Than in previous elections. Lets cross live now to caracas where we can speak to our south America Correspondent Ione wells. Bring us right up to date. We are bring us right up to date. Are expecting the results imminently, but as You Say, opposition candidates, the opposition candidates, the opposition have essentially alleged malpractice in this election. They have said that they have only had access to 30 of the printed receipts that come out of Electronic Voting Machines in venezuela, and all the other results went straight to the electoral council, which is controlled by President Maduro and his party. They are concerned as a result that they have no way of verifying some of the results in the selection. They also said the reason they dont have two more of the receipts of this election are because some of their witnesses and Election Observers were either banned from all told to leave from certain Counting Stations around the country. So that is the allegation being made by the al
Now on bbc news. Highlights of monday in parliament, presented by david cornock. Hello again, and welcome to monday in parliament. Support for england s euros football heroes after they re the targets of abuse. While they re the best of us, they have endured vile racism from the worst of us. The home secretary warns social media companies. And they can no longer ignore some of the appalling, vile, racist, violent and hateful content that appear on their platforms. Infections are rising, but the health secretary confirms most of england s covid restrictions will be lifted next week. Now, to those who say, why take this step now?, i say, if not now, when? also in this programme: a minister sounds the alarm in the house of lords. It is quite terrifying for these things to come up behind you. You can t hear them and you can t see them until they re upon you, and they really go quite fast. But first, the home secretary has condemned the racist abuse on social media against members of the en
And that gust of heat hits you in the face. Hello and welcome. Opponents of cuba s 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, it s 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, nothing, but they have the money to build ho
Longer be compulsory after the 19th ofjuly although we are advised to keep wearing them. But some people believe that advice won t be enough. A petition demanding we stick with masks until cases fall has been signed by almost 200,000 people, as fiona lamdin reports from bristol: (vt the rules may be changing next week, but here in clevedon, customers will still be asked to wear masks in this boutique. My daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia injune 2018, and went through two and a half years of treatment, and then came out of that treatment in. In covid, so it s hard. It s been tough. Those people, like us, that have shielded, that literally didn t leave their homes, you know, for months on end, and people wearing a mask to protect each other made them feel safer. People like martin, who has lung disease. He shielded for the first three months of lockdown. I would feel terrified about going to shop next week, being surrounded by people not wearing masks and not social distancing. So,
Now on bbc news, hardtalk, with stephen sackur, who talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. And today, i vejourneyed to the beautiful south coast of england to meet one of the past century s most influential environmentalists, james lovelock. Now, he introduced us to the gaia hypothesis the idea that our planet and all of the life on it are part of one dynamic, self regulating system. Lovelock is now 101 years old, still having big thoughts about the future of life on earth. Have we humans sown the seeds of our own destruction? james lovelock, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Yes, glad to be back! it is such a pleasure to have you back on the programme. I want to ask you for your reflections on your own famous gaia hypothesis that idea that all of life on this planet, and the planet itself, are part of one self regulating system. When you developed the idea five decades ago, you seemed quite optimistic that this system wa