but, it s reported the israeli military has struck targets in gaza within minutes of the ceasefire coming into force. now on bbc news dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week s news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls for a policy u turn, she delivered a speech that still defines her you turn if you want to, the lady s not for turning . this week, the woman who would be her successor u turned. america s third lady, nancy pelosi, did not, going ahead with a visit to taiwan, despite chinese warnings beforehand and missiles after. nor did the bank of england u turn, going ahead with the half point rise in interest rates. the governor had said the bank was minded to
violence between the two sides. nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leaves on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine after russia s blockade caused global shortages. in the uk, liz truss promises a cut in national insurance, within weeks, if she wins the conservative party leadership race. her rival rishi sunak disagrees and says he wants to give more direct help to those hardest hit by inflation. taiwan accuses china of practising for an invasion of its island after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker, nancy pelosi s visit to taipei. now on bbc news dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week s news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls
you turn if you want to, the lady s not for turning . this week, the woman who would be her successor u turned. america s third lady, nancy pelosi, did not, going ahead with a visit to taiwan, despite chinese warnings beforehand and missiles after. nor did the bank of england u turn, going ahead with the half point rise in interest rates. the governor had said the bank was minded to impose the largest single hike in a quarter of a century. here to discuss all that are marc roche, an economist and journalist who was born in belgium, and writes from here for the french news magazine, le point. isabel hilton, who s been a foreign correspondent and broadcaster she founded china dialogue, an independent organisation concerned with the environmental challenges facing that country. and with us in spirit, if not in person because a family member has covid yasmin alibhai brown. she was forced to flee her native uganda by idi amin the 50th amnniversary of the expulsion of as
is a country, can we offend beijing by describing it as a country, all the rest of it and that s one of the added complications here, isn t it? yes, absolutely. but there s this far bigger picture too, and taiwan is actually flourishing for a while, and after what happened hong kong, i would not underestimate. that s interesting what you said about hong kong, because you could argue that one thing that has changed, and which mightjustify america taking a more combative approach over taiwan, is what china has done in hong kong it s change of approach. i was talking to victor gao this week who is saying it s just a continuity, there s always been a national security law it clearly wasn t like the national security law, and you can criticise
even other parts of the west, neighbours like australia? i think they have to be very, very careful. i ve often said that china s politics, not only across its neighbourhood, but across africa, south asia, there s a lot going on there that should worry us. but at the same time, i m sorry, but for 25 years or longer, everywhere the united states has gone in as the saviour, it has left the place in total devastation. think of afghanistan, libya, so the idea that the us is the good player in this, i agree with isabel, we are in such a bad place with climate change, this is not the time to start playground fights. we have to cooperate, the whole world, if we are going to save the planet.