plans for supermarkets to introduce a cap on the price of basic food items to help tackle the rising cost of living. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s headquarters in central london. is there any sign yet of the much heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west, in ukraine, if they were to go too early ahead of all of that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some time to come. after the g7 summit in hiroshima, is a chinese attack on taiwan more likely or less likely? i think for now, xi jinping has made the calculation that he simply can t afford to invade taiwan. and, should we lose sleep at night for fear that artificial intelligence, ai, is going to take over the world? we ll have to have systems in place to police it. - we almost need a new police force entirely focused on al. i the city of bakhmut, in ukraine, now seems to be pretty much entirely in russia
is there any sign yet of the much heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west and ukraine, if they were to go too early, ahead of all that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some time to come. after the g7 summit in hiroshima is a chinese attack on taiwan more likely likely or less likely? i think for now xijinping has made the calculation that he simply can t afford to invade taiwan. and should we lose sleep at night for fear that artificial intelligence, ai, is going to take over the world? we are going to have to have systems in place to police it. we almost need a new police force entirely focused on al. the city of bakhmut in ukraine now seems to be pretty much entirely in russian hands. capturing it took almost a year and cost thousands of casualties and all for a place that, right from the start, military experts said didn t have any discernible strategic value. but there is no doubt that belatedly the russians hav
of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. hello and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s headquarters in central london. is there any sign yet of the much heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west and ukraine if they were to go too early, ahead of all that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some time to come. after the g7 summit in hiroshima is a chinese attack on taiwan any more likely likely? more likely or less likely? i think for now xijinping has made the calculation that he simply can t afford to invade taiwan. and should we lose sleep at night for fear that artificial intelligence, ai, is going to take over the world? we are going to have to have systems in place to police it. we almost need a new police force entirely focused on al. the city of bakhmut in ukraine now seems to be pretty m
cost of living crisis. now on bbc news unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s headquarters in central london. is there any sign yet of the much heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west, in ukraine, if they were to go too early ahead of all of that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some time to come. after the g7 summit in hiroshima, is a chinese attack on taiwan more likely or less likely? i think for now, xi jinping has made the calculation that he simply can t afford to invade taiwan. and should we lose sleep at night for fear that artificial intelligence, ai, is going to take over the world? we ll have to have systems in place to police it. - we almost need a new police force entirely focused on al. i the city of bakhmut, in ukraine, now seems to be pretty much entirely in russian hands. capturing it took almost a year and cost thousands of casualties and all for a place t
a concentration of ukrainian forces in that way would give kyiv the best chance of breaking what have become quite fortified, quite entrenched russian positions. we also, in a storytelling sense, have to be careful, because we could fall into the narrative where there are a lot of people you have the west, you have ukraine itself willing this counteroffensive to happen. it is also both a political and military imperative that ukraine acts soon to show to the west what it can do with its continued support. this isn t like last year where it retook swathes of territory and surprised everyone. the gains are going to be slower, they are going to be marginal, and they might not be immediately obvious. for the west, in ukraine, if they were to go too early ahead of all of that hardware being in place, ahead of supply lines not being established, and it was to fail, then we could see the front