these authoritarian regimes, dictatorships, why don't - we call them _ by their proper names? we'll absolutely fight it i and move it off the table and not care a single iota about whatever protest l we put forward. if you want to go further. and punish those regimes by sanctions then you have - a problem in your own country. will sanctions hurt our own interest? | economic and otherwise? there is a limit to what we can do if countries behave - in a dictatorial sense i and reign supreme over the freedom of their subjects. that is a very hard nut to crack. - thomas, thank you. a minute for hugh to tell us what has caught your eye. long covid. the symptoms that can persist for many, many months after somebody has had the virus. figures from the uk say a million people are reporting long covid symptoms and a big increase in people who have had them for more than a year.