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westminsters�*s brains beyond government have been crunching through its, and they've concluded what many a newscaster will know, it's the kind of the bleeding obvious, really. they present that times are really tough for people that wages and living standards and housing income are squeezed and will be for while. the tax burden for the highest it has been for a while and will be for a while as well. as we were discussing on the last edition of the podcast. a lot of the budget was quite nerdy and in the weeds. there was a discussion around childcare in england that we talked about....

hello and welcome to the programme. i'm luxmy gopal. we start with the news that the australian comedian barry humphries, best known for his character dame edna everage, has died at the age of 89. he'd been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. our arts correspondent, david sillito, looks back at his life. dame edna everage! hello, possums! dame edna always said she was born with a priceless ...

through his controversial pension reforms. we start with increasing warnings from western governments over the use of the chinese social—media platform, tiktok. today the british government banned it on all government and civil servants�* devices. take a listen. we're also going to ban the use of macro when devices. we will do so with immediate effect. mr speaker, this is a precautionary move. we know that there is already use of tiktok across government, but it is also good cyber—hygiene. on the face of it — the app might not look like a threat to national security. it's exp...

to discuss the war in ukraine. live now tojimena blanco, chief analyst and head of americas for the global risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. she's in andalucia, spain. thank you so much forjoining us. take us through the agenda of this trip, what does lula want and from the chinese perspective? there are two areas of _ the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main _ the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. - the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. the - two areas of main interest. the first one is a commercial one. china ...

has died at the age of 76. the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have given details of a defence pact that will provide australia with nuclear—powered submarines. president biden, uk prime minister rishi sunak and the australian prime minister anthony albanese, have met to confirm the aukus security agreement. the deal is aimed at countering what the three nations see as china's threat in the indo—pacific region. our political editor, chris mason, has more from san diego. a pact of old democracies, coming together to counter a new and growing advers...