Page 97 - Rail Workers News Today

Political thinking with nick robinson. 0ur movement is fighting, our movement is winning, our movement, brothers and sisters, is back, so said my guest on a new episode of political thinking. A conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. Paul nowak is the new General Secretary of the tuc and this week, the trade Union Congress meets in his home city of liverpool. And it meets at a time when there are more strikes...

and his war cabinet this morning. the us, along with the arab states, is pushing for a further two day extension, the question is, how much leverage do they have. the united states certainly has the ability to have leverage over israel — they have yet to exercise that, and that is why we are just now seeing very loud cries within us domestic policies spaces for restrictions on us aid to israel. as im sure you are aware, in the past, we have never placed restrictions on aid to israel ...

dies at the age of 70. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, hello from the bbc sport centre mark mccall, saracens director of rugby criticised the "shameful" treatment of his captain owen farrell in what he believes should be a wake—up call for the game. farrell ——who also skippers england, will miss the mens six nations after deciding to take a break from international rugby in order to "prioritise his and his familys mental well—being". he will though c...

coming up, liverpool have to avoid defeat against an austrian side to guarantee getting out of the group stages of the europa league. they are top of their group ahead of the match at anfield. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the former health secretary matt hancock has told the covid inquiry that — with the benefit of hindsight — the uk should have locked down much sooner at the start of the pandemic. he said "many, many lives" could have been saved if the first lo...

these are life pictures in tel aviv because we are expecting at any moment now that antony blinken, the us secretary of state, to come and speak to the world media there as and when we see him approach the microphones we would be crossing straight back to tel aviv there. back to the middle east and the war between israel and hamas. the mother of two of the final child hostages still held hostage in gaza has spoken of her ordeal. 16 —year—old aisha and 18—year—old bilal, both mu...

good to be with you, im katy tur. quote, hes toast, hes done. clean out your office. congressman george santos might not be a congressman for long. at least according to republicans on the hill. today the house ethics committee chair filed a resolution to expel him and with a vote expected after thanksgiving, santos does not look like hell make it to christmas. while the lies hes told as you know have been piling up since the day he was sworn in, it was the ethics committees report rel...

control of northern gaza after intense fighting. 50,000 palestinians fled to gaza city yesterday three evacuation routes after israel open a safe passage on the road to the south for several hours. meanwhile, a senior un official has accused both sides of committing war crimes. here is more from yolande knell. israels vast military might on display once again. it says hamas has lost control of northern gaza and its troops are battling inside gaza city. this is a critical point in the w...

we have talked at length on this program about project 2025, the heritage foundations nightmarish plan to transform the nation into a trump dystopia. the 900 page project would provide trump a maga blueprint for a potential second term. yesterday, my colleagues had the chance to actually sit down with kevin roberts, president of the heritage foundation, and the top architect for press operation 2025. heres how that interview began. >> you reject the assertion that this is a plan that w...

peddling denial. but you do get that is not the whole story, right? you understand the vaccine is not a cure-all. it wont get us out of the pandemic, not anytime soon. there are so many out there, i hear you on the radio, i see you on social media, i get your responses to the show. bidens doing a good job, take the win, why do you keep saying the situation is so dire? because it is. vaccine, biden, not enough. hes not trump. hes not going to tell you hes one move away and only he can f...

that is taking it seriously, dealing with it on all fronts and is not distracted by peddling denial. but you do get thats not the whole story, right? you understand that the vaccine is not a cure-all. it wont get us out of the pandemic, not any time soon. there are so many out there. i hear you on the radio, i see you on social media. i get you in your responses to the show. hey, vaccine, biden is doing a good job. take the win. why do you keep saying the situation is so dire? because ...