Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together some of the uk s leading commentators, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents writing, blogging and broadcasting to audiences back home from the dateline london. This week, a taxing question for the 620 making multinationals pay theirfair share, and is the head of the imf naming and shaming the g7 over vaccination? i am joined byjeffrey kaufman, a news anchor in both his native canada and the united states as well as a much travelled foreign correspondent. Isabel hilton, newspaper columnist and broadcaster who founded china dialogue, an independent organisation trying to foster greater understanding of china and improve its environment. And you see him there, our bbc business editor simonjack, good to have you with me in the studio. Welcome to isabel and jeffrey. Lovely to see you again from distant parts. Now, no taxation without representation the slogan of the american colonies af
Now on bbc news, it s the highlights of the week s proceedings in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament the week ministers decided to change england s covid rules. We will revoke all social distancing guidance, including the two metre rule. Minister: hallelujah!. But labour refused to join in the hallelujah chorus. Once again, instead of a careful, controlled approach, we re heading for a summer of chaos and confusion. Also in this programme, a minister calls for more women lorry drivers. It is a very white, male sector and i think there are huge opportunities for the sector to diversify. And could brexit save the british hedgehog? an mp says a new farming policy. Should aim to secure and restore hedgerows and habitats to give our hedgehogs a bit of a brexit dividend. But first, it had been trailed as england s freedom day the day people could throw away their masks, party with more than five friends, and even perhaps plan a foreign holiday. But with infections
Put crime at the center of his campaign. And yesterday, a historic flight. Billionaire richard branson reaching the edge of space in a test flight aboard virgin galactic space ship, hoping to send tourists there next. And unrest in cuba. Thousands of protesters take to the streets in the biggest antigovernment demonstrations the country has seen in decades. But we have to start this morning with growing concerns about covid19. Yes, this is is not gone. A new increase in hospitalizations and cases blamed on rapidly spreading delta variant. Seven day average for new infections up 16% nationwide, and hospitalizations have jumped more than 8%. In los angeles alone, health officials reporting an alarming 165% surge in cases over the last week. In 14 states, less than 40% of residents are fully vaccinated, with alabama, mississippi, arkansas ranking lowest. Representatives from pfizer are set to brief the top health officials about what they say is the need for a booster shot, specifically t
Hospital balcony. And later, they re cute little devils, a special species makes a return. They re beautiful, what is not to love about tasmanian devils? they re beautiful this is the cbs weekend news with jericka duncan, reporting from the new york. Ork, her barnett: good evening, to our viewers in the west jericka duncan is off tonight. I m errol barnett. British billionaire richard branson first took tourists to the sky in 1984 flying aboard a used jumbo jet. Today branson soared into space on board a repainted virgin galactic rocket plane with a crew of five others. He called this the dawn of a new space age aimed at sending tourist there, too. Cbs mark strassmann watched it all in truth or consequences, new mexico. Good evening. Reporter: i tell you, errol, that really was something, a milestone for richard branson personally, but also one for commercial space. The emerging market of space tourism has a genuine success story. Sir richard branson, astronaut. Reporter: with his new
Be back in the embrace of earth s gravity and your family s arms. It may sound far fetch bud branson is on a quest to make the final frontier a little less out of reach. He s approached today s journey as part joy ride, part market research. The last week i ve had my notebook with me. I ve written down, you know, 30 or 40 little things that will make the next experience for the next person who goes to space with us that much better. And the only way sometimes you can find these little things is to get in a spaceship and go to space and experience it. But having said that, 99. 99% was beyond my wildest dreams. Kristin fisher is at the space launch site. Richard branson celebrating tonight after achieving this lifelong dream of seeing planet earth from space and finally becoming an astronaut. He got his wings after a successful test flight. The ship returned in pristine condition. The crew returned safe. And what this is, is really the fulfillment of 17 years of tough work and a few setb