are we willing, that is the unanswered question. host: denis hayes. every answer that last question? guest: i think beyond any doubt, greta., there was a true transition in the public consciousness with regard to the environment in 1970. things that were unthinkable in 1969 became unstoppable. in the. week of the first trip, there were one million participants. after that we press the clean air act, the endangers the shoes act, great mammals protection act endangered species act. we began to change the way that america does business. host: what sparked this movement? remind viewers what happened in 1969? guest: there were a number of things that began to create this take consciousness that there was something going wrong with the direction of the country, that there was a disconnect between the growth of gross domestic product and what was giving people satisfaction. carson swith rachel writing the seventh spring.nt the oil spill showing that even the most is these commun
but the prime minister wasn t told. the million dollar question was, this was sent on the 11th of april and no proper government official actually had their hands on it. i m lewis vaughan jones in london. also in the programme: comedy actor volodymyr zelensky wins ukraine s presidential election run off by a landslide, despite no political experience. and we hear from one of the world s largest environmental movements as it marks its annual earth day, this yearfocusing on pollution in india. good morning. it s 8:00am in singapore, 1am in london and 5:30 in the morning in sri lanka where the country is in shock following a wave of bomb attacks on sunday morning that has left at least 207 dead and a further a50 injured. three churches were targeted during easter services and three hotels in the capital, colombo, were also hit. eight people have so far been arrested and a curfew has been imposed. it is by far the worst violence to rock the island since the end of the civil war a
a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. today is earth day, a movement to raise awareness of our impact on the environment. so i simply want to know what have you done or seen others do that has really made a positive difference to our planet? let me know just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. 290 people are now known to have died in a series of explosions that hit churches and luxury hotels in sri lanka on easter sunday. the country s prime minister says there should be an investigation into why intelligence reports of possible attacks were not acted upon. he also said the priority now was to catch those responsible for planning the attacks. police are interrogating 2a suspects but so far no group has admitted responsibility for the bombings. a reporter sent this from colombo. oui’. this is where people had gathered to pray. but a bomb ripped through the peace of easter sunday. dozens were killed here at
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good afternoon. in the past few minutes there has been another explosion in the sri lankan capital colombo, as security forces were difusing a bomb inside a van near a church. that is the moment it exploded. it comes the day after 290 people were killed in a series of suicide bomb attacks. eight british nationals including a mother and her two young children are amongst the dead. more than 500 others were injured in the blasts which targeted churches and luxury hotels. bomb disposal experts are trying to dismantle 87 devices found in colombo bus station. police say they ve arrested 2a suspects. they believe that most of those involved are part of one radical islamic group, operating locally. leigh milner reports. st anthony s shrine in colombo. this is where people had gathered to pray on easter sunday when a bomb exploded. a string of attacks ripped through the country within minutes of each other. six bombs targeted separate churches and hotels in colombo. two other exp