faisal islam, let's bring you in. news before you joined the bbc as economics editor. you have done lots of high—profile longform interviews. do they not reveal more, perhaps, about the candidates and their policy positions and their personality than the more complex and harder to define formats that come with these leadership debates? i think sky and channel 4 together developed a format that was very interactive interview alongside a town hall. that was pretty effective, and sadly didn't happen at the last election, and it was interesting because it was two broadcasters joining together. i think when you look back over the past six or seven years, or decade or so when these debates first happened, back at the 2010 general election, i guess the reality is that it was felt, that they had a material impact on the results, and various people in the negotiations don't want them to have that material impact. so it's a very delicate situation and they are happening less. and that's one set of problems. but i think the abse

been here faisal— on the economy and the. been here faisal islam _ on the economy and the.aisal islam kania - on the economy and the. been here faisal islam kania all- on the economy and the. been here faisal islam kania all of. here faisal islam kania all of these programmes try to tease out policy details but there are different ways going around that. help me understand how you settled on the format that you settled on the format that you went for. you settled on the format that you went for-— you settled on the format that you went for. well, the format was very much _ you went for. well, the format was very much based - you went for. well, the format was very much based on - you went for. well, the format was very much based on whatl you went for. well, the format i was very much based on what we had done — was very much based on what we had done before in 2019, when we did — had done before in 2019, when we did that, conservative leadership contest and a labour party— leadership contest and a labour party leadership contest we had done _ party leadership contest we ha

faisal islam, bbc news, in derby.nt navtej johal has been speaking to three families in derby who are in very different financial circumstances but whose lives are all directly affected by rising prices. it angers me that anybody is expected to live like this. i mean, we don't make huge amounts of money, but we make enough to get us by. i really don't know- what we're going to do. i think we'll really _ struggle to make end meet. struggle to make ends meet. 0ne city, three people, all counting the cost of living. these stories are from derby but they reflect the struggle everywhere. abby is disabled and lives with her parents, who are pensioners. we've had to cut down to one, maybe two showers a week each because our electric bill has been phenomenal. the 31—year—old needs to travel to london for vital medical appointments, but the rising cost of fuel is making it more difficult. my fear is that i won't get to my london appointments. and that's really scary. i won't be able to afford some of the medications i have to

our economics editor faisal islam reports.une, thousands of rail workers walked out in a national strike — now more announced for july and august. and rail isn't the only industry affected by strike action. workers are increasingly willing to walk out to help push up they pay in tough times, says the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite. for workers, they have had a spring, summer, autumn, winter of discontent for years. and quite honestly, if what that means is an employee who can pay, an employer who has made profit, an employer who has made profit out of workers has to pay a properfair wage to those workers. here union reps from british airways meet to discuss whether to accept the airline's latest pay offer. when we absolutely know these staff shortages are there because they fired and rehired right in the middle of the pandemic. at a time like this, disputes about pay are no surprise, but in some workplaces, unions are beginning to assert themselves. but you are winning double—digit pay rises? yes, absolutely,

i spoke earlier with faisal abbas, the editor and chief of saudi arabia's arab news, a large englishmeeting with the crown prince. >> faisal abbas thank you so much for joining us today. let's start with just the general perception of this trip, how it went down what is the reading in saudi arabia to not just the wider regional meeting but the bilateral meeting between the u.s. administration and the crown prince in his administration. >> it's a pleasure to be with you on the show ayman, and thank you for that question. actually, the sentiment here in jeddah is of delight and a particularly among us observers and analysts. a lot of speculation has been made about this trip and what it means but in reality, ayman, it's simply a return to the norm. and the norm being that the saudi u.s. relationship is a specifically, especially important. one, it's multifaceted, and what was happening in the past year and a half or two years was actually the abnormal aspect of it. so by all means it's a return to the norm, it's a return to mutual and regional cooperation which is vital for the safety

faisal islam, bbc news.emotional farewell to st andrews in, what he admits, could be his last open tournament there. joe wilson reports from the course. before 10:00am, tiger woods was out again trying to summon one more extraordinary round from his aching, repaired body. and they were watching. of course they were watching. he still is really the one golfer who stands beyond his sport, whose fame spans generations. i saw tiger tee off on the first hole and he made a par. but the low score tiger woods needed did not come. there was no magical revival. and in fact, it often looked painful. meanwhile, there were other americans out on the course in the sunshine and the breeze actually contending for the lead. dustinjohnson got himself to nine under par. he's twice been a major champion and is one of the recent recruits to the saudi liv series. that angle is not going away. with his second round not beginning until 2:59, rory mcilroy had as much time to prepare as he needed time to think, to anticipate, to rehe

here's our economics editor faisal islam.etween the foreign office and the treasury. the two departments, in mr sunak�*s case, until very recently, where the mps vying to be our next prime minister ran great offices of state. it's been a very busy time with war in europe and a related inflation crisis. but the debate over who gets to number ten looks like being driven by economics. the backdrop is important here. inflation is at a 40—year high and heading higher. there's risk of recession and worries of growth slowing, as the economy stutters. and at the same time as all this, the tax burden is at its highest as a share of the economy in 70 years. so between the two candidates, a big choice has opened up. liz truss wants to make huge tax cuts, some from day one. firstly, reversing the only recently enacted national insurance rise — that would cost the exchequer £13 billion a year. then there's not going through with the planned significant rise in corporation tax from next april. that's another £17 billion a year. and on top

faisal islam, bbc news. why does that matter? the city with michael hewson, chief market analyst at cmc markets. both liz truss and rishi sunak publicly positioning themselves as modern—day thatcherites. do either resemble the former prime minister in policy or promise? yes, good morning, victoria. i don't understand this obsession the conservative party have all these candidates have with comparing themselves to maggie thatcher. she was a prime minister of her time. what we need is a prime ministerfor this time. i think for me, this is really a case of both candidates trying to appeal to the tory party membership, which is a very small cohort of people, around about 150,000, and i think it does not really serve the country particularly well when they are trading barbs about what they have been doing right and what they have been doing wrong. true, rishi sunak has had a good pandemic but for me, he has made some unforced errors when it comes to raising taxes and restoring vat rates which, i would argue, is actually exacerbating t

faisal islam, bbc news. biden has said he'll keep working on resolving the israeli—palestinian conflict, restating the us commitment to a two—state solution. in a meeting with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank, he also unveiled a fresh package of financial and technical assistance for the palestinians. president biden then travelled onto saudi arabia, for a meeting with the crown prince mohammed bin salman. let's go live to our correspondent anna foster, who's injeddah for us now. a significant meeting, this? it is, because it _ a significant meeting, this? it is, because it was _ a significant meeting, this? it is, because it was only _ a significant meeting, this? it is, because it was only four - a significant meeting, this? it is, because it was only four short - a significant meeting, this? it 3 because it was only four short weeks ago thatjoe biden said he was not coming to saudi arabia to meet crown prince nayef in salman, the man who the cia concluded approved the murd

he's our economics editor faisal islam.wi, has a very difficult in—tray to deal with, if he gets the chance. first up, the economy is slowing possibly to a halt and plausibly into a recession, as the 0ecd and others have forecast recently, the slowest of the major economies next year. the chancellor acknowledged this challenge this morning, perhaps a hint of action, some sort of temporary stimulus? the problem is, of course, the rate of price rises — inflation at a a0 year high, and notjust heading higher, but again, according to outside forecasters and the bank of england governor himself, fears that inflation here in the uk will remain more stubborn, staying higher for longer. clearly the principal driver behind this has been energy prices, and we have been shown an energy industry calculation that bills under the energy price cap for an average household this winter will top £3,000 a year for all types — direct debit, payments of the entire bill — and prepayment meters. that would be the equivalent of a typical £50 top u

july 14, 1950 king faisal's palace and shot his entire family, accidentally survived, only the monarch's killed the prime minister of many politicians, the new government abandoned the pro-western course and eliminated the british military bases in iraq, moved closer to the ussr, but democracy did not come to permanent stability coups and mass terror led to the fact that in the late sixties the bas party seized power, and in the seventy-ninth its leader saddam hussein established a one-man dictatorship. what she led is known on july 14, 1967, the fifth mediterranean squadron of the navy was formed . the need for the ussr was brewing for a long time the mediterranean sea after the second world war left the us sixth fleet, then naval forces appeared. on that, with the advent of nuclear weapons, their ships and submarines were equipped with nuclear warheads capable of reaching southeastern borders, the ussr all countermeasures accelerated, the six-day war in the middle east, the squadron included strike missile artillery anti-submarine landing ships of the submarine , rear admiral boris pet

emma vardy along with hugh pym and faisal islam.*s main policies was what he described as levelling up the country, in terms of investment and opportunities. but some local leaders are now concerned the policy might not be a priority for the new leadership. our special correspondent ed thomas has been to leigh, in greater manchester, which turned conservative for the first time at the 2019 general election. it's 50 years since astley mine closed, and with it, thousands of jobs lost. once again, troubled days are back in leigh, a town that believed in the promises of borisjohnson. 2019, borisjohnson — levelling up, transforming places like leigh, what does that mean to you? not much. we're still as unlevel as we were. this town is dying on its feet. borisjohnson as prime minister meant hope for the walsh family. now, theirfaith is shattered. too many lies, dishonesty. it's not right. has life got worse for you over the past three years? yeah, bills rising. i've been at food banks. you have to cut down on your food, i whether or not y

faisal islam, bbc news, in derby.strain it put on emergency services. three uk fire brigades declared major incidents. this is an operational term which requires the service to respond outside its normal routines, in the face of uncontrolled developments. in practical terms, that often means its resources are under critical strain. this fire in the village on wennington outside london began after flames spread from nearby grassland. according to the city's mayor, it was the fire service's busiest day since the second world war. leicester fire and rescue said their major incident meant they would not be able to respond to automated fire alarms in the county due to strained capacity. and south yorkshire's resources were further stretched by suspected deliberate fires, such as this forest fire near barnsley. fire service leaders publicly said their capacity was overwhelmed. west yorkshire's deputy chief dave walton, echoed this. we have pre—existing arrangements with neighbouring services, and when you get into these arr

0ur economics editor, faisal islam, has been comparing the numbers.s chosen to split the difference with average pay awards at around 4—5%. more than planned, but not going as far as that rate of inflation. stick with that 9%. the government's argument is that they want to send a signal to the rest of the economy that they should not chase the inflation rate and prolong high inflation. for yea rs for years rather than months. they think that private sector earnings growth is about 5%, so in keeping with the awards announced today, but increasingly, private sector workers are getting retention and cost of living one—off bonuses. so that's 7% if you include bonuses. so this is not about generosity — it's about necessity. at lower pay bands, public sector are losing their staff to the private sector — supermarkets, warehouses — amid worker shortages, and that's why we are seeing problems in social care that contribute to ambulance queues, for example. now, all this will leave many public sector workers facing a real cut in their income, for this year, mu

this is the analysis from our economics editor faisal islam, i read it this morning, it's interestingtably warmer for england and wales. it was a pretty chilly start to tuesday. it's going to be a much milder start to wednesday. we start as we mean to go on. we've sourced our air around an area of high pressure all the way from close to the azores. so through the night, we're actually going to be pulling in mild air all the while on a north—westerly breeze behind a warm weather front. and that weather front will bring some quite heavy rainfora time for scotland and then some quite persistent but lighter rain sets in across western scotland for the day on wednesday, perhapsjust fringing into northernmost england as well. northern ireland hopefully brightening up as the day goes on. best of the sunshine will be across england and wales, but 20 degrees in aberdeen is up on the highs that we saw earlier in the week, and i think we'll see 2a, maybe 25 in the south—east of england. very high levels of pollen still across some parts of england and wales, with the cloud and rain at much lower

our economics editor faisal islam. the last hour — the formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe has been taken to hospital after apparently being shot while delivering a speech in the city of nara in western japan. he's said to be unconscious. and ina and in a state of cardiac and respiratory arrest. local media reports say a sound like a gunshot was heard at the time. a male suspect has been detained. we are getting reports now that the gun was a handmade gun and the gun was a handmade gun and the public broadcaster, nhk, saying he appeared to have been shot from behind by a man with this shotgun. so the chair of cabinet secretary said he did not know abe's edition. authorities say they arrested a 42—year—old man who appeared to have shot abe, arrested, apprehended on the scene, made no attempt to move and run away. the agency, kyoto and nhk say abe, 67 years old, appeared to be in cardiac arrest when taken to hospital after initially being conscious and responsive. those reports from police. he was conscious and resp

faisal islam, bbc news.30 others were seriously injured. the provisional ira issued an apology in 2002, and said it had not been their intention to kill what it called "non—combatants." staying with the troubles — a coroner has said that the five people, including four teenage soldiers, who died in the guildford pub bombings in october 1974, were unlawfully killed. the ira detonated bombs at two pubs in the surrey town which were known to be used by soldiers. at the inquest the coroner said the main bomb was probably planted by a young couple who were never identified, and it was part of a wider conspiracy. duncan kennedy reports. the coroner richard travers today described this as a violent and devastating blast, followed by darkness, panic and confusion. privates caroline slater and ann hamilton, guardsmen william forsyth and john hunter, and a civilian, paul craig, had, mr travers concluded, been unlawfully killed by the ira. the inquest has been all about filling in the details of what happened in this f

0ur economics editor faisal islam has been comparing the numbers. what is the government strategy?or 5% on average nine or 10% the government has gone for four or 5% on average but there are different things going on with that number. that is more than the two or 3% originally indicated but far less than the rate of inflation. the government argue they want to send a signal to the economy that those 10% inflation rates are abnormal and once you start to expect them and they become self—fulfilling and the high period of inflation will last for longer. private sector earnings growth is around 5% and when you throwing bonuses that are increasingly prevalent in the private sector that is higher than some settlements that are seeing. the government is not providing extra cash for this, departments will have to find it from within budgets. so that will lead many public sector workers with a real cut in income but then there are changes, lower paid public sector workers are getting some settlements which are closer to the inflation rate at 9%. the chief of police officers getting closer t

our economic editor faisal islam is here. that is not party politics, its difference in policy.en talking about, because of the backdrop of a massive household financial crisis in terms of the cost of living, and of course, rishi sunak, the chancellor, was central to those solutions. as you just said, there was a planned economic speech between the prime minister and chancellor next week, and now, what will the strategy be, with a new chancellor? rishi sunak pointed pretty clearly towards the idea that number ten was pressurising the treasury, if you like, to make the terms of this cost of living crisis a bit easier for households to spend, tax less, and ultimately borrow more. that's how i read that letter. the question is, if rishi sunak�*s approach was fundamentally different to the prime minister, it does suggest that as nadim zahawi has agreed to be chancellor, his approach is not different, and so they may be a change, and so we are hearing talk about potential tax cuts, whether that is a vat cut, or a rollback of some of the planned tax rises we have heard about, corporat

our economics editor, faisal islam, is here. tax cuts — but some aren't being clear about how they'd fund them. tens of billions of pounds of tax cuts. the extraordinary thing about thatis cuts. the extraordinary thing about that is not a conservative leadership candidate will want to cut taxes, that's quite natural for them, but we have seen these taxes just go up in the past few months. so it's the grand old duke of york kind or description of how these will go up and potentially come down if a certain prime minister comes in. what you have here, the backdrop to this, in order to meet the borrowing targets in the conservative manifesto, there is about £30 billion, i% of the worth of our economy, of room for manoeuvre. normally, you want to keep that in tact for a rainy day. but this is essentially being spent. that's the difference between the 3% rise in taxation and the 2% that has been spent on extra public services, things like social care and those nhs waiting lists we are trying to deal with. what we are not getting as ho

here's what she had to say to our economics editor faisal islam.people turned around to workers and say to workers, not only have you got out and defended the pandemic, because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that, now it is over, we want you to pay for it. now that is actually abhorent to me. the idea that we set out you go, you defend what is going on out there and by the way, now you are back and everyone knows it is ok to come back again, we're going to slash your pay. in the main the companies we are talking about are taking us to the wire and making profits and those bodies need to make sure workers get a piece of the pie. i don't get is militant. i think that is saying that workers deserve to get more money in their pay packet, it is as simple as that. �* , ., , , , that. but hundreds of disputes is avidly on — that. but hundreds of disputes is avidly on the _ that. but hundreds of disputes is avidly on the card. - that. but hundreds of disputes is avidly on the card. when - that. but hundreds of disputes| is avidly on the ca

faisal islam, bbc news, in derby. the lionesses have kicked off.tly in action in the quarterfinals of the european championships. the big news before kick—off was that boss serena wiegman has recovered from covid and has taken her place on the bench for the first time during the tournament. it's 15 minutes in at the amex stadium in brighton. those are live pictures on bbc one at the moment, 14 and a half minutes played, and it is currently goalless in that one. and if you have to get in that one. and if you have to get in the car and out of the house, it is on bbc radio 5live. henrik stenson has been sacked as europe's ryder cup captain, with immediate effect. the swede has announced that he'll join the controversial new saudi arabia—backed liv golf series. stenson said he disagrees with the decision but "has to accept it". he was due to lead the european team for the first time in rome next summer having played in five ryder cups. however, in a statement, team europe said he will not be able to fulfil his contractual obligations. 0ur correspondent

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our economics editor faisal islam reports.ples, fuel and food going up last month that pushed inflation to a0 year high. this is what that means forfamilies in derbyshire and across the uk. in this community pantry finding demand rocketing at the same time as surplus supermarket supplies they rely on rental. we surplus supermarket supplies they rely on rental.— they rely on rental. we are shiftin: they rely on rental. we are shifting a _ they rely on rental. we are shifting a quarter - they rely on rental. we are shifting a quarter ton - they rely on rental. we are shifting a quarter ton of. they rely on rental. we are l shifting a quarter ton of food as demand keeps going up will run out in terms of being able to acquire enough food to feed people on a non—profit basis. even though here they can't supply families with —— they can supply food the 10th of the normal price, some customers can no longer afford the bus fare to get here or the electricity to keep food fresh and hot weather. we electricity to keep food fresh and hot

you can hearfrom our political editor chris mason, from our economics editor faisal islam, among manyi will see you soon. hello, there. so far, the weather story this week has been dominated by a lot of low, grey cloud, for many. yes, at times, it's felt warm, but just take a look at suffolk yesterday afternoon. it was a fairly typical story right across the country. the cloud was widespread. this was the satellite picture from wednesday. in fact, there was some early morning rain in scotland. that cleared away and a brisk north—westerly wind dominated here. some brightness further south, some warmth, but over the next few days, it looks likely that we are going to see more sunshine and more heat developing. perhaps into next week, it's going to get a bit too hot for some of you. the jet stream is to the north of the uk at the moment. 0nce we're on the southern flank of the jet, we're in the warmer air source, and this area of high pressure, well, that is keeping things quieter and allowing for more sunshine to come through. so we will start the day on thursday, for many, on another c

and households facing energy bills hitting £3,000 a year in the coming months. 0ur economics editor faisalcy changes might we see? it is what awaits him? what policy changes might we see?— might we see? it is one thing, this olitical might we see? it is one thing, this political uncertainty _ might we see? it is one thing, this political uncertainty occurring. - might we see? it is one thing, this political uncertainty occurring. for| political uncertainty occurring. for it to repair against the backdrop of multiple overlapping economic crises around the world, economic crises could bring energy bills on average up could bring energy bills on average up above £3000 a year if some industry estimates are to be believed. the new chancellor nadhim zahawi is a nest building at work. he has been dropping some hints in a morning round of interviews that there may be a difference in approach in terms of tax and spend policy. rishi sunak in his resignation letter said not only did he had concerns about integrity but also about policy. the prime minister and the former chancellor when on same page a

faisal islam, bbc news.n bbc news, the bbc explores the tiktok trend "turkey teeth" in which young people are travelling to turkey to get a brand—new smile. a warning — this programme contains images of dental procedures. another beauty trend is taking off on social media. it is all about getting that perfect smile. by shaving down your own natural teeth. smile. by shaving down your own naturalteeth. people smile. by shaving down your own natural teeth. people travel all over the world for their cosmetic dental needs. and one destination seems to top the list. turkey. on tiktok alone, #one has over 100 million views. dentalwork #one has over 100 million views. dental work there is much cheaper than the uk, there is sometimes a luxury hotel included in the price and there are some quality dentists out there. but if you are thinking of doing this to your teeth, there are some things you need to know. i there are some things you need to know. ., �* ., , ., to know. i don't regret any of it. i to know. i don't r

our economics editor faisal islam is here to explain.here's not enough money to fund services for an ageing society over the next 50 years, leading to massive government debts unless something is done. this is down to several things — a slower growing economy, a declining workforce and population. at the same time spending is set to shoot up on the nhs, social care and pensions as society ages. for example, now we spend less than a fifth of the value of the whole economy on a combination of health, social care and pensions. that is in the yellow, black and red boxes. over 50 years, that is rising to closer to a third. and if we have fewer workers and therefore less tax coming in as predicted, that means a borrowing timebomb. so here's one stark example of why will there be less tax coming in — fuel and excise duty as one example. the government would expect to get a huge amount here, £30 billion a year. but because of the phasing out of petrol engines in favour of electric cars, that revenue is heading to... well, zero. will it be replac

. >> faisal abbas live for us in saudi arabia thank you so much for your time and your insight, i greatlyed. >> thank you so much eamonn. pleasure to be with you. >> cut the january six committee be changing the minds of republicans when it comes to trump and the insurrection? trump and the insurrection kids don't always take the best care of school supplies. so save money shopping back to school on amazon. while they... 0oh... uh... figure their stuff out. i gotta say moving in together has been awesome. no regrets. for you and emily. these are... amazing. thank you wayfair. how's the puppy? puppy's perfect. yeah great decision! ♪ wayfair you've got just what i need ♪ and in political morning consult pour all has found that 67% of voters, about two thirds, now believe the donald trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election. that same poll found that 65% agree that trump's election lies were in fact lies. in nearly 60% say that donald trump was somewhat or very responsible for the events that led to the insurrection. so my question is this, has the january six committee is achieve their

our economics editor, faisal islam, is here to explain.alt, and plausibly into a recession as the oecd and others have forecast recently the slowest of the major economies next year. the chancellor acknowledged this challenge this morning — perhaps a hint of action, some sort of stimulus? the problem is of course the rate of price rises — inflation at a lto—year high, and notjust heading higher, but again according to outside forecasters, and the bank of england governor himself, fears that inflation here in the uk will remain more stubborn, staying higher for longer. clearly the principal driver behind this has been energy prices and we have been shown an energy industry calculation that bills under the energy price cap for an average household this winter will top £3000 a year for all types. direct debit, payments of the entire bill — pre—payment metre bills are the equivalent of a £50 top up lasting just four days, rather than closer to a fortnight. but that would be before government supprt. there would be the freezing of when income t

july 14, 1952 with king faisal and shot his entire family, accidentally survived only by the spouse of the monarch. killed also the prime minister of many politicians, the new government abandoned the pro-western course and eliminated british military bases in iraq, moved closer to the ussr, but democracy stability did not come in constant upheavals. mass terror led to the fact that in the late sixties the power was seized by the bass party, and in the seventy-ninth its leader saddam hussein established a one-man dictatorship. what she led is known on july 14, 1967, the fifth mediterranean squadron of the navy was formed. ussr, the need has been brewing for a long time in the mediterranean the sea after the second world war, the us sixth fleet remained, then naval forces appeared. on that with the advent of nuclear weapons. their submarine ships were equipped with nuclear warheads capable of reaching the southeastern borders of the ussr when you accelerated countermeasures . in the first commander, rear admiral boris petrov became a social opponent. to disrupt plans for a possible atta

our economics editor faisal islam reports.ail isn't the only industry affected by strike action. workers are increasingly willing to walk out to help push—up pay in tough times. as the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite.— the biggest private sector union, unite. ., ~' , , union, unite. the workers, they have had a _ union, unite. the workers, they have had a spring, _ union, unite. the workers, they have had a spring, summer, i have had a spring, summer, autumn, winter of discontent for years. and honestly if what that means is an employee who can pay, an employer who has made profit out of workers has to pay a properfair wage made profit out of workers has to pay a proper fair wage to those workers.— to pay a proper fair wage to those workers. here union reps from british _ those workers. here union reps from british airways _ those workers. here union reps from british airways meet i those workers. here union reps from british airways meet to i from british airways meet to discuss whether to accept the airline'

moscow at the belorussky railway station meet the son of saud crown prince faisal t was magnificent., and kalinin, who was the formal head of the soviet state, received him, and molotov took him to all the factories, showed the latest enterprises, including taking the bolshoi theater to football. uh, so they showed him. well, whatever you can karim khakimov accompanied the prince during his entire ten-day trip to the prince's moscow. was of course largely the result of efforts karim khakimov, who conveyed the main idea to the saudis, that soviet russia - this powerful uplifting contained a growing influential, a with great prospects and it is with her that foreign policy should be dealt with in the mid-thirties . the ussr has changed in germany came to power. the nazis were approaching, the second mi. war the attention of soviet foreign policy was entirely directed to europe. karim khakimov was recalled to moscow on september 7 , 1937. he writes to brother khallik. i have long ceased to understand what is happening in the center in union in recent years, as if something had broken th

our economics editor faisal islam reports. more have been announced later this month and in august, too. they have been threatened in the skies and across public services as employers, including the government, decide on pay rises that fall short of the current very high rate of inflation. the unions are hitting back, so says the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite. before, people turned around to workers and said to workers not only have you gone out and defended the pandemic — because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that — now, it's over, we want you to pay for it. now that is actually abhorrent to me. the idea that we'd said out you go, you defend what's going on out there and, by the way, now you're back, and everyone knows it's ok to go out again, we're going to slash your pay. in the main, the companies that we are talking about that are taking us to the wire are making profits, and those companies now need to make sure that workers get a piece of the pie. i don't think that's militant. i thi

our economics editor, faisal islam, is here to explain.overnment debts unless something is done. this is down to several things — a slower growing economy, a declining workforce and population. at the same time, spending is set to shoot up on the nhs, social care and pensions, as society ages. for example, now we spend less than a fifth of the value of the whole economy on a combination of health, social care and pensions. over 50 years, that is rising to closer to a third. and, if we have fewer workers and therefore less tax coming in, as predicted, that means a borrowing timebomb. so here's one stark example of why there will be less tax coming in — fuel and excise duty, as one example. the government would expect to get a huge amount here — £30 billion a year. but, because of the phasing out of petrol engines in favour of electric cars, that revenue is heading to, well, zero. will it be replaced? can it be replaced? and yet, right now, in the argument over who becomes pm, the pressure is to offer immediate tax cuts or not go through wit

they have to make a faisal. we've gone from camp pendleton, california to boston.ingwem across the county . right, lawrence. and we've shown just how amazing the patriotic americans are in this country. there's a lot of stuff that you see on every channel, not just news of people arguing or grievance, grievance, grievance. this was celebration. nc this is being thankful that we're in a starting place. that's pretty good. i and ifif you want to make it better, let's try it. we start we win the lottery. likeke you said earlier, when we win the lottery, when we'rehe born here and we live in a place, we get to make it whatever we want it to be . hard whene want it to be . you look at all the packages and you guys just crushed the results. packouthank with the veterans and them willing to lay downgr their lives. you give their grievance, i'm sure a lot of them going to mililani attitude that a lot of they didn't like in the military, but they were becausem it wasn't about them.ut it's about the country. it's abouty, the ideas. e' there's a reason why people all over the

of free officers, with the support of nationalist and leftist forces, broke into the palace king faisale family, accidentally survived, only the wife of the monarch. the prime minister was also killed, many politicians the new government abandoned the pro-western course. this military-political organization, created on the initiative of great britain and the united states, left the senton bloc and liquidated british military bases in iraq, the ussr drew closer, but democracy did not come to stability in constant upheavals. mass terror led to the fact that in the late sixties the baaz party seized power, and 79 its leader saddam hussein installed crayfish one-man dictatorship. what she led is known on july 14, 1967, the fifth mediterranean squadron of the navy was formed. the need for the ussr was brewing for a long time the mediterranean sea after the second world war left the us sixth fleet, then naval forces appeared. at that, with the advent of nuclear weapons, their ships and submarines were equipped with nuclear warheads capable of flying to the southeastern borders of the ussr, th

earlier our economics editor, faisal islam, talked through the numbers tens of billions of pounds of not much explanation of where spending might be cut. at the moment, they don't say the borrowing rules are going to change. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has attacked what he calls an "arms race of fantasy economics" by the conservative leadership hopefuls. sir keir accused them of making unfunded tax promises — and says some are now opposing tax increases they approved while serving in boris johnson's government. the tory leadership race hasn't even officially begun yet, but the arms race of fantasy economics is well under way. over the weekend, the contenders have made more than £200 billion worth of unfunded spending commitments. 200 billion. let that sink in. that is more than the annual budget of the nhs, splurged onto the pages of the sunday papers, without a word on how it will be paid for. the labour leader was speaking on a visit to gateshead — from where our political correspondent, alex forsyth, spoke to us earlier. well, this was meant to be about labour's vision fo

our economics editor faisal islam reports.here have been strikes on the railways and more have been announced later this month and in august, too. they have been threatened in the skies and across public services as employers, including the government, decide on pay rises that fall short of the current very high rate of inflation. the unions are hitting back, so says the chief of the biggest private sector union, unite. before, people turned around to workers and said to workers not only have you gone out and defended the pandemic — because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that — now, it's over, we want you to pay for it. now that is actually abhorrent to me. the idea that you say that we'd said out, you go, you defend what's going on out there and, by the way, now you're back, and everyone knows it's ok to go out again, we're going to slash your pay. in the main, the companies that we are talking about that are taking us to the wire are making profits. and those companies now need to make sure that workers get

moscow at the belorussky railway station met the son of saud crown prince faisal.f the soviet state, received him, and molotov, and they showed him around all the factories. uh, the latest enterprises, including mixing and bolshoi theater for football. uh, so they showed him. well, whatever you can karim khakimov accompanied the prince during his entire 10-day trip to moscow, visiting uh the prince. it was, of course, largely the result of the efforts of karim khakimov, who conveyed the main idea to the saudis, that soviet russia is powerful, raising it contained a growing influential, and with great prospects and it is with it that foreign policy must be dealt with in the mid-thirties. the ussr has changed in germany came to power. the nazis were coming. world war ii, the attention of soviet foreign policy was entirely directed to europe. karim khakimov was recalled to moscow on september 7, 1937. he writes to brother khallik. i have long ceased to understand what has been happening in the center in the soviet union in recent years, as if something has broken the

we're joined now by our economics editor faisal islam. good morning. let's break it down. they set what you are tacked on, and who attacks the most and the least within that. —— who is taxed the most. over the last few years due to the pandemic but not exclusively, we have seen taxes go not exclusively, we have seen taxes 9° up not exclusively, we have seen taxes go up quite considerably to record levels in terms of the past few decades. the reason for that is that what the government primarily is what the government primarily is what the government does has increased. the government said it wants to do more, the government of borisjohnson, it had to do more after the pandemic whether it is cutting down nhs waiting lists or trying to sort out the social care issue. so they put up taxes quite considerably across the board, whether it is corporation tax on businesses, national insurance, most famously in march, and in some regards, income tax, even though the rate stayed the same, the number of people to whom it applied increased because they froze the threshold. that meant

officers organization, with the support of nationalist and leftist forces, broke into the palace of king faisalshot his entire family, accidentally survived, only the wife of the monarch. the prime minister was also killed, many politicians the new government abandoned the pro-western course. came out of the senton block. it is a military-political organization created on the initiative of great britain and the united states and liquidated the british military bases in iraq, moved closer to the ussr, but democracy did not come to stability in constant upheavals and mass terror led to the fact that in the late sixties the baaz party seized power, and in the seventy-ninth its leader saddam hussein established a one-man dictatorship. what she led is known on july 14, 1967, the fifth mediterranean was formed from the frame of the navy. the need for the ussr was brewing for a long time in the mediterranean sea after the second world war, the us sixth fleet remained then nato naval forces appeared with the advent of nuclear weapons, their ships and submarines were equipped with nuclear warheads capab