I monitor on a daily basis seems to have made the slightest preparation for the possibility that donald trump might very well be back in office in 16 months time. Do me a favour. Just get your union guys, your leaders, to endorse me. Cheering. Other, that is, than to pray it doesnt happen. The odds are still probably slightly against a trump victory, but it would create a massive upheaval, not least in russias war against ukraine. Only three months ago in that war, Vladimir Putin seemed to be on the ropes as a result of the mutiny by his most effective ally, Yevgeny Prigozhin. But now. Theres lots of distrust and also fear from people who are close enough to mr putin that something that happened to prigozhin could happen to them if they disappoint the big boss. 70 years after women got the vote in mexico, the two main candidates at next years election will, as things stand, both be women. What effect will that have on a country so traditionally macho . Theres been a real push to make s
Hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world, here at the bbc s london headquarters. The world is in a parlous state, we know that. But supposing the main, the dominant western country, the united states, were to be run by a man who had Open Contempt for nato, admired Vladimir Putin and kimjong un, but seemed to be spoiling for a fight with china. Well, according to one opinion poll this week, that man could be ten points ahead ofjoe biden in the opinion polls. Well, in one opinion poll. That could easily be an anomaly. Yet none of the western governments whose doings i monitor on a daily basis seems to have made the slightest preparation for the possibility that donald trump might very well be back in office in 16 months time. Do me a favour. Just get your union guys, your leaders, to endorse me. Cheering other, that is, than to pray it doesnt happen. The odds are still probably slightly against a trump victory, but it would create a massive upheaval, not least in russias war agai
All swear clouds gathered without burkes outbreaks of rain. The full forecast coming up here on breakfast. Its saturday the 30th of september. Our main story. A teenage girl who died after a School Bus Crashed on the motorway in merseyside has been named as 15 year old Jessica Baker. She was killed along with the coach driver in the collision on the m53 at morning rush hour yesterday. Several other children were injured. Our correspondent Helena Wilkinson has the latest. This is a 15 year old Jessica Baker, one of S Schoolchildren on the bus skilled in the crash. The driver who has been named online as Stephen Shrimpton also died. More than 50 children were on their way to school when their journey children were on their way to school when theirjourney ended in tragedy. This is the aftermath of the crash on the m53 On Merseyside. The coach overturned. It happened just after eight 0clock yesterday morning. A Major Incident was declared. Police, ambulance and fire crews were quickly sen
Hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world here at the bbc s london headquarters. The world is in a parlous state, we know that. But supposing the main, the dominant western country, the united states, were to be run by a man who had Open Contempt for nato, admired Vladimir Putin and kimjong un, but seemed to be spoiling for a fight with china. Well, according to one opinion poll this week, that man could be ten points ahead ofjoe biden in the opinion polls. Well, in one opinion poll. That could easily be an anomaly. Yet none of the western governments whose doings i monitor on a daily basis seems to have made the slightest preparation for the possibility that donald trump might very well be back in office in 16 months time. Do me a favour. Just get your union guys, your leaders, to endorse me. Cheering. Other, that is, than to pray it doesnt happen. The odds are still probably slightly against a trump victory, but it would create a massive upheaval, not least in russias war agai
The finding comes as heavy rain continues to pummel parts of Southern China. Our climate editor, Justin Rowlatt has been looking at how is Climate Change is altering Rainfall Patterns Around The World. This is a road, but last week, the cars were floating down it. Southern china regularly gets heavy rain, but not like this. And its the same with dubai. Big storms do blow in every few years, but they dont normally do this. The city got a year and a half s worth of rain in a single day. The storms that hit the gulf states last week killed 23 people and brought dubai and oman to a virtual standstill. The study published today found it was made between 10 40 more intense because of Climate Change. The finding isnt certain because rainstorms are so rare in the region. But the trend is clear. The atmosphere has warmed, and that means it can hold more moisture. Its that simple. Then that moisture falls as heavier rain. So those storms that might have happened anyway will have heavier rainfall