to capture this city. i was talking the other day to a british military man who advised the ukrainian army about ten years ago. at first, he said, they had all the old, bad soviet problems avoiding taking decisions, referring everything upwards, not using any kind of initiative. but slowly, he said, this changed and changed completely, but the russian soldiers that they were fighting, still stuck in the old, sclerotic way of thinking hence, presumably all these wrecked tanks and ukraine s success on the battlefield. well, that s it for this edition of unspun world. till we meet again, goodbye.
absolutely no guarantees, of course. but perhaps we shouldn t totally despair quite yet. thank you for watching this edition of unspun world. until we meet again, goodbye. good afternoon, for much of the country it s a much better day to day, we had a lot of rain sweeping is way eastwards yesterday, a couple of inches in places, but that figure cloud as a way now. cloud overnight and tomorrow coming into southern parts of the uk that will bring some rain, but otherwise a mixture of sunshine and showers and quite a brisk westerly wind. still lots of
absolutely no guarantees, of course. but perhaps we shouldn t totally despair quite yet. thank you for watching this edition of unspun world. until we meet again, goodbye. hello. sunday, for many, will be a mainly dry day, but not for all. we have a frontal system moving its way eastwards across southern england and wales, and that will continue to bring some rain through sunday morning. the heaviest of that rain will be across south west england where we could see some rumbles of thunder through the morning, that rain also extending into south east england then possibly into the south midlands but somewhat lighter and patchier here. and we are likely to see
to use a different metaphor, that a familiar landmark has disappeared. at a disturbing time in world history, maybe it s a piece of our own individual past that s gone. well, thank you for watching this edition of unspun world. until we meet again, goodbye. hello, good afternoon. there will be a cold wind blowing early next week, certainly making it feel pretty chilly out there. today we have got sunshine and scattered showers, a good day to maybe go chasing rainbows, particularly across
both sides had to hold their noses to some extent, but the taliban are now the effective government in afghanistan and the only country they can look to for support, apart from britain and the other western powers, is china. china, which locks up a million muslims and uyghurs and has a record of bailing out poor countries only to effectively take them over. the taliban don t want to depend on the chinese. therefore, britain s relations with the taliban are a case study in realpolitik, the very reverse of morality in foreign affairs. well, that s it from this edition of unspun world. from the team, from me, goodbye until we meet again.