Now on Bbc News political thinking with nick robinson. Hello, And welcome to political thinking a conversation with, rather than a newsy interrogation, of someone who shapes our political thinking about what a shape theirs. My guest this week has just celebrated ending the longest Train Drivers strike in history a strike that was blamed for crippling the railways And angered many, many travellers. His members haVe Got a 15 Pay Rise over three years. He is Mick Whelan, The General secretary of aslef. He said that his members strength, resilience, And determination was what had won that Pay Rise others say it was down to his crafty negotiation style. Mick whelan, welcome to political thinking. Thank you, nick. You finally got a deal after all that time how did you celebrate . Erm, by talking to the press. As soon as it becomes public knowledge, you And your colleagues obviously, so sky, bbc, the guardian, the usual outlets, And press will be Here Today With You And once you ve done that,
We start this hour with a Special Report from afghanistan, a country where millions of children are malnourished, and where in one hospital, 700 children have died injust the last six months. Its a humanitarian crisis that deepens every day, with much of the Country Living in Extreme Poverty, after years of war causing economic collapse. The un says more than Three Million children under five are malnourished, with the delivery of aid becoming much harder since the taliban took control in 2021. The bbc s yogita limaye, Camera Journalist sanjay ganguly, and producer Imogen Anderson have been in the country for the last two weeks, chronicling the disaster, and a warning their report shows images of children in distress. This is what an average morning looks like at jalalabads main hospital. Hundreds throng every corner, every passage, as Extreme Poverty pushes more children into disease each day. Zara, 13 months old, one of 3 Million malnourished children in the country. A disease thats
Universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u turn on a level grades. And coming up this hour, the three victorian forts originally built to defend england against the french going up for sale. Hello and welcome. If you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people being randomly tested in the community to track the prevalence of covid 19 is to be incased up in england. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for National Statistics programme which is separate from the Mass Testing Programme of people who have symptoms. The figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. Testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and northern ireland. The health secretary, matt hancock, says the expansion of testing in the
This is the w. Business im joined on in berlin thanks for joining us we start with the European Commission which has approved plans to set up a 500000000000 euro support fun for businesses affected by the Coronavirus Crisis the plan had been introduced by germany and is set to rescue the hardest hit economies in the block earlier this week that lowered its Economic Outlook and is now expecting a contraction of 8. 7 percent. Now speaking of the e. U. French train maker alice though is waiting for an e. U. Approval so that it can buy brigades rail union at state of course is the creation of a european champion to counter chinese dominance in the Railway Industry heres a look at the sectors key players. European Rolling Stock manufacturers face serious competition from china c. R. C. As the world leader with a turnover of over 20900000000 euro as the Chinese State owned john does business in more than 100 countries ill still was way behind in 2nd place number 3 is germany siemens the e. U