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 thats 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 hed 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 id like to say to all the families
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Now, this has to be one of the most distinctive Museum Spaces in the world, the Main Hall of the natural History Museum in london. For more than a century, this space was dominated by the vast skeleton of dippy, the diplodocus dinosaur. But dippy has gone, to be replaced by hope, the Blue Whale. And that is perhaps a symbol of this museums desire to focus not so much on the deep past and more on the fragility of our planet today. My guest is Museum Director doug gurr. Is this now a museum on a mission . Doug gurr, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Welcome. Its a real pleasure to be here. But the strangest thing is to be in this vast, beautiful museum with absolutely no people. That, of course, is because of the pandemic. How strange and hard has it been running a museum in this time . Yeah, its been, at one level, very, very frustrating because, you know, were here to offer this extraordinary museum to all of our visitors. And weve had almost a yea
As the gang reunites for the first time in decades in just a few hours time. Hello and thanks forjoining us. A desperate search is taking place for more than 150 people feared to have drowned when an over loaded ferry sank in North West nigeria. The majority of those missing are reported to be women and children. President Muhammadu Buhari called the accident devastating. The boat was travelling between central Niger State and wara in northwest Kebbi State when it sank. The bbc s Sara Monetta has the latest. The crowd gathered on the banks of the river as news of the Shipwreck Spread into town. Theres anxiety in the air. Divers pulled a few bodies out of the water. Some lucky passengers are found swimming to shore, and rescued. The boat was travelling from Niger State to neighboring kebbi. Its a busy route on the niger river, used by local goldminers, traders and food vendors. The boat was carrying around 200 people, mostly women and children way over the Boats Capacity of 80. At least
Plus fire it up Jet Engine Maker Rolls Royce bets big on the Post Pandemic Future we start with Climate Change because some of the worlds biggest Oil Companies are coming under growing pressure over their role in it. In the us climate activist investors have siezed at least two seats on the board of exxon and shareholders at Rival Chevron have endorsed a call for lower emissions. And in the Netherlands A Court has ruled shell needs to do far more to cut c02, after a lawsuit by Climate Campaigners. Anna holligan reports a violation of human rights. That was how the Climate Campaigners described shall s ongoing investment in Fossil Fuel. Applause. The dutch branch of Friends Of The Earth along with six other groups and more than 17 Thousand dutch citizens brought the case to court arguing that the case to court arguing that the oil Giants Transition to clean Energy Wasnt going far faster. Thejudge agreed clean Energy Wasnt going far faster. The judge agreed the corporation had to be more
What was your reactIon to the accusatIons made by DomInIc CummIngs . Let me know on twItter, Its 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 australIas 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 theyre 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 hours tIme respond In detaIl to a serIes of explosIve claIms by the former downIng Street AdvIser DomInIc CummIngs, IncludIng that Tens Of Thousands of people dIe