But as the ukraine war drags on, western countries, especially the us, are starting to think that it might be better to lessen their dependence on china as well, which has made everything for us, from beach balls to Nuclear Power stations. Almost unnoticed by the outside world, President Biden has been pushing ahead with wide ranging plans to replace chinese goods with American Made ones. The bbc s economics editor, faisal islam, has been investigating the extent of this new America First policy. I was astounded by the scale and the speed of the transformation in terms of the deployment of public, government, Taxpayer Subsidy into Strategic Industries, particularly green industries. Theres so much money going in that its transforming the economic fabric of a whole belt of america. We used to talk about the rust belt. They are now talking about a battery belt. It sounds rather sort of roosevelt years, doesnt it . Yes, and theres some conscious echoes of that. Indeed, where i was in kent
transgender and nonbinary people are those who identify with a different gender to the sex that they were assigned when they were born. here in the uk alone, more than a quarter of a million people identify as transgender. that s according to the official government census. and in the united states, it s estimated more than 2 million people identify as transgender. just recently, uganda became the latest country where strict or stricter anti lg btq legislation is being introduced, laws which, in this case, include the death penalty. but even in america, transgender adults are twice as likely to be out of work. when they do find a job, they earn a third less than non transgender people with the same qualifications. and more than half say that they re not comfortable being out as transgender at work. that s according to a report by the global consultancy group mckinsey and company. i m going to catch up with the author of that report in just a minute. but before that, we re goi
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looking at there? and nick s flipping burgers with a new friend. has anyone got ketchup? for as long as i ve been playing computer games, i ve been playing computer games about racing cars. and i ve been terrible at them all. butjust like you get elite racing car drivers, you also get elite racing car video game drivers. and ahead of this year s formula 1 e sports season, alasdair keane has been to see how some of the leading teams are getting in on the virtual action. for many people, gaming is a bit of fun, a chance to catch up with friends and even an escape from reality. but when it comes to e sports, the line between the online world and the real world are becoming increasingly blurred. this is a showroom to motor history. mclaren have been racing for 60 years. ..over that time collecting wins and trophies. but recently their success has come in the gaming arena. the pressure is immense. mentally, that s the hardest part. the results in f1 e sports can change in a litera