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. hello, away from some cloudy parts of north, north west scotland, a widely warmer day on sunday with sunshine around. some misty low cloud to begin in northern ireland, much of western scotland, north west england, wales, a lot disappears, some patches linger around the irish sea coast. the afternoon, lots of sunshine on
in the battle for ukraine. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me. we re at the bbc s headquarters in london, broadcasting house. and here s the statue of the bbc s patron saint, george orwell, complete with cigarette. he used to work here. beside him is his famous quote. if liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. well, i hope we can persuade you to hear this edition
seems to be to drag things out, drive large numbers of the ukrainian population into exile and bombard its towns and cities to rubble. that was russia s strategy in syria, and it seems likely we ll see the same thing happening now in ukraine. well, that s it from this edition of unspun world. please join me and the bbc s experts right around the world next week. hello. this beautiful image you see behind me is a classic sunshine and showers sky, we saw many images similar to this being sent in by our weather watchers on saturday. puffs of white cloud skittering across bright blue skies occasionally. then those clouds tower high enough
then i would say then, yes, they would still be. but now things have changed. notjust the ethnic armies kind of, you know, fighting against the military, but very much almost the whole country. but the thing is the army chief understands that once he gives up power, he will end up in the dock. so that will put him to hang on to power at any cost. that s a very dangerous kind of scenario for the country. that was the bbc burmese news service. as for the far bigger and better known war in ukraine, russia s strategy since it couldn t inflict a sudden decisive defeat seems to be to drag things out, drive large numbers of the ukrainian population into exile and bombard its towns and cities to rubble. that was russia s strategy in syria, and it seems likely we ll see the same thing happening now in ukraine. well, that s it from this edition of unspun world. pleasejoin me and the bbc s experts right around the world next week.