First, the latest headlines. A man has been charged with the Attempted Murder of the slovak Prime Minister, robert fico. The politician is now able to speak, officials have said, but is still in a very serious condition after being shot several times yesterday. Slovakias Interior Minister described the suspect as a lone wolf who opposed the government. China and russia have put on a display of unity and mutual support during a meeting of their two leaders in beijing. Xijinping and the Vladimir Putin signed a statement that promised to deepen their countries relationship. Trade between china and russia has surged since moscows invasion of ukraine. South africa has asked the United Nations highest court to order an immediate halt to israels Offensive On Rafah in southern gaza. Todays hearing in the hague is part of a case accusing israel of carrying out genocide. Israel has dismissed the allegation as baseless. The European Union has begun a formal investigation into the Social Media Fir
In poland more than thirty years ago, following a bitter and divisive campaign. Donald tusk said polands bad days were over. Translation yesterday people approached me and asked, will you be able to do it . It wasnt possible for so many years. This is the end of this bad time. Of the rule of law and justice. Donald tusk, who did work in brussels as the European Council chief, has pledged to reposition warsaw on a firm pro european path which could unlock billions of euros in eu funding withheld by the European Commission in a spat with the current government over judicial reforms. To talk us through whats at stake im joined by bert colijn senior Eurozone Economist at ing bank. A warm welcome to the programme. Do you think brussels is Breathing A Sigh of relief as it looks at how this General Election has unfolded . Well, i think that if we look at these first pulse and indeed if this is how a coalition is ultimately going to be formed, i think it will make things slightly easierfor i t
New zealanders have been feeling the pinch from soaring prices as well as unaffordable housing. Meanwhile the central bank has pledged not to lower the official cash rate from its 15 year high Arthur Grimes from Victoria University of wellington spent a decade as chairman at the Reserve Bank Of New Zealand between 2003 and 2013. There are many priorities for the incoming government. The issue will be the structure of the government as to whether they will be able to do much to tackle the economic problems that are there. At the moment, we dont know and we wont know for another two weeks whether the new Prime Minister will be able to form a governmentjust with the act party, a smaller Libertarian Party or whether they will also need to form a three Party Coalition with new zealand first, essentially a populist pork barrel politics party, and those of the two parties cannot Work Together very coherently on economic policy, so if its going to require a three Party Coalition its going to b
Promised to us Hus Experience in business to bring down The Cost Of Living which has been one of the main issues in the election. New zealanders have been feeling the pinch from soaring prices as well as unaffordable housing. Meanwhile the central bank has pledged not to lower the official cash rate from its 15 year high Arthur Grimes from Victoria University of wellington spent a decade as chairman at the Reserve Bank Of New Zealand between 2003 and 2013. There are many priorities for the incoming government. The issue will be the structure of the government as to whether they will be able to do much to tackle the economic problems that are there. At the moment, we dont know and we wont know for another two weeks whether the new Prime Minister will be able to form a governmentjust with the act party, a smaller Libertarian Party or whether they will also need to form a three Party Coalition with new Zealand New Zealand first, essentially a populist pork barrel politics party, and those
Crowned this years winners. Now on bbc news, click. This week, we look at the latest tech being used to combat cancer. Lara hits the lab to see how ai and robotics are being harnessed to create new treatments for the condition. We uncover the new blood Monitoring System aiming to give Cancer Patients more independence. Ijust fell in love with the machine. It gave me a little bit of control back as well. We meet the robots with a sense of touch. So, how did you sleep last night . Did you sleep well . And spencer looks at how a Video Game Engine can make movies. We can move the shard. Laughter. Which does make me feel more powerful. According to britains biggest cancer charity, someone is diagnosed with cancer here in the uk every two minutes. Despite massive progress, many treatments are still incredibly harsh and not always successful. However, we now have technologies like ai and robotics which are helping us to discover more effective drugs with fewer side effects quicker. One in two