hello and welcome. let s start with the war in ukraine, because the conflict has left millions stuck inside their homes without many crucial supplies. as a potential solution to the humanitarian crisis, uber has teamed up with the united nations world food programme to help it deliver emergency food and water supplies in war torn cities across ukraine. it s built the organisation a free version of the software it uses to co ordinate its own delivery services, and it s being trialled in the city of dnipro. the bbc s tech editor zoe kleinman reports. in some parts of ukraine, it s getting harder and harder to access food and water, but in a war zone, big delivery trucks can also be big targets, so now, the united nations world food programme is trying out a new way of delivering emergency supplies using a fleet of smaller vehicles. it s building its own delivery network using uber software and even some of its drivers. they can designate vehicles that they on board to the progr
a historic visit to congo the scene of atrocities committed by his colonial ancestor. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. three weeks after the school shooting in texas, there are signs that some very limited gun control measures could be adopted by congress. the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, says he hopes for a deal addressing mental health and school security. so what are the proposals on gun control that congress is looking at? let s put some of those pointers up for you. the potential measures being discussed include further incentives for states to introduce their own red flag laws. more investment in school security, and access to mental health support. there is a proposal to change the background checks for people younger than 21. and an idea which looks something like a cooling off period for 18 year olds who want to buy a semi automatic weapon the kind that were used by 18 year o
Second half of the material. Were going to be discussing mass production and the american system of manufacturers. Now as you well know. There are differences in the way economists and historians discuss issues in particular. I would sort of say historians plays a great emphasis on archival information descriptive statistics and testimony that was contemporary to the time in contrast social scientists, especially economists look very much for big overarching themes or a framework that will connect it together and sometimes that means ignoring the the details of the specifics of historical events are involved. And what were going to try to do is to try to bring both into today by looking at a debate or rather a literature on mass production and the Assembly Line. That as articulated by economists, but then using that framework to think about the issues by using an examples a couple of the major historical transformations in several industries in particular. Were going to talk about both
Okay, lets get started in this second half of the material. Were going to be discussing mass production and the american system of manufacturers. Now as you well know. There are differences in the way economists and historians discuss issues in particular. I would sort of say historians plays a great emphasis on archival information descriptive statistics and testimony that was contemporary to the time in contrast social scientists, especially economists look very much for big overarching themes or a framework that will connect it together and sometimes that means ignoring the the details of the specifics of historical events are involved. And what were going to try to do is to try to bring both into today by looking at a debate or rather a literature on mass production and the Assembly Line. That as articulated by economists, but then using that framework to think about the issues by using an examples a couple of the major historical transformations in several industries in particular
The main thing, for this minute, in the studio ilya fedorovtsev. Hello. Vladimir putin arrived in china today. The russian president will be the main guest of the third forum of international cooperation, one train, one track. He will perform at the Opening Ceremony of the event. The president has a busy twoday program. In addition to participation in the forum, a number of meetings are planned. The president has already arrived at the great hall of the people in beijing, where the official welcoming ceremony took place heads of the delegation, chairman of the peoples republic of china sinden ping and his wife peng liyi. While taking photographs, putin managed to communicate with the head of china, as well as with the president of uzbekistan, shavkat mirziyoyev. In addition, Vladimir Putin held a number of bilateral meetings, such as a meeting with the Prime Minister of hungary, viktor orban. The president especially noted the opportunity to exchange views with one of the European Unio