queen elizabeth ii. those are the headlines on bbc news. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, amol rajan interviews ian hislop. even by recent standards, 2022 has been a tumultuous year in news. russia launched a war in europe. her late majesty queen elizabeth ii died just months after her platinum jubilee. and britain went through three prime ministers and even more chancellors. one man who s tried to make sense of it is ian hislop, whether on tv or as editor of private eye s fortnightly magazine and latest annual. i visited his office for a conversation not just about recent news, but also why it s been a turn off for some and why we need proper journalism more than ever. ian, thank you so much for talking to me and to bbc news. let s start, if you re happy to, with a few kind of reflections on this year, because in recent years the news agenda has often felt pretty crazy. yeah. ..and overwhelming, but this year, even more than most, we ve had war in europe, the deat
Now on bbc news its time for click. This week, regenerating teeth, unusual vegetation, and, goodness gracious, Great Balls Of Fire energy, as our demand for it grows, the world is faced with a challenge. When we burn coal, the energy that has been stored inside formally for millions of years is released, to power cities and machines. But so, of course, is all the bad stuff that is polluting and changing the environment. Countries have met and agreed to reduce Carbon Emissions and invest in cleaner energy solutions, we are harnessing more solar and wind energy than ever, and last month the uk had its first day of Electricity Supply without burning any coal. But, green power is still a long way from taking over from fossil fuels. But what if there was a Clean Energy Source that could release 10 million times more energy than fossil fuels, with an almost limitless supply which could keep the planet running for millions of years . Well, turns out, there is, and the answer lies in the stars
Now on bbc news its time for click. This week, regenerating teeth, unusual vegetation, and, goodness gracious, Great Balls Of Fire energy, as our demand for it grows, the world is faced with a challenge. When we burn coal, the energy that has been stored inside formally for millions of years is released, to power cities and machines. But so, of course, is all the bad stuff that is polluting and changing the environment. Countries have met and agreed to reduce Carbon Emissions and invest in cleaner energy solutions, we are harnessing more solar and wind energy than ever, and last month the uk had its first day of Electricity Supply without burning any coal. But, green power is still a long way from taking over from fossil fuels. But what if there was a Clean Energy Source that could release 10 million times more energy than fossil fuels, with an almost limitless supply which could keep the planet running for millions of years . Well, turns out, there is, and the answer lies in the stars
Now on bbc news its time for click. This week, regenerating teeth, unusual vegetation, and, goodness gracious, Great Balls Of Fire energy, as our demand for it grows, the world is faced with a challenge. When we burn coal, the energy that has been stored inside formally for millions of years is released, to power cities and machines. But so, of course, is all the bad stuff that is polluting and changing the environment. Countries have met and agreed to reduce Carbon Emissions and invest in cleaner energy solutions, we are harnessing more solar and wind energy than ever, and last month the uk had its first day of Electricity Supply without burning any coal. But, green power is still a long way from taking over from fossil fuels. But what if there was a Clean Energy Source that could release 10 million times more energy than fossil fuels, with an almost limitless supply which could keep the planet running for millions of years . Well, turns out, there is, and the answer lies in the stars