at howard kennedy, a london based law firm. from a legal point of view, how does the all england club justify this decision? the all england club ustify this decision? ~ ,., decision? well, with some difficulty- decision? well, with some difficulty. some decision? well, with some difficulty. some of- decision? well, with some difficulty. some of the - decision? well, with some - difficulty. some of the reactions we have seen during the course of today demonstrate the strength of feeling about this. wimbledon, of course, want to express their disapproval of the actions of russia and solidarity with ukraine and one can completely understand why they feel like that. it s also interesting that this is a meaningful decision, because russia has the number two ranked and the number 15 ranked players in the men s and women s tournaments respectively. so it really makes a difference. but english law says that under the equality act, you can t discriminate against people on the grounds of t
breaking news from new york where donald trump has been to testify. also on context: drama at the winter olympics. the 15 year old russian skater who failed a drugs test fails to win a medal. we ll discuss the pressures on young athletes. tonight with the context bryan lanza, republican party strategist normally based in the us, and ayesha hazarika, a london based journalist and former adviser to the labour party in the uk. welcome to the programme we start with ukraine. another day of warnings from the west met by more claims of de escalation from moscow. presidentjoe biden has said the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine remains very high and could take place within days. his message was echoed at a nato summit in brussels, where defence leaders were meeting on the crisis and at an emergency
the aging process? we ll look at what the world s richest men spending their money on. yes, all men. tonight with the context, tonight with the context, bryan lanza, republican party strategist normally based in the us, and ayesha hazarika, a london based journalist and former adviser to the labour party in the uk. what to do about big tech? that s the question lawmakers in the us are grappling with, amid growing calls for stricter regulation of the likes of facebook and google. while there is bipartisan support for reigning in the power of technology companies, dozens of bills have failed in recent years as congress remains unable to agree just what that regulation looks like. president biden himself has said addressing the power of the tech giants is a priority of his administration, but other issues rank higher.
it was now clear that the items the government had paid over £100 million for weren t the actual gowns the nhs had needed after all. government thought it was buying, arm, a rolls royce, erm, but it was getting a ford fiesta. jolyon maugham, a london based lawyer and founder of a legal campaign group, has taken the government to court over this and other covid contracts. we can t know whether civil servants in a tearing hurry, erm, ordered the wrong thing what we can know is the thing supplied for £108 million of public money was not a thing that was the right thing for the covid pandemic. if you don t get the specification right, then the rest of the procurement process doesn t, doesn t matter. you ve wasted, you ve wasted the money, and it s hard