duncan clark, chairman and founder— helpful. duncan clark, chairman and founder of _ helpful.rk, chairman and founder of bvh china. - helpful. duncan clark, chairman| and founder of bvh china. thank you forjoining us on the programme. after a break for winter, a new school year has begun in afghanistan but girls and women are still being denied an education. the taliban, which returned to power in august 2021, has banned females above the age of 13 from attending secondary school or university. it's the only government in the world to do so, as our south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. chanting. despite the threat of violence and detentions, they don't stop. "education is a red line for us," the women chant, marching for afghanistan's teenage girls, who have been denied this, the most basic of human rights — going to school, meeting friends, getting an education. look what it's doing to them. translation: when | seej my brother going to school i feel sad and broken. he used to say, "i won't go without you." i'd hug him and tell him i'd join later. i had hoped the tal

duncan clark joins us next.rg. ♪ kathleen: chinese tech giant alibaba plans to split into six units. it could help unlock value. let's discuss, bring in annabelle. it comes down to valuations. >> the discount that we see through the unit or value of each business unit but -- versus what they are currently trading. this is the overall view that we are hearing from analysts in the market. this really could act as a catalyst for alibaba to better reflect the value of its underlying businesses. she is looking at potential listings at the cloud arm, watching their -- of them in particular. alibaba is trading at a depressed market evaluation is a group. that is being made worse by some of its more loss nagging units. crystallize value for investors. if you change on bloomberg intelligence, it points out that this is something that would have the backing of beijing. it could provide to something that helps ease tensions that we have seen between the private sector and officials there. this is china tech selloff is not

duncan clark is the chairman and founder of bda china and author of alibaba: the house that jack ma builtthink there was general nervousness also — the sheer scale of the business that was about to go public — remember, this was just a few days before the ipo of ant group, the financial tech empire that came out of alibaba. literally the last few weeks, when we've all talking about bank regulation and all that, so in china, there was nervousness also about the sheer power and scale of this bank that he'd built, even though he didn't call it a bank, but there were deep—seated envy as well in the population about billionaires, the same stuff we see around the world. so it was a combination of factors, but it was a very dramatic red light to that ipo and then a series of other measures that really hit hard the tech sector. now, china needs growth, it needs to restore consumer confidence and entrepreneurs are key also to restoring that sense of growth and opportunity. can he really actually speak what he wants to say. i mean, he is back but he is just talking about education and agriculture,

duncan clark is the chairman and founder of bda china and author of alibaba: the house that jack ma built the public eye. think there was gene nervousness, i think there was general nervousness, the sheer scale of the business that was about to go public. this wasjust the business that was about to go public. this was just before the financial take empire that came out of alibaba, and the last few weeks we have been talking about bank regulation. in china there was nervousness about the sheer power and scale of this bank that he built, even though he didn't call it a bank. there were deep—seated and as well in the population about billionaires on the same stuff we see really well, it was a combination of factors. but it was a very dramatic red light to that ipo and a series of other measures that really hit hard the tech sector. now china needs growth companies to restore the consumer sentiment, and the sense of growth and opportunity. can he really actually speak what he wants to say? i mean, he is back but he is talking about education and agriculture. that is what he has been talk abou

one could say the same went for trust over sunak or ian duncan over kenneth clarke . re we have the party members are said to be favouring the suboptimal sturgeon and the continuity of chaos and calamity that yousaf represents . it would be amazing represents. it would be amazing if they go for kate forbes or . if they go for kate forbes or. because neither them have the backing of the big hitters and they're saying, well, to be blunt, you might ash regan as they might bring it, blunt, you might ash regan as they might bring it , they might they might bring it, they might bnng they might bring it, they might bring the snp back to more the middle ground that of the scottish public. yeah i mean, kate forbes apparel is the epitome of the fact you cannot have basic religious views from any of the major religions , be any of the major religions, be compatible . what the woke want compatible. what the woke want from you and ash regan as i said, that does not appear to be a household name in her own home. brian well, i think we have to question this issue about kate forbes re

duncan: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield three minutes to our democratic whip, the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. katherine clark. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. clark: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the ranking member. i rise in opposition to the majority's polluters over people act, a massive hand out to some of the world's most profitable and most powerful corporations. a big oil giveaway that would hike the deficit instefd helping families, instead of protecting our planet, instead of lowering costs for consumers and slashing energy bills. republicans seem to have just one priority and that's helping the rich get richer. through price gouging and war profiteering, big oil has doubled their profits to record level. they are hoarding millions of acres of our public land and using these unprecedented resources to line their pockets. exxon just announced a $35 billion in stock buy backs. chevron shareholders are pocketing $75 billion. and yet what's the republican plan? triple down on allegiance to big oil, giveaway more federal land, invite more offshore drilling, unleash more pollution into our