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as record heat waves set off wildfires in europe, as hot weather followed by floods force india to ban some rice exports and put parts of china under water. and as russia starts to bomb grain silos in ukraine, could we start seeing food shortages in some parts of the world and rising food prices everywhere? if anyone knows, it s this week s line up. there they are. a commodities expert who s always kept us ahead of the curve on prices. and the big boss of one of the world s biggest freight transport companies is going to tell us how costs and concerns are shaping his industry. also on the show, she s the big boss of one of the world s biggest retailers. the ceo and president of walmart international joins me to talk prices, retail and etail from india to china. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, just as the rising cost of things were starting to slow down, you know, inflation officially gett ....
70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. heading off the well worn tourist path, we re on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. travelling from one of the driest places on earth. it is quite incredible the sand. it s just crystal, hard cystals. white salt. you can probably taste it. to one of the wettest. these are areas really for the adventurous traveller. this isn t india on tap. i m on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have shaped india. and also, meet the people who call this intriguing and sometimes overwhelming country, home. it s going to be an amazing journey. for thousands of years, india found its riches and influence through international trade. at the heart of this enterprise was the sea. and the state of gujarat, with a thousand miles of coastline, served as a shipping gateway to africa, arabia and beyond. this is as far west ....
hello and welcome to the programme. it has become a familiar scene on the streets of paris, protesters dressed in black and police armed with riot shields. tear gas and barricades running battles taking place down the boulevards of the french capital. it is happening again and this time on may day. a mostly peaceful demonstration against president macron s controversial reforms of the pension system mired once more by scenes of violence. these are live pictures now of police firing water cannon and protesters. tension is particularly high today because a lot of the unions come at the top eight unions in france got together to call for people to come to the streets for the first time that s happened since 2009. also of course tension is high because this isjust two weeks since the french president signed through the latest pension reforms which means the retirement age in france now goes up to 64. people in france are unhappy and also there is some element of rancour and unhap ....
overnight they don t come around dawn temperatures briefly get down to these lows so we start tuesday on a very warm note, in fact this is the hottest wedge of air of this whole period of hot weather, it will sit in place tomorrow, coming in from the west we have frontal systems trying to introduce cooler air, or that hot air stays in place across eastern parts of it stays sunny long enough we could see unprecedented high temperatures so out to the wet summer showers, the odd thunderstorm, belfast and plymouth cooler than today but further east is where we expect the core of the heat, parts of the east midlands and eastern england, lincolnshire could temperatures of 42 celsius tomorrow, that would break the all time uk record but things changed tomorrow night, the showers and storms creep east, most of us will be a bit cooler by wednesday morning and this is the rest of the week, temperatures closer to where they should be, some rain at times but before we get there ano ....
out of his rolling vehicle and ran off. police say they tried using a stun gun to stop walker and when that failed, they opened fire. eight officers shot as many as 90 rounds. claudia cowan is following the story in los angeles. the shooting happened last monday after police in akron, ohio pulled over 25-year-old walker for a traffic violation. exactly what it was is unclear, but walker allegedly sped off and a routine traffic stop became a public safety threat, after police say an apparent gunshot was fired from walker s car, while cops were chasing him. police say body cam video captured what they believe was a muzzle flash from the car early in the chase. walker at some point abandoned his vehicle and the pursuit became a foot chase with eight officers yelling at him to stop. this is video of what happened next. we want to warn you, it is hard to watch and hard to hear because it shows officers firing dozens of shots in a matter of seconds. again, this video is ....