The first case of coronavirus in the Athletes Village six days before the start of the tokyo games. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk are the world. Rescue crews have been racing to find survivors after the floods that wreaked havoc in germany and its western neighbours switzerland, luxembourg and The Netherlands. At least 160 people are so far known to have died across europe, some 140 of them in germany alone. Hundreds remain unaccounted for and thousands are now homeless. Thousands of residents of wassenberg, an Area West of the german city of cologne, have left their homes after a dam was breached by floodwater overnight. German officials say the Countrys Flood Warning system functioned as it was supposed to, but the amount of rain and how rapidly it fell was unforeseen. From the village of erfstadt, near cologne, my Colleague Kasia Madera reports on the rescue effort. There is a lot of solidarity, a lot of volunteers have been coming together, have been offering suppli
Let alone more than one. But perhaps the ceo of google, sundar pichai, can be said to embody two. Born to a modest, middle Class Family in south east india, pichai is globalisation made flesh. The personification of both the indian and the american dream. And as the boss of alphabet, the Parent Company to google and youtube, he is uniquely qualified to detail the promise and the peril of technology in our time. Valued at over 1. 5 trillion, his california based company pioneered the internet that we have today and is a global leader in both artificial Intelligence And Quantum computing. Google delivers a vast range of products and services, from Google Maps and docs to gmail. Pichais total pay ranges hugely from 7 Million last year to 281 Million in 2019. Sundar pichai has given interviews before, but rarely as much time as this. There are no agreed questions and nothing is off limits. Interview, take four. A mark. B mark. Sundar, lets start by talking a bit about this moment in histor
Scotland, england and wales say travellers returning from france must self isolate for ten days unlike with other now on Bbc News, in an in Depth Interview the bbc s media editor, amol rajan, speaks to google s ceo, sundar pichai. Few people could be said to personify any of the vast new forces shaping the 21st century, let alone more than one. But perhaps the ceo of google, sundar pichai, can be said to embody two. Born to a modest, middle Class Family in south east india, pichai is globalisation made flesh. The personification of both the indian and the american dream. And as the boss of alphabet, the Parent Company to google and youtube, he is uniquely qualified to detail the promise and the peril of technology in our time. Valued at over 1. 5 trillion, his california based company pioneered the internet that we have today and is a global leader in both artificial Intelligence And Quantum computing. Google delivers a vast range of products and services, from Google Maps and docs to
Gesture politics. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Opponents of cubas communist government say dozens of activists have been arrested after thousands of people joined the biggest protests in decades. Some were detained at the demonstrations, others were arrested at their homes. The protests called for democratic freedoms and criticised the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. President Miguel Diaz Canel has blamed the United States embargo for the unrest. He said it was aimed at encouraging dissent and social unrest. Our North America Editor Jon Sopel has more. Libertad libertad, the crowd in havana shouts, orfreedom. But while many cubans feel this in their hearts, its extremely rare for protesters to take to the streets to give vent to their anger in this one party communist state. Translation we are here because of the repression against the people. They are starving us to death. Havana is collapsing. We have no house, nothing, but they have the money
Hits you in the face. And why google s boss says the model of a free and open internet is under attack. Hello and welcome. The cuban opposition says that dozens of activists have been arrested since sunday, when thousands of people joined the biggest protests in decades against the islands communist government. Many were detained at the demonstrations, which called for democracy and criticised the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Cubas president has blamed the United States for the unrest and said its embargo of cuba was aimed at encouraging dissent and social unrest. Our North America Editor Jon Sopel has more. Libertad libertad, the crowd in havana shouts, orfreedom. But while many cubans feel this in their hearts, its extremely rare for protesters to take to the streets to give vent to their anger in this one party communist state. Translation we are here because of the Repression L against the people. They are starving us to death. Havana is collapsing. We have no house, nothi