Summary
Vicki Young and Frank Gardner join Adam to discuss the Chinese technology firm, Huawei. Who are they and why is everyone talking about them? And also Lizo Mzimba explains what it is like in a socially distanced courtroom watching the start of Johnny Depp’s libel action.
Producers: Ben Weisz, Frankie Tobi, Jo Deahl Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos Studio Director: Emma Crowe
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | You've probably heard the name. |
| 0:06.4 | You might even have one of the phones or the laptops. |
| 0:10.0 | You might even know how to say it, Huawei. |
| 0:14.0 | But today we're just going to get to the bottom of who |
| 0:17.6 | the Chinese technology company actually are |
| 0:20.0 | and why everyone is talking about them so much at the moment because it does seem that every third or fourth news story has the word |
| 0:26.0 | Huawei in it and the people that are going to bring us right up to date are our political correspondent |
| 0:31.5 | Vicky Young and making his first appearance on the newscast, |
| 0:35.7 | the security correspondent Frank Gardner. |
| 0:37.6 | The Corona virus News Cost from the BBC. |
| 0:40.1 | What is this virus? How does it spread? How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? |
| 0:45.0 | I got some test results back for coronavirus and it came back positive. |
| 0:50.0 | We're just kind of trying to feel our way into this new normal. |
| 0:53.4 | I must level with you, we level with the British public. |
| 0:56.9 | More families, many more families, are going to lose loved ones before their time. |
| 1:02.6 | Relax, we're doing great. |
| 1:04.8 | It all will pay us. |
| 1:06.1 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio. |
| 1:07.8 | It's Vicky in Westminster. |
| 1:09.4 | And it's Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent at home. Frank, this story gets very complicated very quickly, so let's just zoom out to look at the big picture first of all. |
| 1:20.0 | Why is Huawei so central to, well basically the future of the country? |
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