welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. senators in brazil have recommended criminal charges to be laid against president bolsonaro over his handling of the covid pandemic. he s been facing accusations varying from misuse of public funds to crimes against humanity. a senate committee voted by a majority to hold him responsible for many of brazil s covid deaths, which have now passed 600,000. katy watson reports from brasilia. he speaks portuguese. today marks the end of a long process. six months of hearings, scandals uncovered, a light shone on a government accused of recklessness. and now, a vote to recommend charging the man at the top with a very long list of crimes. but this is a vote that splits senators. those in favour of bolsonaro claim the inquiry is a political witchhunt. translation: | vote for | the rejection of the report. no concrete evidence was found of illegal acts in practice by authorities and employees of the federal public administ
now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. 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 was very durable, very resilient. well, it had lasted three billion y
A brazilian senate inquiry has given final approval to a report recommending president jair bolsornaro faces a series of criminal indictments, over his handling of the world s second highest covid death toll and the misuse of public funds. the vote, by the 11 member committee, passed 7 4. new details have emerged about the fatal shooting on an alec baldwin film set. a us district attorney investigating the incident says a real gun, nota prop, was involved and that an enormous amount of bullets were recovered. the prosecuter also stressed that criminal charges aren t ruled out. the queen will not attend the cop26 climate change summit in glasgow next week following medical advice to rest. buckingham palace said she regretfully agreed not to host a major reception for world leaders but would deliver her address to delegates in a pre recorded video message instead.