Also on the programme thinking outside the box. Why people with dyslexia could be best placed to unlock the potential of ai. And, back down to earth. Astronauts from all over the world gather in the netherlands for their annual convention. But what will they be talking about? we ll hear from one of them welcome to to business today, i m ben thompson. We begin in the us, where port workers across the east coast are set to walk out on strike tomorrow and to global supply chains. The action announced on sunday by the port workers union could shut down 36 ports which handle half the goods imported into the us via container. According to analysts atjp morgan, the cost to the us economy could be $5 billion a day. Shipping rates are already soaring ahead of the crucial festive shopping season. Mr president would you intervene in a dock workers strike? intervene in a dock workers strike?. , intervene in a dock workers strike? why intervene in a dock workers strike? no. Why not? in
Good morning. It is sunday, september 29th. Yes, the gang is all here. Counting down to the Vp Debate in just two days. Tim Walz And Jd Vance Face off for the first and only time. Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey joins our conversation. Donald trumps self proclaimed Dark Vision for america taken to a new low Last Night. Plan to flip the state blue for the first time in almost 20 years. Grab your coffee, settle in. Welcome to The Weekend. Just 37 days until Election Day and Vice President harris is heading back to nevada. The states six electoral votes could be make or break in a tight election. The campaign just announced that harris will host a Rally Tonight in las vegas. This is her second visit to the city since she launched her campaign for president. Then after tuesdays Vp Debate, marchs are and Governor Walz will take their Bus Tour back to pennsylvania on wednesday. On friday the Vice President will visit flint, michigan. Breaking just moments ago. Former republican senator f
What they are voting for but still he is talking about his challenger, dave mccormick, as being against the very issues he voted for. Take a listen to that. When it comes down to the decision of voter has to make, they will make a different decision based upon the president ial race, in the president ial race or a series of considerations and they will make a decision in my race. Specific to the choice of who the next senator will be. When they come down to that choice, whether it is on basic rights, like womens rights, voting rights, workers rights, there is no common ground between me and dave mccormick. No one picked up reporter alex, we are here in pennsylvania, we will head to the debate at the end of this week between mccormick and casey, the first showdown of three we expect later in the month of october. When you talk about the money spent in this campaign, 2 Million just on ads, voters in pennsylvania are used to seeing political ads on their screen and when they are driving d
A hezbollah stronghold. The Israel Defense forces said it targeted locations including Weapons Production facilities and storage sites that, it said, were under civilian housing. Simonjones has the latest. Explosions, screaming. New strikes overnight on Southern Beirut. Israels military said it was targeting buildings storing hezbollah weapons underneath them. Hezbollah denied they were arms depots. Explosions. Earlier, a series of massive explosions. It is thought the target here was the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. It is unclear whether he was in any of the buildings that were hit. Iran, which backs hezbollah, has called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. In the aftermath of the blasts, Bbc Correspondent Hugo bachega on the ground in Southern Beirut faced hostility from angry crowds. This is one of the roads leading to dahieh. We tried to get out of the car but we were stopped by a group of men. There is chaos, there is tension, we have seen crowds gathered by th
This is the scene live in beirut, where officials say 11 people are dead and more than 100 were injured in strikes on friday. On saturday. Our senior international Correspondent Orla Guerin has the latest from beirut. Explosion this is what beirut has been enduring, massive israeli strikes that could ignite the whole region because israel killed its target, sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. For his followers, its a devastating blow, for his iranian backers, a strategic loss. The long time leader of hezbollah was a long time in hiding. This was the moment, in a new York Hotel room on friday, when Binyamin Netanyahu approved the strike on his old enemy. Translation the State Translation the state of Israel Yesterday eliminated of Israel Yesterday eliminated the Master Murderer the Master Murderer Hassan Nasrallah. We settled accounts Hassan Nasrallah. We settled accounts with the one responsible with the one responsible for the murder of countless for the murder of countless israelis and many cit