normal, to a large degree, because of the little girl. they didn t want her to be traumatised. as the delegates gather for the latest international conference on how to deal with the reality of an overheating world, is it already too late to save our planet? anything we do is better than nothing, which i know is not a great rallying cry, is it? famously, general winter is russia s great ally. and although when vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine back in february, he clearly thought it would all be finished in a couple of weeks or so, he s now hoping to recruit general winter to help him win, more than eight months later. people in kyiv and many other towns and cities in ukraine are suffering from the loss of power and heating, even though on the battlefield itself, ukraine continues to do well. is the balance of the war changing, therefore? i spoke to frank gardner, the bbc s security correspondent. i think ukraine is still largely doing better because of the qual
hello and welcome to unspun world, the programme where we get the in depth views of the bbc s experts. this is the heart of kyiv in ukraine. it was a lot quieter here when i was last in the city, before the russian invasion, and although there haven t been any attacks on kyiv recently, there is still a curfew in place and every now and then, you hear the sound of air raid sirens. there have been reports of russian nuclear missiles being moved by train deep inside russian territory, though this sort of thing has happened before. but given that the ukrainian forces are pushing back the russians in southern and eastern ukraine, everyone is trying to work out what president putin might do next. absurdly enough, the day after he declared that four areas of ukraine were now an indissoluble part of russia, it became clear that russia doesn t actually control the entirety of any of those four areas, since ukraine has been busy recapturing some of the territory it has lost. but how ne
it s the biggest demonstration by the iranian diaspora ever. iranians from across europe are calling on western governments to sanction the powerful revolutionary guard and to throw out iranian diplomats. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world, the programme where the bbc s experts give us clear answers about the big questions of the moment. this week, britain s political and economic crisis entered a new and even more difficult phase, and so did the war in ukraine. all of this has rather overshadowed the already slightly muted celebration of the bbc s 100th anniversary, which falls this week. in october 1922, the bbc started up and quite soon became the world s most famous and respected public service broadcaster operating from its headquarters here in central london. and london is where our programme starts this week with the extraordinary political and economic goings on. pretty much unprecedented in my experience. that the whole
rishi sunak officiallyjoins the race to be the next conservative leader and prime minister, this afternoon culture secretary michelle donelan has gone public with her support for him. penny mordaunt is still in the running. she told the bbc she believes in cabinet led politics. i have my views but i will not be imposing i have my views but i will not be imposing policy that i have just made imposing policy that i have just made up imposing policy that i have just made up in a room by myself. the question now does borisjohnson have enough backers to stand as well? labour leader kier starmer says his party hasn t got complacent and repeats calls for a general election. the schools struggling to keep the lights and heating on headteachers warn spiralling energy costs could see most schools in england run out of money next year. and jodie whittaker is set to make her final appearance as the doctor. more headlines at six o clock. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn