help the ukrainian forces get the capability they need to protect ukrainian people. and scientists in australia teach brain cells grown in a lab to play a video game. we find out why. the next stage could open up options such as cyber security management or upon as devices and perhaps could lead to sentiment and fully autonomous robots. sentience welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ajury in the us has ordered the conspiracy theorist, alexjones, to pay $965 million in damages to the families of victims of the sandy hook massacre. mrjones falsely claimed for years that the mass shooting had been staged by the government to try to introduce tighter gun controls. the school principal was among the 26 people killed in the attack in 2012. 0ur correspondent peter bowes has been following the story and joins us now from los angeles. good to see you. remind us what prompted this case. this good to see you. remind us what prompted this case. prompted this
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to protect the ukrainian people. scientists in australia teach brain cells grown in a lab to play a video game. we find out why. the next stage could open up options such as cyber security management or more economist devices and perhaps could lead to sentience and fully autonomous robots. we met the inventor taking off in his brand new flying car. hello. welcome to the programme. ajury in the us has ordered the conspiracy theorist alexjones to pay $965 million in damages to the families of victims of the sandy hook massacre. mrjones falsely claimed for years that the mass shooting had been staged by the government to try to introduce tighter gun controls. the school principal was among the 26 people killed in the attack in 2012. 0ur correspondent peter bowes has been following the story and joins us now from los angeles. i asked him what prompted this case. this goes back a decade and it is as a result of the families, they say they were harassed and persecuted by followers
say the us has promised ukraine more weapons, including air defence systems. a very good morning. here on bbc news, it is click. this week, the race to preserve ukraine s heritage and culture by sd scanning its buildings. phone too big? display too small? spencer has been looking at the latest flexi screens that are coming around the bend. yeah, you couldn t do this with a solid glass tablet. we will try on some smart fabrics and a solar powered shirt. and sticking with style, are these the emperor s new clothes? lara has been trying on some threads that don t even exist. that s very cool. good job, i take my hat off to you. my virtual hat. lives lost, people displaced. the horrors of war are unimaginable. and the battle for ukraine goes on. russia no longer has full control of the southern and eastern regions it illegally annexed in the last week, and as the ukrainian army fights back and regains some of its stolen territory, the huge damage to kherson and donetsk are being
including air defence systems. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. last month, president biden told americans the covid pandemic was over. a striking statement, given that us covid deaths are still running at an average of close to 400 a day. the overall covid death toll in the states has topped 1 million. on many measures, america s pandemic performance has been relatively poor. my guest is the soon to retire chief medical adviser to president biden, dr anthony fauci, the scientist at the centre of america s covid storm. what lessons has he learned? dr anthony fauci in bethesda, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s good to be with you. it s great to have you on the show. now, let s start with that big statement by president biden. the pandemic is over, he declared. do you agree with that view? well, certainly, if you re talking about the pandemic as a widespread disease throughout the world, it s not over. what the president was re