I m Jane Wales c.e.o. This week s episode focuses on the ways in which technology well changed between now and 2050 and how it will affect our lives we ll hear from Daniel Franklin executive editor of the economists and our moderator Quentin Hardy head of editorial at Google Cloud this event was recorded in San Francisco before our world affairs audience and the broadcast is made possible by the generous support of Chevron and now Tom moderator. Thank you very much good evening and thank you for joining us I m Quentin Hardy and it s my great pleasure to introduce tonight s guest Daniel Franklin Daniel is the executive editor of The Economist and editor of The Economist annual publication the world in feeling the year since joining the economist in 1903 he has written about Soviet needs turn European affairs cover great European up people s been Britain editor and later Washington bureau chief in the us he is also the author and editor of a recent book mega tech technology in 2050 whic
Listening to the news room from the b.b.c. World Service with meaning Miles the leader of the Islamic state group Abu Bakar a Baghdadi is both a feared and towers manic figure beaded and wearing a black turban he came to the world s attention when he preached in most always great mosque a month after yes a take in the city and 2014 now the Russian authorities say they re investigating whether one of their airstrikes has killed him Alan Johnston is our affairs editor and he s here Alan So what more details are the Russians giving We ve heard a statement from the Defense Ministry in Moscow and it says the Russians got word of a major gathering of militants in the southern outskirts of the Syrian city of Raca and their warplanes targeted this gathering in a devastating 10 minute nighttime raid they say that they killed more than $300.00 militants in these airstrikes including senior figures and the Russians say they re checking information that among the dead was the leader of the Islami