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Monkeypox Health Alert

Newscast

BBC

News, Daily News, Politics

4.36.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A global health emergency is declared, so how worried should we be?

Adam is joined in the studio by the BBC’s James Gallagher and Dr Rosamund Lewis from the World Health Organisation, to discuss the global outbreak of Monkeypox and how the world can get it under control.

Also, there’s a warning today that parts of England may face drought conditions if the hot weather persists without rain. Anglian Water’s Regan Harris talks us through how to save water at home and what companies are doing to prepare for shortages.

Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate, with Cordelia Hemming and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.6

Hello! Glad you enjoyed our episode from behind the scenes of the Trust's Sunak TV

0:09.9

debate on Monday Night. One of the things that people spotted or thought they spotted

0:15.0

was Rishi Sunak doing this till his trust.

0:17.6

When you're on the today program, you were asked if you could name a single economist,

0:21.3

governor, chancellor who supported your plan, the one person you named, then gave an interview,

0:27.2

this is the person that you named, not me, not my words, his words, and he said that in order

0:32.5

for that plan to happen, interest rates would have to go up. He actually described it as a good thing.

0:37.6

He said it was part of the adjustment that would have to happen. You said it in the

0:41.2

beginning of the day. That's the number that he gave. I know what that would do for people's

0:44.4

mortgages. I absolutely. I absolutely. I have a question.

0:47.1

With your plan, it's going to push people into... Please let us trust answer.

0:50.4

When facing the time of control, interest rates go up that time.

0:53.6

I don't know. Please let us trust answer. I don't accept those points.

0:57.6

Many people describe that as mansplaining. There are plenty of arguments about whether it was

1:01.9

or wasn't. I think we all know what mansplaining looks and sounds like, but do we know

1:06.3

its origins? We've summoned Susie Dent from Dictionary Corner in countdown to explain.

1:11.6

Except because she was actually in Dictionary Corner filming an episode of countdown today,

1:15.6

she only had time to leave us a voice note.

1:18.0

Hi, Adin. The definition of the verb mansplain is of a man to explain

1:23.3

something needlessly, overbearingly, or condescendingly to a woman, in a man I thought to reveal a

1:29.2

patronizing or showvinistic attitude. It's an early 21st century blend of man and explain.

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