of republican presidents and even obama several years before him, so a push for more government intervention in the economy, more government funding to go to things like manufacturing, education and health care, and that stands in sharp contrast between what obama and trumpeted before him, where they were kind of pushing through really big tax cuts. i think in terms of how we are doing economically, we are leading the g7 in terms of our post pandemic recovery, and a strong economy is the syllabus in decatur for how an election will come out, with an incoming president, so because there is a strong economy, it looks, looking at past elections, it looks, looking at past elections, it seems likely that biden will win the election if we are going on the past elections, but i m not sure that sincerely translated into popularity in the polls. you mention 49%. that is on the higher end. he has also been hovering in the low 405, in terms of approval rating, and he should just be doin
the north and south. north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shots. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome hardtalk with zeinab badawi. to the special editio of welcome to the special edition of hard tour from the taiwanese capital, taipei. people here in taiwan which is self governed live under constant threat from china which lies about 160 kilometres across the waters. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory, and in the past few months has carried out hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, hundreds of military sorties neartaiwan, leading hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china, my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister, audrey tang and taipei welcome to hardtalk. thank you, happy to be here. xi jinping reiterated at the recent china party
of the amazon rainforest is that of the missing british journalist dom philips. it s understood he was identified using dental records. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rosamund urwin, who s the media editor at the sunday times, and the writer and broadcaster mihir bose. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. as always on front and manage to all, come in at quite early. i wonder why that is. the times says the treasury has warned employers must be careful about giving big pay rises this year as it could help fuel increases in inflation. the telegraph also leads on the treasury s worries on wage rises as thousands of rail workers prepare to walk out on strike this week over a pay dispute. the ft says rising rates have hit global markets as investors worry about inflation and a slow recovery from the pandemic causing prolonged economic problems. the independent says refugees who cross the channel to reach the uk a
the un warns that global food shortages and mass hunger in poorer countries could follow russia s invasion of ukraine. soul legend diana ross, queen and duran duran are among the star studded line up for the queen s platinum jubilee concert. and, we will meet the couple who have won £181; million on the euro millions lottery. britain s biggest ever lottery win. they go public with a press conference in just over half an hour. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ministers are facing growing calls to bring forward large increases in benefits and the state pension which will be paid from next april. charities say they want benefits to increase now to help people. last night the chancellor rushi sunak warned the next few months will tough, as he spoke to business leaders. inflation to business leaders. in the uk has hit a a0 year inflation in the uk has hit a a0 year high of 9%. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. thank you. high