jonathan charles is back with us geopolitical insight advisor, specialising in russia and the countries around it and a former bbc correspondent in moscow and ukraine markets in moscow and ukraine quick to react and no surprise markets quick to react and no surprise that the rouble has sunk. it surprise that the rouble has sunk. . , , ., ., sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks - sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks and - well for several weeks and months and it was inevitable with uncertainty and that is what we have with russia now, it has exacerbated a trend and we have seen that fall in the rouble. untilwe we have seen that fall in the rouble. until we know what is going to happen, can vladimir putin reassert that sense of strongman rule which at least is certainty, it may not be very nice, but at least it is certainty, then there will be questions about the economy, about the roub
is these tensions, if they escalate and change into something more meaningful, i think that certainly we will have a huge reaction in the market, but for now i don t really see anything more meaningful coming into the market. ~ . market. we have reached the halfway point market. we have reached the halfway point of market. we have reached the halfway point of 2023. - market. we have reached the halfway point of 2023. how. halfway point of 2023. how would you describe the health of the global economy? that was a really intriguing of the global economy? that was a really intriguing question. - a really intriguing question. throughout this year, central banks and lawmakers have been focused on containing inflation, bringing inflation under control, and a lot of these banks have failed to bring the inflation to the target level, which is still running quite high, so especially in the uk the cost of living crisis is a huge issue, and inflation data last week has already show
leader to retreat. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, has been pictured apparently leaving the russian city of rostov on don along with his troops. only yesterday a heavily armed column of wagner troops was heading from rostov on don towards moscow, where defences were being prepared. those troops got to around 300 miles south of the russian capital. then, at around 6.30pm uk time, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance, in a deal brokered by the belarusian leader. with all the details, here s our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. mutineers cheered as heroes. this crowd are shouting wagner, the name of the mercenary group that led me to putin had said treason a couple of hours earlier. in a day of high drama. the wagner group had rolled into rostov on saturday morning, leasing attacks on city streets and taking over a military command post for the ukraine war. there, wagner s boss was filmed haranguing senior milita
this stronger and more resilient. , ., , resilient. old cars are being civen a resilient. old cars are being given a new resilient. old cars are being given a new lease resilient. old cars are being given a new lease on - resilient. old cars are being given a new lease on life i given a new lease on life thanks to a scheme from ebay which takes parts destined for the scrapheap. it will help consumers notjust to save money but offset part of their carbon footprint as well. paul carter visited a recycling played in the uk to find out how this works. we are all familiar with production lines in factories, but here is something a little bit different. this is a d production line and it can dismantle entire cars from scratch down to its component parts in just over one scratch down to its component parts injust over one hour that i am here to follow one car on its end of life journey. here at the uk s most advanced
here to follow one car on its end of life journey. here at the uk s most advanced reverse production line facility, 120 cars are received daily to be deconstructed, packed and purchased online within hours. using a 13 step process, the company aims to recirculate as much as possible back into the economy. this even includes draining fluid such as oil and petrol which is resold to staff at a discounted price. and robotic arms helped the mechanics stripped the car for specified parts. eventually it goes into the box andto the warehouse and is resold either on the internet or through the front counters. the parts go straight back to the manufacturers. the other materials get recycled so we basically recycle a car to greater than 95% of its body weight. not only is this whole facility