workforce. entire countries, many of them. the u.s. government, in other words, is astoundingly large world, historically big scale without precedent. truly, gorgan. so what do all those people who work there do every day maybe wondering that? what s a good question? actually , nobody s really sure, including many of the employees themselves. fundamentally, the federal government is a mystery like the universe. it goes on forever. it makes you feel small thinking about it, which is probably the point. the good news is every once in a while our government does something you can actually understand that happened recently when joe biden signed a 700 or fifty billion dollar piece of legislation called the inflation reduction act, which is the inflation reduction act du come on , what do you slow the interest right there in the name? the inflation reduction act is an act that reduces inflation. it s an inflation reducing act and that s welcome news because inflation is indeed a pr
everyday fool. okay, now i d like my antarctic blue super sports wagon right now. now a few things exemplify american freedom in the last century or so as much as the road trip, the knowledge that at any time, day or night you can decide just to drop everything and hit the road drive south out west cross country. the only thing it can stand in your way is maybe sleep deprivation and you can t achieve today. yet it s becoming clear that like so much else that we love about america, the freedom of the open road, our freedom to travel as far as we want whenever we want is under attack. case in point, tomorrow, california s air resources board is about to approve a total ban of new gasoline powered vehicles. now that s a clear assault on its residents, basic freedom of movement. now the rule will require that 100% of all new cars sold in the state by twenty thirty five be free of the fossil fuel emissions that s up from eight percent today. now, i know these changes you hear twen
i ve extracted 13 of my own teeth. danielle, a busy working single mum needs help. terrible gum disease is wrecking her teeth. as her gums recede, teeth that were perfectly healthy start to become wobbly. there is excruciating nerve pain, abscesses and a risk of infection. eventually the teeth becomes so loose, danielle can just pull them out. more than a dozen teeth she s pulled out herself. so those are, those are big teeth. big teeth, yes. and you can see there s no sort of decayed on the teeth. it s not like you have fillings or decay in the teeth themselves. no, my teeth are all relatively fine. it s all this mess is what is going on below the gum line. i m 42 years old and i can t eat and i can t drink. and i m on painkillers every day. i m not a 90 year old woman. this shouldn t be happening to me now. seven years ago, she did have a dentist. but then the dental surgery started to cancel appointments. just got a letter through the post saying we re closing. and that wa
the bbc has filmed patrols by afghanistan s ministry for preventing vice and promoting virtue as they enforce the taliban s strict new laws, most of them targeting women. along with a raft of hard line laws, they announced the face veil will be compulsory for women in public. now on bbc news, we take a look at an in depth look at chronic pain and those living with it. this is the story of lives that have been changed in an instant. i am a shell of the person that i used to be. i wish i could turn the clock back. this is the story of chronic pain, described as relentless, debilitating, overwhelming. thousands of people have told us how their lives are controlled by a condition that is often hidden from view. the world around me is advancing and i m trapped in a room that s the killer. it s poorly understood and often misdiagnosed. i don t think we are equipped, either as a society or as a healthcare system, to deal with that. there is the toll taken by the medication that mi