transport, to use heat pumps instead of gas boilers, and insulate our leaky homes? how is the uk faring compared with its global neighbours? justin, the government says both reports out this week are inaccurate and unfair. is it possible to get a sense of how committed they are to the green agenda? committed they are to the green aaenda? , . , , committed they are to the green aaenda? , ~, i.” agenda? publicly, very committed. last ear agenda? publicly, very committed. last year boris agenda? publicly, very committed. last year boris produced agenda? publicly, very committed. last year boris produced a - agenda? publicly, very committed. last year boris produced a ten - agenda? publicly, very committed. | last year boris produced a ten point green plan, he described it as a green industrial revolution. a huge increase in wind turbines, switching to electric vehicles, that kind of thing. so the government rhetoric is very strong on the green issue but this budget was ver
now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london, bringing together correspondents filing around the world from the uk, and bbc expertise. i m geeta guru murthy. this week, with nations around the world facing tough questions on how to pay for the pandemic, many are talking about a green recovery. there was little evidence of that in this week s budget here in the uk was it a missed opportunity? britain is ahead of the eu on vaccines, so are the europeans getting their house in order? no sign of that in the royal household, as everyone braces for that interview with harry and meghan. what will they reveal about the inner workings of the royal family? is their timing disrespectful with the duke of edinburgh still in hospital? and what role does race play in this whole sorry saga? with me is thomas kielinger, long time correspondent at die welt, and steve richards, writer and broadcaster. and here in the studio, at a safe social distance, the bbc s chief
i m geeta guru murthy. this week, with nations around the world facing tough questions on how to pay for the pandemic, many are talking about a green recovery. there was little evidence of that in this week s budget here in the uk was it a missed opportunity? britain is ahead of the eu on vaccines, so are the europeans getting their house in order? no sign of that in the royal household, as everyone braces for that interview with harry and meghan. what will they reveal about the inner workings of the royal family? is their timing disrespectful with the duke of edinburgh still in hospital? and what role does race play in this whole sorry saga? with me is thomas kielinger, long time correspondent at die welt, and steve richards, writer and broadcaster. and here in the studio, at a safe social distance, the bbc s chief environment correspondentjustin rowlatt. thanks to you all forjoining me and a very warm welcome. two reports here have criticised the government on its plan to
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejenny kleeman from times radio and the ft s whitehall editor sebastian payne. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. starting with the ft and the first of many images of the chancellor with his red briefcase. it says the two year bill for covid will exceed four hundred billion pounds. the metro goes with an aerial shot of mr sunak saying he s gambling 65 billion on there being a quick recovery from the crisis. there he is again on the guardian which says the strategy is to spend now and pay later. mrsunak is joined by his team in number 11 on the times which says taxes are being raised taxes to the highest level since the sixties. the telegraph crunches the numbers on the red box describing the budget as a five year tax grab. the express headline sets an optimistic tone but does go on to say that millions will be hit with the higher taxes. the mail shows mr sunak maskin
foreign policy with john kerry his special envoy for climate. no one nation can do this alone. also, there is anger on the streets of russia. from st. pete rsburg to moscow and many places in between. and it is directed right at president putin. should he fear the movement that s rising around kremlin critic aleksi navalny? i ll ask the experts. finally, i will give you a preview of my latest docum documentary, the divided states of america. i explore the crisis america finds itself in today and how we got here. when we cannot agree on what is true, when we cannot agree on the basis of facts that politics should be about, you cannot have a functioning democracy. tune in at 9:00 p.m. eastern on cnn and cnn international. but first here s my take. we can all see the outlines of a post pandemic world. with vaccinations ramping up in the u.s. and britain, with israel and the uai racing toward herd immunity, it is easy to damage that a return to normalcy is just arou