Rise in cannabis based drugs in recent decades. And a top exec at one of americas biggest cannabis retailers, which Sells Everything from recreational we to medical marijuana and rakes in half A Billion Dollars a year. Also on the show, i scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. It has to be one of the coolest jobs on the planet. The head of haagen dazs ice cream joins me to talk through the indulgence of her frozen flavors. Wherever yourejoining me from Around The World. Once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, the cannabis industry, its a market on a high as more and more countries look to legalize the possession and use of the drug for Recreational Use or to regulate how its used as a medicinal product. Just last month, germany became the latest european country to legislate for personal use or indeed to grow Marijuana Plants at home. So on that note, lets hear from europe in a moment from The Netherlands, where cannabis has been decriminalized for m
To the front of the queue before the food runs out. Peace in gaza and in ukraine. What might it look like . How might it happen . It can be because they think that, actually, if they carry on fighting, they might get on the losing side, and they want to make the leap before the situation turns against them. And the closest china gets to a parliament is gathering in beijing. Will it actually decide anything . I think a lot of analysts in particular like to read kind of Smoke Signals and the kindl of subtle clues in what people are wearing or where people are sitting. When hamas fighters attacked a Music Festival and a number of israeli towns and settlements on 7th october, they committed unthinkable atrocities. Screaming the other day, a un investigation confirmed many, though not all, of the gruesome details. Israels attack on gaza, intended to root out hamas, has now brought 25 palestinian deaths for every one of the israeli deaths on 7th october. The deaths of palestinian women and c
Spanish russell hope to use and newly it should be grouped to arrive the next few days but where it will arrive is still up where it will arrive is still up in the air. No Functioning Point in gaza so it is unclear where that boat. The ship called the open arms will set off. In the cypriot port of larnaca theyve been working around the clock. The spanish ship, open arms, preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food and medical aid all the way to gaza. Its a precarious, untested plan, with obvious risks. Translation yes, we will tow this platform to gaza where The Last Mile will be the most complicated operation. The disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. How the aid will be unloaded into gaza where theres no port or functioning harbour isnt clear. Airdrops and some Land Deliveries are often swamped by thousands of desperate, hungry people. Some aid agencies say the plan is misguided and ineffective. Weve now also heard deta
Hopes to use a newly opened Shipping Route to arrive in the next few days. But where it will arrive remains in question. With no Functioning Port in gaza, its unclear where it will dock upon entry. The open arms will set off from the port of larnaca. It taken an enormous effort to get this far with it taken an enormous effort to get this far with this it taken an enormous effort to get this far with this Relief Mission but the real challenge will come as they get closer to gaza and it may take as long as three days for them to make the 210 nautical miles from cyprus to gaza but when they get there, they will arrive in a territory with no Functioning Port so they have to offload the aid and in the north of gaza, distributing aid is the most badly affected and desperately in need part of gaza, distributing aid there is extremely difficult. All Law And Order has broken down, absolute chaos on the ground so they will also have to manage that. That will be a Great Success if they managed to
The spanish vessel hopes to use a newly opened Shipping Route to arrive in the next few days. But where it will arrive, is still up in the air. There is no Functioning Port in gaza, so its unclear where the boat will dock. The ship, called the open arms, will set off from the port of larnaca, our special correspondent Quentin Sommerville is there. Its taken an enormous effort to even get this far with this relief mission. But the real challenge will come as they get closer to gaza. It might take as long as 2 3 days for as long as 2 3 days closer to gaza. It might take as long as 2 3 days for them to make the 210 nautical miles from here in cyprus to gaza. But when they get there, they are arriving at a territory that has no Functioning Port so they have to off load that aid, and in the north of gaza distributing aid, its the most badly affected, most desperately in need part of gaza. Distributing aid there is extremely difficult. All Law And Order has broken down there, its absolute ch