now on bbc news: it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. very soon, world attention will be focused on glasgow and the latest effort to get countries across the world to intensify efforts to decarbonise their economies and avert disastrous climate change. breaking with business as usual requires political will and massive investment in clean technology. my guest is andrew forrest, an australian billionaire who made his fortune in mining. part of the problem, not the solution, you might think. well, he s out to convince you otherwise but do his green credentials stack up? andrew forrest, welcome to hardtalk. good to be back, stephen, thank you. it s great to have you here. now, look, people around the world are going to look at you, a man who has made billions out of mining for metals, generating many tens of millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide in the process. they are going to struggle to see you as a green crusader. well, i d like to reach out t
demonstrate outside the headquarters of netflix over a comedy special they say was transphobic. hello and welcome. the world health organization has told the bbc it believes the coronavirus pandemic will go on for a year longer than it needs to because of the unequal distribution of vaccines. it comes as a group of charities have criticised the uk and canada for themselves using doses from covax 7 the global programme to ensure vaccines are distributed fairly. meanwhile, oxfam is issuing a report criticising pharmaceutical companies and rich nations for delivering just one in seven of the doses promised for developing countries. naomi grimley reports. it s the question we all keep asking when will this pandemic end? not as soon as it could is the answer from the world health organization because of uneven vaccine distribution across the world. there have been plenty of summits about vaccine donations to poorer countries, but the exasperation of who officials is clear to see
street. we start with tesla because the electric car pioneer is charging ahead despite the global supply chain crisis. tesla made record sales of 13.8 billion dollars in the three months to september better than wall street was expecting and up 57 per cent on the same quarter last year. profits quadrupled and car deliveries also hit record levels. but telsa s warning that chip shortages, energy blackouts and port congestion are stopping factories running at full speed. and that could hit growth in the coming months as samira hussain reports from new york. tesla reports from new york. has bucked the trend of other tesla has bucked the trend of other car makers who have been reporting profits because of record consumer demand despite the global shortage of semiconductors mean they can charge of the vehicles that they are selling. but those have not been able to produce better overall sales numbers for cars of their supply constraints but tesla has been able to set a
make more deliveries in the uk? would it undermine plans to upscale british workers? it s ronaldo to the rescue once again. the manchester united striker caps off another astonishing champions league come back, this time to beat atalanta and it eases the pressure on the united manager. good morning. a cold start to the day today. for many of us it will be drier and sunnier than it was yesterday. having said that some showers coming in on a brisk north westerly wind with gales on the north sea coastline. all the details later in the programme. it s thursday, the 21st of october. our main story. pressure is growing on the government to re impose some covid restrictions in england, amid a surge in cases. it comes as the british medical association has accused ministers of being wilfully negligent. it says measures, such as compulsory face coverings and social distancing should be brought back in now, to protect the nhs as we head into the winter months. here s our political co
countries should pay to help. after scoring the dreaded nil points last year, the uk s eurovision hopes are put into the hands of the team behind stars like dua lipa and ellie goulding to select next year s entry. and coming up this hour. putting your faith into artificial intelligence. from prayer apps to smart rosary beads the rise of robots in religion. pressure is growing on the government to re impose some covid restrictions in england, amid a surge in cases. it comes as the british medical association has accused ministers of being wilfully negligent . it says measures such as compulsory face coverings and social distancing should be brought back in now, to protect the nhs as we head into the winter months. daily uk infections have been above 40,000 for eight days in a row. the health secretary has warned daily cases could soon rise to 100,000. speaking this morning, health minister edward argar acknowledged that the nhs is under pressure, but said he believed it is