In the 400 metre hurdles. Hello and welcome to the programme. Thousands of people in lebanon have attended a memorial service in the ruins of the port of beirut to mark the first anniversary of a huge explosion that devastated much of city. The blast was one of the biggest non nuclear explosions in history. It killed more than 200 people. Outside the lebanese parliament, the security forces fired tear gas at stone throwing protesters. Along with the grief, there s real anger that a year on nobody has been held to account for the explosion. Rights campaigners allege that the most senior officials in lebanon were aware of the danger posed by the huge quantity of ammonium nitrate fertiliser stored in the port that caused the explosion. The blast plunged lebanon into a deeper crisis, but the country had already been facing serious problems for years due to the dire economy and political instability. Carine torbey reports. One year after the explosion, all the debris is swept to a corner an
Hello and welcome. President biden has unveiled his budget proposal for next year with the highest level of federal government spending since the second world war. He s says it s the time to invest in america but republicans have called the plan insanely expensive . Mr biden is calling forjust over six trillion dollars worth of post pandemic spending which still needs congressional approval. He s demanding huge investments in infrastructure, education and green technology but he faces a political battle to deliver it. Here s the president speaking at an event in ohio. The bottom line is this the biden economic plan is working. We ve had record job creation. We re seeing record economic growth. We re creating a new paradigm. And now, 50% of all of america, more than any other country, is fully vaccinated. Applause. 75% of seniors black, white, hispanic, across the board are fully vaccinated. We re getting lives back. The american economy s coming back. Our correspondent david
Time for the media show. Welcome. It s official, martin bashir used lies and deception to secure the biggest tv interview of all time. Lord dyson s report into the whole affair raises questions about the governance of the bbc. In fact, the prime minister says the bbc needs to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again. So, on today s media show, we are tackling this head on. We are exporting the relationship between reporters and their editors. We are asking what tighter safeguards at the bbc will actually look and feel like. We are exploring the impact of this scandal onjournalism more broadly. Let me introduce my guests, i ve got richard tate, former editor in chief of itn. Now a professor ofjournalism at cardiff diversity. Dorothy byrne, former head of news and current affairs affairs at channel four. David yelland, former editor of the sun and now runs a pr firm, kitchen table partners. John ware is a investigative reporter and fronted last week s panorama on martin bashir
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Bringing us tomorrow. With me arejessica elgot, the deputy political editor at the guardian, and jasmine cameron, who s the political and diplomatic correspondent for the ft. They are already well up to date with what they are already well up to date with what is on the front pages. Let s with what is on the front pages. Let s bring with what is on the front pages. Let s bring you up to date as well. The canvas professor sendak the guardian has the cambridge professor, whose argument against a herd immunity strategy helped trigger england s first lockdown, voicing concerns about the risks of easing restrictions next month. The i says people may be called up for their second jabs sooner than eight weeks in some areas of england in a race to stay ahead of rising infections from indian variant. Meanwhile the times says if the indian variant continues to surge, facemasks and work from home guidance could remain in place afterjune the 21st under government plans to prioritise