is to close blast furnaces in port talbot with 3,000 jobs to go. the union plan to savejobs has failed. so what does it say more generally about the green transition? also in the programme. a walk out in northern ireland. no government, no funding, no pay rises. is the standoff over stormont now a constiutional crisis. a constiutional crisis? and is it the demand for cocaine europe that has turned ecuador into a war zone with the drug cartels? is there a future for steel making in the uk? and if there is then what sort of sector does it become. that very issue has been under discussion today between unions representing the steel workers of south wales and the bosses of the tata steel making company. no official word of what has been agreed but we understand tata steel is to close both blast furnaces at its port talbot works with the loss of up to 3,000 jobs. instead of blast furnaces, tata have a plan backed by the british government to invest in a new, greener, electric ar
have the ability to keep making so called virgin steal from scratch within the uk. there are also clearly concerned about the workforce here. while there are plans to bring a free port to port talbot, potentially building aviation fuel plant here, too, those plans are in the medium to long term, there is nothing to immediately shift these workers do. at £100 million pot has been announced to potentially help workers to retrain or find other work. it would be very difficult to find a pathway forward until those other potential major employers arrive in port talbot. arrive in port talbot. thank you very much arrive in port talbot. thank you very much indeed. arrive in port talbot. thank you | very much indeed. presumably, arrive in port talbot. thank you - very much indeed. presumably, the fallout from this will be analysed now. what is your expectation as to where it goes in terms of steel production in the uk in the short term? ., , ., , ., production in the uk in the s
to shut down the blast furnaces at port talbot. frustration, disappointment is probably the biggest word. disbelief. it sjust been. handled absolutely appallingly in my opinion. also coming up: are pre election handouts ahead? taxes in his march budget. when i look around the world to america and asia, when i look around the world to america iwith sia, when i look around the world to america iwith lower when i look around the world to america i with lower taxes countries with lower taxes have more dynamic, faster growing economies. that s and a sweet business that ran out ofjuice. we look at the rise and fall of the original indian steel giant tata is expected to confirm up to 3,000 jobs will be cut from its british operations. the bbc understands tata is to go ahead with plans to shut down both blast furnaces at its port talbot site in south wales which is the uk s biggest steel plant. the company is intending to replace the furnaces with an electric version which is more
we begin in uvalde, texas, where a long awaited report into a deadly school shooting has been highly critical of the police. it found, what they describe, as a cascading failures of leadership, decision making, tactics, policy and training. when the gunman burst into robb elementary school in 2022 hundreds of police officer rushed to the scene but it took more than an hour for them to confront him. in that time, the gunman murdered 19 students and 2 teachers. that delay sparked outrage among the victims families and across the us more widely, and it prompted the us department ofjustice to investigate, producing today s report that runs 600 pages long. the us attorney general merrick garland visited families in uvalde, said the victims and survivors of the mass shooting deserved better. the law enforcement response at robb elementary school on may 24th, 2022, and in the hours and days after was a failure that should not have happened. we hope to honour the victims and t
past lives the dark horse candidate in the oscars race. we sit down with its first time feature film director. music comes from life experiences. two documentaries in the running for an oscar nomination, including one that s performed live before an audience. and how waiting to find out if your name is included in the oscar nominations announcement is almost too much to bear. i mightjust turn off my phone. next week, not far from where i m standing at the academy of motion picture arts and sciences headquarters in beverly hills, an early morning announcement will be made that will reverberate around the world, at least in film circles. the oscar nominations will be revealed. what names will make it onto that coveted list? what films will be recognised? well, we ve been trying to work it out. several films are expected to get multiple nominations. among them, christopher nolan s oppenheimer. # watch me dance.# the highest grossing film of last year, barbie from film maker gr