before the senate holds an historic and controversial vote. hello and welcome. the us president elect has been giving more detail on his plans to combat the coronavirus pandemic under his presidency. joe biden did congratulate president trump for finally signing the covid relief stimulus package, but criticised him for what he described as a slow roll out of the vaccination programme. mr biden is promising to invoke the defence production act to boost vaccine supply. introduce a mask mandate for federal buildings and areas under federal jurisdiction, such as planes. and he said he would fight for congressional funding for schools to improve covid safety and allow them to reopen. the president elect also again pledged to deliver 100 million vaccines in his first 100 days in office. i ve directed my team to prepare a much more aggressive effort with more federal involvement and leadership to get things back on track. we will find ways to boost the pace of vaccinations but as do
is the planet warming faster than we thought, and are current targets signed off by world leaders enough to tackle the most damaging effects of global warming in the years to come? new evidence from the eu s climate service, copernicus, highlights that for the first time, the world was 1.5 degrees warmer than pre industrial levels for a whole year. scientists say a combination of greenhouse gas emissions and dramatic sea temperature rises are to blame. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, explains the significance of the 1.5 celsius figure. 1.5 is reckoned to be a boundary, an arbitrary boundary at which we avoid the worst effects of climate change. there was a landmark un paper back in 2018 which found there would be really significantly greater impact at 2 degrees and urged all efforts to be made to try and keep temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, 1.5 was also the target set at a landmark climate summit in paris in 2015, world leaders agreed they would make all possible efforts
marine veteran will face trial for the chokehold death of jordan neely on a new york city subway train. ashley strohmier is live in the newsroom with the breaking information. ashley? reporter: hi, there. a man who put a new york subway ride in a fatal chokehold will be returning to court. daniel penny will be arraigned following an indictment by a grand jury that he has been out on bond after being initially charged by manhattan prosecutors for manslaughter. in the second degree after the death of jordan neely on may 1st. the grand jury indictment is a procedural step that will allow the criminal case to move forward. penny s attorney maintains the defense that his client believed neely was a threat to himself and passengers. the standard in new york state is not you don t have to wait until someone physically attacks. you don t have to wait until somebody is lying on the ground or worse. the standard is whether a reasonable person in my client s position would have fe
the russian prison was called a criminal, returning to the crime scene. it was the first time mr burton had been to newly occupied ukrainian territory. now my bbc news, talking business. let s take a look at what is on the show. spy balloons, tiktok and taiwan. trouble is never far away from the us china relationship so what do mounting tensions mean for the global economy? xijinping in a new term. joe biden halfway through his first, strains between the world s two biggest economies have deepened so what will it take to improve them? a growing number of us firms are looking beyond china to invest their cash. the president of the american chamber of commerce in china tells us why they re having second thoughts. that s despite us china trade hitting a record high last year and with the president s increasing his power this expert tells us what this means for economic ambitions. when will the rivalry have the consequences for the rest of us? we ll hear from the former head of t
so what do mounting tensions mean for the global economy? xijinping in a new term. joe biden halfway through his first, strains between the world s two biggest economies have deepened so what will it take to improve them? a growing number of us firms are looking beyond china to invest their cash. the president of the american chamber of commerce in china tells us why they re having second thoughts. that s despite us china trade hitting a record high last year and with the president s increasing his power this expert tells us what this means. when will the rivalry have the consequences for the rest of us? we ll hear from the former head of the monetary fund s china division. the man behind brands such as intercontinental, holiday inn and crown plaza tells us by a big expansion is not stopping him sleeping despite the delicate state of the global economy. welcome to talking business weekly. the us and china are the world s two biggest economies and for decades they have helped