pope francis has called for an immediate end to the war in ukraine during his christmas day message. he was speaking in front of thousands of worshippers gathered in st peter s square in the vatican. you are watching bbc news. now, ian hislop s 2022, in conversation with amol rajan. even by recent standards, 2022 has been a tumultuous year in news. russia launched a war in europe. her late majesty queen elizabeth ii died just months after her platinum jubilee. and britain went through three prime ministers and even more chancellors. one man who s tried to make sense of it is ian hislop, whether on tv or as editor of private eye s fortnightly magazine and latest annual. i visited his office for a conversation not just about recent news, but also why it s been a turn off for some and why we need proper journalism more than ever. ian, thank you so much for talking to me and to bbc news. let s start, if you re happy to, with a few kind of reflections on this year, because in rece
welcome to a special thanksgiving edition of th show to what i am coming the mehdi hassan book club via oprah. bucks and all have been mainstay of the show giving me a chance to dive deep into a subject. book segments helping me understand the male strip of this relentless news cycle so we will revisit some of our famous conversations wit authors this year. how the media needs to cover elections when one party i campaigning against democrac how marjorie taylor greene has gone from the fringe to th center of the republican party and how outgoing speaker nancy pelosi consequentially one o the most consequential speaker of our lifetimes may have bought the opportunit to convict president donal trump. we start the day about books particularly the endless strea of tell-all books about donald trump. what was to all of them was no the what or the when if that i with so many crucial whereas relations wait for a boo publishing date? i want to show you an old news we cover from almost
queen elizabeth ii. those are the headlines on bbc news. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, amol rajan interviews ian hislop. even by recent standards, 2022 has been a tumultuous year in news. russia launched a war in europe. her late majesty queen elizabeth ii died just months after her platinum jubilee. and britain went through three prime ministers and even more chancellors. one man who s tried to make sense of it is ian hislop, whether on tv or as editor of private eye s fortnightly magazine and latest annual. i visited his office for a conversation not just about recent news, but also why it s been a turn off for some and why we need proper journalism more than ever. ian, thank you so much for talking to me and to bbc news. let s start, if you re happy to, with a few kind of reflections on this year, because in recent years the news agenda has often felt pretty crazy. yeah. ..and overwhelming, but this year, even more than most, we ve had war in europe, the deat
even her supporters worry they still don t know her plans to tackle rising prices. i voted for her so i m definitely glad that she won. ijust hope that many of the tax cuts come as soon as possible. liz truss, when she was foreign secretary, she did a brilliantjob and i have a lot of respect for her for that. however, i do have a lot of issues with some of her economic policies. the worry is real from staying in business to keeping warm. the fourth prime minister in six years facing voter demands for immediate and bold action. lucy manning, bbc news, peterborough. let s get a final word from our political editor chris mason who s in downing street. chris, what does tomorrow bring? first thing tomorrow, as they are having our breakfast, the prime minister, borisjohnson, still the minister, boris johnson, still the prime minister, borisjohnson, still the prime minister tonight and still the prime minister tonight and still the prime minister tonight and still the prime minist
jesse: joe biden is a legend in his own mind and doesn t think he is going anywhere. it s not like he lost his fast ball. he never had one. is he already a lame duck. the most unpopular president of all time and he just caught covid. more on that in a moment. and in a new quinnipiac poll, 71% of americans are against biden running for a second term. with more than half of democrats saying he has got to go. with friends like that, who needs enemies? because those numbers are awful. his own teams is telling him to go home. but, can you blame them? everything is expensive and more dangerous. the country is a mess. the first lady just called hispanics tacos and that was after hispanics started ditching the president. only 19 percent of hispanics approve of the job joe is doing. and only 21% of plenels approve. and joe s policies are crippling black americans. i think for african-american voters in particular, there is a special heart break because, first of all, the pain is