Sheikh Yamani dies at age 90
The long-serving Saudi oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani has died in London at age 90.
The long-serving Saudi oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani has died in London at age 90. Mr Yamani was the public face of the 1970s oil embargo, and Julian Lee of Bloomberg, who worked with Mr Yamani at the Centre for Global Energy Studies in London, considers his legacy. Also in the programme, as the latest government figures indicate young people have disproportionately lost jobs as a result of the pandemic in the UK, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Sarah Corker has been to Blackpool in northwest England to hear about youth employment prospects there. There is concern that many millions of discarded face masks as a result of Covid-19 are eventually ending up as plastic waste in our oceans, and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Tamasin Ford investigates what can be done to help tackle the problem. Plus, a range of apps now promise to make tracking or calculating our personal carbon footprint easier, with a view to helping minimise our environmental impact. Christian Arno from Pawprint explains how his firm's app works.
(Picture: Sheikh Yamani in 2000. Picture credit: Getty Images.)
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