have had to have those conversations. we ve iterated on our hate speech policies can weave band of high profile individuals who are talking about this abuse in the raising awareness about the abuse they are receiving that s an important part of the conversation that we are having. but do you accept that criticism? they run out of patience with you and say they are tired and have had enough and say that you have failed to tackle this issue, do you accept that criticism and do you share responsibility, are you to blame? weeks of that being able to deal with these issues is everyone s response ability and so we want to take our part in becoming to address this issue more broadly. if we were to insist on people having to act and use both government or passport details before they can access their accounts, we would be boring initial access to the very people who use our platforms to create the communities that they currently have. our sports editor dan roan speaking to fadzai mad
the tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. jeff bezos is stepping down as amazon s chief executive. the online retail giant s founder will move to become the compa ny s executive chairman. he will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazon s cloud computing business. and this comes as the firm reported $386 billion in sales in 2020, that s up 38% on the year before. their profits almost doubled, rising to $21.3 billion. so what s been the reaction to the news bezos is stepping to the side, and what do we know about the new boss? duncan howe is e commerce strategist at cheil uk, which is a digital marketing and advertising agency. duncan, welcome to the programme. executive chair man still means he will have a lot of control and very much involved in and is on, but it is the day to day responsibility. what do you think about this move? i responsibility. what do you think about this move? i think it is a bit of think about this move?
and to laugh or not to laugh. a warning that cancel culture could wipe out comedy. hello and welcome to bbc news. people with covid in england can now stop self isolating after a week following two negative lateral flow tests effectively opening up christmas for thousands of people. the health secretary says it s to ease disruption to people s lives, and comes after the prime minister ruled out imposing further covid restrictions in england at this stage. so, from today, in england, self isolation for those who have tested positive will be cut from ten days to seven days as long as they receive negative lateral flow test results on day six and seven of their isolation period and have no symptoms. people ending isolation on day seven are strongly advised to limit contact with vulnerable people, not visit crowded or poorly ventilated spaces, and work from home. if they can. health secretary sajid javid said it would minimize disruption caused by the rapid spread of the om
to consumers, that s allowed in only one other country on the planet. but it s allowed here. surpr so it may not surprise you thatn in this country, drug companies spend more on lobbying congressress than any other industry. a lot more than an industry, a lot more than any other industry. and they don t d o it by accident. they do it because it pays off in a deal like this. a pretty remarkable deal . the drug companies have worked out with politicians. so the government usesthe gove x dollars to buy billions worth of their products and then in prme cases forces you to use those products. d sometimes sometimes those products work, sometimes they don t work. in some cases, those products can injure work. d some cases t you. no matte but no matter what happens,appes there s nothing you can do about it because politicians have given these companies s have gcomplete immunity. if their products hurt or kill you, you can t sue them. you re not even really allowedtt to complain abo
and i m gonna address theunited states of america. gary: there s no doubt that night. it was a textbook procedure. i had no choice. i was forced to take a life. i was a white cop whoshot a black 16-year-old. (protestors chanting) natacha: i would like toaddress all law enforcement across the country and around the world. honor the oath. (dramatic music) gary: the other officerskept repeating: he did the right thing.he had no choice. it was a good shoot. reporter: the death ofphillip pannell brought rage the streets of normallypeaceful teaneck, new jersey. m2: this was middle-classmodel city, american. alison: we live in teaneck.this doesn t happen in teaneck. w2: it wasn t the utopia ithought it was for many people. (dramatic music) thelma: we enduredthis pain for 30 years, now we re back here again. crowd: yeah, (music) natacha: on my honor,i will never betray my integrity forthe public trust. m3: the fact of the matter isphillip pannell was executed. m4: i don t care how