this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live. today on the program, the mess at the mexican border. it may get worse, much worse. this week, u.s. authorities lost the ability to swiftly expel migrants from land borders. officials are expecting an onslaught. i will talk to former homeland security secretary jeh johnson about the problem and solutions. also, the clock is ticking. treasury secretary yellen says america may go into default in just 18 days. there s little doubt such an event would badly hurt the u.s. economy and suddenly america is standing abroad. i ll get the view from london with martin wolf of the financial times then after 12 years of civil war and more than 300,000 civilians dead, syria and its infamous leader bashar al assad are back in the arab league. what is going on? i will ask regional expert farwaz gerbez, but first, here s my take. the tra
A government commissioned report. The un says almost 3000 civilians remain trapped in the iraqi city of mosul, despite claims of victory over good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. An appalling tragedy that should never have happened thats what the Prime Minister called the contaminated Blood Scandal of the 19705 and 805. The government today announced an inquiry into the worst Treatment Scandal in the history of the nhs. At least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses such as hepatitis c and hiv, after being given Blood Products by the nhs. Our Health Editor huw pym reports. Its been called the worst disaster in the history of the nhs. Patients trusted the service to deliver safe treatments, including haemophiliacs needing blood clotting treatments, but they were given products tainted with life threatening viruses. These are medications for hiv. I take one of those in the morning and one of these, both morning and night time. Andy has had a life o