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now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the golden age of the explorer is inextricably linked with the golden age of empire. people inspired to travel where none had travelled before, charting territory and encountering peoples who were subsequently often subjugated and exploited. well, my guest is one of the world s great modern day explorers. but robin hanbury tenison s motivation was never conquest. instead, he committed himself to the protection of indigenous peoples and their lands. have his efforts made a difference? robin hanbury tenison, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let s start with this word explorer. do you think its past its sell by date, now that all of our planet is surveyed, satellite tracked, we map it, we know it? is exploration a thing of the past? absolutely not. the word is grossly overused by all sorts of people. i mean, windows explorer, for a start. it s all over the media all of the time, all sorts of people are call ....
all civilian space mission crewed by amateur astronauts. come on, babe, why don t we paint the town? and all that jazz! after an 18 month shutdown because of the pandemic, the show can finally go on again as new york s hello and welcome. within the past hour polls have closed in california where voters have been deciding whether to oust the democratic governor, gavin newsom, 16 months before the end of his term. he s widely expected to win the 50% of votes needed to stay in office. the recall vote was initiated by republicans, angered by strict coronavirus regulations. his leading challenger is larry elder, a conservative radio talk show host. i m humble and grateful to the millions and millions of californians i m humble and grateful to the millions and millions of californians who i m humble and grateful to the millions and millions of californians who exercise i m humble and grateful to the millions and millions of californians who exercise their fundamental right ....
a p pa re ntly apparently the british people love pies! we will get stuck into that later. let s start with apple, because the tech giant has unvelied four new iphones which will hit the shelves next month. we re not talking apple pies. the firm has had a busy 2a hours, it was forced to release a security patch after a flaw was found in its devices. however, apple will be hoping its new offerings will be making the headlines now. the new iphones include the iphone 13, iphone 13 mini, iphone 13 pro and iphone 13 pro max which will have a starting price of $699. the launch comes as buyers are keeping their phones for longer before upgrading. investment firm wedbush securities estimates that around 250 million iphone users have not upgraded their phones in 3.5 years. joining me now is russ frushtick, co founder of polygon. i m sure you ve been looking in detail with what apple wants, we always demand you innovation and this time everyone seems very underwhelmed?- and t ....
modern day explorers. but robin hanbury tenison s motivation was never conquest. instead, he committed himself to the protection of indigenous peoples and their lands. have his efforts made a difference? robin hanbury tenison, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let s start with this word explorer. do you think it s past its sell by date, now that all of our planet is surveyed, satellite tracked, we map it we know it? is exploration a thing of the past? absolutely not. the word is grossly overused by all sorts of people. i mean, windows explorer, for a start. it s all over the media all of the time, all sorts of people are calling themselves explorers. but for me, explorers, partly in the old victorian tradition that you were talking about, but also today, are people who change the world, who actually examine this extraordinary planet that we live on, and reveal it to the outside world, to everybody, the way it actually ticks and hangs together. and if that involves some ha ....
hello and welcome. boris johnson has today set out his autumn and winter plan to deal with covid infections in england the prime minister is desperate to avoid any more lockdowns, the country can ill afford it but he can t rule one out. and so what he outlined today was plan a and plan b should the numbers this winter overwhelm the national health service. to use the analogy of the deputy chief medical officer, mrjohnson thinsk it is much better to attach guy ropes to the tent now, than to try and fit them retrospectively once the storm is upon us. so to that end, there will be booster vaccinations for the over 50 s, one dose of vaccine for the 12 15 year olds, and its highly likely they will mandate vaccines for all health workers. here s our deputy political editor vicki young. adapting to seasonal change means thinking and planning ahead, especially in a pandemic. some things ministers can t control, but the government needs to be ready for the unexpected. borisj ....