until it abolishes this system. i must warn you, this report by our correspondent danjohnson and producer ruth clegg does contain distressing images. far from the front line. i ve been to hundreds of institutions and i get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. ..international investigations eric and halyna are uncovering ukraine s most shameful secret. the abuse and neglect of disabled people. look into these cots and you see the smothered pote
abortion illegal. my guest today is marjorie dannenfelser. group like hers are savouring a big victory. could it yet turn sour? marjorie dannenfelser in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. let me start with the human and healthcare aspects of this recent supreme court ruling. is there any reason to believe there will be fewer abortions in the united states because of the decision the supreme court came up with? i m glad you begin there, because it s a fully human issue. so far, we know there will be fewer abortions because many states have already passed either complete or partial limits on abortion. even just yesterday in the state of georgia, their heartbeat ban, which means there is a limit at the point at which there is a perceived. ..or there is a heartbeat of the baby. the courtjust lifted its injunction of that law and it went into effect. that means about 20,000 fewer abortions just in the state of georgia. you ve immediately made the pres
don t knock it till you ve tried it! right. lj s feeling out of this world as she explores the new ways to tidy up high speed space trash. we re going to be bathed in lights and sounds, and apart from that, i have no idea what to expect. and spencer takes a trip to an inner world. yeah, i m looking at the inside of my own brain. 0h, did you find it? how dare you! 0k, what s this one? erm. oh, that s nice. that s 70% dark, isn t it? good. you know your stuff. mm hm. and this one? oh, that s very bitter. i d go 90%. yeah? yeah, you re doing well. now for the big one. there you go. oh, gosh! 0h! oh, that s 100% chocolate, isn t it? oh, that is awful. you did volunteer to be the one to eat the chocolate. tastes like tarmac. cocoa is, of course, the main ingredient of chocolate, and it does have its impact on the environment as well as the communities that harvest it. so my question to you is, do you think it s possible to create something that tasted like that chocolate without t