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the russian armed forces are now intensifying attacks in the eastern dom bess region of ukraine. they've made advances after heavy bombardment of ukrainian positions at —— donbas region. there are now concerns they could turn their attentions to another country, moldova, which used to be part of the soviet union. it is not a member of nato so it is not protected from russian aggression. it lies between romania and ukraine and within it is the russian backed separatist region of transnistria. one month ago there was a series of explosions in the area raising concerns the war could...

Its been a testing first day back after the Summer Recess for the government, now mired in the controversy over crumbling concrete. Ministers say a list will be published this week of all the schools affected in england, as rishi sunak rejected claims he oversaw budget cuts as chancellor that meant Raac Concrete couldnt be replaced in as many schools, as the Department For Education had wanted. Its also been a testing day for the Education Secretary, who had to apologise for her frustration, expressed in salty language, after being questioned over the governments handling of the situation. And...

This came after the Prime Minister rejected suggestions that he oversaw budget cuts that meant that crumbling concrete in schools in england was not replaced. It comes after claims from a former senior Civil Servant that rishi sunak halved the money available for the safety work while he was chancellor in 2021. This afternoon the Education Secretary apologised after her frustration boiled over during questioning about the way the government was handling the situation. It all comes as thouands of School Children mainly in england start the new term not sure whether their schools will be fully o...

The seaport would be locked, and no commercial ships can go there and pick up all the food. Supply will be stopped. We calculated over 200,000 families would be affected, losing their livelihood, probably for a generation, 25 years. The clean up would have cost 20 billion, thats the best estimate that we received. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Spill leaked Hundreds Of Thousands of gallons of crude into the gulf of alaska, a slick that covered over 1,000 miles of coastline. Even now, pockets of oil are still being discovered. Yet on yemens fso safer, four times as much oil. This is big. And i looke...

Joining me now live isjean lee. Shes the former Ap Pyongyang Bureau chief and current co host of the bbc podcast the lazarus heist. Thank you for being back on the programme. Whats the significance of this potential deal between two countries that are becoming even more isolated on the world stage . I think you laid it out. If the two leaders do meet and arrange a deal of some sort, this is a deal that is possibly going to help the russian resident extend that war ukraine by supplying him with munitions and in exchange possibly food that north korea needs, but beyond that, quite possibly techn...