History of migration, you have a pretty simple core message, which begins with the thought we are, All Of Us, migrants. Now, i understand that in sort of evolutionary terms, but why does that matter to todays debate about migration . It matters because i think we need to appreciate that without migration, there would be no human civilisation, and that it continues to be as relevant as in the past, and will be even more so in the future. We need migrants. We need to appreciate them. Of course, we need to manage migration more effectively, but we need to recognise not only that were all mixed up ourselves in our origins, but that our societies require migration in order to thrive. In your short history of migration, you go back 300,000 years to the beginnings of movement, of what we now know as the earliest humans across East Africa into north africa. And you then catalogue all sorts of different movements right across the world, even as the shape of the world changed. Its all fascinatin
Hours of monday. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky shared these pictures on social media. He said russian officials who control the plant had deliberately started the fires. According to ukraine regulator, it was negligence or arson. But the kremlin installed governor of zaporizhzhia claimed the fire erupted after shelling by Ukrainian Forces. The site has been under the control of russian troops and officials since 2022. It has not produced power in more than two years, and all six reactors have been in Cold Shutdown since april. In a statement on social media, the uns nuclear watchdog, the international atomic energy agency, said iaea experts witnessed strong dark smoke coming from zaporizhzhia nuclear power stations northern area following multiple explosions heard in the evening. The team was told of an alleged Drone Attack on one of the Cooling Towers located at the site. No impact has been reported on nuclear safety. This comes as ukraine continues its cross border offensive
It down or trying to present to the russian people that what is happening right now in Kursk Region is containable. And also, i think that suggests that President Putin right now doesnt want to take the next step, the next logical step, which would be, for example, a formal Declaration Of War against ukraine. We have this special military operation, as russia presents it, going on for the last two and a half years and i think the russian authorities want to keep it like that. They talk about special military operations, they talk about a Counterterrorism Operation now going on in three regions of southern russia. They dont officially want to call this a war. Thanks to steve for that. Our Ukraine Correspondent James Waterhouse is near the border, in the Sumy Region in the North East of ukraine. If youve got evacuations announced in the Belgorod Region, if youve got clear advances to the North And North west. From where we are, this is clearly an Attack Ukraine is committed to. Weve seen
Predictable in ukraine, so we know towards the end of october, the last couple of weeks of october, movement will get much more difficult, the battlefield will settle into a different rhythm and both sides want to establish their positions before then. So if it works, it will have that effect but if it fails, my goodness, it will be a disaster because they may lose the units and the manpower that theyve committed to creating to this pocket in kursk and still lose Chasiv Yar and pokrovsk and other areas in the donbas. If that were the case, i doubt that zelensky would survive that, so its a big risky move. Interesting. And you said if it works, what does the strategic Win Look like here from a ukrainian Point Of View . Yeah, good point. The battle to come, and this battle has only just started, but the battle to come in this Kursk Pocket will be measured in days and weeks, not weeks and months, because the russians will not allow this to stand. They will put into this pocket whatever it
Team gbs medal haul, surpassing what we did in tokyo and matching 2012, it cant do better than that. You are proud of every medal, but this one was a real battle to get backin this one was a real battle to get back in shape and get back to the field this time, it was so much higher quality than it wasnt ok, so i knew that i had to pull out the big guns and luckily my body performed on the day. Matthijs De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui are on the brink of signing for Manchester United with both players travelling to manchester on monday for a medical. Bbc sport understands that the fee is in excess of £60 million with The Centre back alone costing united around £40 million. De ligt was the captain of erik ten hags ajax side that reached the Champions League Semi Finals in 2019, with mazraoui also a key player in that squad. The two additions will make it four signings so far this summer for united. Its Notjust Incomings at Old Trafford though as Bbc Sport also understands that Aaron Wan