now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to the first unspun world of 202a. quite a momentous year, it seems, with elections for more than half the world s population. thank you forjoining me. our first question of the year is it a good idea for the americans, the british and other countries, though notably not the french, to be lobbing missiles at the houthis in yemen? the houthis don t seem to be deterred by this. and politically it s done the houthis very nicely. has taiwan s election made a chinese invasion more likely? china is going to take its time and prepare itself very, very well before it makes whatever moves it might be planning against taiwan. and the iowa caucus is donald trump now unstoppable? he cleared it with flying colours. over 50% of the vote. i mean, that is a dominating performance that tells - you that donald trump| could win this election. ever since november, from their bases in yemen, the houthi movement, which is backe
Joining us are their royal highnesses, the Crown Princess victoria of sweden and prince daniel. Your royal highness, you want to say a few words of welcome and to tell us a little bit about where exactly we are in your palace . Well, thank you. So nobel laureates, ladies and gentlemen, viewers, id like to wish you a warm welcome to the royal palace here in stockholm and to the bernadotte library. This library holds over 100,000 books that used to belong to the Kings And Queens of the house of bernadotte. This is a very special library in that sense. But were not here to read, were here to listen, and were here to listen to the nobel laureates, to their knowledge and wisdom and their contributions to science and economics, so thank you all forjoining today. Thank you for hosting us. Thank you, your royal highness. Thank you. Applause welcome to nobel minds and the first of our two programmes. Laureates, this is the first time that youve been brought together in discussion on television.
The lockdowns and restrictions might be over, but for many, life will never be the same. Howd you get the big calls right when we had one of the highest rates of death within Western Europe or in any of the big economies . I am deeply sorry for the pain and the loss and the suffering of those victims. The whole inquiry is set to last for years and is broken down into different parts. Coming up are the key moments from part two, the life and death decisions of those in charge. Could you commence your evidence, please, by giving us your full name . Alexander boris de pfeffeljohnson. Inevitably we got some things wrong. I think we were doing our best at the time. Given what we knew, given the information i had available to me at the time, i think we did our level best. Before it even got going, the inquiry asked witnesses to hand over their e mails, diaries and whatsapp messages. Do you know why your phone was missing those 5000 Odd Whatsapps . I dont know the exact reason, but it looks a
eurovision song contest. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show, what s in store for 202a? another year of struggle for the global economy. but are things about to get brighter? how much we spend in the shops, jobs and interest rates as well as elections and war are all on the agenda for the next 12 months. but what will it mean for our cost of living? i m going to tackle those questions with these two, there they are, the chief economist atjp morgan, one of the world s biggest banks, who tells me why the us is still leading the way but europe is the big worry. and the boss of the world s biggest recruitment firm, randstad, is going to give me the lowdown on what might change in the world of work. plus, coming out of the clouds, the head of the global airline body, iata, tells me why the cost of flying is one thing that won t be getting cheape
an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the army s rules of engagement. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths broke his heart but that military pressure is still necessary. mr netanyahu has said his country is in a war for its existence which it would continue, despite what he called the heavy price paid by israel. our correspondent hugo bachega reports on the fallout in israel to the hostage deaths and growing pressure to rescue the others still held in gaza. for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza, it s an agonising wait made worse by a tragic mistake. the israeli military has given new details of how three israeli captives were shot dead by its own soldiers. yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka emerged shirtless from a building, carrying a makeshift white flag. one of the soldiers misidentified them as a threat and opened fire. two were killed instantly. a third, injured, returned to the building and was la