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Tonight with the context, the writer and broadcaster chris morris and leigh—ann caldwell, longtime capitol hill correspondent and now an anchor for the washington post live. were going to start with the latest from the war in ukraine. in a major speech today the russian president vladimir putin had a dire warning — that the coming decade could be the "most dangerous" since the end of the second world war. president putin defended moscows so—called special military operation, saying the exp...

Tonight with the context, the writer and broadcaster chris morris and leigh ann caldwell, long—time capitol hill correspondent and now washington post live anchor. 41 days on, the nationwide anti—government protests in iran sparked by the death of a young woman, mahsa amini, show no sign of slowing down. protests have been happening across iran today over the death of another young woman — nika shakarami — a 16—year—old whose security forces opened fired on protestors in the city of ...

Was saying that he thinks the government back there will be in real trouble with backbenchers if it doesn�*t increase benefits by the rate of inflation. that is something thatis rate of inflation. that is something that is going to be expensive, it is something that government has not committed to in the last few weeks, although it is something that mr sunak said he would do when he was chancellor. so, ijust wonder, is not a sign may be that the work and pensions secretary is being put in plac...

And the uk. some commentary on television and on the newspapers here as well saying that rishi sunak had promised to continue with boris johnsons foreign policy and even to step up assistance for ukraine, that is what the public broadcaster said here earlier today. on television again what we heard is commentators were saying that rishi sunak support ukraine, he promises to not only continue with borisjohnson�*s foreign policy, but also increase support for kyiv. boris johnson foreign policy, ...

Murdochs prize, getting their hands on all of bskyb and all of its cash. >> aside from the bbc, bskyb is the biggest broadcaster in the uk. >> if you want premium tv, thats where you get it from. it controls things like the premier league. it has the deals for all the big hollywood studio movie rights. >> the murdochs have already owned 40% of it. they wanted to take full ownership of it. >> rupert has this desire to make bskyb into a copy of fox news, and full control would give them much more ...

Been asking for, for years. myeni jones speaking to me from lagos in nigeria. for the end of this edition of unspun world, ive come to the bbc media city in salford, near manchester, where were celebrating the bbc�*s 100th anniversary, 100 years of entertaining people, educating them and informing them notjust in britain but right around the world. when i started out as a bbc foreign correspondent in the early seventies, the bbc was a middle ranking broadcaster, dwarfed by the vast american ne...

>> all in all, he makes quite a decent fist of what he has to do in china, and thats really enough for him to be hired to run bskyb in britain. >> james murdoch is a smart young man. i hope he will do a good job. he should not have been put in at the age of 30. he should have had to prove himself first. >> james has done a great job. theres no one in europe who could do the job. >> james is elevated to the chairmanship of bskyb, the british broadcaster, a job that elizabeth herself had wanted a ...

Slightly muted celebration of the bbc�*s 100th anniversary, which falls this week. in october 1922, the bbc started up and quite soon became the worlds most famous and respected public service broadcaster operating from its headquarters here in central london. and london is where our programme starts this week with the extraordinary political and economic goings—on. pretty much unprecedented in my experience. that the whole sort of faith in the system, the trust, the engagement has sort of b...

A sign of nervousness that they are starting to take this a lot more seriously than they had. they keep referring to the protesters as agents of the enemy. they insist that these protests are instigated by the us, by israel and their allies. proof — there is no proof. the protests still persist. now theyre resorting to the normal things that we are used to seeing, such as using state media to push their narrative. they talk about the damages caused by the protests. theyre even accusing the pro...

More headlines at six oclock. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to unspun world, the programme where the bbc�*s experts give us clear answers about the big questions of the moment. this week, britains political and economic crisis entered a new and even more difficult phase — and so did the war in ukraine. all of this has rather overshadowed the already slightly muted celebration of the bbc�*s 100th anniversary, which falls this week. in october, 1922, the ...