Now on bbc news, the bbc uncovers allegations of filth, lice, sickness and neglect in a vast system of mostly closed off camps scattered across the us, holding more than 20,000 migrant children. A warning, some viewers may find find parts a warning, some viewers may find parts of this programme distressing. Over 19,000 migrant children locked up in america. Children speaking for the first time tell of disease, neglect, hunger and filth. Now children are being shipped en masse to 13 new sites around america. It feels a lot more like a detention facility, a prison for kids. Sites that are shrouded in secrecy. They go to bed hungry. The boys have been in there for 45 days straight without any sunlight. This level of deprivation, which really amounts to child abuse, is very widespread in the largest facilities. What is the impact on thousands of children? will their experiences come to haunt them? the rio grande, and a night of fear. At midnight, migrants will cross the river from mexic
Now on bbc news, click. This week the giant coming to a city near you. A giant leap for disability. And thrilling rides on giant screens. Hey, hay it is one of my favourite fests. We ve been coming to the hay literary festival for quite a few years now, each time meeting amazing people who have written on fascinating topics. Every so often, someone has stolen the show and stopped our world spinning. Can you see it? i m sorry. The town of hay on wye has more bookshops than you can throw a thriller at and they are usually packed with festivalgoers. And after an enforced year online in 2020, the organisers are taking tentative steps back into town. As are we. Welcome to click at hay, 2021. Ok, i said tentative steps. Anyway, today, we are going to be talking about al, which, of course, is very big. Artificial insemination. Next year, then, i promise! but in the meantime, some of hay 21 s events are being streamed from the cinema around the back of richard booth s beautiful bookshop. A
Hello and welcome. I m lewis vaughan jones. It s being hailed as a historic agreement, that could see global governments make billions more in tax revenue. The deal made by the g7 group of leading economies could shake up the tax system for multinational companies like big tech giants. It could include a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% to avoid countries undercutting each other. Tech companies google and facebook have welcomed the move. Our economics editor faisal islam reports. Multinational companies, especially the big tech giants, have become more powerful than some governments especially in their ability to pay minimal tax bills. Today, the finance ministers of the seven leading economies, the g7, hit back with an historic deal brokered by the chancellor, rishi sunak. I m delighted to announce that today, after years of discussion, g7 finance ministers have reached a historic agreement to reform the global tax system, to make it fit for the global digital age but crucia
Hello, welcome to the programme. It s being hailed as a historic agreement, that could see global governments make billions more in tax revenue. The deal, made by the g7 group of leading economies, could shake up the tax system for multinational companies like big tech giants. It could include a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% to avoid countries undercutting each other. Tech companies google and facebook have welcomed the move. Our economics editor faisal islam reports. Multinational companies, especially the big tech giants, have become more powerful than some governments especially in their ability to pay minimal tax bills. Today, the finance ministers of the seven leading economies, the g7, hit back with an historic deal brokered by the chancellor, rishi sunak. I m delighted to announce that today, after years of discussion, g7 finance ministers have reached a historic agreement to reform the global tax system, to make it fit for the global digital age but crucially, to m
a very rare occurrence. and it s got me wondering, why do you think that there are so few women at the top in both the sciences and the social sciences? professor katalin kariko, you re the first hungarian woman to win a nobel prize. what do you think? well, you know, what i think is that when whenever our career is moving forward, that s the time, the child bearing age. and many of the women decide to have family. and it is difficult for, you know, advancing their research, for example. and that might be one reason that they give up. ..on the fact that it s women when they have children. yes, they give up their dreams because they want to have children. but i have a daughter and anne has two sons. so that, you know, we can show here that they can do both. all right. moungi bawendi, you re one of the chemist laureates. what s your take on this? it seems to me that when we look at the nobel laureates, for instance, it s about research that was done decades ago. and what we hav