for use in a contraceptive pill for men. they say it works by temporarily stopping sperm from propelling itself. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, it s not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. do workers have the means to fight back? well, the uk rail industry is something of a test case. for months, rail workers have been striking over pay and plans to change working conditions. my guest is mick lynch, leader of the biggest rail union, the rmt. the stakes in this fight are high. can the workers win? mick lynch, welcome to hardtalk. you are the leader of a union that s been in a long running dispute now. it goes back to last summer, there had been rolling sporadic strikes. as it goes on, does it feel harder to find your way to a compromise? well, there s n
for months, rail workers have been striking over pay and plans my guest is mick lynch, leader of the biggest rail union, the rmt. the stakes in this fight are high. can the workers win? mick lynch, welcome to hardtalk. you are the leader of a union that s been in a long running dispute now. it goes back to last summer. there have been rolling, sporadic strikes. as it goes on, does it feel harder to find your way to a compromise? well, there s no easy way out for either side. the government has boxed themselves into a corner, to a large extent. and i think that s predicated on the idea of setting precedents for public sector. we ve seen the nurses, ambulance drivers, many civil servants in dispute along similar lines. people aren t being paid enough in this society at the moment and many public sector workers have had long term pay cuts measured against any measure of inflation, so there s some catch up to be done, and that makes it harder because the government wants to be
tape that s going to be released after 7:00 p.m. eastern time today, comparing to what happened with rodney king. we ll talk about that but listen to what he said. it reminds you of rodney king in many regards, assaulted, battered, punched, kicked, tased, pepper sprayed. it is very troubling when you think about tyre only weighs, at most, 150 pounds, calling for his mother. he yells out to her three times and then you never hear tyre nichols say another word on that video. you see him up against the car, sitting down in handcuffs and you see his body fall to the right. you can see now i m joined live now by the memphis police chief, cj davis thank you for joining us. i m going to wear my glasses because i have specific things i want to ask you about. these five officers have been charged with second degree murder in the death of tyre nichols. what s your reaction to these very serious charges? well, i expected serious charges. i really did. actually, the charges that we
public, too. so you know what, i ll represent his voters, too, and they ll serve on committees but not a place that has national security because integrity matters to me. kevin mccarthy whose integrity is locked safely in a safe in mar-a-lago. retribution for dear leader donald trump and his min ons. also tonight, a new lawsuit and new outrage over governor desantis rejection of ap american studies because for he and his administration, learning the truth about african american history lacks educational value. a florida high school student who wanted to take that ap course is now getting ready to sue desantis and he joins me tonight. plus, the ukrainian military gets a big upgrade as the biden administration agrees to supply them with top of the line battle tanks. what it all means for this nearly year long war. house speaker mccarthy is making good on his threat to block adam schiff and eric swalwell from seats on the house intelligence committee. but before i tell yo
scientist from the european space agency are putting the final touches to an ambitious missionjupiter s icy moons in the hope they might find signs of life. at 10pm we ll be back with a full roundup of the day s news. first, the media show with ros atkins. hello and welcome. now, the chances are that six months ago you didn t know who andrew tate was, and the chances are that now you do. 0h, hello, hello. andrew tate s a former kickboxer. he s now a social media influencer. last year, he was more googled than donald trump or kim kardashian, and his content s amassed hundreds of millions of views. his enthusiasm for misogyny, cars and wealth has delivered fame, thousands of fans and many thousands of dollars. he s also being held in romania as part of an investigation into rape and people trafficking. tate denies all the allegations. do you ever wonder why some people who you ve never heard of before, all of a sudden, appear everywhere? and that clip we just heard? well, that