hello and welcome to london for this edition of global questions, with me zeinab badawi.ve a cleaner world after covid—19? well, national lockdowns have led to reduced economic activity and affected livelihoods across the world. but, despite the pain, this has resulted in lower levels of carbon emissions and better air quality. so, many believe the time is now right for greater action on climate change. that's coronavirus — a better environment for the earth? well, i'm now inside the bbc headquarters here in central london. and to bring you this edition of global questions, as always, our two panellists and our audience who are going to be asking questions, joining us via video link. so, let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week. inger andersen is executive director of the united nations environment programme. before that she ran the international union for conservation of nature. she has more than 30 years experience in sustainable and international development. and lily cole is the british actress, writer and climate activist. her new book, who cares wins, reason

hello, and welcome to london for this edition of global questions, with me, zeinab badawi. coronavirus become a political crisis for president trump, dealing a major blow to his chances of re—election in november? his handling of the pandemic has drawn criticisms, even derision. and covid—19 has also laid bare inequalities in american society. that's global questions: coronavirus crisis — focus on america. well, i'm now inside bbc‘s headquarters here in central london, and as always, to bring you this edition of global questions, our questioners and also our two panellists join us via video link. don't forget that you too can join the conversation — it's #bbcglobalquestions. but let me tell you who is in the hot seat this week giving the answers. matthew mackowiak has worked with several senior republicans, and is a supporter of donald trump. he's chairperson of the travis county republican party in texas, and is also a political consultant and president of the potomac strategy group, based in washington. matthew hosts a regular podcast, mack on politics. and democrat moe v

time now for hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi.he is arguably the most famous lawyer in the united states. she has represented more women's rights cases than any other private firm in the country and for decades, her name is been synonymous with feminist causes. my guest is a veteran lawyer gloria allred. she is currently representing victims in the jeffrey currently representing victims in thejeffrey epstein case. what motivates her and how she really helped bring about change in america? gloria allred, welcome to hardtalk. let's start with jeffrey epstein case. you are representing 20 women who claim they were sexually abused and exploited by the late convicted paedophile. what does success look like to you in this case? yes, ido look like to you in this case? yes, i do represent 20 victims of jeffrey yes, i do represent 20 victims ofjeffrey epstein yes, i do represent 20 victims of jeffrey epstein and yes, i do represent 20 victims ofjeffrey epstein and we are looking for accountability. we are looking forjustice and so far ther

until the next time, from me, zeinab badawi, and the rest of the global questions team, goodbye.s still bringing some cloud and rain across parts of southeast england in the day ahead. whereas for us it is a fine sunday on the way. here's a weather front which has clearly been very slowly moving south across the uk. that won't clear away from southeast england until tonight. this is how things are shaping up. warm, muggy start to the south clearing away from wales maybe still a bit towards parts of the midlands. into southern england as the day starts. where else where it's a fine and quite cool start to the day. you get the sunshine few showers run across scotland mainly towards the north and the west. but northern ireland, northern england, wales increasingly into the midlands gradually to southwest england they will be some sunshine. there will be some sunshine. across much of east anglia and southeast england still cloud even at this stage of the afternoon. still some patchy rain around some of us here too. the most part temperatures just into the teens with up quite a change

hello, and welcome to london for this edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi.as the coronavirus pandemic wiped out years of progress on gender equality? although men are more prone to die of the disease, it's women who are bearing the brunt economically and socially. theirjobs are more likely to disappear in the slowdown and caring for families falls disproportionately on their shoulders. so, that's global questions: coronavirus, a step back for women? well, i'm now inside the bbc‘s headquarters in central london. and as always to bring you this edition of global questions, so, that's global questions: coronavirus, a step back for women? well, i'm now inside the bbc‘s headquarters in central london. and as always to bring you this edition of global questions, our audience members will be posing questions from all over the world, and our two panellists alljoin us via video link. so, let me tell you who's in the hot seat this week giving the answers. tina tchen is ceo of the us—based organisation time's up, which advocates for safer and fairer work conditions for

from me, zeinab badawi and the rest of the team, goodbye.ught us strong winds and some quite heavy rain, this weekend's prospects are very different. lighter winds, a lot of fine weather, thanks to high pressure, just a chance on sunday that these weather fronts will roll into the far north—west of the uk, bringing some cloud later on in the day on sunday and some rain to finish the weekend in northern ireland in western scotland. this evening, we are set fair and overnight, out of the far north of the uk, bit of a breeze will hold the uk, bit of a breeze will hold the overnight temperatures in double figures. elsewhere, with clear skies and light winds, it will get chilly in rival spots. last night we got down to 4 degrees in rural oxfordshire, could we similar story first thing on sunday. lots of sunshine to be had through the day on england and wales but income is that they can cloud to northern ireland through the afternoon and they will be some evening rain. temperatures in the high teens to the north the uk, the low 20s to the south. t

welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi.covid—19 were to spread right across africa, it could be a human catastrophe. many feared that the continent is simply not ready to cope with the crisis. its health systems are already under strain and could buckle underfurther pressure. my guest is ngozi okonjo—iweala. she is a special covid—19 envoy for the african union as well as being chair of gavi — the global alliance on vaccines and immunisations. as the world races to find a vaccine, what is she doing to ensure that lower income countries are not forgotten? dr ngozi okonjo—iweala, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. so, in april the world health organization was warning that within 3—6 months there could be 10 million covid—19 cases on the continent. we are now roughly at around 700,000 cases, nearly 15,000 deaths, it looks like an extreme exaggeration. the experts can't get it right, can they? well, zeinab, we just don't know. according to the africa cdc in addis, the cases are accelerating in africa at about 100,000 a we