mps and business groups at reports — which we saw on yesterday's front pages — that the chancellor rishiplotting a string of tax rises this autumn. anger over possible tax increases also makes the front page of the telegraph, which says tory mps and business leaders "reacted with horror" to news of a potential rise in corporation tax. the daily mirror, meanwhile, turns its attention to the reopening of schools later this week — which it brands the "biggest test yet". the paper hears from teachers: according to a survey, a majority of them think it'll be impossible. the guardian says the costs of measures to enforce safety in schools are stretching their budgets to "breaking point". and the daily star brings news of a "polar plunge" that has the daily mail says there's been new band in plastic, the taxis to be increased in plastic bags to which it says a victory for its campaign against the party back. —— plastic bag. and the daily star brings news of a "polar plunge" that has inflicted britons to their coldest august bank holiday for decades. those of course who are having a bank holiday

this is something rishi sunak has to do.here is a lot to unpack and i love the story which is fascinating. first is this is the first sign of tension we have seen between the chancellor and the prime minister. you don't have to go very far back to find that the blair brown government and under thatcher you had to just between her and jeffrey howell when he was chancellor and underjohn major estimate is quite common that you get tensions between the chancel and the prime minister. probably one exception was david cameron and george osborne. now we suddenly have this flare—up. only a tiny one at the moment but the worry here is that it becomes what is a tiny little this agreement becomes bigger tension down the track. a go back to this point of because of the amount of spending they made over covid—i9, at some point, they will have to start making unpopular decisions. at that moment, rishi sunak has been giving going money. no wonder he has the highest approval ratings of any member of the cabinet. he has to start holding that

. -- rishi one of parliament's big events. —— rishi sunak. there was plenty else in his speech.insurance threshold, a freeze on alcohol and fuel duties, £600 billion for transport investment, tax and plastic packaging and an end to the tampon tax. this is the budgeted of a government to get things done. creating jobs, cutting taxes, keeping the cost of living low, investing in our nhs, investing in our public services, investing in ideas, backing business, protecting the environment, building roads and railways and colleges, building houses, building our union. a budget that delivers on our promises. a people's budget from a people's government and i commend it to this house. while tradition it is the leader of the opposition who responds. having ruthlessly forced down the living standard and life chances of millions of our people for a decade, the talk of levelling up is a cruel joke. the government are trying to pretend that this is a budget that will take action on climate change. let's look at it. a fuel duty freeze again. £27 billion on 4000 miles of road. that does not sou

but the test for rishi sunak is not just successor.shi sunak is notjust to be able to retain popularity while he's giving out sweeties, if you like, but also where he has to start dispensing medicine as the economic reality sort of closes in on britain. and one of the big decisions that the times is spotlighting on its front page tomorrow is, will the conservatives abandon a promise they made in their manifesto last december, which is to increase the state pension year after year by a certain amount? 0r state pension year after year by a certain amount? or will economic reality bite and the conservatives start to reduce spending in some areas like pensions so that it can afford spending on helping unemployed people and other people who will be the main victims of the ha rd who will be the main victims of the hard economic times that lie ahead. and jason, boris johnson hard economic times that lie ahead. and jason, borisjohnson is unlikely to wa nt and jason, borisjohnson is unlikely to want to go back on an election promise, especially

i think rishi sunak is right to man he's back here...going to have to leave it. out of time. so much to discuss. rachel, grace, great to have your analysis. do hope to see you again on the papers. and if you wa nt to you again on the papers. and if you want to get involved in the discussion, the hashtag is #bbcpapers. hello and thanks for joining us on the show. wolves are through to the quarterfinals of the europa league, by the slenderest of margins. their 1—0 victory over greek champions 0lympiakos enough to book their place in the mini tournament which kicks off in germany next week. rauljimenez with the only goal of the game just eight minutes into the match from the spot at molineux. it means wolves will take on sevilla on tuesday, after the spanish side knocked out roma. but rangers' european adventure is over. they had a difficult task to overturn a 3—1 deficit at bayer leverkusen, but the german side ran out 1—0 winners on the night in the second leg. rangers return to scottish premiership action on sunday. two aberdeen players

it looks at the chancellor, rishi sunak, who has promoted this idea —— great to see, long overdue.e on, but it is good —— what coin gandhi is going to be on. it took a lot of effort to get jane austen onto a banknote, so maybe... jane austen onto a banknote, so maybe. . . the jane austen onto a banknote, so maybe... the 50p coin, which used to be an eu coin, ab it could be that. mahatma got he would be quite a good start. i would like to see a whole set of them, actually. i think mary, the nurse? if we are looking at anti—colonialism, i do not know if these people ended up as dictators, but you've got lumumba, mandela, so many people in that anti—colonial fight, and rishi sunak says, for generations, as nick minard groups have died for this country. we have bills to gather, —— tilts together, taught our children, and through enterprising spirit, have treated our most thriving businesses. i like the way he makes ethnic minority groups part of that history. we are not separate to it. we are part of it. let's finish with a quick comment about the independent‘s picture or snow‘s lori a

catherine, sunday telegraph has rishi sunak talking about launching a war on waste.ich i didn't know and i'm not sure whether it is true, the paper is saying that it is going to cost £350 million for a new head quarters for the body which is replacing public health england? yes i did find that aston sishing. 0k —— astonishing. is it necessary to spend 350 million when our national debt has gone over two trillion for the first time. the sums that the government have been spending are eye watering, but at some point, as we know, there is no magic money tree, although apparently the conservatives found it. but it will have to be paid for. it is good news, rishi sunak is obviously father christmas with his handouts, but he will have to turn into scrooge. but he will have to turn into scrooge. so they will be the ipa, the infrastructure and projects authority, will be looking closely at how money is spent and allocated to big building infrastructure projects. because of course we know from h52 and from cross rail, which i was never convinced of need for cross rail and it

he was replaced by the little—known rishi sunak who scarcely one month later found himself deliverings, the budget. he'd hastily drawn up plans to cope with the growing coronavirus crisis, there was plenty else in his speech. he announced rises to the national insurance threshold, a freeze on alcohol and fuel duties, £600 billion for transport investment, a tax on plastic packaging and an end to the tampon tax. this is the budget of a government that get things done. creating jobs, cutting taxes, keeping the cost of living low, investing in our nhs, investing in our public services, investing in ideas, backing business, protecting the environment, building roads and railways and colleges, building houses, building our union. a budget that delivers on our promises. a people's budget from a people's government and i commend it to this house. by tradition it is the leader of the opposition, not the shadow chancellor, who responds to the budget statement. having ruthlessly forced down the living standard and life chances of millions of our people for a decade, the talk of levelling up is

we have been told for years that there is no money but yesterday, rishi sunak found a magic bunch ofrgue on these benches but i am concerned it is not focused enough to help us recover from austerity. jeremy corbyn's appearance at the budget was one of his last appearances as leader, having said he would stand down after labour's disastrous election result. it is the honour and the privilege of my life to be elected as leader of the labour party. with coronavirus at its height, the announcement of the victory of sir keir starmer, came by video, as did his message to supporters. and with boris johnson hospitalised with covid—19, the two did not face each other until early may. at a time of national crisis, the early exchanges were low—key but as the weeks passed, the new labour leader increasingly pressured the prime minister over policies such as rates of child poverty. a report last week from the government social mobility commission concluded that there are now 600,000 more children living in relative poverty than in 2012. the report went on to say that child poverty rates are proj

rishi sunak plans a triple tax rate on the wealthy.businesses. so many people have suffered through this crisis, individuals and businesses. it is very ha rd to individuals and businesses. it is very hard to tax anyone without causing real pain. absolutely, this is the traditional kite flying exercise now, so the treasury puts out this capacious menu of potential tax rises and seas which ones are least offensive to people. ahead of the budget. that is what is going on here. it is pretty normal in many ways. but what i find interesting about it as if you speak to public finance experts and economists, they earn by no means clamouring for tax rises, certainly not in the immediate term because they think the economy is still very, very depressed, still operating well below capacity and they argue actually that this is not the time for a fiscal consolidation. that may come down the line, but that is years down the line in their view, not months. so, actually, it is interesting that the treasury is putting this out now because it suggests t

the chancellor, rishi sunak, warns of many more job losses to come.eal, moderna will manufacture and distribute 100 million doses of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in the u.s. shares jump in extended trade. good morning and welcome to "bloomberg surveillance." i'm francine lacqua in london. lisa abramowicz stepping in for tom keene in new york this money. great to have you on the program. there is so much to talk about when we look at gold finding that support around 1100. lisa: we are also going to take a look at the political landscape around the united states, with the democratic candidate firming up what it is going to look like. a big question about political

the sale is that it's replacing rishi. .. cultural appropriation. her hairstyle or not, people just need to get a life? i think in the current political environment, it might have been an unwise decision when issues of race and racial inequality and cultural appropriation are very much in the foreground, but she also defended, david lemi came out and defended her and said that this is actually totally within the spirits of notting hill carnival and sometimes it's appropriation, sometimes its appreciation for my will leave it to him to decide. naomi campbell, alexander burke supported her as well, susie. yes, i think it's alexander burke supported her as well, susie. yes, ithink it's all about context, really. if you can be offended by this, then you need to get out a little bit more. she's obviously not mocking any kind of culture and what she's doing, she's just joining culture and what she's doing, she's justjoining in with a festival theme. let her do it she likes. there are lots of things that you can wear something from a different culture, or

this is state of the news africa coming up on the program a state of emergency in rishis after more than 100000 tons of oil leak turns its waters so how bad is it also coming up. going to virus infections are on the rise across africa with more than a 1000000 infections but despite this many governments left in the restrictions plus. the communion activist who is taking down symbols of colonialism. the place and with home grown here. i. and you are welcome to the program. is best known for its beautiful white beaches by the island nation has declared a state of environmental imagine see the huge one oil spill from a grounded ship over 100000 tons of oil need close to its waters efforts underway to salvage the situation. on the beaches already covered in oil which is threatening an entire lagoon and fuel is still pouring into the sea from the grounded ship. locals are relying on the ingenuity to fight the pollution stuff in sugar cayley's into plastic sheets to make improvised booms there just isn't enough professional equipment volunteers are working with the authorities to scoop up the

these coral reefs have brought re now into more rishis a tropical island nation beloved for its natural beauty and crystal clear waters but there's trouble in paradise a massive japanese freighter on route from china to brazil struck a coral reef there. a gaping hole in its haul. from the belly of the ship thousands of tons of oil leaking out and cooling on the shallow waters close to the shore threatening an ecologically sensitive area. the ocean is also the lifeblood of the mauritian economy last year 1400000 visitors came to the island. going to have a huge impact especially because of the whole process right busy now it's really really. based. on this model of all of this out. it's going to reveal. a specially fishy. you know that's how to make money the. residents along the coast have been collecting the oil sludge and buckets and the government says almost all fuel has been removed from the tanks of the ship but considering the scale of the accident longer term fixes are still going to be needed. let's bring in robin smith there now he's head of corporate banking at a fraser bank

these coral reefs have brought re now into more rishis a tropical island nation beloved for its natural beauty and crystal clear waters but there's trouble in paradise a massive japanese freighter on route from china to brazil struck a coral reef there. gaping hole in its haul. from the belly of the ship thousands of tons of oil leaking out and pulling on the shallow waters close to the shore threatening an ecologically sensitive area. the ocean is also the lifeblood of the mauritian economy last year 1400000 visitors came to the island. of a huge space you think there's a. review. of this. the south east 1st. fish and fish. i mean. residents along the coast have been collecting the oil sludge and buckets and the government says almost all fuel has been removed from the tanks of the ship but considering the scale of the accident longer term fixes are still going to be needed. the british economy has fallen into its worst ever recession the latest quarterly figures show the economy contracted 20 percent a far bigger decline then other advanced economies but dismal numbers coupled with th

our economics editor, faisal islam, has been speaking to the chancellor, rishi sunak.s show is that hard times are here. hundreds of thousands of people have already lost theirjob and sadly many more it will, but what i would say is that although tough decisions lie ahead, we will get through this and nobody will be left without hope or opportunity. 0k, nobody will be left without hope or opportunity. ok, but when you see the numbers, —20% is going to change the numbers, —20% is going to change the historical scale on these charts for ever. but it is early days, but it is worse than some of our international competitors. it is worse on the economy, we've also had worse on the economy, we've also had worse comparisons for the underlying pandemic. is there not questions about how your government have handled this, that we are bottom of both tables? it is a fair question to ask on the economic comparison you did. if you look at our economy, social activities, for example, going to have a meal, shopping, see a movie, they comprise a much larger share of our economy than th

of resistance initiative that's a political posse focusing on ecological and social issues in more rishis as defined is also an environmental activist and he joins me from where he says i welcome to day diving is africa stefan so you visited the site with a dull finn's was stranded what did you witness. and work we saw. we saw. so we don't construct a more precise cement on how to where and this is where there's a confusion because it's also called the drop down and so there were there were 2 bodies on this show in a place. which is on the south eastern part of the only island and what resort really is a book for her. mouth. there were wounded one of them has been probably about by your values shock and then when we were. in the sea archery we saw. on those instances there was in the scene but they were a lot of blood on the on the on their back. so this is what i personally. witnessed yeah thank you for carry find that i for one had made the assumption that you had dolphins and whales thank you for their care for patients but has this stranding off these these dolphins have anything to d

japanese oil tanker that has spilled more than a 1000 tons of oil since running aground off the coast of rishis has broken into officials said the split was caused by a crack in a cargo hold after the ship's condition deteriorated severely overnight emergency teams and thousands of volunteers have been racing to siphon off remaining fuel on board the ship. oh i spoke to christian buddha he's a director of the safe ses network on maritime security and he told me that the government of militias didn't do enough to prepare for such a catastrophe the government knew about the risk most is very close to one of the main shipping lanes and the government did know that something is occurred most received quite substantial capacity building this is almost over the years and only in march this year there was a larger workshop on oil spill prevention where the country argues that it would be prepared also in 2016 or 4 years ago there was a very very similar event happening there was an accident with the ship almost in the same go cation back then most was lucky no major oil spill occurred but the country

tanker that has spilled more than a $1000.00 tonnes of oil since running aground off the coast of the rishis has broken into officials said the split was caused by a crack in a cargo hold on the stern after this ship's condition deteriorated severely overnight emergency teams and thousands of volunteers have been racing to siphon off some 3000 tons of oil still on board the ship. let's bring in bigger he's a director of the safe seas network on maritime security thanks for much for joining us now you have been following this oil spill off more issues and you say the island was not prepared for such a disaster but that it should have been how come. that is correct it's the government knew about risk versus this close to one of the main shipping lanes i mean in 2016 it was a similar incident but the country was lucky but this is. true for preparedness they should know the lessons from the 26 eubanks they did they were not prepared all right well morrish is of course an island it's very small how can smaller states prepare for a disaster of this scale. well i just had the majority of countries

this hour a japanese oil tanker that caused an environmental disaster when it ran aground off the rishis has split into 2 according to officials there the condition of the vessel had to tearing russian greatly organized emergency teams have been racing to siphon off remaining fuel from the ship protesters have gathered outside the home of the united states postmaster general after the postal service said it couldn't guarantee old ballots for november's election would arrive in time to be counted the postmaster general a republican has ordered a raft of cost cutting measures since his appointment in my feed that millions of voters could be disenfranchised. and the pentagon says it's setting up a new task force to investigate u.f.o. sightings in april the u.s. navy released footage taken by the pilot showing a midair encounters with what appeared to be you with the u.s. military is concerned about an identified aircraft which it believes could be drawn from other countries flying near its bases. or hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie has denied colluding with foreign governments after being r

this hour a japanese oil tanker that caused an environmental disaster when it ran aground off the rishis has slipped into quoting to officials there the condition of the vessel had to tear in your eye said correctly organized emergency teams have been rising just siphoned off for mining fuel from the ship. protesters have gathered outside the home of the united states postmaster general after the parcel service said that it could not guarantee that all ballots for november's election would arrive in time to be counted the postmaster general a republican dyna has ordered a raft of cost cutting measures since his appointment in my it's feared that millions of american voters could be disenfranchised. and the pentagon says it's setting up a new task force to be in. to get you with or sightings in i prove the us navy released footage taken by pilot showing midair encounters with what appeared to be u.f.o.'s the u.s. military says it's concerned about unidentified aircraft which it believes could be drives from other countries flying near its bases on kong media tycoon jimmy lai has denied co

actually the metro pointing out rishi, to snacks.double meals on eat out deals. including one in newcastle, jumbo burger, fries, chicken strips and an ice cream dessert. you can get two for 20 quid. yeah, i thinkjobs absolutely right when he points out the contradictory messages you're getting. equally it's a fine balance. there was a bit of fuss about this when it was first announced because the treasury refused to sign are saying it wasn't quite value for money. it was kind of controversial policy from the off. now were seeing people boasting about it in terms of social media saying i can't believe my luck i can get to portions for 50% off. i guess it's a difficult line. for some people this will be a morale boost, this will be feeling like everything has been pretty bleak for quite a few mods here's something that's a bit of a park that i feel like it's also helping my local restaurant. 0n the other hand, you have people that are dealing with shielding at the moment and some quite conflicting advice depending on the area they are

well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the rishis has declared a state environmental emergency after a ship grounded off its shores began spilling oil the vessel run aground 2 weeks ago on route from china to brazil carrying 40000 tons of fuel prime minister is appealing to france on the united nations for help with cleanup operations. united states has imposed sanctions on hold khaleda carry of ahmed of a leading politicians in the territory the move is in response to china's recent introduction of a tough new security bill. and the other ladies will have any assets they only in the u.s. long. several reports in bell are loose have been detected in the run up to sunday's presidential election a journalist who reports for d w has been sentenced to 10 days in prison preventing him from covering the verdict the crackdown comes as president alexander lukashenko faces growing anger over his dismissal of the coverage 19 hunter. but a footballer in the champions league is back with manchester city eliminating real madrid and rio also beating the quarte

mps and business groups at reports — which we saw on yesterday's front pages — that the chancellor rishi string of tax rises this autumn. anger over possible tax increases also makes the front page of the telegraph, which says tory mps and business leaders "reacted with horror" to news of a potential rise in corporation tax. the daily mirror, meanwhile, turns its attention to the reopening of schools later this week. the paper hears from teachers: according to a survey, a majority of them think it'll be impossible to keep pupils socially distanced. the guardian says the costs of covid safety measures in schools are stretching their budgets to "breaking point". there's also a picture from this weekend's notting hill carnival — the first time it's been held virtually. the daily mail says there's to be a "new blow" in the war on plastic, reporting that the tax on plastic bags is set to be increased from sp to ten. and the daily star brings news of a "polar plunge" that has inflicted britons to their coldest august bank holiday for decades. so, let's begin. let us start with the guardian. th

that was the chance to let rishi sunak talking to our economics editor faisal islam. began after president alexander lukashenko won a sixth term in office in a disputed election on sunday. our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov followed the protests on the streets of the capital. explosion. another night, another protest in belarus. it's day three of the disputed presidential elections. and this is how authorities here respond to any kind of dissent. riot police are using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd that has gathered here on the streets of minsk. people refuse to leave even though it's very tense here. people continue to gather spontaneously for nightly rallies despite the total internet blackout. alleged fraud in sunday's collection is fuelling anger here. alleged fraud in sunday's election is fuelling anger here. translation: i want all of our votes to be counted. votes shouldn't just disappear. people shouldn't just disappear. the riot police are coming. we have to leave. earlier in the day, our team was attacked by men dressed in black who ap

maybe the current chancellor rishi sunak from the conservative party, as opposed to the labour partyor those who can't get them and that is maybe where the chancellor needs to look, how can we help people retrain and be more socially mobile and find newjobs if some of their own ones disappear. thanks for getting up early, nice to see you again. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a new initiative to save small music venues affected by coronavirus lockdown. grammar school heads and sixth form colleges have joined the growing chorus of criticism over the process for deciding this year's a level grades in england. the grammar school heads association said a great injustice had been done to students after nearly forty per cent received grades that were lower than their teachers predicted. the association of sixth form colleges said it looked at 65 thousand entries and concluded that ——overall—— grades were 20 per cent lower than past performance for similar students in those institutions. a group of liberal democrat and labour mps is urging ministers to do more to prevent a rise in

chancellor rishi sunak thank you very much for your time.save a match, that gets hard. it least when you're bowling you get six deliveries an event you have a bit ofa deliveries an event you have a bit of a rest. i guess the conditions could make it harderfor england today as they tried to rescue this first test about pakistan. they are in deep trouble. they would really wa nt to in deep trouble. they would really want to forget the first day. pakistan's shan masood did a lot of the damage — hitting some big shots on his way to 156 runs. pakistan ended up making 326 in theirfirst innings, something that england are struggling to chase down, after a flurry of early wickets. they will start today on 92—4. there's going to be a very different london marathon in 2020. elite athletes only will take part in a race made up of loops of st james's park in westminster on octoberfourth, with no fun runners or spectators permitted. last year the london marathon had more than 42,000 runners taking part, butjust 30 to 40 will compete in these elite men's,

goal of resistance to save vets a political party focusing on ecological and social issues in the rishis as defined is also an environmental activist and he joins me from the issues i welcome to day devaney's africa stefan so you visited the site with a dull fins was stranded what did you witness so yes we were unseen and work we saw. we saw. prince so we don't consider actually to be more precise the man had to wear and this is where there's a computer and there's it's also called a truck dog and so there was a there were 2 birdies on this show in a place called consomme which is under south eastern part of the only island and what resort really is a book for they have like. them out. there where they were wounded one of them has been revived by year by the shock and then when we were. in the cedar tree we saw. of those citizens that was in the sea but they were a lot of blood on the on the on their back. so this is what i personally. witnessed yeah thank you phil carey find that i for one had made the assumption that you had dolphins and whales thank you for that clarification but has

the uk's finance minister, the chancellor rishi sunak, said the figures confirmed hard times are heres. here's our economics editor, faisal islam. this is a recession like no other. a consequence of having to shut the economy down, the result is an unprecedented hit — the hope that it proves to be short lived. the hope that it proves to be short—lived. at this somerset outdoor events manufacturer, what remains of dozens of music sports and cultural events that never occurred. this shed would normally be completely empty at this time of year. recovery here, far from assured. it's heartbreaking. march, april, may time, it was really rough. we try and stay positive, but for some of our staff, they couldn't stay with us longer term now, it's horrible. a fall of over 20% isn't just a record, but it's off all historical scales. the last recession, the great financial crisis of 2008/9 saw a worse three—month fall ofjust over 2%. go back the entire history of official calculations and there's never been a fall bigger than 3%. i said that hard times were coming and what today's numbers show is

emergency teams working to contain a major oil spill off the coast of the rishis say the situation is now finally under control helicopters have been airlifting oil from the stranded cargo ship which did run aground on a coal reef at the end of last month that had been carrying almost $4000.00 tons of oil well almost all of the fuel there on board has been removed there had been fears the vessel would break apart and seems to construct berries to try to contain the spillage the oil that did leak posed a serious risk to the environmentally sensitive area eating authorities there to declare a state of emergency. now there is growing support around the world for a ban on so-called killer robots a report from human rights watch does say that 30 countries want a global treaty against the technology profess no sharky from the campaign to stop killer robots says it must be humans are not machines making decisions on the battlefields. we want to see meaningful human control over all weapons systems for every strike another words there's always a person who's a kind of bow who's watching that

and the financial times reports that the chancellor rishi sunak is weighing options to shelve his autumnd wave of coronavirus. welcome back. let us start. starting with the mail. pick your own exam results, just one day before the a level grades are announced, an extraordinary new plan. i didn‘t have much to risk giving what has happened in scotland. completely, because across the board, students applied to the same university places and they had to get the same policy on this. but what is bewildering is that they did not think about it much before and just remembering that it was decided that since the exams are going to be cancelled, that the students would be created and marked on their exams and also the continuous works throughout the year. as a result of the rates being given to imagine that 98.7% of students, it made them very happy. but at least it is the passport to higher education and that is on point. obviously, there will be stricter selection, but at least those with a compensate our generation but it is going to be deeply impacted by that crisis. generation but it is going

earlier, i spoke doctor rishi desai.suggested to him that russia's vaccine development is pretty quick. yeah, to put it into perspective, to make a vaccine usually takes a decade and the world record, if you think of it as a race, the fastest we have done it is four or five years and so right now we started injanuary and seven months later they predict it may be 0ctober, that is ten months and that would be shocking. generally there are three phases. phase one, two, three. first phase, is it safe? and you do that on humans. phase two also in humans, what size dose, and the third phase, what is the ability for this to work well? and so all three phases must be done in the us and what we don't have right now from russia is data. we have these press releases and statements which are super exciting if you are the rest of the world watching this and there is a lot of interest. but what we need is data, do they go through the stages? what did the data show and right now we have none of that. it is exciting but honestly it is u

the uk's finance minister, the chancellor rishi sunak, said the figures confirmed hard times are hereomics editor faisal islam. this is a recession like no other, a consequence of having to shut the economy down. the result is an unprecedented hit, the hope that it proves to be short—lived. at this somerset outdoor events manufacturer, what remains of dozens of music, sports and cultural events that never occurred. this shed would normally be completely empty at this time of year. recovery here, far from assured. it's heartbreaking a lot of it. the march, april, may time — it was really rough. you try and stay positive, but for some of our staff, they couldn't stay with us longer term, and that's horrible. a fall of over 20% isn't just a record, but it's off all historical scales. the last recession, the great financial crisis of 2008/9, saw a worse three—month fall ofjust over 2%. go back the entire history of official calculations and there's never been a fall bigger than 3%. i said that hard times were coming and what today's numbers show is that hard times are here. hundreds of th

and the poor 100 handling of a recent oil spill off the coast of rishis has brought thousands of people onto the streets in protest at the government around $1000.00 tons of fuel oil from the japanese ship ended up in the indian ocean reportedly killing many dolphins in the area according to officials about 40 animals with them dead although the cause of death is yet to be identified. so that brings you up to date on the afternoon here in moscow i will be back with more news time to get there are always plenty of stories on our website and that's always at r.t. dot com. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation and unity. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. you know but you know here they are so being you. know yes for all of that. oh yes yes. for all of that we've gotten. as a walk through it. i just can't you know pretty girl would just be you know yes it's. so. good gave us to be over the

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dr rishi desai is the chief medical officer for the healthcare education platform 0smosis and a formere control. he's in oakland, california. thank you very much for speaking to us. what do you make of these claims in russia, let's start there, that this vaccine could be out and administered by october. that seems pretty quick. to put it into perspective, to make a vaccine usually takes a decade and the world record, if you think of it as a race, the fastest we have done it is four 01’ fastest we have done it is four or five years and so right now we started injanuary or five years and so right now we started in january and or five years and so right now we started injanuary and seven months later they predict may be 0ctober, months later they predict may be october, that is ten months and that would be shocking. generally there are three phases. phase one, two, three. number one, is it safe and you do that on home and that make humans. phase two also in humans, what size dose and the third phase, what is the ability for this to work well. and so all three phases must be donein and so

or try to claw back some of the money from the furlough scheme and all the other initiatives that rishi a budget coming up in november. we've also got a planning bill, which will upset quite a few tory mps and their voters in the shires, probably. yeah, planning is a story you will hear about a lot in the weeks and months to come. we had the headline announcement — there was talk of an algorithm to help sort out planning applications. i thought no—one was going to talk about algorithms ever again! yes. you can imagine extra nervousness about using the word, "algorithm." today as well, reports in sunday newspapers that the government is considering tax rises on the better off — things like capital gains tax, reducing pension relief, corporation tax will go up. the government has said to us, "absolutely no comment on this sort of speculation but you can see how they might be flying a kite of speculation" but you can see how they might be flying a kite here. the uk had 1108 new cases confirmed on saturday. in 1715 today. thousands of anti—government demonstrators have gathered in the belar

and the poor handling of a recent oil spill off the coast of rishis has brought thousands of people into the streets they're angry at the government around $1000.00 tonnes of fuel oil from a japanese tanker that run aground ended up in the indian ocean reportedly killing many dolphins in the area according to officials about 40 miles were found dead although the exact cause of their death has yet to be identified. so that brings you up to date the news is looking so far today here in r.t. we're back again at the top here. seems wrong. well we just don't hold. any new gold yet to stamp out these days to come after him and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. there is no such thing as a fear of money and there is no inflation and there is no deflation and the only thing there is to think about are interest rates and interest rate a part of the value to feel money is a poor girlishly gold in that you can keep interest rates near 0 so that if you are a white guy like me on wall street your cost of borrowing is 0 if you're

rishi sunak had been chancellor for barely a month before he delivered his first budget in march, one the time, jeremy corbyn was still the opposition leader. whatever extra resources our nhs needs to cope with coronavirus, it will get. so, whether it's research for a vaccine, recruiting thousands of returning staff, or supporting our brilliant doctors and nurses, whether it's millions of pounds or billions of pounds — whatever it needs, whatever it costs, we stand behind our nhs. but opposition leaders wanted more. we are going into this crisis with our public services on their knees, and as today's figures confirm, with a fundamentally weak economy, which is now flatlining, with zero growth even before the impact of coronavirus. many of the businesses in my part of the world, in the highlands of scotland, come through a fallow period over the winter, and it's not just an issue that they are going to see a reduction in business. in some cases, they are going to be desperately short of cash coming in through the door. before the ink was dry on his budget, the chancellor was writing mo

rishi sunak had been chancellor for barely a month before he delivered his first budget in march, onerbyn was still the opposition leader. whatever extra resources our nhs needs to cope with coronavirus, it will get. so whether it's research for a vaccine, recruiting thousands of returning staff or supporting our brilliant doctors and nurses, whether it's millions of pounds or billions of pounds — whatever it needs, whatever it costs, we stand behind our nhs. but 0pposition leaders wanted more. we are going into this crisis with our public services on their knees, and as today's figures confirm, with a fundamentally weak economy, which is now flatlining, with zero growth even before the impact of coronavirus. many of the businesses in my part of the world, in the highlands of scotland, come through a fallow period over the winter, and it's not just an issue that they are going to see a reduction in business. in some cases, they are going to be desperately short of cash coming in through the door. before the ink was dry on his budget, the chancellor was writing more cheques, spending h

tons of oil off the coast of nourishes have apologized and ballots to help clean up the spill and rishis has declared an environmental state of emergency but the prime minister saying cracks in the hull of the vessel of grown and there is now risk the ship could break in hough the show was carrying a $4000.00 tons of fuel when it ran aground last month 2 and a half 1000 tons remain on board and experts say the slick will cause catastrophic damage to coral reefs although. we will do everything possible to contain the damages going forward and minimize the impact we will sincerely take any and all measures possible to deal with the situation. also greenpeace has said buyers of ansell as indeed of the fuel on board the grounded ship should compensate those impacted by the oil spill they need to be replaced for the community where i can look at. those who are part of the transaction to shift this oil needs to compensate the community and deal with the biodiversity damage and that really means that you're changing the rules of transporting. of using fossil fuels for the transaction whatever i

he says he will give whatever it needs to the nhs -- he will give whatever it needs to the nhs —— rishisting timing because it comes as the telegraph is reporting that matt hancock coming back from holiday this week is going to be axing public health england and replacing it with a new organisation to focus on potential pandemic risk. when i first read the story, i thought, this is how it starts, looking for scapegoats for everything that has happened during the pandemic. public health england, remember the body that used to be in charge of staff like —— stuff like we ate more healthy food, took more exercise, had a key role in this pandemic which are properly filled out, its resources are not great but whatever, there will be history books written about who failed what during the pandemic. but public health england, which seems to have failed on so many counts including testing and tracing, is going to be done away with and we are going to have a new kind of centre for looking towards future pandemics, hopefully there are none, and during the planning because one of the things is, part

not carrying a picture that others have of people out using this meal break that has been offered by rishie story is we have had our lunch, now let's get back to work. so everyone going out to enjoy the reductions but deciding to skip the offers and go home instead. this is a real crucial point of contention between government guidance, the guidance we are getting from scientific advisers and the schemes to encourage people to get out and about in this idea that now is the moment that we really should be returning to our offices, is saying if you can work from home if you should. now the advice is going to the offices if it's safe to do so. asa the offices if it's safe to do so. as a real tension between people who structure gradually move towards normalisation, perhaps going out for dinner but you see these photos of the big office blocks and i've certainly been into the city when i've had to for work purposes and it's very striking there's this ghost town of fact the male describes. these places are very empty. the cafes where you would have got your lunch time sandwich is closed because