26 Aug 2024

BBC World Lookahead with Pete Ross

From Nights, 10:45 pm on 26 August 2024

BBC World's Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to look at the events making headlines internationally, including the WHO's declaration of a global emergency over the spread of a new strain of mpox, debate over whether a new drug that slows the effects of early stage Alzheimer's should be provided by the UK's NHS, the latest polling from the US elections, and the Paralympic Games are set to kick off this week.

Mpox (previously monkeypox) virus particles, illustration. (Photo by SERGII IAREMENKO/SCIENCE PHOTO L / SIA / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: SERGII IAREMENKO/SCIENCE PHOTO L / SIA / Science Photo Library via AFP