very hot topic for the house panel that is probing the most pressing threats that face the u.s. today. we should recognize that beijing seeks to divide the euro atlantic alliance. martha: that is a serious question, beijing seeking to divide us from our allies. we are going to talk about that in moments. house republicans also today busy day on the hill, as things get rolling the beginning of this february, there were grilling former twitter executives, this is quite a lineup they have got come on the company s role in suppressing the hunter biden laptop story and how they came to those conclusions. i think you guys got played by the fbi. five days after you guys take down the hunter biden story, 511 former intel official send a letter and say the hunter biden story has all of the classic earmarks of a russian information operation. the information operation was run on you guys. we could talk about civil rights, voting rights, abortion rights, instead we re talkin
ukraine s vast farms were feeding the world, but the country is now reliant on billions of dollars of help just to get through every month. ukraine s finance minister tells me how he s kept the economy functioning despite the missiles and the deliberate targeting of infrastructure, including the power grid. also, i m going to be hearing from a leading business voice on how private companies have managed to keep doing business in a war zone and how they re supporting their staff through it all. many thousands of homes and buildings have been destroyed by russian bombs. so how will ukraine afford to rebuild when the fighting stops? the european bank for reconstruction and development will play a leading role, and its president tells me that the work has already begun. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, ukraine, it s been suffering for a year now. it s 12 months since russia invaded because of what p
who remains in a critical condition in hospital. millions of nigerians have been voting in their country s most competitive election since military rule ended there more than two decades ago. china s plans for peace in ukraine cause ripples around the world president zelensky says he wants to hear more and the leader of russia s key ally belarus announces plans to fly to beijing. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron hazelhurst. with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. counting the cost of war as ukraine marks a year since the invasion, we re going to take a look at the toll it s taken on the economy. ukraine s vast farms were feeding the world, but the country is now reliant on billions of dollars of help just to get through every month. ukraine s finance minister tells me how he s kept the economy functioning despite the missiles and
sitting australian prime minister anthony albanese becomes the first sitting australian prime minister to march in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras. he has described it as a celebration of modern australia. you are watching bbc news. now, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. counting the cost of war as ukraine marks a year since the invasion, we re going to take a look at the toll it s taken on the economy. ukraine s vast farms were feeding the world, but the country is now reliant on billions of dollars of help just to get through every month. ukraine s finance minister tells me how he s kept the economy functioning despite the missiles and the deliberate targeting of infrastructure, including the power grid. also, i m going to be hearing from a leading business voice on how private companies have managed to keep doing business in a war zone and how t
china watcher gorden chang warning we must prepare for war because of it. he means what he says. it s all coming up. welcome, everybody. glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with jacqui at the white house. jacqui? the washington post has been reporting that the chinese spy balloon s path over the u.s. may have been driven by the wind and that analysts are examining the possibility that the chinese did not intend to penetrate the american heartland with their surveillance equipment. i m told that that is not the full story. we re learning a lot more right now. officials tell me that we don t know if the balloon s direction over the continental u.s. was intentional. because it s a balloon, its trajectory depends on a range of factors that includes the wind. the balloon also went over guam, we ve learned, which is u.s. territory. it also later loitered over several sensitive sites in the continue continental u.s. the chinese still had the ability to maneuver