tonight with the context. from edinburgh, alex massie scotland editor of the spectator. bill browder, the ceo of hermitage capital management and long time critic of vladimir putin. and joel rubin, who served in the obama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. welcome to the programme. whenjoe biden spoke to vladimir zelensky on this day last year, there wasn t much confidence in washington he would be president for much longer, nor indeed that kyiv could be defended. yet here we are, a year on and not only is zelensky still there, but the us president was today standing alongside him, in kyiv. plans that involved extraordinary subterfuge and secrecy. on sunday night, as is usual, the white house issued the president s public schedule for monday, on which we were told he was leaving for warsaw at 7pm tonight. in fact, he was already in poland. air force one took off at 4:15 sunday morning, the press pool was left behind. and by late evening, the president was
assaulting his former partner, and her sister. we report from wyoming where a key political battle is taking place seen as a test of donald trump is s continuing appeal. and 20 years of radio 1xtra celebrating black music and culture. and coming up on the bbc news channel: mixed relay gold for great britain in the 4x200m freestyle at the european aquatics championships in rome. good evening. there are more figures out today confirming the squeeze on people s living standards they show the real value of wages has fallen at its fastest rate since records began just over 20 years ago. the office for national statistics says average wages have risen recently as you can see by this red line by 4.7% between april and june this year. but that s been massively outpaced by inflation. as you can see the blue line, which represents the rate at which prices are rising, is running well above wage growth and is fully expected to increase further with the latest figures out tom
of the guys being overawed or nervous by the situation. the whole thing we spoke about this week was actually being excited by the occasion. it s not very often you get to play at a full eden gardens against india in a world cup, you know? so from our point of view, it was exciting more than anything else, and i genuinely felt the players were excited by the occasion. i mean, i can t speak for them individually, but i didn t get a sense of a huge amount of nerves prior to the game. that said, our execution probably let us down more than anything else and put us on the back foot. so where does the world cup go to next? there that is the visibility in delhi, where bangladesh and sri lanka will be playing in smog filled delhi on monday. currently ranked the world s most polluted city. both teams have cancelled training sessions in the past couple of days to minimise their exposure to the conditions. the air quality s affecting both teams, it s not ideal but we have no choice,
is an expert on australia china relations from the university of technology in sydney. i asked him what the prime minister spriorities are in china. ~ , minister spriorities are in china. ., , china. the key goal certainly on this visit, china. the key goal certainly on this visit, and china. the key goal certainly on this visit, and in - china. the key goal certainly on this visit, and in the - china. the key goal certainly on this visit, and in the near| on this visit, and in the near term, is the bilateral relationship, normalisation. what this means in practice, i think, from the australian perspective, is achieving some short term wins in a way. further winding back the efforts at economic coercion that china imposed around three years ago on australia, on a range of australian commodities. that kind of the short term goalfor commodities. that kind of the short term goal for the commodities. that kind of the short term goalfor the prime minister. how much of an impac