Now on Bbc News political thinking with nick robinson. Hello, And welcome to political thinking a conversation with, rather than a newsy interrogation, of someone who shapes our political thinking about what a shape theirs. My guest this week has just celebrated ending the longest Train Drivers strike in history a strike that was blamed for crippling the railways And angered many, many travellers. His members haVe Got a 15 Pay Rise over three years. He is Mick Whelan, The General secretary of aslef. He said that his members strength, resilience, And determination was what had won that Pay Rise others say it was down to his crafty negotiation style. Mick whelan, welcome to political thinking. Thank you, nick. You finally got a deal after all that time how did you celebrate . Erm, by talking to the press. As soon as it becomes public knowledge, you And your colleagues obviously, so sky, bbc, the guardian, the usual outlets, And press will be Here Today With You And once you ve done that,
This is bbc news. Well have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Hello, im Katie Razzall and this week on the Media Show, were talking about Donald Trumps false claims that migrants are Eating Pets in ohio. Were learning about life as a reporter in china with the Economists Man in beijing. And well go inside the race for al and the Tech Bro rivalries at the heart of it. Synthesiser Music Backup vocals and funky beat plays thats one of many remixes that Donald Trumps false claim that haitian immigrants are eating Household Pets has spawned that one by the musician the kiffness. False it may well be, but the claim has dominated news cycles, and onejournalist set out to find the source of the now Debunked Rumour. Jack brewster is Enterprise Editor at newsguard, and hes been telling us about how he did it. Yeah, so finding the source of this claim is almost as interesting as the claim itself. We went to the screenshot that everyone was shari
Also tonight, the us State Department is urging american citizens to leave the country, with fears growing of an all out war. Meanwhile, the Death Toll from Israels Strike on a densely populated area of Southern Beirut On Friday has risen to 37. Hezbollah says 16 of its members were killed in the attack including senior miiitary commander ibrahim aqil. He was wanted by the us government for years and was designated a global terrorist for his involvement in the 1983 bombing of the us embassy In Beirut. Fridays bombing also killed civilians, including three children, with more feared trapped in the rubble. Our middle East Correspondent Orla guerin reports from the scene In Beirut. Israel is believed to have been behind the attack. It has not denied responsibility but has not ta ken credit, either. A Beirut Suburb turned into a battlefield. They are standing on the ruins of a seven Storey Building in the Hezbollah Stronghold of dahieh. Israel says this was a precision strike. It doesnt l
Tonight on 360 breaking news and cnn s exclusive investigation to disturbing online posts made years ago by the republican nominee for governor of north carolina as questions swirl about how former president trump will or will not deal with the brewing scandal. In the crucial swing state also allies of the former president on the georgia election board we have passed a controversial new rule that could delay election results in that key state. Georgia former lieutenant governor, republican joins us and later, my conversation with the family, one of the six israeli hostages recently executed in a tunnel by hamas. Good evening. It s been a little more than 24 hours since an exclusive cnn report detailed disturbing online posts made years ago by north carolina s controversial gop nominee for governor mark robinson. And the reverberations continue to be felt in that crucial swing state and beyond. Moments ago, we learned that those lewd posts had been removed from the porn forum called nud
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