david willis there. if says it is - willis there. senior un officials for what it called meddling in the country's internal affairs. the expulsion comes amid repeated calls by the un for the government to allow more humanitarian help into the northern region in and around tigray, where it's chief assumes there is a famine unfolding. displaced and desperate. reliant on handouts. victims of an 11 month. now if you have your�*s government has told of those there to help get the aid out to get out. —— ethiopian. they are from the offices of humanitarian affairs, human rights, and children's fund. ethiopian's ministry of foreign declared the officials persona non grata for meddling in the internal affairs of the country and instructing them to leave the country within the next 72 hours. the un says it is shocked. hours. the un says it is shocked-— hours. the un says it is shocked. . ., ., shocked. our un humanitarian operations— shocked. our un humanitarian operations are _ shocked. our un humanitarian operations are guided - shocked. our

david willis there. detail on this story on our website, including a very detailed look at what happens next. just log on to bbc.com/news. or download the bbc news app. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. the furlough scheme, under which more than 11 million people in the uk were paid a percentage of their wages the un secretary general said time is running out to stop the coup in myanmarto time is running out to stop the coup in myanmar to spiral into catastrophe. he called on the international community to take immediate action. translation: the former french president has been sentenced to a year in prison for illegally funding his 2012 campaign. the report said he can serve under house arrest. he said he will appeal the verdict. i want to bring you an update on a story that has horrified people in the uk and around the world. the abduction, rape and murder of a young woman, sarah everard. he faked an arrest to snatch of the street in london last march during covert lo

black david willis, always a pleasure. thank you for your analysis.a resolution finding former trump advisor steve bannon in contempt of congress. mr bannon has refused to appear before a congressional hearing investigating january's attack on the us capitol, citing executive privilege. the matter will now be referred to the justice department. a coronavirus lockdown in the australian city of melbourne has been lifted, now that 70% of the population has been double—vaccinated. the city has had six lockdowns, spending more than 260 days under tough restrictions. pubs, cafes and hairdressers can now reopen, but only to those who are double—vaccinated. poland has accused the european union of blackmail, following a threat to withdraw funds, after polishjudges said certain eu laws were incompatible with poland's constitution. the polish government has been supported by hungary's hardline leader viktor 0rban. tensions between more nationalist administrations, and the eu's majority, have surfaced at the start of a two day meeting in brussels, as our europe

david willis there with the details. stay with us on bbc news — still to come...moment that many of his victims have waited for for decades. the former dictator in the dock — older, slimmer. and as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside, it lights up a biblicalfamine now in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion, in argentina today it is actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies - in the past with great britain, but as good friends we have always found _ a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style after almost three decades in service. an aircraft that has enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. this is bbc news — the latest headlines... a stark covid warning from the world health organization — the pandemic will last longer because of the unequal distribution of vaccines. the uk government's under mounting pressure to reintroduce coronavirus restrictions in england — with doctors accusing ministers of being "wilful

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. at a house in wood street on tuesday. shmelecky is due to appear before magistrates in northampton on monday. it's been estimated that uk households bought more than 3 million pets during lockdowns — but some dog owners are now abandoning their pets as normal life resumes. rescue charities say their shelters are being filled, and owners are pretending their dogs are strays in order to get rid of them more easily. jordan davies reports. this is maggie. she is one and is believed to be a fake stray. maggie was brought in as a stray. in the taf area. we had some messages from supporters showing screenshots that she was on sale for £500. we do not know what happened in this 24 hours but we would certainly be concerned that she has not actually gotten loose from somewhere, that she is a fake stray. maggie's not alone —workers say they have never seen as many owners pretending that their dogs are strays. this is maggie for sale for £500 and this is the third day before she was brought into

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.ral command spokesman said that abdul hamid al—matar had been successfully targeted using a reaper drone. police believe a four—year—old girl who disappeared almost a week ago in the australian outback was abducted from her tent. a reward of a million australian dollars — which is more than half a million pounds — has been offered for information on her disappearance. the bbc�*s sydney correspondent phil mercer explained the details surrounding this case. i think this reward, this huge 1 million australian dollar reward, is pretty unusual to be offered so early in an investigation. it is an indication, i think, as to how worried the authorities are about cleo smith. she was last seen on a family camping trip about 550 miles to the north of perth just over a week ago and the authorities are of the belief that she was taken sometime during the night. a brief timeline — the family arrived at this campsite north of perth. the young girl went to bed at about eight o'clock in the evening. at

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. salvini has gone on trial in sicily, accused of preventing a migrant boat from docking in august 2019. mr salvini, the leader of the right—wing league party, is charged with kidnapping and dereliction of duty. a number of other former government ministers in italy have been called to give evidence. ahead of the climate summit cop26 — which starts in a week's time, in glasgow — the world's biggest oil exporter, saudi arabia, says it's aiming to reach net—zero carbon emissions by 2060. meanwhile, the environmental activist greta thunberg has called for honesty from the world leaders about where they are failing to stop climate change. one of the messages that we have is, be honest about where you are, how you have been failing, how you are still failing us and how they spend their time, instead of trying to find solutions, real solutions, that would actually lead somewhere, that would lead to a substantial and fundamental change, they seem to spend their time trying to come up with loop

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.mand spokesman said that abdul hamid al—matar had been successfully targeted using a reaper drone. it's been estimated that uk households bought more than 3 million pets during lockdowns — but some dog owners are now abandoning their pets as normal life resumes. rescue charities say their shelters are being filled, and owners are pretending their dogs are strays in order to get rid of them more easily. others are reporting calls from vets, fearful they will be asked to put down healthy animals because they're no longer wanted. sarah rosserfrom the hope rescue centre in wales says staff have been dealing with many "fake strays." the fake stray phenomenon is not a new thing but we have never seen it at the levels that sadly we are experiencing at the moment. sometimes we might have owners who are on the waiting list, waiting for a space and then we see that dog turned up at the centre as a stray and we also are getting in a number of dogs who are then turning out to have been on sale on

david willis, bbc news, southern california.unced next week — in a live programme here on the bbc news channel. the shortlist includes an eco—friendly mosque in cambridge, a boat museum in the lake district, and a university building in south—west london. over the coming few days, we'll be looking at each of the six buildings on the shortlist. today is the turn of 15 clerkenwell close, a mixed—use office and residential building in central london. on construction, its limestone facade proved controversial — with the local council initially calling for the building's demolition, a decision later overturned on appeal. people might look at this building and think, oh, it's completely modern and contemporary, i've never seen anything like it. but, actually, the building methodology is as old as the megalithic architects, builders. my name is amin taha, i am chairman of groupwork, a firm of architects. we are in 15 clerkenwell close. it's a mixed—use building, it has office space in it and residential. this building is in many ways d

our north america correspondent, david willis, reports.two people accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun. we need help immediately. that call to the emergency services, the first public indication of the tragic events that had unfolded in the foothills of northern new mexico. police arrived to find halyna hutchins, an up—and—coming cinematographer, dead and the film's director, joel souza, badly hurt. their injuries inflicted by the film's star, alec baldwin, who according to court documents, was handed a gun he was told was safe to use, but which was in fact loaded with a live round. in a statement alec baldwin said he was cooperating with the police investigation. this is not the first tragedy of its kind. nearly 30 years ago on the set of the film the crow, brandon lee, the son of martial arts expert bruce lee, died after being shot by a gun firing blanks. safety standards have been tightened on film sets since then, but on the family twitter account brandon's sister posted the message, "no—one should ever be killed by a gun on

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. ongoing volcanic eruption on the spanish island of la palma. lava and ash have caused chaos — but let's take a look at the impact it's having in the surrounding waters. these pictures — from the spanish national research council — show marine life struggling to cope. volcanic ash has fallen to depths of four—hundred metres. scientists are concerned about the damage it's doing to the ecosystem. a coastal town has received a 41million pound donation from the woman behind fisherman's friend cough sweets. businesswoman doreen lofthouse, who died in march, aged 91, has left her fortune to a charity that strives to develop her hometown of fleetwood. fleetwood town council said it was "overwhelmed by the generosity". transport outside of london. england city regions will get the cash to improve services as part of the chancellor's budget next week. get your boosterjabs a ministers as the chancellor's budget next week. get your boosterjab see ministers as a top government adviser warns covid—

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.ined now byjim dowdall, who is a film stunt coordinator and former armourer. welcome, thank you forjoining us. what are your thoughts as you contemplate that question about how good a live round have got a gun fired by alec baldwin on set? weill. fired by alec baldwin on set? well, from what i — fired by alec baldwin on set? well, from what i hear _ fired by alec baldwin on set? well, from what i hear and _ fired by alec baldwin on set? well, from what i hear and what - fired by alec baldwin on set? well, from what i hear and what i - fired by alec baldwin on set? -ii from what i hear and what i have read, for a start, i hear that it was an assistant director that handed him the gun and said that it was unloaded. procedurally, that is completely nonsense on a professional film set. completely nonsense on a professionalfilm set. so it completely nonsense on a professional film set. so it goes back to saying where they in new mexico because, you know, technicians are cheaper down there a

here's our north america correspondent david willis who gave me an update to the story.antjust released contains the first indications of a sequence of events in this tragedy and those court documents say that alec baldwin was handed a prop gun by the assistant director on this film and told that it was safe to use. apparently the assistant director shouted "cold gun" without knowing that it was loaded with a live round. now, as part of this search warrant, which is being conducted over the weekend at the ranch where the film was being made, officials have also taken away alec baldwin's costume, the bloodstained costume, the gun itself, other ammunition and also memory cards from cameras, video recorders that were rolling at the time of this tragedy. what this court filing, this search warrant does not provide, of course, is any indication of how it was that a live round ended up in a gun being fired by alec baldwin. eu leaders have threatened further action against belarus as a row over migration intensifies. poland, lithuania and latvia have all declared a state of eme

i've been speaking to our north america correspondent — david willis — and i asked him what he had learnedlearned that this committee is extremely determined to get to the bottom of the events on that fateful day, the 6th of january of this year when a mob of donald trump supporters staged an insurrection at the us capitol and they are pressing ahead with getting steve bannon to give testimony. testimony that he is seeking to avoid. giving to this committee on the grounds that there is executive privilege attached to the remarks and documents you might forward to them. i have to say that there is a feeling today that this is going to go all the way to the house vote later in the week and then perhaps be referred to the attorney general of the district of columbia and the us justice department. for him to be held potentially in contempt of congress. it is a milestone in the committee's work and this is a committee that is extremely determined to find out who knew what, what caused the insurrection and who ultimately should be to blame for it and to prevent it from happening again. 50 for it

been speaking at a live town hall audience in baltimore, and our correspondent in los angeles at david willis this is this sort of event thatjoe biden enjoys greatly, lewis. he prefers these sort of events to normal press conferences, of which he has given surprisingly few since he took office. but these sort of events enable him to be avuncular, to be friendly, to tell tales as well, which he loves to do. but he fielded questions on a variety of issues, ranging from climate change to the vaccine policy here, to the future of policing in this country. in response to supply chain problems here, he was asked directly if he would consider getting the national guard involved in moving supplies around the country, he said yes, if the number of truckers couldn't be increased. he was asked about the defence of taiwan. if china threatened to taiwan would the us defend it and he said "yes, we have a commitment to do that." and he was also asked about steve bannon, that's donald trump's form a close aide who has been refusing, of course, to give evidence to a committee looking into the events of 6janua

here's our north american correspondent david willis steve bannon was one of donald trump as my closest he served briefly as white house chief of staff and was pardoned of criminal charges in one of mrtrump pardoned of criminal charges in one of mr trump as my final acts in office. now he may find himself facing charges again in connection with the siege on the us capitol building in january of this year. an january of this year. an insurrection _ january of this year. an insurrection which delayed certification ofjoe biden�*s presidential victory certification of joe biden�*s presidential victory left dozens of police officers injured and said lawmakers running for their lives. the select committee set up to investigate the violence believes he has crucial evidence relating to events leading up to the siege and that he is refusing to cooperate with them. and now the committee is getting tough. he stands alone in his complete defiance of our subpoena. that is not acceptable. no one in this country, no matter how wealthy or how powerful, is above the law. left may encourage others to fol

our north america correspondent, david willis, gave us this update from los angeles. lines but people here remain astonished. i think it's fair to say there should've been such an apparently stunning lapse of safety protocols on the set of this film. indeed there is a candlelit vigil due to take place here in los angeles tomorrow night in memory of the cinematographer who lost her life in this incident. detectives have seize guns and amunition from the set there in new mexico. also the clothing that alec baldwin, this film star was wearing at the time of this tragedy. in afadavit signed by the local sheriffs department it was revealed that alec baldwin was handed the gun by an assistant director on the film set who didn't believe that it was loaded at the time. it's also emerge there was weber areas labour strife on the set in the weeks running up to this tragic incident where about half a dozen crewmembers having walked off the set citing amongst other things safety concerns. leading up to this tragedy. and for the first time we've heard from the director joel souza

let's get the latest from our correspondent david willis — bring us speed to the latest.nd true crime fans a dog. brian and gabby left new york where they wear at high school together for this cross—country road trip, but about two months later, brian returned to his home in florida alone. that sparked a huge search. resulting in the discovery of gabby�*s body on the 19th of december —— september in wilderness in wyoming and the police believe that that body has been there for about a month by the time it was discovered and say that they believe that gabbie had been strangled. now, brian then it refused to co—operate with officials. he disappeared himself on the 14th of september. that was two weeks after he would've returned home, and now yesterday, in fact human remains were found in this nature reserve near the family home in florida in the last hour or so. the fbi has confirmed that those human remains are those of brian. that's bringing this extraordinary case to an end, which as i say has kept people here god, on radio, television and cable news, of course as well.

for more on the story, here is david willis from the us.trump administration's peace agreement with taliban, the agreement with taliban, the agreement reached without the involvement or cooperation with the afghan government. it led to the taliban agreeing to holding the fire on departing us troops, provided they made a complete exit from the country by may this year. the deadline of course was later extended. but throughout all negotiations, zalmay khalilzad was said to have been seen to be relinquishing lavage, offering concessions to the taliban, not least of their demand that the 5000 taliban prisoners be released from jail throughout the country. there are those who say that he was facing an impossible task, being sandwiched between two american presidents and an impossible situation where both those residents are keen to withdraw american forces and two and america's longest war, but he has now resigned, stepped down from his postjust two months after the taliban run amok and took control of the country and the capital, kabul. south k

earlier i spoke to our north america correnspondent david willis about the story and he explained theremarks about lgbtqi+ people, he said that gender is a fact and accuse them of being too sensitive. that was immediately met with protests from lgbtq people are posted on social media and elsewhere that his comments were harmful, and that he was basically profiting from free speech. dave chapelle was paid about $20 million for his special on netflix. today saw about 100 demonstrators gathering outside the netflix ho. they can be formed into three different groups, those who support dave chapelle and his right to free speech, those who believe that his remarks were potentially harmful to transgender people, and those who are opposed to transgenderism as a concept, they chanted "love you, don't change yourself". much of the controversy has been brought about because netflix said they brought it on themselves by issuing e—mails to staff in which they defended dave chapelle, who has of course made a lot of money for netflix, and basically appeared to turn a deaf ear to the whole controvers

david willis. authorities in ecuador that say they have reclaimed a present after riots. began on tuesday. 0ur south american correspondent has been following the story. after the massacre, storming. a desperate attempt by authorities to get a handle on the situation which spiralled out of control. this footage by police shows the extent of the violence. more than 100 people dead, prisoners beheaded, shot and blown up. dozens more injured. the dispute broke out this week when inmates called through a hole into another wing and attacked rival gang members, believed to be linked to powerful mexican cartels vying for territory. ecuador has become a battleground in the lucrative cocaine trade is the lucrative cocaine trade is the drug is smuggled from local countries like peru and colombia as it makes its way on to the us. family members were outside, gathered in the hope of hearing news about their loved ones. translation: ~ ., loved ones. translation: ., ., translation: when we got to the visit they searched _ translation: when we got to the visit they searched everything,

our north america correspondent, david willis, told us more about the tributes being paid to ms hutchinstalents and many people have been paying tribute to her, talking about her as a bright light, as someone who lit up the room, as someone who had enormous potential moving forward. she was also as alec baldwin said in his tribute a mother and a wife. but as far as this inquiries going the focus very much now on the armour, the person that's responsible for firearms on a film set. hannah gutierrez—reed the daughter of a legendary hollywood guns expert and she was serving in the role of chief armourerfor just the second time in her career. there is no direct evidence to link her to this, i might add. obviously she is somebody who detectives will be looking to question in order to get some sort of timeline as to the events on that tragic day. in sicily the former italian interior minister and right—wing leader matteo salvini has gone on trial. he's charged with holding migrants at sea in 2019. he denies accusations of kidnapping and dereliction of duty — after a boat carrying 147 migrants

lets speak to david willis in los angeles. there has been a development?— development? yes. search warrant just released - development? yes. a search | warrantjust released contains warrant just released contains the warrantjust released contains the first warrantjust released contains the first indications warrantjust released contains the first indications of warrantjust released contains the first indications of a sequence of events in this tragedy and those court documents say that alec baldwin was handed a prop gun by the assistant director on this film and told that it was safe to use. apparently the assistant director the shouted cold gone without knowing that it was loaded with a live round. as part of this search warrant which was conducted over the weekend at the ranch where the film was being made, officials have also taken away alec oldman�*s costume, the bloodstained costume, the gun itself, other ammunition and also memory cards from cameras, video recorders that were rolling at the time of this tragedy. what this court filing, this search warrant does not prov

i'm joined now by our north america correspondent david willis.e up to with the investiuation? ,, . , , investigation? several new lines but eo - le investigation? several new lines but people here — investigation? several new lines but people here remain _ investigation? several new lines but people here remain astonished - investigation? several new lines but people here remain astonished that| people here remain astonished that they should have been such an apparently stunning lapse of safety protocols on the set of this film. there is a candlelit vigil due to take place in los angeles tomorrow night in memory of halyna hutchins, the cinematographer who lost her life in this incident. detectives have seized guns and ammunition from the set. they are in new mexico. and also the clothing that alec baldwin was wearing at the time of this tragedy. in an affidavit signed by the local sheriff's department, it was revealed that alec baldwin was handed the gun by an assistant director on the film set who did not believe that it was loaded at the time.

that was david willis reporting.t a "tsunami" of people in england who rely on social care will be unable to access support this winter, unless a staffing shortage is addressed. a report from the care quality commission says the workforce is "exhausted and depleted" with care providers already having to turn away patients. it says urgent action must be taken to get through the next few months safely. here's our social affairs editor, alison holt. the unmet need of which today's report warns is already a reality for the cooks. melvin has a rare brain condition and, unable to get any support, dorothy is caring on her own. he can't get out of a chair on his own. he can't mobilise on his own. he can't go up and down the stairs on his own. he can't wash, dress, shower. just full—on 24/7 caring. melvin was sent home by the nhs injune. for a short time, care workers came in, then they said they didn't have enough staff to continue. that was 12 weeks ago. according to the charity, carers uk, many family carers are being push

david willis, bbc news, southern california. which shows that within five seconds of the bombing as the smoke was clearing more on his hands and knees and a member of the public, ronald blake, rushed to his side. he phoned 999 on on their advice he used his belt as a tourniquet to stopjohn atkinson from bleeding. that is despite the fact that ronald blake was injured himself and he did not know where his daughter was and he had no first aid training. we discovered there was nobody from the ambulance service who helped at any time that john atkinson was in the foyer and it was about an hour before ronald blake left him, thinking that he was going to be ok and that he was somebody who could survive. john atkinson was carried out on an advertising hoarding and a metal barrier and the court has heard he was gripping onto it, try to stop himself falling off and he was alert and speaking to people, but it was something which is now the court will have to look at, whether he could have survived, and that is a key thing experts will dis

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.tal admissions go up week on week, calls for the return of some restrictions grow louder. there�*s been too little too late, as far as i�*m concerned, from the government regarding keeping urgent care going. the economy won�*t manage if we don�*t have people who are well enough to work in the economy, and we also don�*t have the staff in hospital to do it. so i think plan b is inevitable. in the times newspaper this morning the chancellor, rishi sunak, has reiterated that case numbers are in line with what was expected and restrictions will be reviewed if necessary, saying that a range of options are available, and those are not options that involve lockdowns or very significant economic restrictions. covid boosterjabs and flu vaccinations the key to protection. the former head of covid vaccine delivery in england, dr emily lawson, has now returned to the post. credited with the early success of the vaccine rollout, her return indicating ministers anticipate significant strain on the n

our los angeles correspondent david willis has more.his committee. one described the facebook research as a bombshell, and accused the company of a cover—up. it was likened as well, this research, to the cover—up conducted by the tobacco industry for the harmful effects of cigarettes several decades ago. there have been calls as well by this committee for facebook to release the full findings, the full research, on the links between instagram and youth suicide. this is not an issue that is going away any time soon because next week the same committee is due to hearfrom a facebook whistle—blower who left the company with tens of thousands of documents relating to internal research on these and other matters. that person is going to give evidence on tuesday. police in ecuador say they have regained control of a high security prison following a major operation involving nine hundred police officers and army soldiers. clashes broke out on tuesday between rival gangs, who are thought to have links with mexican drug gangs. at least 118 inmate

from los angeles, our correspondent david willis has more.o the santa fe, new mexico sheriffs department, two people were shot on the set of a western film called rust. in an initial statement, the sheriffs department said that officers were dispatched to the film set shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon local time, following reports that someone had been shot, and they later confirmed that two people have been shot when a firearm that was discharged by alec baldwin went off, striking the 42—year—old cinematographer halyna hutchins. she was airlifted to hospital but later died at the scene because of her injuries, as well as the 42—year—old director of the film, joel souza, who was wounded and is being treated in hospital and it is said that his injuries are critical. a statement from the production team confirmed that the incident involved the misfire of a prop gun and said that an investigation was underway. alec baldwin is both the star and the producer of rust, which is an independent film based on the story of a western outlaw haal

from southern california, david willis reports.spewing into the sea. normally a mecca for sun worshippers, the huntington beach shoreline is now closed to tourists and is likely to stay that way until cleaning crews have finished removing thick globs of oil from the sand and rescuing imperilled birds and wildlife. at this time, we have recovered eight live birds that appear to be oiled, including three western grebes, an american coot and, as you know, one brown pelican that succumbed to chronic injuries. questions are being asked about why it took the texas—based company amplify energy, which owns the pipeline, 12 hours to report the spillage following complaints from local residents of a foul smell in the area. amplify says the pipeline could have been severed by the anchor of a passing ship. logjams resulting from the covid pandemic have led to an unusually high number of container vessels stationed offshore, as they wait to berth at local ports. california's governor has declared a state of emergency in the area and, after meet

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.senter, austin halewood. it seems like a new broom, new saudi owners, and they decided they don't want the existing manager. absolutely, it's news that hasn't really come as too much of a surprise to newcastle fans and football fans in general. they perhaps expected this news to come, as you say, just 13 days after that saudi backed takeover of newcastle football club, and bruce has been at the team for two years, he has been a lifetime fan of newcastle, but he's not been too popular with fans, and the new owners thanked him for his time at the club, in the search for a new manager is already under way, we could see someone else take over, his assistant will take over the next few games, they play crystal palace at the weekend, so he will take over for that one, so crystal palace at the weekend, so he will take overfor that one, so in crystal palace at the weekend, so he will take over for that one, so in a statement on the website, steve bruce said he was grateful for everyone connect

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david: i'm sure they did. gerri willis, good to see you.tle below that right now, but the stock is up over 9%. jonathan hoenig and eddie ghabour are back with us. eddie, specifically one reason that it popped so much today is we have this morgan stanley report with a rice target of about $1200 for the stock, and hertz is also ordering about 100,000 tesla ares. so those two bits of information combined to make then. how much do you think it could go up? >> you know, look, with tesla i've always said never bet against elon musk. i think there's still quite a bit after upside. there's certainly going to be more competition with ford coming on line, but at the end of the day i think tesla's still going to be looked at as the leader. you're going to see people pile into this and try to get in the action. there's still a decent amount of upside. in my opinion, in that stock. it's aguestive though, it's not for everybody. david: jonathan, speaking of competition, some people say there's not enough competition for what facebook does and what google

david shukman, bbc news. rebecca willisf lancaster — and is the expert lead of the uk's citizens assembly on climate change. i asked her if she thought the governments plans went far enough? to give credit to this government, it's probably one of the most comprehensive plans to tackle climate change that we have seen from a major economy. there is some real high plains like the requirements on car — there is some real high points like the requirements on car companies to produce an increasing proportion of electric vehicles like the support to move from electric heat and move to electric heating so that we are not using fossilfuels, gas, to heat our homes any more. so there are some solid commitments in here, but at the end of the day, the only thing that we can judge it against is is it enough to make that crucial target of net zero by 2050, and will it, you know, cut carbon year on year until then? and i don't think it is going fast enough at the moment. it is, you know, until now, the government was probably walking, thi

our los angeles correspondent david willis has more. people more control over their lives and to actually be helpful to them. that wasn't met with much sympathy, i might add, by senators who formed this committee. one described the facebook research as a bombshell and accused the company of a cover up. it was likened as well, this research, to the cover—up conducted by the tobacco industry over the harmful effects of cigarettes several decades ago. there have been calls as well by this committee for facebook to release the full findings, its full research, on the links between instagram and youth suicide. this is not an issue going away anytime soon because next week the same committee is due to hearfrom a facebook whistleblower, who left the company with apparently tens of thousands of documents related to internal research on these and other matters. that person is due to give evidence on tuesday. david will summit. the swedish activist criticised the efforts of politicians to tackle climate change as 30 years of blah blah blah. but m

. >> good morning, david, it's willie, it's great to see you.e day you can have merrick alexander. >> these things are really fun. >> yeah, i know it's. >> i want to dig in deeper on what you are talking about which is the last 18 months of exposed such division in our country when you combine vaccine hesitancies and theories and now yelling at nurses and doctors when they see them out in public because some people believe they are part of a conspiracy. put it together with the election conspiracy theory is flamed by the horror president. how do we put this jeannie back in the bottle. >> we can't do anything before we agree on some things otherwise, we'll be opening ourselves to another leader who can see everything that's out there of information that's been exposed. where are we in our eyes and what's the way forward? i know we only get your big brain once in a while here. >> i would say this, we should not mistake rotten information with the question of partisanship. i think debating those ideas in the public squares and press on the floors o

david shukman, bbc news. i'm joined now by rebecca willis — who is a professor in energy and climate governance at the universitysembly on climate change. the great to have you on newsday today. just want to start by asking you, you know, from what we have seen and david's reported that and the fact that there is some criticism that a lot of this is just rhetoric, ambitious targets, but no real action to necessarily backed it all up, even the net zero targets by 2058 is too distant to bring about decarbonisation soon enough. to give credit to this — decarbonisation soon enough. to give credit to this government, _ decarbonisation soon enough. to give credit to this government, it's - credit to this government, it's probably one of the most comprehensive plans to tackle climate change that we have seen from a major economy. there is some real high plains like the requirements on car companies to produce an increasing proportion of electric vehicles like the support to move from electric heat and move to move from electric heat and move to electric heating so that we are not using fossil fuels, gas, to electric he

david. donald trump's aides defied subpoenas that just willy-nilly. they pretended it month nothing.t president. the person who actually has jurisdiction over whether or not executive privilege will be used, that is the current president said no thank you. we're not getting that. there is no claim valid. we can show it again. steve bannon is a radio host. there is no way on earth any court that is rational unless, you know, donald trump himself is the judge is going to support -- this is a done deal. but not prosecuting and not giving steve bannon any consequences before is why he's grifting, claiming trump is coming back in 2022 instead of preparing to go to jail. in your view, do you think democrats made a mistake or the justice department i should say made a mistake in not being swifter and tougher on these people because they just -- they don't believe the law applies to them? >> yeah, joy, i don't think congress does oversight well. that's true of the democratic majority and former republican majority. anybody that's in session part time and while their there spending more time

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