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for people struggling to cope. the government has said its providing a package of measures to help with rising costs. thats it from me. which will be here at the top of the hour. —— rich will be here. now on bbc news, its time for unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progr...

hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progress whatever in combating climate change? well, hot air? there is also the possibility that we could use our ingenuity and our unique abilities as human beings, as homo sapiens, to get out of this. whats russia got up its sleeve for the parts of eastern ukraine that...

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East asia tomorrow. so, theyre drawing a direct connection between what is taking place in ukraine, the desire to change the status quo there through force, and what china might be contemplating in taiwan. and yes, i think there is an internal battle going on inside tokyo, inside the governing party, the ldp. there are those who side with the prime minister, who are trying to decide what they can do within the bounds of japans pacifist constitution. now, the famous article 9 of this constitution...

Its this second version thats uppermost in mr xis mind. and as a result, japan is pondering the advantages ofjoining some variant of nato in east asia to guard against whatever china is planning. to guide me through the complexities of all this, i asked celia hatton, asia—pacific editor for bbc world service, and a leading observer of both china and japan, for her thoughts. well, in the words of the japanese prime minister, ukraine today could be east asia tomorrow. so, theyre drawing a direct...

Wind gusts up to 25 miles an hour have posted a challenge to firefighters there. no one has been injured but there has been property damage. dozens of homes in oklahomas panhandle were destroyed this week by wildfires. and in colorado, winds are calming down as firefighters there battle a stubborn brush fire outside of denver. firefighters say that gusts up to 75 miles per hour actually helped them by blowing fire back onto itself. the fires about one-quarter contained. turning to the nuclea...

We still dont know exactly what caused that but we do know tokyo electric is back to trying to revive that cooling system at the third reactor to cool the reactors core. thats important because overheating would cause the uranium to melt and further release radioactive material into the air. and until they can get that system working, it is back to spraying the reactor from the ground. we have just learned because radiation levels found inside tokyo tap water have dropped, the restriction on wat...

Higher ground, hopefully the number of fatalities might not be as bad as people expect. but its hard to tell. theyre trying to assess the extent of the damage and the casualties and fay talitiefatal. >> history has taught japan how to take them seriously but also how to prepare. the skyscrapers in japan are built with steel girding. were looking at new video right now. the damage at least from the pictures were seeing inside tokyo does not look to be can he have investigation stating. is that a ...