hello. thank you forjoining me for unspun world, where the bbc s experts give us their in depth thoughts about what s really going on in world affairs. vladimir putin holds his referendums that s what he calls them aboutjoining russia in four areas of ukraine. but how great is the danger that this will bring us closer to nuclear war? in the event that those territories are attacked by ukraine, we ve been warned that the nuclear doctrine applies. russia s way of fighting its war with ukraine has been pretty chaotic so far. but does that mean that vladimir putin might actually be pushed aside at some point? the youngsters, they are going to start questioning this policy and this worldview pretty soon, especially when we see the failures on the front line and more body bags arriving into the country. and kenya has a new president, a village lad who has made it to the very top. but how worried should we be about all the allegations of corruption against him? he called himself
that this will bring us closer to nuclear war? in the event that those territories are attacked by ukraine, we ve been warned that the nuclear doctrine applies. russia s way of fighting its war with ukraine has been pretty chaotic so far. but does that mean that vladimir putin might actually be pushed aside at some point? the youngsters, they are going to start questioning this policy and this worldview pretty soon, especially when we see the failures on the front line and more body bags arriving into the country. and kenya has a new president, a village lad who has made it to the very top. but how worried should we be about all the allegations of corruption against him? he called himself, styled himself as the hustler who rose from nothing. but that puts a lot of pressure mr ruto, because he has to deliver. so, russia s referendums in the four areas of ukraine that it s taken over have resulted in votes to join russia which are estimated at up to 99.2%. i suppose if you have
You know, kenya s options are open. i notice, though, that at the united nations, which is his first sort of real exposure to the outside world, he kind of supported some of president biden s ideas. now, that must have been deliberate. it wasn tjust done in passing by mistake, was it? by going as far as saying that we re going to grow the economy from the bottom up and, you know, using words which president biden uses, he definitely was trying to play to those similarities between their approach to the economy. it is a very challenging period. more than 4 million kenyans are facing hunger in the north of the country. climate change is a big, big issue at the moment. and for the first time, we have a leader who is talking about that. but it s one thing to talk. so we re waiting to see
I notice, though, that at the united nations, which is his first sort of real exposure to the outside world, he kind of supported some of president biden s ideas. now, that must have been deliberate. it wasn tjust done in passing by mistake, was it? by going as far as saying that we re going to grow the economy from the bottom up and, you know, using words which president biden uses, he definitely was trying to play to those similarities between their approach to the economy. it is a very challenging period. more than 4 million kenyans are facing hunger in the north of the country. climate change is a big, big issue at the moment. and for the first time, we have a leader who is talking about that. but it s one thing to talk. so we re waiting to see what exactly he will do.