Crisis. Im ali velshi. This is real money. This is real money. Now are the most important part of the show, so tell me what is on your mind. The United Nations and its arab allies struck targets in syria for a third day in a row, reportedly killing at least 14 isil and five civilians. Todays strikes pounded isils economic assets including its trade in oil that helps pay for isils fighters, weapons and provides services in the territories it has seized. But degrading their oil trade is going to take more than a day of bombing, and stopping the stream entirely may be impossible. Thats because the oilsmuggling area have been decades in the making. A development that he u. S. Is at least partly to blame for, because back in 1991 when iraq invaded kuwait, the u. S. Lead the campaign. And they triggered sanctions that triggers a boom in smuggling that flur flourishes to this day. They move products at steep discounts through syria, iraq, to turkey, lebanon and jordan. Here is where it gets t
This is real money. Now are the most important part of the show, so tell me what is on your mind. The United Nations and its arab allies struck targets in syria for a third day in a row, reportedly killing at least 14 isil and five civilians. Todays strikes pounded isils economic assets including its trade in oil that helps pay for isils fighters, weapons and provides services in the territories it has seized. But degrading their oil trade is going to take more than a day of bombing, and stopping the stream entirely may be impossible. Thats because the oilsmuggling area have been decades in the making. A development that he u. S. Is at least partly to blame for, because back in 1991 when iraq invaded kuwait, the u. S. Lead the campaign. And they triggered sanctions that triggers a boom in smuggling that flur flourishes to this day. They move products at steep discounts through syria, iraq, to turkey, lebanon and jordan. Here is where it gets tricky. Some of those people are the iraqi k
Place in empty stadiums. And could coronavirus mean a permanent shift in the way we travel, as pedestrians and cyclists get more space for social distancing . Hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. The education secretary for england says the governments approach to re opening of schools will be cautious, and based on scientific advice, but he warned that the longer schools are closed, the more children miss out. It comes after teaching unions expressed concerns over plans to re open schools in england from the first ofjune. A further 468 deaths of people whove tested positive for coronavirus in the uk were reported in the last 2a hours, taking the official number of deaths to 34,466. Heres our education editor, branwen jeffreys. Classrooms now in england, but in just two weeks some children are due to return. The hope covid cases will have dropped. The education secretary said it is a tentative step. At the press conference i asked how School Governors could make
And it isntjust manchester. This week pop up cycle lanes opened in glasgow, leicester, york and brighton, and dozens more towns and cities have similar plans. London is closing some of its busiest streets to create what it claims will be the largest car free area in any city in the world. Most of these measures are presented as temporary, providing social distancing space. But often the aim is to make them permanent which is why some motorists are describing this as a one off land grab, conducted under the cover of covid and designed to create new facts on the ground. What is worrying about this is that it feels anti motorist, anti cars, and yet all those methods of transport are essential for economic recovery, and for the things we need in britain, so dont punish one group at the expense of the other. Commentator Chris Boardman is going to blow the world record out of the stadium olympic medal winning cyclist Chris Boardman says making these changes in our cities is about more than j