why should the cc. get lectured by the americans? we are teaching our eighth graders critical race theory. we are fighting amongst ourselves constantly calling each other racists or worse. words matter. words from the progressive woke left are reverb rating across the world. and hurting the u.s. standing as the freest, fairest and strongest super power of the world. as i have said many times, it is not enough to denounce the ccp as bad. it is not enough to point out the decades of intellectual property theft, the genocide on its people. it is not enough to denounce the authoritarian control the ccp yeelz in hong kong and across the world. no, you have to actually believe that the free world is superior to the communists. you have to believe the system lifts people from property and creates an american freedom never seen before. but how can you? how can you say the free world is superior when you are constantly talking about systemic racism and how bad america is? when you ar
in the south african city of cape town. a us judge throws out prince andrew s attempt to halt proceedings in a civil lawsuit against him. and different ways of seeing in the new year in different parts of the world. let s get the latest sport now and join chetan pathak. good morning. we are going to start with football. it could be a big day in the premier league title race. the two sides chasing manchester city at the top of the table they won it in stoppage site admits to some controversy. early kick off on new year s day. tired arsenal and city fans must hope luck improves in 2022. referees of course cannot afford to be bleary eyed. stuart atwell also had a decision to make. no arsenal penalty, he said. on reflection, var confirmed not without question. arsenal didn t dwell on that, though. no time to, no need to. bukayo saka extended new year celebrations. only the manager missed out he s in covid isolation. but in the second half came the hitch. a handful of bern
america s diplomatic boycott of the olympics. and washington tehran far from the deal. i will talk to anna applebom about it all. then, merkel s era ended with a song and now the schultz era has begun. what to expect from europe s most richest and powerful nation? i ll ask an expert. also, syria descends into a narco state as the new york times reports its top export now is illegal amphetamines. i will talk to one of the reporters about that harrowing story. finally, does the nobel peace prize need a rethink? i ll explore. first, here s my take. in america we tend to listen with rapt attention to the people who succeeded in the private sector. if they made billions, we think surely they must have profound insights into the world. and when the person speaking is obviously brilliant, this adds to our veneration. so when someone as staggeringly rich and staggeringly as intelligent as elon musk talks, people listen. what came out of elon musk s mouth this week was ill
and washington and tehran seem far from the deal. i will talk to anne applebaum and ian bremmer all about it. then, merkel s era ended with a song. and now the scholz era has begun. what to expect from europe s most richest and powerful nation? i ll ask an expert. also, syria descends into a narco state as the new york times reports its top export now is illegal amphetamines. i will talk to one of the reporters about that harrowing story. finally, does the nobel peace prize need a rethink? i ll explore. first, here s my take. in america we tend to listen with rapt attention to the wisdom of people who have succeeded in the private sector. if they made billions, we think surely they must have profound insights into the world. and when the person speaking is obviously brilliant, this adds to our veneration. so when somebody as staggeringly rich and staggeringly intelligent as elon musk talks, people listen. what came out of elon musk s mouth this week was ill-
new figures here in the uk show that the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august. the annual rate for april fell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march, but still higher than predicted. a quick global comparison in the us, the rate of inflation stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. the eurozone rate rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february. the bbc s economics correspondent andy verity explained. if you want to be half full, at least it s in single digits now. for three months in a row, it s defied expectations it would drop into the single digits, and it stayed in double digits. so that has been coming down, and there are some nice signs like for example, petrol is cheaper than it was a year ago, some second hand cars have been coming down in price, and generally goods price inflation, which has been driving this, has subsid