offices and pushed the protesters behind a barricade. on thursday, ranil wickremesinghe was sworn in as president. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. around the world, there are signs of deepening worker discontent. inflation is outstripping wages, global corporations stand accused of putting profits before people, while many governments see organised labour as a threat. why, then, is the union movement seemingly in retreat? have workers lost their faith in collective action? well, my guest is long time boss of the international trade union confederation, sharan burrow. do workers have problems that unions cannot fix? sharan burrow in brussels. welcome to hardtalk. good evening. good to have you on the show. let s look at what is happening in the world right now. we have a spike in energy costs right around the world, we have rising inflation in many countries and a squeeze on the cost of living. how grim do you think the prospec
ukraine, russia and turkey to allow rain exports through the black sea to resume. hundreds of police in riot gear begin to dismantle anti government protest camps in the sri lankan capital, colombo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. he did not fail to act, he chose not to act , that s what one republican member of the commitee investigating the us capitol riot on six january last year said about donald trump. the panel has been setting out in minute by minute detail how the former president ate lunch and watched tv, doing nothing to rein in the mob of his supporters over 187 perilous minutes. during this last hearing of the summer, dramatic footage from several witnesses was shown. they each corroborate that donald trump s daughter ivanka was among several key figures close to the president who tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade him into making a statement condemning the violence. sarah matthews, one of today s live witnesses, was deputy press se
for neutron stars which are created by dead suns coliding. welcome to world news america on pbs, in the uk and around the globe. the italian prime minister, mario draghi, has resigned after he lost the support of three coalition parties in his government. he s the former president of the european central bank, and he d been widely credited with bringing economic stability to the country through the coronavirus pandemic. mr draghi s been asked to continue in a caretaker capacity until the election which will take place in september. for the latest on the political crisis engulfing europe s third largest economy, i spoke to our rome correspondent, mark lowen. what happens now, because he still in charge? he what happens now, because he still in charae? ., what happens now, because he still in charae? . . ., in charge? he will remain in charge until the snap in charge? he will remain in charge until the snap election in charge? he will remain in charge until the snap ele
life from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning here in singapore and 6pm in washington, where president biden is in isolation after testing positive for covid. the confirmation came hours ago first in a statement from the white house, then in a tweet by by the president then in a tweet by the president and finally in this video message, released on social media. so, that s president biden suffering from covid, and these are the last moving pictures of him before he tested positive. they were filmed as he flew back to the white house on wednesday evening, by way of comparison to how he looked a few hours ago. dr ashistha is the white house covid 19 response coordinator. he says the president is only experiencing mild symptoms, and he s started a course of pfizer s antiviral pill called paxlovid which reduces the severity of covid 19. because the pres
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in washington in the united states where it s a crucial night for the committee investigating the january sixth capitol riot, when supporters of former president donald trump stormed congress, while lawmakers met to certinyoe biden s election victory last year. this will be the committee s eighth hearing, and maybe the final televised hearing before the report is published in the autumn. let s hearfrom two insiders who were in the trump white house onjanuary 6th. matthew pottinger, the deputy national security adviser. he s one of the few senior officials to have been there, throughout the trump administration. as countless others left, he stayed. until the afternoon of jan 6. at 2:24, the president sent this tweet attacking mike pence at the very moment his supporters were in the capitol search for the vice president. at tha