in britain have insisted that prince charles remains politically neutral , following a report that he has strongly criticised government plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda in central africa. an unnamed source told the times newspaper that prince charles has described the policy as appalling . now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s central london headquarters for unspun world, the programme which provides straight answers from the bbc s array of experts worldwide to the important questions of the moment. is the west supplying enough weapons to ukraine to help it win the war? or can russia hang on and declare victory? russia has huge resources, and in a war of attrition, russia can sustain that for probably longer than ukraine can. things seem to have gone terribly wrong with the rainbow nation of south africa. why is that? corruption levels in this country have been so rampant, it has actually reached propor
in this year s event. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s central london headquarters for unspun world, the programme which provides straight answers from the bbc s array of experts worldwide to the important questions of the moment. is the west supplying enough weapons to ukraine to help it win the war? or can russia hang on and declare victory? russia has huge resources, and in a war of attrition, russia can sustain that for probably longer than ukraine can. things seem to have gone terribly wrong with the rainbow nation of south africa. why is that? corruption levels in this country have been so rampant, it has actually reached proportions that are quite, you know, scary. and the smuggling of priceless antiquities from egypt to the west, who is to blame for it? it is not an easy thing to try and stop the kind of trade that brings millions of dollars to the people involved in it. there are two main reasons why uk
in london to honour queen elizabeth s 70 years on the throne. it was the main event on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the platinum jubilee. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world, the programme where we can find out what s really going on without spin and without bias from the bbc s worldwide team of unrivalled experts. is something strange going on at the top of chinese politics? there is drama going on. behind the scenes and in private, not many people are very happy with the policies of xi jinping. round two in the ukraine war, and it seems to be going more russia s way. the ukrainians are losing in the donbas. you can dress it up anywhere you like. the russians are incrementally gaining ground. and discovering where a victim of the catastrophic destruction of pompeii in 79 ad came from, and even what illnesses he had. these remains were encased in these kind of cemented, l heat hardened and time ha
in the battle for ukraine. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me. we re at the bbc s headquarters in london, broadcasting house. and here s the statue of the bbc s patron saint, george orwell, complete with cigarette. he used to work here. beside him is his famous quote. if liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. well, i hope we can persuade you to hear this edition of unspun world, anyway. has germany s influence in the world shrunk? germany has been very slow, very reluctant to react when it comes to sanctions against russia. what effect will the shooting of the palestinian journalist shireen abu aqla have on the politics of israel? this has been an extremely violent period. certainly, these are extremely testing times for israel s leaders. and will president biden s lifting of some controls over cuba actually help the people of the island? i think the desire to leave is mor
To what extent is iran pulling the strings in gaza and lebanon . Hezbollah is a militant group. They have their own weapon, they have their own armies, and they have the sole decision that is basically coming from iran. And theyre acting upon that. And china, ten years after the belt and road initiative, is the worlds most impressive economy in danger of hitting the buffers . I think chinas got a big struggle to come, and the big struggle is going to come with its shrinking population. The appalling destruction at the Al Ahli Al Arabi Baptist Hospital in gaza, whoever may have been responsible for it, has overshadowed the hastily arranged visit to israel by president biden. Yes, he was there to offer americas total, wholehearted sympathy and support to israel in the wake of the 7th Of October raids. But he was also there to urge israel in the strongest way to use discretion and moderation if and when it invades gaza, and very likely also to attempt to persuade israel of the need for a