civil lawsuit against him to be thrown out. they say he can t be sued, because of an agreement signed by his accuser, virginia giuffre. despite strict covid rules, novak djokovic will be allowed to defend his australian open title without being vaccinated as he s granted a medical exemption. and the science of climate change with temperatures in antarctica rising at three times the global average. we speak to a scientist on board a polar research ship. hello and welcome to the programme. it really doesn t get much tougher than this the chinese city of yuzhou has been put into lockdown after recording just three cases of covid, all of them asymptomatic, as china shows its determination to continue with its zero covid strategy. residents won t be allowed to leave their homes in this eastern chinese city of around 1.2 million people. the transport system has been shut down, as well as shops and entertainment venues. only food stores can stay open and only workers involved in e
the labour leader has pledged to provide what he called straight leadership in a binding contract with the british public. he made the commitment as he set out his vision for the priorities of a new labour government. our jeopardy political editor reports. what does it take to be a leader, and has sir keir starmer got what it takes? critics say he lacks charisma, a lawyer who is good with words but doesn t inspire. today, though, he was wholeheartedly embracing that serious image. i want to start the new year by making a pledge of straight leadership. today, i want to introduce my contract with the british people. this will be a solemn agreement about what this country needs and how a good government should conduct itself. few would argue with the broad values he laid out security, prosperity and respect. this was all about drawing a comparison with borisjohnson. i don t think politics is a branch of the entertainment industry. i think it s the serious business of getting t
now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. it is a year since pro trump protesters stormed the us capitol and unleashed a spasm of violence which left five people dead. while hundreds of people have since been charged, none have been key associates of donald trump. and mr trump seems to be contemplating another run for the white house, still insisting, without evidence, that the 2020 election was stolen. well, my guest is american constitutional law professor laurence tribe, who contends that the us system of government is now in peril. how strong is his case? professor laurence tribe in massachusetts, thank you. professor tribe, it is, as i say, one year since those extraordinary events on capitol hill. isn t it time to be positive? time to say that, despite those extraordinary events, the us institutions of government withstood the storm? well, i wish we could say that, because i am an optimist by nature, but we came so close to losing
in court for the sexual assault civil lawsuit against him to be thrown out. they say he can t be sued because of an agreement signed by his accuser, virginia giuffre. despite strict covid rules, novak djokovic will be allowed to defend his australian open title without being vaccinated as he s granted a medical exemption. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it really doesn t get much tougher than this. the chinese city of yuzhou has been put into lockdown after recording just three cases of covid, all of them asymptomatic, as china shows its determination to continue with its zero covid strategy. residents won t be allowed to leave their homes in this eastern chinese city of around 1.2 million people. the transport system has been shut down, as well as shops and entertainment venues. only food stores can stay open and only workers involved in epidemic prevention are allowed out. another city, xi an, with a population of 13 million, has been under lo
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