engaging in the streaming services, where they can watch what they want when they want on their own device, whether that s netflix or youtube, but we re now seeing older audiences also catching up and turning to these streaming services. so 2020 was the year britain became a streaming nation, with traditional broadcast tv something for older people and set to decline. but is this a permanent change, and will we want to continue to pay for the likes of netflix, amazon prime, nowtv, disney+, or will we start switching some of them off? we had a total of six streaming services subscribed at one point. that s now kind of slimmed down to four at the moment, and i think another one will be dropping off soon. hey, google, play the bbc tech tent podcast. one other change in our media habits more than half of uk homes now have a smart speaker. an internet connection, not an aerial or satellite dish, is becoming the way we all get access to entertainment. time for a look at the weath
both of us, i use the this is boom, but the one business show you can afford to miss branch your board and merge of love. and then washington coming up. the fcc has some new requirements for chinese companies. if they want to maintain their listings in the us, we ll take a look at how the risk of government interference will play a role moving forward. then europe grapples with the latest crisis as greece. battles is worse, heat wave in more than 30 years. we have a live report from the ground straight ahead and the eviction moratorium in the united. it says officially expired, putting millions at risk of losing their home later on will analyze the situation with rtp very own rick sanchez. perfect. so today let s dive right in and we leave the program with another back and forth between china in the united states. this time over the listing of equities, as beijing has continued its crackdown on shares sold overseas on friday, the securities and exchange commission and now it
the u.s. senate is in session this hour, powering through amendment after ae amendment as they grabbed with the relief bill, the process called a vote-a-rama got started only after democrats compromised with each other to end the epic roll call vote. it will likely last for some time since republicans have drafted more than 100 amendments. they say the bill is too expensive but democrats say it is the only way forward. senate democrats are completely united in our belief about how important this entire bill is for our fellow americans. for getting the vaccine to our people, for reopening our schools, for keeping american workers, families and businesses afloat. and for putting our country on the road to a strong recovery. ramming through an ideological spending spree packed with noncovid related policy, but only 9% addresses the fight against the virus itself. we are already on track to bounce back from this crisis. that is not because of this bill. it is because of our w
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has said that astrazeneca must catch up on vaccine deliveries for the european union before exporting vaccine supplies elsewhere. european leaders have been meeting to discuss the covid crisis. cases are rising across the continent, but miss von der leyen says astrazeneca has only delivered 30 million of the 90 million vaccines it promised, despite tens of millions being sent to other countries. from brussels, here s our europe editor katya adler. prague is remembering its dead simply, painfully. with one of the highest covid fatality rates in the world, the czech republic, like many other eu countries, is in the grip of a third wave. vaccines are in short supply. national rollouts like here in belgium in disrepute, the eu s credibility on the line. eu leaders have been meeting remotely today to discuss how to secure the eu s vaccine supply, ensuring c
new evidence from brazil shows octopuses have stages of sleep similar to humans. hello and welcome. china has imposed sanctions on nine britons including five mps and two peers for spreading what it called lies and disinformation about the country. the measures come in retaliation for british sanctions against chinese officials for human rights abuses against the uighur minority in xinjiang. it s estimated that a million, mostly muslim uighurs, are detained in camps in the north west of the region. let s speak to our china correspondent robin brant who s in shanghai. correspondent robin brant why correspondent robin brant these people and why g after why these people and why go after barristers, for example? they are going after mps and politicians because they are exerting the most pressure on borisjohnson and his boris johnson and his administration borisjohnson and his administration to be tougher on china when it comes to xinjiang but also hong kong and took the o