global questions. hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. the black lives matter movement triggered a bout of soul searching all over the world as governments and citizens examined their attitudes and actions on race and diversity. it s now one year since the death of george floyd, and his killer is behind bars. so, how far have we come in the struggle for racialjustice? that s global questions: what has blm achieved? well, to bring you this addition of global questions, our two panelists and our questioners join us via video link from all corners of the world. let me tell you who s in the hot seat this week giving the answers. opal tometi is co founder of black lives matter, which was set up in the united states in 2013 to fight racism. an american human rights activist, she was the first woman to receive the prestigious international peace honour prize this year. and duwayne brooks is a british conservative campaigner for racial equality. he supports a
at the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up: more questions for borisjohnson over who paid for the revamp of his downing street flat. don t the british people deserve a prime minister they can trust and a government that isn t mired in sleaze, cronyism and scandal? but the prime minister insists he picked up the bill. he should know that i paid for downing street refurbishment personally, mr speaker. also on this programme: fresh demands by help for india as it struggles with its covid crisis. and peers fail in an attempt to stop the cost of fire safety work being passed on to leaseholders. here we are today, with perhaps a million of our fellow citizens being thrown to the ravages of financial bankruptcy. but first, it s been dubbed cash curtains, the row over just who fitted the initial bill for the revamp of the prime minister s downing street flat has daubed borisjohnson all week. the news that the election watchdog was launchi
now, on bbc news, it is dateline london. hello. i m shaun ley. welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk s leading commentators, uk specialists and the foreign correspondents filing and blogging to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week: embarrassmentfor borisjohnson ove rwho originally paid for his wallpaper, but does it really deserve the days of headline coverage devoted to it? and the world rallies to india s aid, but is it too late to halt the virus deadly course? joining us to discuss those questions: ashis ray, indian foreign correspondent who s reported from london since the 1970s. steve richards, uk political commentator who s even turned hisjournalism into a successful stage performance. and here in the studio with me, lyse doucet a canadian whose passports must be thick with immigration stamps by now, having reported from so many parts of the world. no wonder she s our chief international correspondent. lovely to see you aga
now on bbc news, it s hardtalk, with another chance to watch stephen sackur s 2019 interview with us astronaut michael collins, who died last week. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. this year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most remarkable feats of exploration in the history of humankind the apollo 11 mission, which landed man on the moon. men on the moon. i m in florida to meet one of the crewmembers. while neil armstrong and buzz aldrin were setting foot on the moon s surface, michael collins was piloting the command module which got them all home. so, 50 years on, how does he reflect on the significance of that extraordinary mission? michael collins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. this year marks the 50th anniversary of the historic apollo 11 mission, which you were a key part of. it means the spotlight is back on that mission and back on you. how do you feel about that? there were three of us, of course, on that flight neil armst
hello and welcome to bbc world news. india s supreme court has ordered the federal government to deliver oxygen supplies to the capital delhi where they are suffering 25,000 daily covid infections. social trends have started delivering oxygen as several hospital say, they are struggling to admit new patients because of a shortage of the gas. the authorities in the indian capital delhi have asked the army to set up covid facilities as the city grapples with the pandemic. i m joined now by our correspondent divya arya in delhi. help is only way for so many desperate people in delhi. that is artl desperate people in delhi. that is partly because desperate people in delhi. that is partly because the desperate people in delhi. that is partly because the government i desperate people in delhi. that is. partly because the government has faced so much credit in the courts have had to step in to resolve this crisis are to whatever extent possible. the supreme court gave a really d