submitted a bid to buy manchester united bbc sport understands that a rival bid was also tabled by ineos, owned by british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe, before friday s deadline. now it s time for hardtalk. 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 f
coming up, after hardtalk. 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 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
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
slows in the uk for a second month in a row, but remains close to a ao year high. there is still a long way to go in the battle against inflation for families up and down the country who are seeing food price inflation of nearly 17% and that is causing a massive hike in the cost of the weekly shop. philippinejournalist and nobel peace prize winner maria ressa is cleared of tax evasion charges. in tennis defending men s champion rafa nadal is out of the australian open at the second round stage after defeat by american mackenzie mcdonald. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. officials in ukraine have told the bbc that the country s interior minister denys monastyrsky and his deputy are among at least 18 people who ve been killed in a helicopter crash in a suburb of kyiv. there were nine people including mr monastyrsky aboard the helicopter. some of those killed were on the ground. the regional governor said the aircraft came down near a kin