unspun world withjohn simpson. hello. it s good to see you. we re here in the bbc s central newsroom for another edition of unspun world. in today s programme how is it that russia s economy is doing so well in spite of the ukraine war and western sanctions? a quite extraordinary transformation of the russian economy into a war economy, with massive defence spending, with the reorientation of its industrial base towards its war machine. iran s client groups around the middle east get a hammering from us missiles. but what s the point of having the americans in the region? maintaining counterterrorism efforts against isis, and also, they check iranian influence in syria, in iraq, in lebanon. and, is ethiopia yet again going to be a byword for hunger and despair? this is the moment to try and fix this problem, - not six months down the line l when an awful lot more people have died and it s much harderl to turn the whole thing around. russia invades its neighbour after signin
is now levelled at 1 1. despite a commendable batting performance from england, they were bowled out for 292, zak crawley top scoring with 73. india were impressive in their bowling, particularlyjasprit bumrah who took nine wickets. ravi ashwin also took 3 72 and is now on 499 test wickets. the series is poised at 1 1. stokes says he was encouraged by england s performance. i m happy with the way we went after that chase. that is exactly how we play cricket. when an opportunity presents itself and it s a pressure situation, i think that generally brings the best out of people. it doesn t always work, but there were a lot of times when we were on top of india and then india were able to produce something that then put them back on top. well, england won the opening test, before india took the second to level the series. it s well known that it s difficult to get a win in india, so india head coach rahul dravid has been complimentary of england s bazball approach. it is not wil
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this is bbc news, the headlines: america s top diplomat visits the middle east for talks after the latest round of us strikes on iran linked targets in the region. a deadly combination of war and drought leaves ethiopia s tigray region facing famine we have a special report. taylor swift! and taylor swift makes history at the grammy awards becoming the first artist ever to win best album four times. becoming the first artist ever to win best album four times. an update from the metropolitan police who are investigating the chemical attack in south london from last wednesday, they have said early this morning a 22 year old man was arrested for assisting an offender and the police are searching for abdo is a:d., the man in the picture, after the attack in clapham last week abdul ezedi. a22 year old man has been arrested and was taken to a police station where he was interviewed before being arrested on bail. they have also given an update on the woman who was injured in
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