systematically evict hazara people in afghanistan. and the game streaming platform twitch is headed by a data leak exposing gamers earnings and confidential information. hello, welcome to the programme. ourtop hello, welcome to the programme. our top story this hour: the world health organization approves a vaccine against malaria which could save hundreds of thousands of lives across the globe each year. fergus walsh reports. this is a milestone in public health. after decades of research and trials, this one in kenya, at last a vaccine against one of the world s deadliest infections malaria. the disease is spread by mosquitoes, which are infected with the malaria parasite. this triggers fever, and in severe cases, organ failure. the world health organization said the vaccine would now be widely rolled out across africa. this long awaited malaria vaccine is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control. using this vaccine in addition to existing tools to pr
and now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week, we re all about genetics. should your dna decide your dinner? how does it shape your personality? and can it be used to track down a murderer? it s the most personal data that you own. it literally defines you. it is your dna. ever since the human genome was decoded, researchers have been peering deeper into what makes us us, and more and more companies have been able to build services around what they ve found so far. here s what lara has to say on the subject. excuse me. it s not disgusting, it s science. mmm i think it s both, actually. i look forward to finding out what s got lara spitting feathers later. but first, a story that will make your blood run cold. i m in iceland, revisiting the freezers at decode genetics in reykjavik, where robots working in temperatures of 26 celsius look after the blood of iceland. over the last quarter of a century icelanders have donated nearly 2 million samples, all in the name of g
leak exposing gamers earnings and confidential information. the game streaming platform twitch. hello, welcome to the programme and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. millions of children are to be offered vaccinations against one of the world s deadliest diseases, malaria. every year hundreds of thousands of children in africa die of malaria, a disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. fergus walsh reports. this is a milestone in public health. after decades of research and trials, this one in kenya, at last a vaccine against one of the world s deadliest infections malaria. the disease is spread by mosquitoes, which are infected with the malaria parasite. this triggers fever, and in severe cases, organ failure. the world health organization said the vaccine would now be widely rolled out across africa. this long awaited malaria vaccine is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control. using this vaccine in addition to existi
and now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur, and today i ve come to kew gardens in south west london. this place is a botanical treasure trove, the largest single collection of living plants in the world, some of the specimens here collected by charles darwin himself. my guest is kew s director, richard deverell, who has big ambitions to put this place at the heart of the battle to avert global environmental catastrophe. butjust how realistic is that? richard deverell, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let me begin by asking you about your vision for this remarkable place, kew. do you see it as an institution devoted to science and research? or, fundamentally, is it one of the world s great visitor attractions? kew is a bit of both. i think at the heart of kew has always been science, our scientists and our scientific collections. but we also have this extraordinary living collection in the gardens just here. we have nearly 18,000 different species a
millions of children in africa are set to be vaccinated against malaria for the first time when the vaccine is rolled out across the continent. northern ireland police announced an investigation into allegations of physical and sexual abuse at institutions for unmarried mothers and for babies. including the magdalen laundries. millions of families will be £1000 a year worse off from today, due to the end of the £20 a week increase to universal credit. hello, good afternoon. borisjohnson has told the conservative party conference he is committed to his levelling up agenda, saying tackling inequality around the country is about boosting potential, as well as fairness. in his first in person conference speech since winning the 2019 general election, he also said the country is moving towards a high wage, high skill, high productivity and low tax economy , though he warned the transition would bring difficulties . and he defended the forthcoming rise in national insurance to