hello. it was a very mild start to the working week. temperatures quite widely got into the low teens, 61 fahrenheit, which is well above the february average. it was well above average in most places and it will again be well above average during the day on tuesday because we are on tuesday because we re bathed in the atlantic air. weather fronts towards the north and strong winds, high pressure keeping the winds a little lighter further south and the weather fronts at bay. so, not as windy as we go into tuesday across the northern isles as we had monday, but wetter, and some rain approaches towards the west. elsewhere, misty low cloud shrouding the hills and coasts in fog, and some drizzle in the west. central and eastern areas have the better chance of the sunshine, perhaps the north coast of wales, the moray firth, and that s when we ll see temperatures responding sunshine, again 14 15. but then a change as we go through towards wednesday. behind thi
tonight with the context. from edinburgh, alex massie scotland editor of the spectator. bill browder, the ceo of hermitage capital management and long time critic of vladimir putin. and joel rubin, who served in the obama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. welcome to the programme. whenjoe biden spoke to vladimir zelensky on this day last year, there wasn t much confidence in washington he would be president for much longer, nor indeed that kyiv could be defended. yet here we are, a year on and not only is zelensky still there, but the us president was today standing alongside him, in kyiv. plans that involved extraordinary subterfuge and secrecy. on sunday night, as is usual, the white house issued the president s public schedule for monday, on which we were told he was leaving for warsaw at 7pm tonight. in fact, he was already in poland. air force one took off at 4:15 sunday morning, the press pool was left behind. and by late evening, the president was
This week we are at the hospital thats using ai to try and cut Waiting Times for surgery. We are all at sea to see if sailing can go solar, we are finding our funny at the Fringe Festival to ask whether tiktok comedians can make it on stage. There is so much scope for error. And theres so much stuff thats not in our control. On tiktok it is actually all in our control. And talking of control, well see how trying to track the twitter bots is no laughing matter. I said no laughing matter. Oh, never mind. You are back, were back, everybody is back, and this august so was the edinburgh festival, the world famous celebration of the arts that takes over the city the whole month. It is a melting pot of theatre, music, dance and opera, and on the side, as its name suggests, is the Edinburgh Fringe. Please, neverspeak to me again. Filled with experimental performance, innovative shows and, my favourite, comedy. One of the beautiful things about the fringe is that it takes over loads of venues i
this week we are at the hospital that s using ai to try and cut waiting times for surgery. we are all at sea to see if sailing can go solar, we are finding our funny at the fringe festival to ask whether tiktok comedians can make it on stage. there is so much scope for error. and there s so much stuff that s not in our control. on tiktok it is actually all in our control. and talking of control, we ll see how trying to track the twitter bots is no laughing matter. i said no laughing matter.oh, never mind. you are back, we re back, everybody is back, and this august so was the edinburgh festival, the world famous celebration of the arts that takes over the city the whole month. it is a melting pot of theatre, music, dance and opera, and on the side, as its name suggests, is the edinburgh fringe. please, neverspeak to me again. filled with experimental performance, innovative shows and, my favourite, comedy. one of the beautiful things about the fringe is that it takes over loa
and at least two people are believed dead as a huge wildfire rages through parts of southern california. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. britain has a new prime minister. liz truss delivered her first address in the role outside number ten downing street, promising a bold plan to see the uk through its economic troubles. she said the country could ride out the storm caused by severe global headwinds. that storm includes soaring prices, an energy crisis and widespread labour unrest. and she takes over a divided and increasingly unpopular party following the resignation of borisjohnson after a series of scandals. this report from our political editor chris mason in downing street. a day of ritual and weather. a cloudburst puncturing the choreography of the new prime minister s arrival, her supporters hunkered under umbrellas, the lectern wearing a bin liner. it was even taken back inside. her motorcade playing for time with a detour and then a b