federation, fina, has voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women s events. now on bbc news, it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. hello. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone whose political thinking helps to shape ours. once again, london and brussels are at loggerheads. once again, the row between the uk and the eu is about the status of northern ireland. once again, politics in belfast is deadlocked, with unionists refusing to share power with sinn fein. my guest this week is someone whose life and career is based on a refusal to take sides in that political battle. it is a decision that has paid dividends for naomi long, who leads the alliance party, which won a record number of seats in the recent elections. brought up in one of the most fiercely loyalist parts of east belfast, she insisted that politics should not be defined by whether you want northern ireland to stay in th
well, i m afraid to say tonight the situation is looking even more dire here in paktika, we are seeing hundreds of hundreds of families who have been left homeless. in other news, russian forces continue their advance on ukrainian held towns in the donbas. we join a group of volunteers rushing to evacuate civilians from the area. and after a three year hiatus, the iconic music festival glastonbury open its gates and welcomes back the fans. we start in afghanistan, where a powerful earthquake has killed over 900 people and left hundreds injured. it s the deadliest earthquake to strike the country in 20 years. it hit overnight in the south east of the country. and we know the tremors were felt in pakistan and india as well. most of the confirmed deaths are in paktika province. this is the head of the provincial health body there. buildings collapsing, yeah. you know, in afghanistan, there is no concrete buildings. most people injured and dead are under the building. 0ur dead bo
now on bbc news, it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone his political thinking helps to shape ours. once again, london and brussels are at loggerheads. once again, the row between the uk and the eu is about the status of northern ireland. once again, politics in belfast is deadlocked, with unionists refusing to share power with sinn fein. my guess is someone whose life and career is based on a refusal to take sides in the political battle. it is a decision that has paid dividends for naomi long, who leads the alliance party, which won a record number of seats in the recent elections. brought up in one of the most fiercely loyalist parts of east belfast, she insisted that politics should not be defined by whether you want northern ireland to stay in the uk or instead to be united with the rest of ireland. but does she and her party really represent anything more than simply no
ipsos out just a short time ago shows that 58% told thinks that trump should be charged with a trump crime for his 16 involvement. well 30 60% of the poll think that the committee is doing a fair investigation. 38% says it is not. also, today the economy saying that inflation is a high, and that tackling it is the president s number one priority. . when you go to the pump and see the prices were today great some certainty, it creates real economic hardship. but at the same, time it is important as americans that we are recognize the unique strengths that we have in this economy. the strongest labor market since world war ii. unemployment at 3.6%. house in balance sheets that have occurred over the coals of the last year. so we now have the lowest mortgage delinquencies in years. lewis credit card colin delinquencies in 40 years. those are unique to the american economy, we have a stronger and by the better position to track all inflation than almost any other country in t
political thinking helps to shape ours. once again, london and brussels are at loggerheads. once again come row between the uk and the eu is about the status of northern ireland. once again, politics in belfast is deadlocked, with unionists refusing to share power with sinn fein. my guess is someone whose life and career is based on your refusal to take sides in the political battle to stop it is a decision that has paid dividends for naomi long, who leads the alliance party, which won a record number of seats in the recent elections. brought up in one of the most fiercely loyal as parts of east belfast, she insisted that politics should not be defined by whether you want northern ireland to stay in the uk ought instead to be united with the rest of ireland. but does she and her party really represent anything more than simply none of the above? naomi long, from belfast, welcome to political thinking. hi there. do you everfind welcome to political thinking. hi there. do you e