at high interest rates, . excessive interest rates. care homes are under pressure like never before. care and finance don t go together. it shouldn t be for personal gain. it s people s homes, it s people s livelihoods. the government s announced more funding. but is it time for more checks on where the money s going? it is the unacceptable face of capitalism. given that the purpose of the sector is to look after literally the most vulnerable people in our society. as the bbc s social affairs editor, i hearfrom too many families worried about the care their elderly or disabled relatives receive and the cost of that care. i m on my way to hear one daughter s experience of her father s care. what was it like growing up around here? lovely, everybody knew everybody. tess grew up in staffordshire. i ve got some beautiful memories there. there was six of us children and my mum had threejobs. my dad was a tyre fitter. money wasn t brilliant, but my dad always said pay your bills,
spent 26 years in a us prison in north carolina for a murder he did not commit. after proving his innocence, we follow dontae as he demands justice. people really don t know how going to prison for something you didn t do, a crime you didn t commit, especially for a long, long time. ..what it does to a person. i was accused of killing a white man in a drug deal gone bad. this is a case they re going to be teaching in law school 100 years from now. what could dontae have become? it was a travesty ofjustice. it took 26 years to make it partially right. i was exonerated on august 22, 2019. a lot of people think the ultimate goal is just getting exonerated and getting out of prison, getting your freedom back. it s a lot more than that. sometimes i wake up just crying. i just cry. people think that when you get exonerated, the fight is over. it sjust beginning, really. i haven t been pardoned. governor roy cooper, for some reason, hasn t pardoned me. he s asking for the state of n
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ajury in chicago has found actorjussie smollett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. mr smollett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating homophobic attack against him by people impersonating supporters of then president donald trump in 2019 to generate publicity after reportedly being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. special prosecutor daniel webb spoke to media shortly after the verdict. a lot of times, people say, well, police officers sweep things under the rug. this police department responded by absolutely testifying in this trial, that they took it seriously, they believed he was the victim of a crime and they worked so hard for the next three weeks, you saw 26 chicago police officers spent 3,000 hours of time, costing this city well over $100,000 for a fake crime that never occurred and by the way, a fake crime that denigr
it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. when it comes to the global response to the climate change challenge, it pays to differentiate between words and deeds. at last month s cop26 summit, the chorus of concern from world leaders was deafening. but the actions well, tough decisions on deeper emissions cuts to stave off catastrophic warming were put off until next year. my guest is the us special envoy for climate, former secretary of state john kerry. his mission remains to restore american leadership on the biggest existential challenge facing our planet. is that mission impossible? john kerry, welcome to hardtalk. happy to be with you. thank you. you have had some weeks to reflect on what was achieved at cop26 in glasgow. is your overwhelming feeling one of disappointment, so much work still to do? no. and, infact, i disagree with your initial assessment in the introduction. a huge amount was accomplished in glasgow and it was not put off. in fact, 65% of
as an investigation into covid rule breaking is expanded to cover three parties at downing street. and workers at a starbucks coffee shop in upstate new york vote to start a union. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ajury in chicago has found actorjussie smolett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. mr smolett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating homophobic attack against him by people impersonating supporters of then president donald trump in 2019 to generate publicity, after reportedly being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. special prosecutor daniel webb spoke to media shortly after the verdict. a lot of times, people say well, police officers sweep things under the rug . this police department responded by absolutely testifying in his trial that they took it seriously, they believed he was the victim of a crime and they worked so hard for the next three weeks, you