Gesture politics. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 against the people. They are starving us to death. Havana is collapsing. We have no house, nothing, but they have the m
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 island s communist government. Many were detained at the demonstrations, which called for democracy and criticised the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Cuba s 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, 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,
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the political strategist, jo tanner, and the journalist and broadcaster, daisy mcandrew. Good evening to both of you. Tomorrow s front pages starting with. The end of coronavirus restrictions takes the lead on the front page of the ft. It reports that the government is shifting the onus of enforcing rules onto companies as individuals as legal requirements are set to change on monday. And scrapping those laws could see vaccine passports introduced for the first time in the uk as the prime minister urgese extreme caution that s according to the telegraph. Also focusing on the lifting of covid restrictions the guardian leads with reports that the lifting comes despite fears of exit wave and 200 deaths a day . And stay away the i reports that while rules lift, almost four million clinically vulnerable people have been told to avoid people who haven t had both jabs. The front of t
Hello and welcome to our second look at what the papers will be bringing bringing us tomorrow. With me are the political strategist, jo tanner, and the journalist and broadcaster, daisy mcandrew. Tomorrow s front pages starting with. The end of coronavirus restrictions takes the lead on the front page of the ft. It reports that the government is shifting the onus of enforcing rules onto companies as individuals as legal requirements are set to change on monday. And scrapping those laws could see vaccine passports introduced for the first time in the uk as the prime minister urgese extreme caution that s according to the telegraph. Also focusing on the lifting of covid restrictions the guardian leads with reports that the lifting comes despite fears of exit wave and 200 deaths a day . And stay away the i reports that while rules lift, almost four million clinically vulnerable people have been told to avoid people who haven t had both jabs. The front of the mail questions how
Hello. Join us in the world of tiktok. If you don t know what it is, well, where have you been? it has more than 800 million users worldwide, including 1a million in the uk and the rest of the media are now taking note. Hollywood studios are casting tiktokers, record labels are snapping up tiktok singers, facebook and youtube have jumped on the short form bandwagon with features that look strikingly similar. But tiktok is not without its critics they say it s been used to the spread disinformation and violent content. Remember how the trump administration accused tiktok of spying on us on behalf of the chinese government? well, today i m trying to understand how this newcomer on the block has endeared itself to millions and provoked such fear in others. Let me introduce you to my guests. Richard waterworth is tiktok s boss in europe. Before that, he worked at itv and at youtube. Rich, hello. Hello. What is the big trend in uk tiktok today? is it the euros, maybe the new series of l