health services. cases of the virus are rare outside central and west africa now on bbc news unspun world. hello and welcome to bbc headquarters, broadcasting house here in london, for unspun world, the programme where we get straight answers from the bbc s remarkable range of experts right around the globe. in this programme, more and more governments are starting to think that ukraine may actually be winning the war which russia launched against it. the war is really exhausting the country, exhausting the ukrainian economy. covid hits north korea big time. what does that mean for kim jong un s future? in the past, north korea has been very sensitive about international aid. to accept that, it means to acknowledge that we can t cope by ourselves, which would be a huge embarrassment to the government. and should we learn to love the black holes which we are just starting to photograph in the depths of the universe? it raises questions about ourselves, our place in the univer
what we are really saying here and calling on the government to consider is we need to look more widely at this and the measures and flexibilities that community pharmacists have. we would like to have some of the abilities that our hospital colleagues have where they can change the item, for example. for example, if the item prescribed is tablets, we would like to be able to prescribe capsules to provide capsules it s really as simple as that. we really have seen during the pandemic the need for people to have access to fast care and be able to walk into their community pharmacies. it s a hindrance that we continually have to go back to the prescriber to ask for these items to be changed when there are measures in place ind community pharmacies which could help patients and get them access to speedier treatment. thorrun govind. now it s time for a look at the weather with helen willitts. lots of dry and usable weather but rather a lot of cloud particularly across the wes
and you see new buildings springing up everywhere. you see a whole different atmosphere. you see sources of employment for people that never would have existed in the past. you also still see lots of social problems and some people would say that, well, the peace process has ended the violence, but it is still the areas that saw the most violence during the conflict that see the highest levels of poverty. so the fact the political debate has moved more onto those areas i think shows you how much things have moved on from the conflict. on the other hand, many people will also point to the basic divisions that still exist. there is always still that sense of division, that sense of national identity which defines still so much of politics here, and many people would always point to that and say as long as that exists, and there is no sign of it going away, well, there is always going to be the potentialfor tensions to rise here, and once that starts happening, well, events can get very u
springing up everywhere. you see a whole different atmosphere. you see sources of employment for people that never would have existed in the past. you also still see lots of social problems and some people would say that, well, the peace process has ended the violence, but it is still the areas that saw the most violence during the conflict that see the highest levels of poverty. so the fact the political debate has moved more onto those areas i think shows you how much things have moved on from the conflict. on the other hand, many people will also point to the basic divisions that still exist. there is always still that sense of division, that sense of national identity which defines still so much of politics here, and many people would always point to that and say as long as that exists, and there is no sign of it going away, well, there is always going to be the potential for tensions to rise here, and once that starts happening, well, events can get very unpredictable indeed. for
northwestern caribbean, where some of the warmest water is. and that s why we anticipate further strengthening to a category 4 status. the official track from the national hurricane center does slow it down. late monday into tuesday, potential landfall as a damaging hurricane, and then taking a right turn towards the north. but a lot of uncertainty, the computer models we continue to watch have not come into agreement. the two most important ones, the american gfs and european model are not agreeing. american well within landfall. the euro keeps them offshore. so a long-duration event. the question is, landfall or off-shore? we re hoping for off-shore, but emergency managers are not taking any major action because of this until at least tomorrow. tom? rob we ll track it through the weekend. rob, thanks to you. and 17 million people bracing for the storm. it s not just homes and businesses that are being battened down. airports, construction sites, even the kennedy space center is o