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new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. he faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring order. his disgraced predecessor, gotabaya rajapaksa, resigned after months of protests. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. more news coming up in half—an—hour. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. around the world, there are signs of deepening worker discontent. inflation is outstripping wages. global corporations stand accused...

live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in washington in the united states where its 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 committees eighth hearing, and maybe the final televise...

of too many central banks raising interest rates. we are not in a period where we can discount the fact that if you have growth way below profits and inflation, then you are, in fact, facing grim economic circumstances. and unless we share prosperity, workers are the victims. but arent you trying to reinvent economics if you argue that workers pushing for massive pay rises right now is not going to be inflationary? all the evidence over many years suggests that once you get into that w...

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. lets 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 prospects for your members, for work...

Point, but my response is simply that if workers push for wage rises — and im going to talk to you about the uk to start with, because the uk has an inflation rate of 9 knocking on 10% — but there are key sets of workers, from the rail industry to the health service, doctors, barristers, all pushing for double—digit rises in their wages or salaries. and ijust put it to you one more time that if they get what they want — that is above inflation rises — we are going to see that wage pric...