welcome to the programme. thousands of people are being evacuated in southern ukraine, where the destruction of the russian controlled nova kakhovka dam has caused extensive flooding. but it s uncertain who is responsible. joining me on my panel tonight for the next hour, will be gillian tett, editor at large, us financial times. and nathalie tocci director for institute of international affairs rome. also tonight: prince harry has been in court. accusing mirror group newspapers of hacking into his voicemails when he was a teenager. the new liv golf tour threatened to split the world of golf. now it s going to merge with the existing pga tour. what does it mean for the game? and he used to tell people to vote for donald trump now he s running against him for the republican presidential nomination. we ll weigh up the white house chances of chris christie. we start in ukraine. and let s begin with that breaking news in the last hour that a us official has told the bbc s par
westminsters s brains beyond government have been crunching through its, and they ve concluded what many a newscaster will know, it s the kind of the bleeding obvious, really. they present that times are really tough for people that wages and living standards and housing income are squeezed and will be for while. the tax burden for the highest it has been for a while and will be for a while as well. as we were discussing on the last edition of the podcast. a lot of the budget was quite nerdy and in the weeds. there was a discussion around childcare in england that we talked about. the arguments about pensions for very well. doctors and others to train and encourage them to work and not retire and spend time in the golf course. since then, the political discussion has moved on a bit with the announcement we were talking about with tiktok. what is hope for within government and some of the union resolution to some of the nhs disputes and strikes we ve seen in the last few month
contingencies. hello ,welcome to the programme, plenty to look forward to this evening, including joe biden s pending arrival in northern ireland. this was him departing joint base andrews earlier this afternoon. air force one expected just after nine, we will take you to live to that when it lands. elsewhere, we will discuss the latest assessment on the world economy. the imf warning today we are locked into a perilous phase of low economic growth. what does that mean for disposable income and our collective spending power? and what about those leaked us documents? the washington post reporting today that egypt, one of the united states oldest allies in the middle east, had secretly planned to supply rockets to russia. all that to come. but we start in belfast, where a huge security operation is in place tonight forjoe biden s imminent arrival. the main event, a speech tomorrow, at the new, ulster university campus. where it is understood the president will talk about the
policies. how will he slash the budget? how will he reduce the number of ministries by half? we don t know, so consequently it is unclear, but we also don t know who he will have on his team to advise him. it looks pretty much like it is him. it looks pretty much like it is him and he really doesn t have a very deep bench. him and he really doesn t have a very deep bench. if he can t deliver some of those very deep bench. if he can t deliver some of those really very deep bench. if he can t deliver some of those really radical- some of those really radical promises, what does that mean for the people who voted for him? what does that mean for democracy? good cuestion. does that mean for democracy? good question- most does that mean for democracy? good question. most people does that mean for democracy? (emf. question. most people who voted for him did not vote for his program per se. he never really thought through the dollar. for example, there is a part of his part
we re joined now by the bbc s golf correspondent iain carter. great to see you. what a choice. did not see it coming and i m not alone. the parties trying to get this done where very few in his number did an extraordinaryjob to keep it under wraps. when the e mail dropped to announcement, similarly letters were sent out to pga tour players who were gathered in canada and it came to as a huge shock to them. we saw their responses on social media today. pm their responses on social media toda . .,., ., , ., ., today. an extraordinary turnaround. what does it today. an extraordinary turnaround. what does it mean today. an extraordinary turnaround. what does it mean for today. an extraordinary turnaround. what does it mean for the today. an extraordinary turnaround. what does it mean for the game? . today. an extraordinary turnaround. . what does it mean for the game? good cuestion. it what does it mean for the game? good question. it means what does it mean for the game? good q