the the the biggest cash program in the history of the u. k. national health service. that's how prime minister barak johnson describes his plans for the country's coby recovery was paying for it means breaking to k election pledges. yes, i accept that this breaks manifest commitment, which is not which is not something i do likely, but a global pandemic with the big ones i've gotten, it's down here in trim. government is announced to the cabinet featuring a ton about the founder and the militant on the f. b. i wanted less and

b, b, b, c, apologize, it for a documentary on legit chemical talkin. syria back in 2018, which made fools claims about a full text with tonnage. the western nurse who blamed the assad government ah, you're watching on seeing to national with me you last from all of us. thank you very much for turning it. british prime minister born joseph has broken 2 of his parties. k election manifesto promises interest one day and also pay for the unprecedented impacts of the pandemic. our correspondence in london isa only have the details absolutely. bar as johnson, the prime minister and flank because he was today by both his health secretary and his chancellor. really outlining these changes to what has been known,

founding british government policy, in particular, when it comes to the phone called triple log retentions, which is essentially the part of ensure that 3 pension is, would have an increase year on year on the pensions, whether it was peg, the rate of inflation rises in earnings or point 5 percent. whichever one of those 3 you could have in the highest, that's how much triple triple on pension would have risen by 5. with an unusually high figure of age, 8 percent rise in earnings. the government till they simply cannot afford to rise pension is by that much for the following year. and so they've had to do away with this long you don't policy, but for a strong defending. not saying that it's in the public interest for the overall economy, where beginning the biggest catch up program in history of the an h. s. the levy

will share the cost as fairly as possible between people and businesses. because we all benefit from a well supported and a chest and all businesses benefit from a healthy workforce. while the opposition in the new k haven't taken it lightly. henriette shut comparisons for secretary jonathan reynolds reacting to the prime minister essentially. 3 same way the government tries to frame this issue of, for example, people living longer and having healthier lives and insensitive way of dealing with what are very real issues for the elderly when it comes to that pensions to governments, cases of the photo data and the pandemic have produced a statistical aberration. i reject the presentation of this issue as the source of intergenerational tension or unfairness because we all have an interest in ensuring that there's a decent state pension in the future. we would never present increase longevity as

a problem. now this is of course the prime minister has broken within a day, the 2nd of those being an announcement to raise the national insurance contributions, which the government, i promise not to do in the lecture. me on the 29th for something to be pointing out continuously. because when the manifesto was the rest of the country in the world and didn't have a pen to take into account, no conservative government, no conservative government to speak every once to raise taxes. and i will be honest with the high, except yes, i accept the brakes. i manifest commitment, which is not something which is not something i do likely, but a global pandemic within the. so the government, the, the treasury, all with a balancing act to do to have tried to please, if not all sectors of society as many as possible when it comes to channels. you

say the global gender of build back, and that's a point and slogan the bars johnson repeated again today, and we'll discuss the issue with political commentator antony whether her told us the problems with the n. a chess and social care started. well, before the pandemic, i think it is damaging because of the way it's been job to saw where he's playing a pandemic. the government has actually dealt with the district course that way it's been spending money. we're not thinking about the consequences. it's now trying to deal with the consequences by bringing in this additional means, like a mummy term house, as the leader, the opposition court is now today, all the problems we had with the chest and with social care existed well before

the camera won't have got to stop now and 3 weeks it seems they taliban swept back to power and seized full control of the country. the islamist militant group has now officially announced its interim government. our senior correspondent, rod garcia, reports from campbell. there had been a lot of speculation in the, in the weeks leading up to this point about the make up of any new afghan or taliban government, whether the taliban would would compromise to all the cool, especially from the west for any new afghan government to be to be inclusive to perhaps even include women in it, but this new government that has been announced. 5 the data bad says this is a can take a government so only temporary, perhaps with electron save it for the future. this new government is swell taliban, through and through. they have elected to go for the iranian model, and that is for a supreme leader. i mean,

he bit the law who is the supreme leader of the taliban ruling, the government which is then made up of a prime minister in this case, mohammed husband, whom formerly the prime minister of the out of the taliban government during 2000 during 2001, when they were lost in power, he is seen as a loyal functionary of the tyler by someone who has stayed as have all the other figures in this new government with the data by, through the long years of us occupation and the insurrection, against that other names on these new government lease will perhaps turn heads your coup. jay had one of the sons of the co founder or perhaps even arguably the founder of the taliban. he is now slated to be the defense minister perhaps. and even more controversial appointment is that of the new interior minister. his dean had guardy, the son of a former warlord and someone who has

a $5000000.00 bounty to him, said by the united states, he's wanted for questioning with regards to a bombing in 2008, which killed amongst others, a us citizen. he is believed to be heavily involved in again the, the insurrection and the resistance against the us presence and nato presence here . got to start again. there was a lot of a lot of speculation that perhaps given how hot the vitality is trying to the god to get to get it to the actual recognition that they would make compromises. but perhaps after what happened in patch here valley over the last week, the fierce battles there and the pipes decimation of the opposition that had gathered that the taliban elements, perhaps that had been bolden the taliban to appoint the government and the figures,

but that it has nevertheless, again, a temporary government, the taliban says it is unclear yet how long it'll stay in power. and what will follow it and say we're in british journalist richard met has believed the world will take a cautious approach to the new government, hoping the country doesn't descend towards terrorism. again, i think that a lot more can be achieved with diplomacy if they really want to stop ghana them from becoming a terror hub. as they say. the best thing to do is to, you know, sit down and talk with talent to avoid. busy this happening, but as i said, i'm gonna send was never a problem really regarding 911 of the war on terror. this was all the far invaded afghanistan and iraq for different reasons, right. if they were really concerned about terrorism, they have to look at the room now as because many of them are sponsors of terrorism . and the united states itself was helping these groups, right? the very same ones that are now in the, in the taliban government to how connie network, for example. and as we said, the majority back in the 1080, they were getting the money from the united states. so the us helped create these

groups, pop them up and had a hand in this had a role and it's very important to underline the historical aspect of that they b, b, c has apologize for documentary on alleged chemical talk and syria, back in 2018, admitting it contain cirrus in our curious is it comes 10 months after the report was ad on radio for a key implication by the british broadcaster was that a former inspector whose views had contrasted starkly with the western nurse blaming. the syrian government was motivated by peo, from wiki leaks. the whistle blowing website was in fact offering a cash incentive for information on teams at the time, but has no such reward was ever paid. the end st. trees weaken legs, welcomes their poetry from the b. b, c, i think that he hopes other media outlets will follow suit shot it ad was dashed, he has more the case unraveling. what really happened that takes us to the heart of

the global race to control the narrative of the war. this is the opening of a, b, b, c radio for documentary. and as we know, the pbc predicates itself on anything box, fake news. this all you can rely on the go to top from the truth and the broadcast the valve to leave no stone left on turn over the ledge. 2018 chemical talk in syria. but i run it clean now 10 months off to the publishing of this. so called truth, the b b c. admit, so that contains some serious inaccuracies. the see you found that although they were limited to one aspect of an investigation into a complex and hotly contested subject, these points represented a failure to meet the standard of accuracy appropriate to a program of this kind. and this program as so called account of a former inspector from the organization for the position of chemical weapons under the name alex was included. only suggests that alex is disclosures have been motivated by reward of a $100000.00 offered by wikileaks. now, just to be clear,

no such reward was ever paid according to ricki lake itself. but why does the bbc remember this? this serious is the result of sorrow journalism and needs to be b. c's editorial standards. a number of your points are based on inaccurate interpretations of the contents of the series, and we would suggest listening again for clarification. as appropriate. we approached individuals where allegations were raised, invite exam, as well as others to respond to what is reported in the program. was sent by the investigation and now we're journalism. yes, it was a b, c. talking about the same documentary off the journalists are in my say sensible casa, his question about how the documentary series failed to mention reports i found to be received on this rhymes. lastly, that the attack may have been staged and how it was to down downings by former w inspector jose, but stoney,

as merely having an axe to grind with the americans. however, they were either rebuffed or down played box and that he was, he now admitted, insinuated that alex was off to the cash bounty. but that's not all the documentary fabricated or at least seriously exaggerated. it also claim that pizza hitchens the agenda to fall these complaints against the documentary in the very 1st place, shall the russian and syrian state views on the complex that these attacks were indeed staged. and yes, the claims have been withdrawn by the b, b, c. but aligning hitchens with the russian, syrian official view leads to worry and question about anyone stepping out of line automatically being pitted as spinning an anti western narrative. as to alex is dealings with journalists. although he has collaborated with journalists who held broadly the same views on the war as the russian and 3 governments. he had also collaborated with journalists of whom that could not be said. mister hitchens, among them, if they were supposed to be both can tackle narratives rather than spin and create

them all this the, the bbc has backtracked on that. and well peter hitch and to push the b. b. c to face it's fundamental flaws. hales is all as a factory for truth. what does this mean about the war agenda? the broadcast has been pushing for years. the bbc reporting is very biased and, and very much supportive of british establishment. this was a very important incident. it led to the u. k. the u. s. and perhaps bombing syria, there's been a very heavy bias. an assumption that i thought was always wrong and that the accusations of the west were always right. and it's time after time we've seen incidents switch and accusations by the west, which have convincingly turned out to be not through time hoping that more a more what will be made to them to look into more substantial issues here

they fall out from the taliban. take her in. galveston has posed a challenge for the central asian region and also russia and facing of any potential threats. is it key focus of military drills now on the way in the nation of carrying on? also is constantino coughing that for us. the cloud. while the military exercises been crickets down, have officially kicked off a show of force been displayed by famous rocket artillery launcher, is the famous grab and elsewhere. the training facility. troops have also engaged in active shooting. and these are well under way. now, these workings are stage of annual leave. this year, they're common to the backdrop of the disaster. it's us redraw from, again, it's dan which is by the way, not far from here and as the how the bond is still trying to establish itself as the new government and cobble neighboring countries. namely,

good than that you could stand this biggest down as well as russia. their main military ally are weary of uncontrolled militants for extreme as might take advantage of the situation and cause trouble in the military and political situation in collective security. treaty organization. soon of a direct responsibility is still complicated. the most vulnerable area is central asia. in the wake of the talent, they coordinate galveston, which borders on the genius, tens of the region, is seen height and activity from international terrorism. and really just radicalism. now this training facility, the training ground where we are at, is located in probably one of the most scenic part of crude stan and the mountains by the lake of history. cool. and it is specifically designed to help the military deal with mountain work one now and military personnel as well as out or tillery over 100 feet. the armored vehicles tanks as well as

a vh and or taking part in this maneuvers. now, according to the area of the israel, the terrorist and they made the country named, guardia, attacked several villages here, and there was main job to repel the sold as quickly as possible. well, this region hasn't grace repeated important for russia. stan house, one of the main rushes outpost in this region, need no tree pain in the khan. and by the way, helicopters and several closures or jobs from the bait, are also taken part in this maneuvers. other countries that have send the military to the exercise, there were conflicts done in that she gets done along with russia and cris dot. these are for members of the c s t o, the collective security treaty organization, which brings together 6 former soviet republics. now, the main goal of these trails, like any other drill, improve skills of the military, but there is also a message here that moscow allies in the region remain vigilant. in this you most

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about to break out in the us. the city of portland, oregon is said to vote, unimposing economic functionals against the state of texas. the proposal measures include a boy called of goods on the bottom see to employees traveling to the lone star state. it comes in response to a device of new abortion law in texas. this law does not recognize or show respect for the human rights of those who may become pregnant. this laurie wards, private individuals for exciting surveillance and control of others bodies. it violates the separation of church and state, and it will force people to carry pregnancy against their will and comical their portal. and mayor ted wheeler is worried about texas when his city defended the police and he had to ask citizens to take back the city. texas is solidly pro life and text and support law enforcement. meanwhile, portland is a dumpster fire, and texas is thriving. the law bonds, all abortion, if

a hobby is detected, which is usually around 6 weeks. and sometimes before women note they are pregnant, it also gives private individuals the right to bring legal action against people or clinics flouting the rules. the you want to just as departmental said, had said it would support state abortion clinics, but the supreme court have no intervened. and let's not cross lie to benedict former executive director of the libertarian national committee. welcome to the studio, mr. benedict. very nice to have you here. so what do you make of this move by portland? it certainly seems highly unusual that the u. s. safety could effectively impose sanctions on another part of the u. s. yes, i lived in portland years ago and i live in texas. now both are nice places. neither are perfect. they both have opportunities to improve. i do not personally agree with this new law in texas. the libertarian party platform is pro choice.

when it comes to abortion and so i don't agree with the law. however, i also do not agree with the city of portland, which is outside of texas. i don't think a city should retaliate or attempt to impose penalties or sanctions against a state that passes the law that the majority of citizens in another state don't agree with. just like you saw texas speaking up against the way the city of portland has 3 to police officers or the or support a police? well, you know, what do we expect texas to impose sanctions and not allow travel to portland? where does it in? so yeah, i think it's, it's a bad direction to go. right. right. interesting. so from a constitutional point of view, now that is portland, within its rights to restrict what goods people bond their movements within the us . well,

i think it's more narrow than it initially sounds. i think the portland rules mainly apply to city government and city staff. i don't think that you know, certainly the constitution would prohibit the city of portland, from, from banning an individual in portland, from buying goods in texas are traveling to texas. so i think it's more a restriction on the government employees and government contractors that, that, that are paid by portland, i'm not 100 percent certain on that. so, but even that is a bad idea because it can just spiral out of control. cities and states are dominated by republicans or democrats, you know, different parties throughout america. and if they start trying to impose sanctions or penalties based on a political position, it will just be, it will recap it in america. you think this is just kind of political posturing. aimed at fresh arising, texas well, it's, it's,

it's mostly political posturing, but there is some, there are, will be some impacts. there are a lot of companies in portland that would send people or i'm sorry, there are government agencies and employees who would travel to texas for conventions and other things. and who also might use businesses that are based in texas. so it's a small economic impact, a big political statement, but it could blow up into something big for americans. go that route throughout. i'm hoping more politicians acts like adults and stop acting my children and throwing tantrums every time. they don't get something agree with. i'm a libertarian, i don't get all the policies, but we have to live with that and we recognize the different states. cities will adopt policies that we don't always agree with. do you think a president can be said here? and we could see more democrat and republican majority cities and states

sanctioning each other. there have been other examples of this based on voting right laws and other issues. so it's not a brand new thing, but it does seem like republicans and democrats are more divided than ever and more quick to propose laws than ever. so i think it could get to be a bigger deal. now, as a libertarian, i wish our government was so small that it didn't really matter which party, it's not libertarians, it's still didn't matter which one was a control. then we wouldn't be fighting so much over what the government did. right? it's west and, but i think the former executive director of the libertarian national committee, mr. benedict. thank you very much indeed for your time. thanks for having me. the west african nation of guinea. i rarely draws global headlines, but say a military crew that has some shock waves through commodity market. that's because

it's a key metal producer and with a traumatic spike in a new medium prizes. some marketplace have supported. charles percussion says, daniel hawkins has been taking a closer look. this isn't the 1st qu, and guineas recent history. in fact, it's one of several peoples in a number of former french african colonies in just a few months. presidents of the impoverished west african states taken into custody while the countries special forces. the constitution dissolved by nationwide curfew declared with any refusal for officials to cooperate deemed a rebellion. the mutiny is certainly mean business, but claim is all for the greater good. will no longer interest politics to one man will trust it to the people. guineas, beautiful. we don't need to re guinea anymore. we just need to make love to her. world is seeing a rare moment of unity from the year when to the african union, even usually rival staves quickly bonded together to condemn the military takeover

. i am personally following the situation in guinea very closely. i strongly condemn any take over the government by force of the gun and call for immediate release of president alpha con day said why all the attention? guinea, despite being direly poor, is actually pretty rich apart from large amounts of gold and diamonds. the country holds by some estimates, a 3rd of the worlds of the box life. one of the main sources of our minium, in fact, is the world's 2nd largest producer and metal markets look pretty rattled right now . if you do have issues in the country that supplies 20 percent of book site to the global market, then clearly that will be a problem. element in price is a decade high. great news for mining companies. but it probably makes little difference to the average guinea and like in most former colonies, is mainly mining conglomerates that tend to profit multiple states have investments

in the country from russia and china to australia and the u. k. according to the us state department, one of the biggest plays in guineas, marcus is froth french companies as part of international conglomerates. play a big role in the mining sector as well as the privatization of the countries energy grid and relations between the 2 countries have grown closer under the baffled president's rule. from, from guinea have thrown bilateral relations with many high level meetings relations have intensified since our con, they came to power conway one office in the country's 1st free elections in later years. like many lead is on the continent. he was accused of holding sham elections, which the opposition boycotted, cracking down on beset, timid, bloody protest, costing dozens of lives. yet his rule is still considered better than an unknown alternative. and guinea turbulence follows and all too familiar pattern, 3 crews, and just 10 years and laboring form will furnish colony. molly

a recent minutes. he takeover in shad, following the killing of its strong one pro. didn't erase debbie, a long time, french ally with president micron even attending his funeral again, despite his flaws. paris was pragmatic. things could be worse. this latest crew certainly won't be the loss in a vicious cycle of violence, power struggles, and instability for africans in former colonies, the only certainty seems to be more of the same. and as the world condemn is the latest round of violence. it's a sad fact that unity only seems to be shown what national interests are at stake. africa seems to be still stuck between either authoritative regime and ruler. do not want to leave out like what happens without for candy or school and the worst type, of course i always the military one, so it's unfortunate, but i don't see positive development in the future in the course. of course,

this is a problem of most african and developing countries. it's the natural resources are not really used to help develop the country for the sake of the test. it is that the conundrum that most african countries have not managed to break away from. so i don't think even the new regime we managed to do different policies, i guess the business as usual would be the same again, get a, be me going to korea. and then the multinational companies will keep proctoring from the resources for what they smoke size or gold or diamond. i don't think they would change for the regular regular gideon time brings up today for the more news and about certain is up next and all the international is boom bust ah. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy for.