And current Un Special Envoy for Global Education gordon brown tells us he believes they can. Well speak to the lawyer who prosecuted slobodan milosevic. Also on the programme. Joe biden issues an Order Banning Private Equity and Venture Capital investments in some Chinese Technology companies, escalating washingtons efforts to Prevent Beijing from developing Cutting Edge Technology for its military. But what effect will it have on the American Economy . And will the uk follow suit . First the latest in a series of extreme weather events around the world that experts say have been intensified by Climate Change. Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have been killed. The popular tourist town of lahaina, on the island of maui, has been largely burnt to the ground. Us President Biden has approved a Disaster Declaration for the state of hawaii. That makes federal funding available for people in maui county. Us soldiers have joined search and Recovery Effor
hello to you. and welcome to the programme. is the bloody battle for bakhmut over? the head of russia s wagner mercenary group says its forces will hand over the city to russian forces as it declares victory and withdraws. kyiv, though, says it still controls pockets of the city. also in the programme: migration is not out of control. the uk prime minister says the number of people coming to the uk is still too high after new figures show net migration hit a new record high. as business demands more workers, we ll assess proposals for a new skills based visa system. armed officers descend on central london after a car crashes into the gates of downing street. police say a man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related. and after a storm of racist abuse against real madrid s vinicius junior, the president of la liga denies that the spanish football league is racist, but he calls for new powers to
in pakistan, killing at least 41 passengers. and, the princess of wales launches a new campaign close to her heart the importance of early childhood. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadhim zahawi. his dismissal comes after an independent investigation of mr zahawi s tax affairs. these have been the subject of growing controversy since it emerged that he had to pay a penalty to the tax authorities. the prime minister said it had become clear that there has been a serious breach of the ministerial code . mr sunak received the report from sir laurie magnus, the independent adviser on ministers interests. sir laurie told the prime minister that certain omissions by mr zahawi fell short of the standards that ministers are expected to abide by. he concluded, i consider that these omissions constitute a serious failure to meet the standards set out in the ministerial code. i consider that mr zahawi, in holding the hi