president biden s agenda. and building a new olympic spectacle. beijing prepares for the winter games, which due to covid will take place less than a year after tokyo. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to newsday. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in the evening in new york, where, for years, andrew cuomo successfully navigated the murky waters of politics in the state, amassing power with precision, leaving his opponents trailing in his wake. but it took just a week for the governor to find himself out of moves following the publication of a report by the new york attorney general s office which claimed that mr cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women. he denied the accusations but faced a growing cacophony of voices from within his own party to resign, and today, he succumbed to those calls. i think that given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. and th
and, by way of preparation, of course, for a mission to mars. my guest, jim green, retired as nasa s chief scientist earlier this year. are problems of money and geopolitics undermining nasa s mission? jim green in silver spring, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen, it s a pleasure to be here. well, it is a real pleasure to have you on the show, and you have had a pretty remarkable four decades long career inside nasa. but if you are being honest with me, would you accept that nasa s golden era came and went long before even you arrived at the agency? well, indeed. nasa has had, actually, several golden eras and it is a matter of perspective. you know, the programme has not only humans that explore beyond earth s boundaries, but also we have missions that study the universe or move out into the solar system and explore, and we have absolutely exploded in those areas that you may not be aware of. well, i kind of am aware of them because i ve done plenty o
apparently they have a constitutional right to do so. not a surprise, constitutional right to do so. not a surprise, she s mobility issues for some surprise, she s mobility issues for some months now, she s indicated a few days some months now, she s indicated a few days ago that she would not be hosting few days ago that she would not be hosting the garden parties this summer. hosting the garden parties this summer, she didn t turn up at the monday summer, she didn t turn up at the monday event. that said, she s apparently continuing virtual meetings with people where ever she might meetings with people where ever she might be meetings with people where ever she might be residing. i have to say, although might be residing. i have to say, although i might be residing. i have to say, although i don t have any strong feelings although i don t have any strong feelings about it, i really don t, i have feelings about it, i really don t, i have to feelings abou
sparked a global condemnation and sanctions and is turning russia into a pariah. the leader of britain s main opposition party says he ll resign if he s fined for breaking covid rules over a gathering he attended during lockdown. and after weeks of violent protests and at least five more deaths, the sri lankan prime minster has resigned. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am here in the philippines, where i m at the center for the national commission on elections in manila later today there will be a press conference here to update the nation on some of the official results coming through. so far the unofficial partial results suggest that the son of the former strongman ferdinand marcosjunior known here as bongbong marcos has won a landslide victory in an election that s been billed as a test for this country s democracy. his nearest rival leni robredo is well behind. that s almost double the number that have been counted in these unofficial partial results so
offered his resignation. at least five people have died in the protests, including an mp from the ruling party. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are annabel denham, who s director of communications at the iea the institute of econonomic affairs and the broadcaster, john stapleton. we will say hello to them and just a little bit. we ll say hello to you all shortly, let s look at the front pages. the financial times, which leads on the news that labour leader sir keir starmer says he will quit if he s fined by durham police for breaking lockdown rules. the metro carries the same story on its front page, but also has a picture of the queen, who won t be attending the state opening of parliament, with prince charles taking her place the daily telegraph leads on the queen s absence and says the move could be seen as a significant shift in prince charles responsibilities as heir to the throne. the sun says it s the