And a record breaking 3a million viewers thats a 79 increase in viewership on the previous games in tokyo this new Approach Hasnt impacted interest in the games, but what about the financials . Well, according to a recent study by the centre for Law And Economics of sport, paris 2024 May generate as much as 11 Billion Euros in long term economic impact. The bank of France Forecasts Gdp Growth will rise between 0. 35 and just under 0. 5 thanks to the games. Joining me now isjulia binder, professor of sustainable Innovation And Business transformation at imd business school. Julia, welcome to the programme. Now, when a city, a Country Hosts and olympic games, there is always the navelgazing afterwards to assess was it worth it. In your opinion, the paris games, will they think it was worth it . I think so, yes. I think in many ways the past olympics have heavily overshoot their budgets. This time paris is different. From the beginning of a thought to reverse everything how the games are
american, to see them game a fight in that way. we need to get back to business and growth. gamify it in that way. growth. gamify it in that wa . , growth. gamify it in that wa . h . ~ growth. gamify it in that wa. h ., way. let s talk about the perception way. let s talk about the perception of way. let s talk about the perception of the - way. let s talk about the perception of the us - way. let s talk about the perception of the us and abroad, how do you feel it is portrayed in terms of its status and power elsewhere? could you imagine the us would want to cast out into the international markets about its stability and debt? i mean, how stupid is that? in today s day and age, when we have rising issues with china, when we have opec meeting this weekend, gamifying this system and the us wants to politicise its own jet and call into question its capacity to meet responsibilities? it is short sighted and i m embarrassed. its own debt. the reality is the uni
head of advocacy at volt face. the panorama programme talked about spies, the synthetic drug, that seemed to be pretty prevalent in this jail in northumberland. is it something that is prevalent in other prisons? yes, it s an epidemic. it s not just one prisons? yes, it s an epidemic. it s notjust one drug which is what makes it such a challenge. this is a group of drugs of which there are about 200 that we know that the moment, with wildly different symptoms and issues surrounding those drugs. how are these drugs getting jail? prisons are very stretched at the moment. a lot of the security procedures you would hope to see an able to be conducted. staff are able to walk in and out of prison without searches. prisons are a lot busier than people expect. the focus on trains has been a bit misplaced the focus on drones. focus on trains has been a bit misplaced the focus on dronesm ita simple misplaced the focus on dronesm it a simple saying, if we had more prison office
the bbc reviews its policy on tackling cyber hate speech, after the abuse of elite sportswomen doubles in less that five years. a warm welcome to the programme. the head of the world bank has told the bbc that radically transparent‘ systems are needed to deliver financial aid for lebanon. axel van trotsenburg said it was clear the millions of dollars pledged, had to benefit the people directly. there have been fresh clashes between police and protesters angry at the government s response to last week s explosion. quentin sommerville reports. here s the momentjust before beirut‘s ruin. the warehouse full of explosive chemicals is alight. sahar fares, a firefighter medic took the video. moments later, she and nine of her colleagues were gone. sahar loved herjob. she d even visit the station on her days off. she sent the video to her fiance, gilbert. he told her, get out! they found her body by the port s grain silo. all he has left is her engagement ring. translation: i v