Long record. One fact is indisputable. Throughout my time in congress, i have remained steadfast on the side of Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders in egypt, and everywhere else in the world. If you look at my actions related to that during the period described in this indictment and throughout my whole career, my record is clear and consistent in holding it accountable for its unjust detention of american citizens and others, human rights abuses, its deepening relationship with russia, and efforts that have eroded the independence of the nationjudiciary among a eroded the independence of the nation judiciary among a myriad eroded the independence of the nationjudiciary among a myriad of concerns. In 2017, i led a bipartisan letter to then President Trump expressing grave concern with the worsening situation for human rights in egypt. That same year sent a letter to the Senate Appropriations subcommittee supporting us assistance to egypt as long as egypt adhered to the accords and
they are likely to be seized upon by prime minister narendra modi as proof that his economic plans or modinomics are working. that s despite concerns about food price inflation, growing wealth inequality and high youth unemployment. let s just show you the details. india s economy is expected to have grown at an annual rate of 6.7% betweenjanuary and march that s according to economists polled by reuters. that would represent a slowdown from the rate of more than 8% seen at the end of last year. despite that, according to some estimates, it still puts india on track to overtake japan next year and become the world s fourth largest economy in 2025 according to some estimates. and its forecast to then go on to overtake germany and it s forecast to then go on to overtake germany to become the third largest after the us and china possibly by 2027. will that happen? let s find out what we will see today. let s go to mumbai and speak to our india business corresponden
live now to professor tim benton, research director, environment and society centre. thank you very much forjoining us today, tim. lots of things of course influence the price we end up paying for ourfood, things like transport, wages and supermarkets. are the increases that we are seeing in the costs of food commodities being passed on to consumers in foal, orare being passed on to consumers in foal, or are they being absorbed, at least in some parts, in the supply chain? to a parts, in the supply chain? trr a certain extent, both. if you think back to our current period of inflation, where we ve had, post ukraine, post pandemic, a global cost of living crisis. sorry, i m getting a lot of feedback, i m getting a lot of feedback, i can t hear myself. thank you. global cost of living crisis, some of that is being driven by environmental effects, some of it being driven by politics, but as climate change increasingly bites, we are going to get a lot more pressure on everyday co
also on the programme tonight. pressure grows on the first minister nicola sturgeon. it s understood the holyrood committee investigating the handling of harassment claims against alex salmond believes she misled their inquiry. the duke and duchess of sussex condemn the predatory practices of the british tabloids, after the sun paid a us private investigator to gather information about meghan markle. he says he then acted illegally. a decade after the war in syria began, the misery inflicted on a nation we look at the role of president assad during this brutal conflict. and coming up in sport on bbc news trouble at tottenham, as spurs are knocked out of the europa league late in extra time by dynamo zagreb. good evening. most of the european countries that suspended the use of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine have said they will start using it again, after the eu s medical regulator declared it safe and effective . italy, germany, france and spain are among those resumin