unspun world withjohn simpson. hello. it s good to see you. we re here in the bbc s central newsroom for another edition of unspun world. in today s programme how is it that russia s economy is doing so well in spite of the ukraine war and western sanctions? a quite extraordinary transformation of the russian economy into a war economy, with massive defence spending, with the reorientation of its industrial base towards its war machine. iran s client groups around the middle east get a hammering from us missiles. but what s the point of having the americans in the region? maintaining counterterrorism efforts against isis, and also, they check iranian influence in syria, in iraq, in lebanon. and, is ethiopia yet again going to be a byword for hunger and despair? this is the moment to try and fix this problem, - not six months down the line l when an awful lot more people have died and it s much harderl to turn the whole thing around. russia invades its neighbour after signin
The headlines this evening. Another breathless six nations saturday. England have won two close ones out of two beating wales at twickenham spot the ball. Scotlands chances of a second straight six nations win are taken away in the dying moments at murrayfield. Erling haaland finds the net for the First Time Since his return from injury. But its liverpool who are still top of the league its barely a week and a bit old but this years six nations has already developed a habit of providing us with some drama. Last weekend the matches involving england, wales and scotland were decided by a total ofjust four points. Those same teams today only had six separating them. To scotlands defeat at the death in a moment but first twickenham where england gave the home fans a late victory to savour over wales. Ben croucher reports. England versus wales, twickenham, a fixture to endure the ages. Notjust for the rivalries and the results but the great and the chance to reflect and respect the ones who
The headlines this evening. Another breathless six nations saturday. England have won two close ones out of two beating wales at twickenham spot the ball. Scotlands chances of a second straight six nations win are taken away in the dying moments at murrayfield. Erling haaland finds the net for the First Time Since his return from injury. But its liverpool who are still top of the league its barely a week and a bit old but this years six nations has already developed a habit of providing us with some drama. Last weekend the matches involving england, wales and scotland were decided by a total ofjust four points. Those same teams today only had six separating them. To scotlands defeat at the death in a moment but first twickenham where england gave the home fans a late victory to savour over wales. Ben croucher reports. England versus wales, twickenham, a fixture to endure the ages. Notjust for the rivalries and the results but the great and the chance to reflect and respect the ones who