of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. hello and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s headquarters in central london. is there any sign yet of the much heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west and ukraine if they were to go too early, ahead of all that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some time to come. after the g7 summit in hiroshima is a chinese attack on taiwan any more likely likely? more likely or less likely? i think for now xijinping has made the calculation that he simply can t afford to invade taiwan. and should we lose sleep at night for fear that artificial intelligence, ai, is going to take over the world? we are going to have to have systems in place to police it. we almost need a new police force entirely focused on al. the city of bakhmut in ukraine now seems to be pretty m
cost of living crisis. now on bbc news unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s headquarters in central london. is there any sign yet of the much heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west, in ukraine, if they were to go too early ahead of all of that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some time to come. after the g7 summit in hiroshima, is a chinese attack on taiwan more likely or less likely? i think for now, xi jinping has made the calculation that he simply can t afford to invade taiwan. and should we lose sleep at night for fear that artificial intelligence, ai, is going to take over the world? we ll have to have systems in place to police it. - we almost need a new police force entirely focused on al. i the city of bakhmut, in ukraine, now seems to be pretty much entirely in russian hands. capturing it took almost a year and cost thousands of casualties and all for a place t
price for the defence of bakhmut. and tributes continue to pour in following the death of the queen of rock and roll tina turner at 83 years old. hello. we start here in the uk, where new figures show net migration the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving hit a record high in 2022. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine and hong kong, with many more visas being issued following a political crackdown in the former british colony. britain has long been a popular destination for migrants from nigeria. earlier i spoke to the bbc s mayenijones who is in lagos and also our correspondent in hong kong martin yip. first, a little bit on the figures. among those 606,000 people who moved to the uk in the past year. hong kongers t
hello, i m sally bundock welcome to the programme. the world of music has been paying tribute to the pop legend tina turner, who s died at the age of 83. she rose to fame with her then husband ike turner in the 1960s, with songs such as river deep, mountain high and nutbush city limits before launching a solo career, with hits including private dancer, what s love got to do with it. tina turner sold more than 180 million albums worldwide and won eight grammy awards over her long career. she ll be remembered for the boundless energy she brought to her performances and that unmistakable voice as our entertainment correspondent, david sillito reports. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always followed you around. # 1966 river deep, mountain high. in yourface, hip shaking, sweat drenched, passionate pop perfection. # and do i love you # my, oh, my # river deep, mountain high.# however, in america, the song was a flop. it would be another 17 years
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program as israel celebrates 75 years since its founding i talk to its longest-serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu. with the resurgence in israeli-palestinian violence, can israel continue to make peace with arab states? how will it handle an iran that could reportedly make enough missile material for a nuclear bomb in just two weeks? and the court crisis. how to heal the country s divisions? israel s greatest existential threat according to its president? also washington has declared that america s covid national emergency will end in a matter of days. so what lessons have we learned from a pandemic that took more than a million lives in the united states alone? i ll talk to philip zelico whose covid crisis just released its report. but first, here s my take, visiting india this week i was