who fled to india after being told to shoot at protesters. the brother of ghislaine maxwell tells the bbc that the conditions of her detention in an american prison are degrading and amount to torture. hello to you. it s exactly one year since the world health organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic. that is the point the disease was confirmed as a truly global problem. covid 19 has so far claimed 2.6 million lives, but there is hope on the horizon as vaccines reach some of the furthest corners of the world. our global health correspondent naomi grimley has been looking at the pandemic, one year in. it s been a year that most of us will remember for the rest of our lives. one of grief and loneliness on a scale none of us could ve imagined. it s exactly 12 months since the world health organization officially sounded the alarm about the seriousness of covid 19. we have therefore made the assessment that covid 19 can be characterised as a pande
want to stop the potential nominee. romney has been saying a lot of stupid political things on the campaign trail. do you think ed gillespie coming in is going to finally bring some order to that message that the romney camp puts out? if he listens to him, i think ed gillespie has the experience, he has the track record, he s been in the white house. he s been outside. he knows how to run a campaign. and i think that i need some outside brain power. but, again, you listen to romney, and the sound isn t even good. they haven t found a way to communicate and to say, this is what we want to say. there s just it s chatter often. and it s an undisciplined message. he says a lot of things off the cuff that get him in trouble. bob, why would such a disciplined man have such a string of self-inflicted wounds? it s pretty fascinating. you have learned this from