knowing what we did, but with hindsight, that is the moment we should have done it, three weeks earlier, and it would have saved many, many lives. alistair darling, the labour politician who was chancellor during the 2008 global financial crash, dies at the age of 70. members of the rmt union except a pay deal ending their involvement in a long running series of rail strikes. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. the pogues frontman shane macgowan has died at the age of 65. he was discharge from hospital last week. his wife confirmed he had died in social media. macgowan fronted the pogues from 1982 until their break up in 2014. the band are best known for the christmas hit song fairytale of new york. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. # it was christmas eve, babe # in the drunk tank # an old man said to me. # happy christmas, your ours, i pray god it s our last. fairytale of new york, a bleak, drink sodden duet
couple of times today. we ve also seen chan tien, the female panda. a big moment for people getting this final opportunity to say goodbye to these two giant pandas. all final opportunity to say goodbye to these two giant pandas. these two giant pandas. all right, lorna, these two giant pandas. all right, lorna. thank these two giant pandas. all right, lorna, thank you these two giant pandas. all right, lorna, thank you very these two giant pandas. all right, lorna, thank you very much - these two giant pandas. all right, l lorna, thank you very much indeed and chris fawkes has the weather forecast. how chilly is it for those pandas in scotland? pandas in scotland 7 chilly pandas in scotland? chilly for them, chilly for us. we ve got temperatures will be below freezing and snow fall affecting north east england and eastern areas of scotland and this was cornwall just earlier this morning, with some quite thick snow on the ground. take a look at this chart. you can see ho
We see that the global financial situation is daunting but, at the same time, Indian economy and financial sector is well protected and well regulated. But of course we have to be cautious and be on our toe, the economic affairs secretary said
demonstration effect. we shut down russia s prize natural gas pipeline. we took out two of russia s major financial institutions, $80 billion in size from the western financial system. we removed russia. we cut off russia s government from financing itself from the u.s. and europe. and we took aim at russian elites who profited from raugs autocracy and now they re going to have to share in the pain. those costs can continue to ratchet higher as the invasion proceeds. when you talk about sanctions about five families. how are they going to feel it