Now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. Hello and welcome to unspun world. Its exactly two years since our programme launched, and the anniversary comes at a critical moment in the ukrainian war, which is also exactly two years old. Russias gaining ground, and President Putins only serious political opponent, alexei navalny, is dead. Sudden death syndrome, the Prison Authorities informed his family. Well, theres been a lot of that about where mr putins enemies are concerned. So, is putin untouchable now . We dont see that much of active support for the regime, that much of active support for the war. So this gives us an understanding that putin maybe is not that confident. Do ukrainians feel theyre on the road to defeat . I dont think that we can speak now about the defeat. Im sitting in kyiv, which is a free capital of ukraine. And is World Warjust around the cornerfor all of us . The military commanders are saying that there is an unprecedented threat from russia because of t
Are not in the least bit interested in the us super bowl, so why on earth did you devote so much time to it . Meanwhile, phil boyne sent us this video. Hi, team. Im a little surprised by the bbc news fascination with taylor swift. And you will need to mention her daily on the News Programme or the app for flying somewhere or having a boyfriend or some other insignificant event. I recently noticed a story hidden on the website and barely covered on the news, if at all, i dont remember seeing it, about a lady who died under her coat waiting in a e for over six hours with a Brain Aneurysm which should surely be a major story and scandal . This sort of major issue seems to get ignored to cover an American Multimillionaire singers life. There is so much going on in the world and at home you could report on and its disappointing you choose to waste time covering a person that im sure the majority of your audience couldnt give a hoot about. My name is phil, im 61 and definitely not a swifty.
lets head over to sw19 then and to chetan patak. we had a pretty thrilling first set i was the rest of it going. does not seem to be i was the rest of it going. does not seem to be going i was the rest of it going. does not seem to be going well i was the rest of it going. does not seem to be going well for- i was the rest of it going. does not seem to be going well for ons - i was the rest of it going. does not i seem to be going well for ons jabeur seem to be going well for ons jabeur at the moment. lena sabalenka is the better player. you can really ski that so good with that slice. bringing a variety to her game. it was close that first game. sabalenka sing it out only on a tie break. it feels as though sabalenka has the edge at the moment. it is 2 2 in the second set but on the ons jabeur set it is 0-30. second set but on the ons jabeur set it is 0 30. sabalenka is sniffing a potential break point. remember elina sabalenka is a semifinalist here before. this is real
phones and tvs go to die, well, every year our planet generates over 50 million tonnes of electronic waste. the problem is thingsjust don t last as long these days. take phones, for example. the entire industry seems geared around us replacing our handset every couple of years or so. but only about a quarter of that e waste is properly recycled. and that s really bad because our devices contain potentially toxic chemicals. well, michael kaloki has been looking at how one company is trying to combat this in kenya. this is dandora. this community on the outskirts of nairobi is home to one of the largest dump sites, not only in kenya but east africa. although it was declared full 20 years ago, over 800 tonnes of garbage is still dumped on this sprawling 30 acre site every day. and in recent years, an increasing proportion of this is e waste. men, women and even children scour the stacks of waste for discarded electronics, breaking them apart for their motherboards, batteries, wi
this week, click travels to kenya, where piles of electronic waste are making locals choose between lives and livelihoods. translation: it is dangerous work, but we have to do it. if we do not, we will go hungry. we re also in the rural communities where ai is improving prenatal care. the information that i ll get here will help me . to save the life of a mother. we look at the tech aiming to put museums in the metaverse. and paul s dying to meet the microbes that could clean up the fashion industry. bugs are quite simple creatures. kind of like me and you. if you ever wondered where your old laptops, phones and tvs go to die, well, every year our planet generates over 50 million tonnes of electronic waste. the problem is things just don t last as long these days. take phones, for example. the entire industry seems geared around us replacing our handset every couple of years or so. but only about a quarter of that e waste is properly recycled. and that s really bad because