To try to boost peoples job prospects. Who do you think would win out of a lion, a hippopotamus and a rhino . Sir David Attenborough takes questions from the children he says hold the hope for the future in their hands. And coming up this hour. The water saving toilets wasting billions of litres every week. More than a Million People around the world are now known to have died with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. The United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres called it an agonising milestone and a mind numbing figure. Johns Hopkins University has recorded over 1. 1 million lives have been lost to coronavirus. The us has the worlds highest death toll with about 205,000 fatalities, followed by brazil on 1a1,700 and india with 95,500 deaths. And the total number of deaths from covid 19 in the uk is 42,001, according to department of health figures. 2 Million People in large parts of north east england are facing a legal ban from tomorrow on people mixing with other hou
To employees who over indulge the night before. A p pa re ntly apparently you can work from home, something i cant do. So lets begin with france. With me is iain anderson, chair of pr company cicero group. We chair of pr company cicero group. Cant talk today general we cant talk today about the general election because voters are going to the polls very soon. Im a political geek that cant talk politics today. A hope you enjoy the 24 hour break we can talk politics elsewhere, and this is very much the story in france. A very difficult political story, change that the french government is saying is fundamentally needed because they are facing a huge deficit if there isnt radical pension reform, and the unions are digging in their heels but so is the government. Figaro covering what edouard philippe, within the macron administration, unveiling a Major Programme yesterday, and really at the heart of it is moving the retirement age up. We have seen this in many countries, the un affordabili
And now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. Hello and welcome to thursday in parliament. Coming up as the conservative leadership candidates contemplate leaving the eu without a deal, mps condemn the idea. Nothing short of that an act of economic vandalism. But the brexit secretary stands firm. I think no brexit is worse than no deal. Also in the Program Peers demand action on knife crime. If we dont do something about this those families, those young people will continue to pay for our inaction. The government has ruled out extending the brexit deadline beyond the 31st october. And the brexit secretary told the commons that leaving the eu without a deal would be better than staying in it. The issue of a no deal brexit has been reignited by comments from the conservative leadership candidates. Jeremy hunt has said that if we get to october without the prospect of a deal, we will leave without a deal. Borisjohnson has also repeated his pledge to get out of the eu on 31st october, but h
Good evening. Russians have begun voting in a president ial election which Vladimir Putin is certain to win when the polls close on sunday. There have very unusually been some protests such as this woman pouring dye into a ballot box but President Putin faces no serious opposition, with his rivals dead, in prison or in exile. This report from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This,
New guidelines for staff and freelancers relating to social media use. It follows controversy over a tweet made by Star Presenter gary lineker earlier this year. The bbc appointed the former ceo of itn john hardy to review the policy and those findings have just been hardy to review the policy and those findings havejust been made public. With me now is our Media Correspondent. First of all, i note you have got a big wad of documents, talk us through these findings, what they say, what changes how we seeing . I they say, what changes how we seeinu . They say, what changes how we seein . , they say, what changes how we seeinu . Ii seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would be seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would be simple . Seeing . I have a 50 Page Document. You thought it would be simple . It | you