Facebook Unfriends Australia The Social Networking Giant Blocks access to news media on its site in a row over paying for content. Scientists say lockdown is working, as new Covid Infections in england, fall by two thirds since the start of the year. Millions of texans are without power for a fourth day, after Gas Pipelines and Wind Turbines freeze over in a winter storm. And as texas froze, ted cruz flew to mexico. Has the states republican senator left his reputation out in the cold . Hello, and thanks forjoining us. We start on another planet, mars, where the Nasa Perseverance Rover has safely touched down. It has already started sending back messages from its new home, and will now set about the business of trying to find signs that mars was once and could even still be a planet where life took hold. Heres our science correspondent rebecca morelle. And a warning her report contains some flashing images. Perseverance is going about one kilometre per second. A nerve racking wait at m
Now im bbc news, its our world. Hadicha is fighting forjustice. Her husband, azimjan, has been in prison for ten years for crime he says he didnt commit. Now he has one last chance of freedom. But as the court case approaches, coronavirus is spreading. This is the story of hadicha and azimjan and their fight for justice. Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country which borders china. Most of the 6 million population are kyrgyz. But there Arejust Under1 million uzbeks. One of them is hadicha. For ten years she has campaigned for her husband, azimjan askarov, a Human Rights Activist who is in prison. Hadicha and azimjan have been married for over a0 years, but in 2010 he became caught up in violent clashes between kyrgyz and uzbeks. Azimjan set out to find out. While azimjan was documenting the violence, police visited hadicha. Now azimjan found himself being interrogated by the same local police he had been investigating. He says he was mistreated. Shortly after his arrest, he told a local jou
Thats it for made. I will be back tomorrow. Its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Heres a story that sounds like fiction. A boy in scotland is raised in post industrial poverty. His father is absent, his mother addicted to alcohol and dead by the time the boy is 16. He is bullied mercilessly because hes different, gay, in an intolerant culture. That boy becomes a fashion designer. He writes a first novel which wins the prestigious booker prize. This is no fiction. His name is Douglas Stuart and he is my guest today. Douglas stuart in new york state, welcome to hardtalk. Hi, stephen. Thank you for having me. It is a great pleasure to have you on the show. Douglas, i think people right Around The World are still discovering your extraordinary novel, shuggie bain. They may be surprised to learn that it took you pretty much a decade, maybe a little bit more than a decade, to actually complete this novel. Now, that makes it sound like it was very difficult to write. Was it d
As texas froze, ted cruz flew to mexico. Has the states republican senator left his reputation out in the cold . And facebook Unfriends Australia The Social Networking Giant Blocks access to news media on its site in a row over paying for content. Hello, welcome to the programme. We start on another planet mars, where the Nasa Perseverance Rover has safely touched down. It has already started sending back messages from its new home, and will now set about the business of trying to find signs that mars was once and could even still be a planet where life took hold. Heres our science correspondent rebecca morelle. And a warning her report contains some flashing images. Perseverance is going about one kilometre per second. A nerve racking wait at mission control. Perseverance has landed safely, on the surface of mars cheering then celebrations as a signal is received from mars. Its touchdown for nasas perseverance rover. And these are its first images a view of its landing site before it
Scientists say theres been a strong decline in the number of Covid Infections in england since the latest lockdown began. It is working, it seems. Researchers at imperial college, whove been tracking the pandemic, say Infection Rates have dropped by two thirds but there are warnings that virus levels are still high, particularly among the under 25s. Heres our medical editor, fergus walsh. Lockdown is working draconian restrictions on Society Mean Coronavirus has fewer chances to spread but thats meant closing schools, shops, pubs, gyms putting normal life on hold. The latest evidence comes from 85,000 swab tests sent out to households across england. The survey by imperial college, from the 4th 13th of february, is good at picking up cases among those who dont know theyre carrying the virus. The survey found that infections have fallen by two thirds across england in the past month, and are down 80 in london. The researchers estimate that infections are halving every 15 days, but they