Now on bbc news, political thinking with Nick Robinson hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guest this week is a daughter of what we still euphemistically called the troubles the 30 years or more of violence which scarred Northern Ireland and the british mainland divided communities and claimed the lives of more than 3000 people. Emma little pengelly is the new deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. She grew up on the border with the south, the place with the highest death toll outside belfast. Her father was arrested and imprisoned in france for involvement in Arms Trafficking for hardline loyalists back in the 1980s, something he still denies to this day, though, he did once say publicly he would oppose compromise to the bitter end, to the death. Compromise that is with people like the First Minister of Northern Ireland, michelle 0neill of sinn
At this years oscars . Now on bbc news. Click this week, shiona is in barcelona, which is full of the newest mobile tech, but where the wearables know too much. How old is Spencer Kelly from the bbc . Spencer kellys currently 50 years old. Blatant lies to be fair, he does look good for his age you wish meanwhile, eye eye, whats this . A phone you can control with just your peepers . Also, the politics of deep fakes. Were being told not to believe everything that we see, but what do we do when the lawmakers deepfa ke themselves . In the argentinian elections, we saw both candidates using ai generated images, making themselves look like heroes. And should ancient artefacts stay in a museum or be taken home . Its a hot topic right now, but alasdair s been looking at a digital halfway house. The cool thing about ar is you can see it as it looks now, but also how it will have looked in the past. Exactly, how it originally looked, right . Welcome to mobile world congress, or mwc. With1. 4 bi
Now on bbc news. The last torch singing for afghanistan since Retaking Power in 2021, the taliban have imposed severe restrictions on everyday life in afghanistan. Limiting freedoms for women and banning non religious music. And the consequences for those who dare to defy them are dire. But women are fighting back. Using the power of their voice to resist a regime which the un says could be committing gender apartheid. Gunfire. In this amount of darkness, there is a light still burning. Still we see individuals fighting this oppression through their own talent. Horns blare. Gunfire. After 20 years of a deadly war, the taliban return to power for the second time. Rapidly introducing sweeping changes. Restricting life for women becomes a top priority. Chanting. As the world watches on, two sisters in afghanistan, who we wont identify for their own safety, witness first hand the new Taliban Regime tightening its grip on the country. But the sisters have a plan. Chanting. At a huge risk to
Hello im nicky schiller. We begin with the war in gaza, where a Us Military Ship is currently sailing towards the middle east, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of gaza. It comes after President Joe Biden said the us would build the floating harbour to help get aid into gaza by sea. Biden earlier criticised the isareli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus conduct of the war in gaza, saying its doing israel more harm than good. Anna foster is injerusalem and gave us this update. First of all, to the Skies Above Gaza and these pictures that show the latest drop of aid that has been carried out by Us Central Command and also by thejordanian air force as well. This is the latest air drop into gaza, which provided, they said, meals more than 11,500 meal equivalents. Things like food, including rice, flour, pasta and canned food. Weve seen these air drops really starting to increase over gaza in the last two weeks or so, since the us air force also got involved. But of