Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. And today, i vejourneyed to the beautiful south coast of england to meet one of the past century s most influential environmentalists, james lovelock. Now, he introduced us to the gaia hypothesis the idea that our planet and all of the life on it are part of one dynamic, self regulating system. Lovelock is now 101 years old, still having big thoughts about the future of life on earth. Have we humans sown the seeds of our own destruction? james lovelock, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Yes, glad to be back. It is such a pleasure to have you back on the programme. I want to ask you for your reflections on your own famous gaia hypothesis that idea that all of life on this planet and the planet itself are part of one self regulating system. When you developed the idea five decades ago, you seemed quite optimistic that this system was very durable, very resilient. Well, it had lasted three billion years that s not bad going! but are you now wor
Capital for the latest developments on a manhunt. And space race. Branson s flight this weekend as he prepares to boldly go where in billionaire has gone before. Thank you for joining us. We begin this hour with confusion over covid booster shots. Pfizer announcing it wants to get emergency use authorization for a booster saying it is seeing waning immunity from the twoshot vaccine. Last night though the cdc and fda pumping the brakes insisting that fully vaccinated americans do not need a booster right now. This comes as minutes ago the cdc just issued updated guidance as schools prepare for students to return to inperson learning. Let s begin with elizabeth cohen. Elizabeth, walk us through these mixed messages. What is going on with this confusion? right, boris. This does seem to be something of a mess at a time when the cdc and others are urging americans to get vaccinated. Pfizer saying, oh, the vaccines we have out there, there is waning immunity. That is not the way to convince
We are live in london and rome with details. Thousand of protestors rally in cuba. A rare display of anger over lack of freedoms and a failing economy further damaged by the pandemic. Good to have you with us. So italy s conquering heroes are set to meet with the prime minister today to celebrate their dramatic win in the euro 2020 final. Euphoria erupted on the streets of rome with the end of sunday s match at wembley. [ cheers ] the street party stretched well into the night after fans gathered to watch italy hand england a heartbreaking defeat. The teams stood level at the end of extra time. Italy winning a penalty shootout 32. Cnn world sport was there and our alex thomas joins us live from london. Good to see you, alex. A thrilling win for italy, a crushing defeat for england. Talk us through the highlights of the game and how they got there. Reporter: before i get to the action, rosemary, it s worth underlining what a huge national event this was here in the uk. Strained situatio
On the company s first ever passenger flight no, i wanted to enjoy every minute of it, and i did. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. You could describe it as a classic italianjob. Italy have snatched the euro2020 trophy from england at wembley and in the most dramatic fashion, on penalties. And they did it despite england scoring the earlist goal in a euro final just two minutes into the match, thanks to luke shaw. And it stayed that way right up to the 67th minute, when a stream of italian pressure finally took its toll on england (gfx)as leonardo bonucci applied the final touch on england as leonardo bonucci applied the final touch after a series of rebounds and deflections in the england penalty area. It remained one all at the end of normal time, although england came back into the match during extra time, neither side could score again, leaving the match to be decided on penalties. Italy were the first to miss then england and saka missed engl
Now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur, and today i ve journeyed to the beautiful south coast of england to meet one of the past century s most influential environmentalists, james lovelock. Now he introduced us to the gaia hypothesis, the idea that our planet and all of the life on it are part of one dynamic, self regulating system. Lovelock is now 101 years old, still having big thoughts about the future of life on earth. Have we humans sown the seeds of our own destruction? james lovelock, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Yes, glad to be back. It is such a pleasure to have you back on the programme. I want to ask you for your reflections on your own famous gaia hypothesis, that idea that all of life on this planet and the planet itself are part of one self regulating system. When you developed the idea five decades ago, you seemed quite optimistic that this system was very durable, very resilient. Well, it had lasted three billion years. That