now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m sarah montague. it s a year since lazarus chakwera became president of malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. the preacher turned politician won power promising to create a millionjobs and to clear the rubble of corruption. but a year on, the economy is being hit hard by the effects of covid. his government admits it has no idea how many jobs have been created, and he s been criticised for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. he s about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawi s president even honour the promises he made to his own country? lazarus chakwera, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. now, let s start with the situation as regards covid, because there are currently 11,000 active cases reported in your country. there ve been 1500 deaths, but that will be underreported. what s your assessment of the situation at the moment? you know, it is poss
welcome to hardtalk. i m sarah montague. it s a year since lazarus chakwera became president of malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. the preacher turned politician won power promising to create a millionjobs and to clear the rubble of corruption. but a year on, the economy is being hit hard by the effects of covid. his government admits it has no idea how many jobs have been created, and he s been criticised for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. he s about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawi s president even honour the promises he made to his own country? thank you very much. now, let s start with the situation as regards covid, because there are currently 11,000 active cases reported in your country. there ve been 1500 deaths, but that will be underreported. what s your assessment of the situation at the moment? you know, it is possible that it is underreported, but we go by what we have officiall
reported to be thriving! well, a very good afternoon. we are going straight to holyrood. nicola sturgeon has just started speaking about the potential easing of lockdown measures. let s listen in. this is intended to ensure that our piece of easing restrictions insensible in light of the challenge we continue to face from the delta variant. h to face from the delta variant. i will also confirm that certain mitigations such as the mandatory wearing of face coverings will remain in place notjust now but in all likelihood for some time to come. it is important to stress that measures like the continued wearing a face coverings are important, not just to give added protection to the population as a whole, but also to give protection and assurance to those amongst us who are particularly vulnerable and who previously had to shield. lifting all restrictions and mitigations right now would put all of us at greater risk, but in particular, it would make it much more difficult for the
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following tonight, bill cosby. released from prison after a truly stunning ruling by the pennsylvania supreme court overturning his sex assault conviction on a technicality. let s begin right here in surfside. bryan todd is joining us for the latest on the condo collapse. it s almost a week since the disaster. there s no let up in the grueling delicate, very dangerous rescue operation. reporter: no let up. we re getting new accounts on the difficulty that rescuers are facing. our objective is to find any way to get them out. reporter: the frantic effort to save lives neerply one week since the surfside condo collapse. very difficult to move any of the large concrete slaps. we re seeing them just pulverized underneath and crumbling as we re trying to move them. reporter: a rescuer where the israel defense forces telling cnn his team found on open space many the packed rubble. the between the balconies remains a big space of air that we crawled in those tunnels an