And welcome to to the point we have a great roster of guests to answer that question its a pleasure to introduce Clifford Kuhn and he was a Foreign Correspondent for 15 years in beijing and he says chinas success in dealing with the coronavirus shouldnt distract from its. Rival and im very pleased to welcome our exclude all hes an analyst an expert on china at the german think tank s. W. Pete and he says china has been partially successful in gaining International Discourse power by revealing an ugly side beijing has failed to profit more significantly from the covert 1000 crisis. And were very pleased to have with us she is a freelance journalist from china and she says compared with the financial crisis 2008. 100 Recovery Plan is greener more domestic and digital oriented. So when we start out by asking you rudolph china has reported Economic Growth of nearly 5 percent in the 3rd quarter of this year thats a rate almost equal to what it was doing before the pandemic hit but how relia
Universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u turn on a level grades. And coming up this hour, the three victorian forts originally built to defend england against the french going up for sale. Hello and welcome. If you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people being randomly tested in the community to track the prevalence of covid 19 is to be incased up in england. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for National Statistics programme which is separate from the Mass Testing Programme of people who have symptoms. The figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. Testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and northern ireland. The health secretary, matt hancock, says the expansion of testing in the
And iran now also dealing with the financial strain brought on by coronavirus. The class of 2020 prepares to enter a changed world with graduation ceremonies swapped for socially distanced ceremonies. Was the original epicenter of the krona Virus Outbreak but life in china is slowly returning to normal at least thats the message beijing ascending but clusters of the virus have been emerging inch len province where things stand right now in china and ambitious Mass Testing Programme is being carried out and will hong where the virus was 1st discovered its a mean to test all of the citys 11000000 residents in just 2 weeks World Health Organization has advised countries to test as much as possible but many just dont have that capacity or the virus largely under control across the country the rest of china is so. Only reopening production is up and lock downs have eased allowing people to return to some schools and businesses meanwhile the countrys Vaccine Development is moving forward wit
There were misunderstandings from the beginning but we should forget about them and focus on our vaccine being one of the best. Donald trump is accused of summoning a mob and aiming them like a Loaded Cannon at the capitol according to pre trial documents from democrats were pushing for his impeachment. And tributes are pouring in for Captain Sirtom and tributes are pouring in for captain sir tom moore who has died at the age of 100. He is remembered for raising tens of millions for Coronavirus Workers in the uk. We begin in russia, where a court has ruled that Alexei Navalny will go to jail. A three and a half year suspended sentence for fraud from 2014 has been converted to a custodial sentence. Hes expected to spend over 2. 5 years in prison that allows for time previously spent under house arrest. This is Alexei Navalny arriving in court to hear the verdict he used his appearance to castigate President Putin, and said hed go down in history as someone who poisoned people. This was
Social gatherings in scotland will be limited to six people, from no more than two households, as fears grow about infections there. The roof of a school bus is sheared off in a crash in hampshire three children are in hospital with serious injuries. Wildlife is dying out at a rate never seen in Human History according to a stark new report from the World Wide Fund for nature you are full of surprises, contests. So are you, mr bond. The actress Dame Diana Rigg famous for her roles injames bond and the avengers has died at the age of 82. Tributes have been pouring in for the star. The eu has demanded the government withdraw its plan to override parts of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement, calling it an extremely serious violation of International Law. The European Commission warned it was ready to take legal action against the uk, and said the governments internal market bill had damaged trust between them. In a statement issued, the European Commission said. If the bill were to be adopted