talking business. hello, everybody! a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. shipping gets stuck in the slow lane. how much damage will be caused by the red sea attacks forcing global trade to take the long way around? the global economy relies on all our stuff being moved across the oceans. but, are 150 years of progress being undone by an unprecedented threat to shipping? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two, there they are. the big boss of the world second biggest shipping company, denmark s maersk, who tells me that consumers are already feeling the effect with higher prices. and the boss of the un s international maritime organisation, who will fill us in on what needs to be done to keep the oceans free for global trade. plus, big bucks for the big stage the man who runs the world s biggest brewer, the giant behind budweiser, corona and stella tells us why he is spending h
and the boss of the un s international maritime organisation, who will fill us in on what needs to be done to keep the oceans free for global trade. plus big bucks for the big stage the man who runs the worlds biggest brewer, the giant behind budweiser, corona and stella tells us why he is spending hundreds of millions of bucks on the olympics and why he s not worrying about shipping delays. wherever yourjoining you from around the world, once again, a warm welcome to the show. you know, just when the global economy thought it was getting over at the shocks of the pandemic, russia s invasion of ukraine and the inflation that followed, up pops another major challenge. this time the shipping industry is quite literally under attack like never before, and it is causing growing disruption to the global economy. diversions and delays are threatening to push up prices once again. the crunch point is the red sea. it s a conduit to the suez canal which, since it opened more than 15
term in office at the communist party congress. and the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful covid vaccines believe the same technology could help transform cancer treatment. we begin in iran where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital, tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of riots around the country. in a tweet the us state department says: gunshots officials say that seven people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control. but recent videos posted online show the fire still burning, and gunfire and sirens can be heard. we can now speak to jared genser, who s a lawyer representing siamak namazi an iranian american, whose family said he was taken back into custody to the prison, this week after a temporary release. thank you for talking to us. have you had any contact with your client? your clien
santiago sees the return of the zombie walk after a three year gap due to coronavirus. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin in iran, where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of riots around the country. officials say that eight people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control. but recent videos posted online show the fire still burning, and gunfire and sirens can be heard. in a tweet the us state department says: jared genser is a lawyer representing siamak namazi who is a jailed iranian american, whose family say they haven t heard from him. we haven t had contact with him since word came out about the clashes, gunfire, explosions, etc. we have no idea where he is or how he is doing and we would call on the government of iran to immediately enable him to call his family i
we begin in iran, where a large fire has been blazing at evin prison in the capital tehran. hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals are held in the prison, as well as many protesters arrested during the past four weeks of riots around the country. officials say that eight people have been injured, and that the situation is now under control, but information is still trickling out of the country. well earlier i spoke to human rights activist sussan tahmasebi who is also one of iran s foremost feminist figures. i asked what she had learned about what s happening in evin prison in tehran. there is a lot of speculation and a lot of concern. we ve had different stories, people who have seen the video say that it seems that two awards, seven and eight, seemed to be the wards that have caught fire, and ward seven they next to the quarantine section of ward 240 where a lot of protesters who have been taken prisoner are being held. we don t know. it s a lot of spe