unspun world withjohn simpson. hello. it s good to see you. we re here in the bbc s central newsroom for another edition of unspun world. in today s programme how is it that russia s economy is doing so well in spite of the ukraine war and western sanctions? a quite extraordinary transformation of the russian economy into a war economy, with massive defence spending, with the reorientation of its industrial base towards its war machine. iran s client groups around the middle east get a hammering from us missiles. but what s the point of having the americans in the region? maintaining counterterrorism efforts against isis, and also, they check iranian influence in syria, in iraq, in lebanon. and, is ethiopia yet again going to be a byword for hunger and despair? this is the moment to try and fix this problem, - not six months down the line l when an awful lot more people have died and it s much harderl to turn the whole thing around. russia invades its neighbour after signin
we ll also bring you my conversations with other world leaders at davos. first, sanna marin, the prime minister of finland. her nation shares an 830-mile long border with russia, and is waiting to be granted nato membership. then, kyriakos mitsotakis, the prime minister of greece. a nation once seen as the sixth man of europe. the current state of greece s economy may well surprise you. but first, here s my take. davos was back with a bang. after a skinny spring version of the event last may, this rweek, the conference was packed with attendees trying to learn more about the world in 2023. it s not a bad place to try. davos is the only truly global conference that i ve attended. in one day, you can meet with chinese officials, american ceos, ukrainian human rights activists and middle eastern entrepreneurs. in fact, i did. every year, some country or trend is surrounded by buzz. this year there were three. the gulf states, india, and artificial intelligence. saudi arabia an
fiona dealt a devastating blow to puerto rico. most of puerto rico without power this morning. it could be days before it is restored. many people there also have no running water. at least two deaths have been reported from the hurricane which dumped up to 30 inches of rain. emergency crews have rescued well over a thousand people including this woman who had to be carried to safety. many more may still be trapped in the flood waters. parts of the island, puerto rico we re talking about, are still struggling to recover from maria that made landfall five years ago today. let s go to layla santiago. what can you tell us? brianna, john, it has been continuing to rain this morning. these are the outer bands of fiona. we are in the northeastern part of the island, san juan. where a small portion of customers have actually had their power restored, but in the interior, in the southern part where we spent most of our time it s a different story. they are waking up without pow
the woman wanted a bag of potato chips, but there was no money left and her governmentac issued food stampk card to the clerk tried to take back the chips. the became enraged and went and got her boyfriend. now the boyfriend, austin simon, had a long history of violent crime. someone had spent at leastlt three years in prison for assault. his most recent parole expired last may, so simon had no apparent job. he was h wearing a three designr t-shirt and a gold earring and he was extremely angry. he was furious. austin simon threw albar into a wall, then leaned down and screamed in his face. when the older. man stood up, simon grabbed him by the neck. here s a local news account describing what happened next. surveillance video shows thirty seven year old austin simon pushed the clerk behind counter and then stand over him. moments later, a struggle ensues. the two russell and the clerkab stabbed simon multiple times. this happened mul late friday nt in the blue moon convenie
dominican. the clerk tried to take back the chips, the woman became enraged and got her boyfriend. and the boyfriend austin simon had a long history of violent crime, spent at least three years in prison for assault. most recent parole expired last may. simon had no apparent job but he was wearing a $300 designer t-shirt and a gold earring. he was extremely angry, furious. simon threw him into a wall and leaned down and screamed in his face. when the older man stood up, simon grabbed him by the neck. here s a local news account describing what happened next. surveillance video shows 37-year-old austin simon push the clerk behind the bodega counter and then stand over him. moments later, a struggle ensues and the two wrestle in the clerk stabbed simon multiple times. these have late friday night in the convenience store off west 140th street. police were called prayer and assault in progress, found simon with two stab wounds in his chest and when his next. tucker: that was