birmingham in the u. k. stefan wolf, professor of international security at the university of birmingham and co founder of the pod cast, navigating the vortex dot com one. welcome to all 3 of you. thank you so much for joining us on inside story. so give me a call. let me start with you. there's so many moving parts to this story. so much to i'm cover. i want to ask you 1st about the situation in russia. is it back to business as usual for the kremlin is present, put in front of main control as a whole? uh, of course uh, a sufficient now quite, quite rodney google funding culture, which is why as a say and then the people feel quite confident about uh now um, but uh, not a certain time ever for them to send as it is. this was a bit, it'd be funny to go cries, this is means that a russian government suspicious specifically emitted to the zone sufficient or far from me means of dysfunction. and of course the people of the month are on the president uh uh, to uh, to make uh a security deposit as people uh, more time from now. okay. and also i, you, me to put you on. uh, we'll have to see, i see is policy. be

birmingham in the u. k. stefan wolf, professor of international security at the university of birmingham and co founder of the pod cast, navigating the gold tex, dot com, a warm welcome to all 3 of you. thank you so much for joining us on inside story. so give me a call, let me start. we do. there's so many moving parts to the story so much to on cover . i wanna ask you 1st about the situation in russia, is it back to business? as usual for the kremlin is present, put in front of main control as a whole. uh, of course, uh, a suspicion now quite, quite rodney google funding call us, which is why as a say, understand the people uh, if you uh, quite comfortable. now. um, but uh, not a certain time for them to send as it is, this was a bit of a big financial crisis is means that a russian government suspicious specifically made it to the zone sufficient or flash uh mm. of dysfunction. mm hm. find a cause, a default of the month for on the president. uh uh to uh, to make uh a security deposit as people uh, more time from now. okay. and also i, you, me to put you on. uh, we'll have to see, i see is policy. beca

if you like to co, norman is a professor of nuclear physics at the university of birmingham. and once that is happening, we can start to grow in from the story of this very until the uranium of that keeps the system working. the system is set to be efficient because the molten soul conserve a space of fuel on the coolant. this should reduce costs, not turning in operation control. so in the construction of the pounds that will say be less radioactive waste and conventional reactions. and much of it would be mostly gone off to hundreds instead of thousands of years. and in story a molten salt reactors, he'd get fetch me know you're pretty tiny of which could be used to build nuclear weapons to all of this really seems like multiple so we act isn't story m r a much age and having the test reactive run it full tell us more than $13000.00 and became the world's fast react to, to run on uranium t $33.00, produced from florida. and then government officials pulled the plug. what happened? well, for one, the experiment didn't always run smoothly. the the experience with the martin sa

if you like to co, norman is a professor of nuclear physics at the university of birmingham. and once that is happening, we can start to grow in from the story. i'm this very into the uranium that keeps the system working. the system is set to be efficient because the molten soul can serve as base of fuel on the coolant. this should reduce costs, not turning in operation, but also in the construction of the pounds that also be less radioactive waste and conventional reactions. and much of it would be mostly gone off to hundreds instead of thousands of years. and in story a molten salt reactors, he'd get fetch me know, pretty tiny and which could be used to build nuclear weapons. all of this really seems like multiple so we have doesn't story are much age and having the test react to run at full power for more than $15000.00 and became the world's fast react to run on uranium t 33 produced from for you. then government officials pulled the plug. what happened? well, for one, the experiment didn't always run smoothly. the the experience with the martin assault reactor experienc

live now tojenny phillimore, professor of migration and superdiversity at the university of birminghamrising they _ government's reaction? it is not surprising they are _ government's reaction? it is not surprising they are disappointed j surprising they are disappointed because this is basically all they had, but essentially this is a victory for reality, for human rights in the public purse. it can't possibly work. rights in the public purse. it can't possibly work-— rights in the public purse. it can't possibly work. what is the answer? because obviously _ possibly work. what is the answer? because obviously there _ possibly work. what is the answer? because obviously there is - possibly work. what is the answer? because obviously there is a - because obviously there is a problem, there is a back rub, there are boats that arrive here every day. the government is spending millions of pounds a day to house asylum seekers was not what is the answer if not to send them to rwanda? .. . . answer if not to send them to rwanda? . , , ., answer if not to send them to rwanda?— answer if not t

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back in december of last year newsnight broke a story about whistle—blowing allegations at university hospitals birminghamernance changes and numerous official apologies. nhs england also ordered not one but three separate reviews into the allegations in our reports. today we had an update on two of them. the report's author, professor mike bewick, does say that the trust has brought in plenty of changes but is blunt about the scale of the task. they have, he says, a mountain to climb. here's david at the newsnight wall. what we got today was really an update on a series of ongoing and overlapping investigations into allegations that we broadcast last year. we highlighted the problem of doctors and nurses at uhb fearing that if they raised patient safety concerns they might be punished. in today's update the report author, professor mike bewick says... one of the allegations was that uhb would use the threat of disciplinary investigation by the general medical council to punish doctors who spoke up. today, professor bewick said these allegations needed a wider and more detailed investigation. in the case

let's speak now to david dunn, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham. port ukraine. se wheh— in europe, to support ukraine. so when that's— in europe, to support ukraine. so when that's the case, it's eeey— so when that's the case, it's eeey tet— so when that's the case, it's eeey tet thet— so when that's the case, it's easy for that to _ so when that's the case, it's easy for that to be celebrated at easy for that to be celebrated et e— easy for that to be celebrated at a bilateral— easy for that to be celebrated at a bilateral level . and of at a bilateral level. and of course for good— at a bilateral level. and of course for good measure, they tehtet— course for good measure, they talked about— course for good measure, they talked about the _ course for good measure, they talked about the economic threat hem— talked about the economic threat hem chhhe— talked about the economic threat hem chhhe .— talked about the economic threat from china , but— talked about the economic threat from china , but china stealing from china, but china stealing secrets,

of the institute for constitutional government at the heritage foundation. he is also a former u.s. federal prosecutor. in birmingham in the u.k., scott lucas, professor at the clinton institute universityublin. also in washington, d.c., bruce fein, a former u.s. soc deputy attorney general and constitutional lawyer. gentlemen, welcome to "inside story." thank you very much for joining us. bruce, let me start with you. former president trump has always said that the documents he took with him from the white house were declassified but this published audio recording appears to contradict this. how damning is this and is this a nail in the case against trump? guest: i think it is an exaggeration to point to just one piece of evidence as a conclusion. the burden is on the prosecutor to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. this certainly undercuts the president's former claim. he could maintain that he could just think about declassify a document in his head and it became declassified by magic. at least the tape, if it is authentic, suggests that he knew that he would need to do certain things in a formal way to declassify a document and he hadn't done it, at least with regard to this document

of the institute for constitutional government that the heritage foundation is also a former us federal prosecutor in birmingham in the you case called lucas professor at the clinton institute university college dublin. and also in washington dc. bruce find a former us associate deputy attorney general and a constitutional lawyer. gentleman, welcome to inside story. thank you very much for joining us, bruce. fine in washington. let me start with you for my present. trump has always said that the documents he took with him from the white house where declassified. but this published audio recording appears to contradict this, how damming is this, and is this a nail in the case against? well, i think it's an exaggeration to point to just one piece of evidence is conclusive, the burden is on prostate or to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. and this certainly under cuts the president's forward claim. maybe it's still maintains of that he could just think about the classifying the document in his head. and it became the classified by magic here, at least the tape, if it's all physics suggest that he knew that you would need to do certain things in a formal way. did you classify doc? many had

birmingham, alabama. stanford university will offer course on taylor swift's songwriting next spring. students will study each of suess ten albums with a focus on her literary skills. a sophomore at stanford, who is a big taylor swift fan, came up with the idea for the course and will co-teach it with a professor of literature, san francisco 40 niners star george kittle is going back to school this weekend. he's actually one of the head masters at tight end university. kittle, along with kansas city chiefs star travis kelce, is an current fox sportscaster. greg olsen had the idea back in 2021. it'll be the third yearich players develop tr skills at the under appreciated position of tight end. the camp is in nashville and since receivers need someone to throw this year's guest quarterbacks include buffalo bill star josh allen in just about every recent 40 niners quarterback trey lance , sam darnold, c.j. beard and nick mullens. tomorrow is a critical day for the future success of the golden state warriors at see 2023 nba draft. it's being held this year at the barclays center in brooklyn. the warriors have the 19

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of the race last night. he was the fastest ever spanish rider to have competed in the event. urgent improvements are needed to maternity services at university hospitals birminghami—purpose building in gillingham. it's the first of its kind in the country, bringing three services under one roof. a make ready centre, an emergency operations centre and an nhs 111 contact centre will all be based there. ben elton is making his stage debut this week in the hit show we will rock you — which he wrote and directed. the 64—year—old comedian, who grew up in london, will play the lead role, the rebel leader, at the london coliseum later this week. i wasn't really ready forjust how intimidating it is. actually, the audience is intimidating enough, but to work with such incredible performance on stage. i've directed them so many times, different casts. this is a brilliant cast — brenda edwards, lee mead, elena skye, ian mcintosh — extraordinary performers. and to suddenly find myself amongst them on the stage, as opposed to being just the boss or whatever, it's quite humbling. now let's take a check on the weather withjohn hammond. good morning. there might be a little bit

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