thanks forjoining us, welcome to the programme. russia strikes kyiv again, just as a delegation of african leaders visit the ukrainian capital to discuss peace solutions. joining me to discuss that, and a range of stories over the next hour, is former labour cabinet minister caroline flint, and ron christie, former adviser to george w bush. also on the programme tonight: a two year investigation into the minneapolis police department in the wake of the killing of george floyd has found that officers routinely used excessive force and discriminated against black people for years. we ll have an update from kalamata, in greece, where officials have denied a series of reports that suggest the migrant boat capsized 50 miles off the south coast because a rope was attached to it by coastguards. and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence technology has lead to a lot of fear and concern, but also a lot of new and exciting solutions. we ll look at how ai is being used to predict pol
and play scottish traditional music. and of course he left school at the age of 1a and immediately started working on farms, and he was the youngest of 13. my mother, on the other hand, she could read music, but she didn t have a very good ear, so in a way it was the opposite. and i remember when she told the story whereby she was asked to play in the village, or if she would help out for the village church and play the organ there, because she was really kind of the only one who could maybe play a few hymns. and she said, oh, no, i really don t want to be doing this i m far too busy, and so on. and. but they pleaded with her and she said, well, i lljust do one sunday , and 36 years later she was still there. i went to a primary school that had 36 pupils in the entire school and two teachers, so it was a tiny, tiny country school, but every friday a music teacher would come in and we would be given a general music lesson. so by the time we left primary school at the age
have the latest on that will come back to verify live. let s return straightaway to our story because both cad and moscow blame each other for the breach of that damn. meanwhile, people downstream of the dam are having to flee advancing floodwaters while those others have lost access to safe drinking water. let me just show you some of the latest pictures that we are getting from the region, because right throughout the day we have been seeing the rising waters. we have also seen in terms of the rescue efforts, multiple rescue efforts of people being plucked from rooftops. we heard that people are actually staying in trees overnight to try and escape all of that that you are seeing on the screen. let s speak to a climate and environmental policy expert from eco action ukraine, the civil society organisation that has been studying environmental impacts of the war in the country. thank you so much for being here on the programme. in terms of your assessment of the impact of wha
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest today was told that he has a reading age ofjust eight. his dyslexia was so bad he had to return to school to study in his 20s for the exams that he simply couldn t pass when he was there the first time. he is now dr peter kyle, a close ally of keir starmer s and the shadow northern ireland secretary, who, if labour comes to power, may find himself having to take a very important decision whether there should be another referendum about the future of the uk. this time it would be about whether northern ireland should leave and become reunited with the republic. peter kyle, welcome to political thinking. thanks, nick. i say that in the introduction that you have a reading age of eight. really? and if so, how on earth do you do the job you ve got now? well, i ve never known any difference, so i can t describ
most households had a piano, an upright piano, and.and we were no exception, and so he would just sit down and play scottish traditional music. and of course, he left school at the age of 1a, and immediately started working on farms and he was the youngest of 13, so, you know, you can imagine the sort of scenario, and so he was always working. my mother, on the other hand, she could read music, but she didn t have a very good ear, so, in a way, it was the opposite. and i remember when she told the story whereby she was asked to play in the village, or if she would help out for the village church and play the organ there, because she was really, kind of, the only one who could maybe play a few hymns. and she said, oh, no, i really don t want to be doing this i m far too busy , and so on. and. but they pleaded with her and she said, well, i lljust do one sunday , and 36 years later she was still there. i went to a primary school that had 36 pupils in the entire school and