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space with afghan women where we could interact with them away from the scrutiny of the taliban. i remember we chatted, we laughed, we had a cup of tea. we got manicures done. we took a photo of of what our nails looked like afterwards, we saw a bride getting ready for her wedding. for that one hour, ifelt like i could be anywhere in the world away from the reality that awaited these women when they stepped outside of the salon into a world where girls are barred from secondary schools in most provinces, where women can t attend university, where women can t work for domestic or international ngos, they are barred from parks, swimming pools, gyms, public baths, where if they have to travel long distances they have to be escorted by a male relative, where they re expected to wear clothing with only their eyes visible. and for this latest restriction, the taliban aren t even giving a reason, especially and women are asking, this was a female only space. there s no interac ....
lawful routes to use russian assets. and on monday we publish new legislation to allow us to keep sanctions in place until russia pays up. but beyond that we must bring to bear a partnership of governments, international financial institutions and business leaders, all of us here today to make this happen. the british government will continue to play its full part and i m proud today we are announcing a multi year commitment to support ukraine s economy over three years we will provide loan guarantees worth $3 billion. we are also launching a new uk and ukraine tech bridge to foster investment and talent along with support for green energy and more, or part of a vast collective effort from allies and partners around the world, including significant new support from the eu which is also being announced this week. president tyminski said the counteroffensive had been slower than hoped for. we are talking about recovery, millions ofjobs. not only for ukraine but for all of our c ....
residency and other rights of an attacker s family members. the memphis police department has disbanded the so called scorpion special unit whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. hello, and welcome to political thinking. he s the man who leads the organisation which represents britain s biggest employers talking the country down. or is he simply speaking up for the policies needed to get the country growing again? my guest on political thinking this week is tony danker. he is the director general of the cbi, or what we used to call the confederation of british industry. he s gone from selling menswear on the shop floor in his home city of belfast to being an adviser, first for the chief rabbi and then a treasury minister during the banking crisis. it is thejob he does now, though, which led the times to argue in an editorial this week that he, as the leader of the cbi, sh ....
the organisation which represents britain s biggest employers talking the country down. or is he simply speaking up for the policies needed to get the country growing again? my guest on political thinking this week is tony danker. he week is tony danker. is the director general of the cbi he is the director general of the cbi are what we used to call. it is the job he does cbi are what we used to call. it is thejob he does now cbi are what we used to call. it is the job he does now though which led the times to argue in an editorial this week that he, as the leader of the cbi should not be talking the country down. tony danka, welcome to political thinking. danka, welcome to political thinkina. ., , ., thinking. you “ust made me sound much more thinking. you just made me sound much more dangerous thinking. you just made me sound much more dangerous than - thinking. you just made me sound much more dangerous than i - thinking. you just made me sound much more dangerous t ....
and the independent trade economist rebecca harding. we start here in the uk where the economy is expected to do worse than every other major advanced country this year, including russia which has been hit by a barrage of economic sanctions from the west. that s according to the international monetary fund, the imf. it said the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% in 2023, rather than grow slightly as previously predicted. here s what they ve had to say. we have a very challenging environment in the united kingdom. we have a large terms of charts meaning that an energy crisis is very strong and in a country where there is a high dependence on liquid natural gas in the high pass through of the wholesale price to the retail price and this is heading towards the cost of living crisis and we have an environment as a response to this high inflation, there was a tightening of monetary policy by the bank of england and in the uk, this fits quickly into mortgages because a lot of m ....