with me, tanya beckett. let s take a look first at what s on the show. the great shift west global supply chains are on the move. does it matter where our stuff is made? trade tensions between the united states and china. the after effects of the pandemic and inflation are causing many companies to rethink where they do their manufacturing. i m going to be discussing all of this with these two guests. this top trade expert whose firm helps some of the world s largest companies work outjust how to navigate the challenges of 21st century manufacturing. and the man in charge of international issues at the us chamber of commerce, whose members range from some of the world s biggest companies to millions of small businesses. and making money from money. the head of the london stock exchange tells aaron about the challenges of thriving in a post brexit world amid global competition. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the
he s one of only 628 humans to have left our planet. and in his latest book, he s written the story of some of the other 627. all of them are special, a rare breed. and i met tim at imperial college london s data observatory to talk about a few that mean something extra special to him. yes, so this is bruce mccandless. 1984, out of the space shuttle challenger. and it s an iconic photograph. it s the first untethered spacewalk. we do lots of spacewalks today. they re never without risk, but they have become more commonplace. but we re always tethered to something in case we fall off. but to go outside on a spacewalk with no tethers whatsoever, just floating away from the shuttle, is incredible. why did he do it? well, he s been working on this manned manoeuvring unit, as it was called, which was a developmental piece of equipment, looking at how you could manoeuvre around out in space. you know, we actually need a small version of this, which is our last ditch attempt, if you
that s been denied by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. on saturday, hundreds of people, including some patients, left the hospital on foot, making their way through israeli armoured vehicles. around 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. the who says it s now drawing up plans for their evacuation. meanwhile, the hamas run health authority says at least 80 people have been killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp. they say one hit a un run school, that was being used as a shelter. the white house has said israel and hamas have not yet reached a deal on a temporary ceasefire. it follows a us media report that the two sides were close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in gaza, in exchange for a 5 day pause infighting. yogita limaye has our top story, and a warning, her report does contain, some distressing images. people fleeing the al shifa hospital. israeli military says
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who s shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now, you might think that the job of the equality and human rights commission was simply to police and implement the law, to ensure equality. but in this era of so called culture wars, debate about equality is, it seems, dividing even the commission itself. my guest this week is the chair of the equality and human rights commission, baroness kishwer falkner. she faced allegations that she had bullied her staff. allies of her insisted that she was the victim of a witch hunt from people who thought she thought the wrong things about the toxic debate about trans women and their place in society. an investigation into that bullying has recently been dropped. baroness falkner was appointed by the conservatives, but she is a former liberal democrat peer. she s also talked of herself being a first generation migran