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now on bbc news, counting the cost. millions of people around the world are facing increasingly difficult decisions amid rising food and energy costs. the world bank has warned the war in ukraine is set to cause the largest commodity shocks since the 1970s, with the price of wheat, cotton and natural gas affected, set against a backdrop of global supply disruptions because of covid lockdowns, and the effects of climate change on crop yields, many people are facing a fall in living stan...

contain billions of dollars of sunken treasure. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. three weeks after the school shooting in texas, there are signs that some very limited gun control measures could be adopted by congress. democrats have been pushing for new legislation, and now, the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, says he hopes for a deal addressing mental health and school security. with regard to the ongoing issue about violence, senator cornyn, ...

the us and south korea have carried outjoint military exercises over the waters around the korean peninsula. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. taliban rule was re—established in afghanistan almost a year ago. for afghans, its meant the return of repressive religious authoritarianism and new levels of economic impoverishment. the mullahs seem ready to absorb indefinite isolation to reimpose their orthodoxy. but is that a sustainable strategy? my gu...

i promise you that every tear i cried _ i promise you that every tear i cried will— i promise you that every tear i cried will be _ i promise you that every tear i cried will be fuel _ i promise you that every tear i cried will be fuel for _ i promise you that every tear i cried will be fuel for action. i germanys former chancellor, defends her governments policies towards moscow and kyiv and calls putins invasion of ukraine an unjustified, brutal attack. translation: he didnt wait b...

hello and welcome. lets start with the war in ukraine, because the conflict has left millions stuck inside their homes without many crucial supplies. as a potential solution to the humanitarian crisis, uber has teamed up with the united nations world food programme to help it deliver emergency food and water supplies in war—torn cities across ukraine. its built the organisation a free version of the software it uses to co—ordinate its own delivery services, and its being trialled i...

scotland so here it is quite a bit cooler than yesterday. following on from that it is sunshine and showers but here in yorkshire we have some very high pollen levels today. and across southern scotland the showers could be heavy and thundery likewise in the far north east of england. the highest temperatures towards the eastern side of the uk but cooler thanit eastern side of the uk but cooler than it was yesterday in northern ireland. any showers that develop will decline this evenin...

and that is because this government has done some very big and very remarkable things which they did not necessarily approve of. mr speaker, the prime ministers big plan act is so tired that even once loyal mps dont believe him. one person is killed and many are injured as a car careers into a crowd in berlin police say they dont yet know if it was deliberate. bullying and a blame culture among nhs management. a major review of health and social care in england says training of nhs lea...

to absorb indefinite isolation to re—impose their orthodoxy. but is that a sustainable strategy? my guest is fawzia koofi, former deputy speaker of the afghan parliament, now a democracy activist in exile. is there any glimmer of light in afghanistans darkness? fawzia koofi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. its good to be with you. well, its great to have you in this studio. im sure you wish you were speaking to me from kabul, from afghanistan, but you have been in exile since the tal...

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and the belgian king makes a historic visit to congo, the scene of atrocities committed by his colonial ancestor. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. its newsday. its seven in the morning in singapore and six in the evening in washington, where, three weeks after the school shooting in texas, there are signs that some — very limited — gun control measures could be adopted by congress. the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says he hopes for a deal addressin...