Hello. I m shaun ley. Welcome to the programme which brings together columnists from leading journals, bbc specialists and the reporters who write, broadcast and blog for folks back home from the dateline: london. This week biden s back and bibi s out. What changes will follow from a united states administration re engaged on the world stage and an israel led by its first new prime minister in more than a decade? to discuss that and more, i m joined byjeffrey kofman, who hails from canada and anchored programmes there and in the united states. He s also served as a foreign correspondent in war and peace. Russian born arkady ostrvosky reports on the country of his birth, as well as eastern europe, for the economist. The bbc s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, also canadian by birth, is with me here. Canadian by birth and nationality. We are glad to have you here. Thank you for being with us. Pasties in cornwall, pate in brussels, petite arvine by the glass on lake geneva
sense. wel welcome, this is early start. i m christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in new york. laura has the day off. we again with a residential building collapse they re miami beach, dozens of rescue units are on the scene. we re heading there right now, this happened just in the past few hours. we know something like 100 units from miami rescue are on the scene there trying to dig through this partial building collapse. if you know miami, this is 88th and collins, the village is called surfside. again, we ll bring you live details as we get them this morning. next 24 hours hugely critical to the biden agenda, senators will heat with the president today after shake hands on a bipartisan infrastructure deal, they are also staring at a fast approaching deadline on police reform. and democrats under pressure to actafter voting rights failed in the senate. daniella diaz is live for us. what are they doing as the clock ticks down? reporter: it is pretty critical that they act
They know it? a u. S. Intention report is raising new questions about the origins of the covid pandemic in china. The director of the wuhan national bio safety lab called the intel a complete lie. Cnn s steven jonge joins me live from beijing. How is responding about this? reporter: well, rosemary, the chinese government has officially responded to the latest u. S. Intelligence report with a foreign ministry spokesperson quoting a statement by the wuhan institute saying that institute had never come in contact with covid before december of 2019. Up until larch, the employees researchers, no one among the people had contracted the virus. That s a very strong denial. The spokesman actually went on to give the usual spiel about the growly likelihood of a multiple origin theory the virus could have emerged from multiple locations around the world at the same time. And without any concrete evidence pointing a finger at a u. S. Military run lab in maryland. This is to the going to stop. And
President trump s continued activists ease demonstrate the falsity of the idea that if we simply ignore him, he ll go away. Plus, no showers, fewer days off. If you thought the disparities between the men s and women s march madness tournaments were bad, we until you hear about the college world series. It s going to shock you. Good morning, it is sunday, june six. I m lindsay riser. Yeah, it s the very least that they can ask for. Some showers, celebratory dinners. I take a walk and i need a shower in new york s human humidity. Not to mention that right now, it s african hot all along the east coast as we do say good morning here in new york. We re live from the headquarters in new york. We have a lot to get to, including the sports world. There was something huge that took place involving one of the greatest players in tennis overnight. We ll get to that little bit later. But we have a team of reporters and analysts following the very latest for you. Right now from north carolina to
Now on bbc news 0ur world reports from afghanistan. This programme contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Afghanistan is in the grip of a new and sinister campaign of violence. Young professionals are being deliberately targeted and murdered. It is suspected that the killings are the work of insurgent groups like the taliban and is, who are targeting people, often women, trying to build their country based on democratic values. This year, the united states will withdraw its troops. Peace talks have so far failed to reach an agreement and the government accuses the taliban of using violence as leverage, but the taliban deny involvement. The fear is that if these targeted killings continue, the democratic gains of the last 20 years could all be lost. This school, for children with learning difficulties, was born out of tragedy. It was opened in the name of fatima natasha khalil, a human rights activist. Aged 2a, she was targeted and killed. Natasha was born in pakis