hello, welcome to the programme. it is nato s expansion eastwards that has infuriated vladimir putin. the kremlin is deeply suspicious of europe s intentions, they don t like western liberal philosophy, and in spite of all evidence to the contrary, they firmly believe it is the united states that is to blame for the situation in ukraine. that paranoia underpins their wharped justification for this war and the more widely held belief in russia that the principal danger to the state is external and ideological, rather than internal and structural. and if you doubt that, then take a listen to sergei lavrov, the foreign minister, describing today the threat in the most extraordinary terms. what is going on in ukraine now is a result of many years of preparation by the united states and their satellite states for the beginning of the global hybrid war against the russian federation. nobody tries to conceal it. they are waging a war against our country with the same task the fin
despite doctors insisting he is brain dead. the israeli prime minister is to step down and dissolve parliament triggering a fresh election. the mountain guerillas of central africa, once on the brink of extinction, now their numbers are rising, are there other lessons for conservation? good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain is facing its biggest rail strike in 30 years with significant disruption to services across england, scotland and wales. last minute talks between unions and rail bosses failed this afternoon. the dispute between the rail, maritime and transport workers union, and the companies which run britain s railway centres on pay, job losses and changes to workers terms and conditions. the strike action begins tomorrow, and will continue on thursday and saturday. most major lines will be impacted by the strikes. there will be a limited service running, but many areas will have will have no services at all. distruption is also expected on non strike da
plus the crypto crash deepens. could it spell disaster for el salvador s multi million dollar gamble on bitcoin? we start in the us where the federal reserve has announced the biggest rise in borrowing costs in 28 years. the fed raised its key interest rate by three quarters of a percent and signalled more big increases are on the cards. as our correspondent michelle fleury reports, from washington, it s battling to control the worst inflation in four decades. intensifying its five figure inflation which is currently at a a0 year high reserve raised its key interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point to a range of 1.5 to one and three quarters of a percent, move that will push up borrowing costs for and company. us interest rates haven t been hiked by this much in one go since bill clinton was in the white house in 199a, the size of the mood something federal chair reflected on during his press conference. clearly the 75 basis point is an unusually large one a
Of digital markets, on trial for fraud and money laundering. At the heart of the case, whether mr bankman fried unlawfully used Customer Deposits from his crypto exchange, ftx, to cover debts, expenses and investments of his crypto hedge fund, alameda research, and to enrich himself and his inner circle. He has pleaded not guilty. The governments first witness was a former ftx customer who deposited £110,000 on the exchange. The government is expected to call on people who lost money when ftx went bankrupt, as well as at least three former executives at ftx and alameda, who were also personally close with mr bankman fried. The british car market grew in september, according to new figures. The society of Motor Manufacturers and traders says its up 21 on the same period last year. But sales of Electric Vehicles fell sharply, pulling the share of ev sales down to 16. 6 of the overall market. Lets cross live now to mark tisshaw, whos the editor of autocar. Mark, explained this, because w
sam altman was back as the ceo of openai a dizzying, whirlwind few days in tech, which surely cements altman s position as one of the foremost figures in artificial intelligence if he wasn t already. the turning point was an open letter signed by almost all the employees, some 700 of them, demanding his return. hard to imagine how the existing board would prevail if the entire workforce including some of al s brightest coders were proposing to walk out the door. the company which created the popular app chatgpt says it is also shaking up the board. greg brockman, the co founder and president, is back. out go two of the board members who called for altman s ouster, and in comes a new chair, the former sales force ceo bret taylor, and someone bryan will know well, the former treasury secretary, larry summers. joining me now is melissa heikkila, who is a senior reporter for al at mit techonolgy review. thank you for coming on the programme thank you for coming on t