Hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world here at the bbc s london headquarters. The world is in a parlous state, we know that. But supposing the main, the dominant western country, the united states, were to be run by a man who had Open Contempt for nato, admired Vladimir Putin and kimjong un, but seemed to be spoiling for a fight with china. Well, according to one opinion poll this week, that man could be ten points ahead ofjoe biden in the opinion polls. Well, in one opinion poll. That could easily be an anomaly. Yet none of the western governments whose doings i monitor on a daily basis seems to have made the slightest preparation for the possibility that donald trump might very well be back in office in 16 months time. Do me a favour. Just get your union guys, your leaders, to endorse me. Cheering. Other, that is, than to pray it doesnt happen. The odds are still probably slightly against a trump victory, but it would create a massive upheaval, not least in russias war agai
This is the end of the tour, so it is the last day. It its been a really insane, intense run. Im sure when i go on stage itll be fine, but, like, wow, ifeel really, really anxious. Like, my hearts just racing. Usually, i have one of those gel packs that athletes, you know, take, the sugar packs, before i go on and then in, like, ten minutes time itll kick in and itll be. Itll be good. Venues, please take note. And put tampons in your toilets. Crowd cheering since Rina Sawayama broke out into the music scene in 2017, she has been doing it her way. Shes campaigned to change rules for the brit awards, landed a hollywood role, come out as pansexual, and has been hailed as the future of queer pop music. And ive come to ask her how she got to this point and whats next. Youre preaching even though im dead like the first time im in my prime. How come you dont expect me to get mad when im angry . Youve never seen it done. Rina sawayama, welcome to in conversation. Thank you so much forjoining u
Nagorno karabakh was controlled by Armenian Separatists for decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. The United Nations says its sending a mission to the region this weekend, to assess the humanitarian situation. The team will look at the needs of people remaining in the territory as well as those who are on the move. Azerbaijan has said it would allow such a visit to take place. Heres more from dickran khodanian, a Freelance Journalist currently in goris. Im actually in goris, which is 30 minutes right after the illegal checkpoint that azerbaijan has set up. As you can see behind me, there are a few tents set up. As of now, theyre reporting that around 100,000 armenians have entered the republic of armenia. And just to give you an idea, the population of goris is 20,000. So one of the first stops is the city, because this is where they are registering. This is where theyre getting a media assessment. And this is where theyre being then later sent for accommoda
Colliding with a car. Dozens of colliding with a car. Dozens of conservative mps have signed a pledge to never again vote for an increase in overall taxes. An increase in overall taxes. Former Prime Minister liz truss and former Party Leader Sir Iain duncan smith are among those to have signed up, along with seven former cabinet ministers the promise means they wont vote for the chancellors autumn statement if it contains tax rises. Putting pressure on rishi rises. Putting pressure on rishi sunak ahead of the conservative Party Conference. Jeremy hunt has told the times he wants to stop the vicious cycle of ever rising taxes , but ruled out tax rising taxes, but ruled out tax cuts in the short term. Former Party Chairman sir jake berry, whos organised the pledge , says whos organised the pledge, says it holds the chancellor to his word and all too often we have seen these promises and pledges made by mps across the political divide that havent materialised, that is why this tax pledge
Of thousands of federal employees are sent home without pay. We can speak now to our north america correspondent, sean dilley, who has the latest. From what ive just read, things have moved on somewhat. The house has voted for this stopgap bill, its still to go to the senate and its still to go to the senate and its not really the main event, isnt it . , its not really the main event, isnt it . 3 , its not really the main event, isnt it . , ,. , isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here in isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here in washington, isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting| stuff here in washington, dc, isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here in washington, dc, its right out of the pages of a netflix house of cards episode. 90 against, this is really, really interesting because it doesnt include any new funding for ukraine. It does continue with other aid funding and the notion that it will keep the government running until the midd