on his car, but he escaped assassination after switching vehicles following an event outside moscow. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme where british journalists debate the week s news with the correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline: london. living with double digit inflation is an unwelcome, if familiar, experience in many countries. turkey, argentina, zimbabwe and iran started 2022 under that yoke. for the british, it had been a distant memory, but not any more. in the united states, presidentjoe biden signed into law the optimistically titled inflation reduction act. would it were that simple. another bad memory from the 1980s, the threat to kill the author sir salman rushdie, came close to being fulfilled. liberals are relieved he survived, but have they helped to fuel intolerance? to discuss all that, in the studio are maria margaronis, a documentary maker who, among other projects, has ch
her rival rishi sunak is on the front of the sunday telegraph urging sanctions for iran following the stabbing of salman rusdie. and finally, the sunday times focus on the cost of living crisis with reports the treasury is developing a plan to hand out more money to cope with energy costs. let s to cope with energy costs. begin with the observer picture, let s begin with the observer. this picture, emma, of wimbledon common. i m guessing that this pond normally looks a bit bigger than that. it’s looks a bit bigger than that. it s astonishing. i think we ve all seen in our local parks so called green spaces. they rejust in our local parks so called green spaces. they re just absolutely dry, kind of sahara conditions. we took the hosepipe ban in our gardens but the hosepipe ban in our gardens but the parks and green spaces are absolutely drying up and what can be done? wejust absolutely drying up and what can be done? we just desperately need some rain. done? we “ust desper
the man accused of stabbing sir salman rushdie has appeared in court charged with attempted murder and assault. the attack in new york state has left the author of the satanic verses on a ventilator, with people in shock over what happened. you know, the guy has a price on his head from 1989 and of all the places he might be attacked, hurt or god forbid, die, chautauqua and be the last place i would think of. and in the last hour, president biden has issued a statement condemning the attack and reaffirming his belief in freedom of expression. also tonight: the ravaging effects of climate change we report from france, where exhausted firecrews have spent weeks battling wildfires. the ground around me is smoking. there s smouldering embers here which very easily can be whipped up into yet another fire. more disruption for train passengers in england, scotland and wales with the latest in a series of rail strikes. gold to great britain. and it s been a successful day for gre
been criticised that they have been very slow off the mark to really make any capital out of this and to suggest something different from the government? in suggest something different from the covernment? , . government? in his defence, keir starmer has government? in his defence, keir starmer has pointed government? in his defence, keir starmer has pointed out - government? in his defence, keir starmer has pointed out the - government? in his defence, keir starmer has pointed out the cost| government? in his defence, keir. starmer has pointed out the cost of living has been an ongoing issue that he has been raising prime minister s questions every week. but he has been on in the last week, politicians are allowed holidays. but he does seem to have been slow to mention the salman rushdie story. and on the energy prices come on this particular story that you flashed up, it is a strong headline and keir starmer is too call for a ban or crippling energy prices. there is mor
going to feel when president biden signs it next week. and author salman rushdie, attacked on stage and air lifted to the hospital. we ll tell you what we know about his condition this morning. and inflation is cooling, gas prices are dropping, but the cost of other items remains painfully high. what the new numbers say about the current state of the economy. welcome to your weekend. it s saturday, august 13th. we are grateful to be with you. good morning, amara. good morning, boris. so good to be with you. feel like i ve been missing boris in my life. nice to be here. pleasure to be with you, as always. thanks, boris. we begin with new details this morning on what led the fbi to execute and unprecedented search warrant on former president trump s home, according to court documents unsealed friday, investigators removed 11 sets of classified documents from mar-a-lago, including some material that were marked as top secret, sci, which stands for sensitive, comp