dr. lipi roy is here to answer more of your covid questions. and it s a side of the syrian civil war you may not know about, an all female militia fighting for their rights among the first to ever beat isis on the battlefield. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. president biden s covid package is one big step closer to becoming law, but what s after that? how will democrats govern from here with republican support uncertain at best? it could depend on this senator, democrat joe manchin of west virginia. the stimulus package has smaller unemployment benefits than designed as a condition of winning his support. now it won t add another $400 per person but 300, but even with his support, there s still the problem of getting over a republican filibuster in the future. that would take every democratic senator and ten republicans voting to stop it, and that has a number of democrats calling for an end to the filibuster. the more
this week the government published its eagerly awaited levelling up white paper, setting out plans to reduce regional inequality. its aim is to revitalise communities in places like rhyl but critics claim lessons aren t being learnt from previous efforts saying the focus should be on people rather than shiny new buildings . our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. we ve got the best seaside resort in wales, haven t we? we ve got a lovely community living here in rhyl. there s this sense of hopelessness amongst the people and you can see it in people s eyes. the ebb and flow of debate about rhyl can mask a simple consensus. the town needs improving. florist carol parr is fully aware of the town s reputation. not many people say a lot of good things about rhyl, which i can sort of understand based on crime, and there s a lot of trouble. but when she had to relocate her business three years ago, she chose rhyl high street, an act of faith. over the last, s
this week the government published its eagerly awaited levelling up white paper, setting out plans to reduce regional inequality. its aim is to revitalise communities in places like rhyl on the north east coast of wales but critics claim lessons aren t being learnt from previous efforts saying the focus should be on people rather than shiny new buildings . our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. we ve got the best seaside resort in wales, haven t we? we ve got a lovely community living here in rhyl. there s this sense of hopelessness amongst the people and you can see it in people s eyes. the ebb and flow of debate about rhyl can mask a simple consensus. the town needs improving. florist carol parr is fully aware of the town s reputation. not many people say a lot of good things about rhyl, which i can sort of understand based on crime, and there s a lot of trouble. but when she had to relocate her business three years ago, she chose rhyl high street,
the online world can seem like a lawless space. this bill, a first attempt to regulate it, is expected before parliament soon. tech companies had already been told they would face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they didn t take down child abuse material and terrorism content. now that will apply to drugs and arms dealing, encouraging suicide, fraud and revenge porn. the government says it will be able to bring the full weight of the law against people using the internet as against people using the internet as a weapon to ruin other people s lives. those who send threatening messages, like the racist abuse of england s footballers last year, will face prosecution, as well people at the companies themselves. the organisations will have to enable individuals who will be responsible within those organisations for complying with the legislation. if they continue to flout that legislation, those named individuals will be responsible and could face up to five years imprisonment.
of her accession to the throne. and coming up during a special programme at 14:30. we follow three nurses over the course of a night shift in one of the busiest intensive units in the west midlands. the government is strengthening the law to force social media companies to take down illegal content without waiting for it to be reported by users. under the online safety bill, firms will have to remove a number of categories of illegal material with several more now being added, including drugs and arms dealing, and forums that encourage suicide. sanchia berg reports the online world can seem like a lawless space. this bill a first attempt to regulate it is expected before parliament soon. tech companies had already been told they d face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they didn t take down child abuse material and terrorism content. now that will apply to drugs and arms dealing, encouraging suicide, fraud, and revenge porn. the government says it will be able to bring