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so let s now get down to business, and as you ve been hearing, in the us, a report has just been released that looks at the deadly pull out of afghanistan in august 2021 that ended america s longest war. the taliban swiftly took over control of the country. since then, the economic decline has been dramatic as most foreign aid was withdrawn. so, what is it like doing business there? rumi spice partners with farmers in western afghanistan to export saffron, the world s most valuable spice. their labourers, managers, office staff and operations managers are all afghan women. the company was set up by us military veterans who served in afghanistan. let s talk to its chief executive, keith alaniz, a us army veteran and co founder. good to talk to you. last time we spoke to you, as a company, i was talking to your colleague, patty doyle, shortly after august of 2021 to just find out what you as a company hoping for, anticipating with taliban rule in place. how has it been going? ....
westminsters s brains beyond government have been crunching through its, and they ve concluded what many a newscaster will know, it s the kind of the bleeding obvious, really. they present that times are really tough for people that wages and living standards and housing income are squeezed and will be for while. the tax burden for the highest it has been for a while and will be for a while as well. as we were discussing on the last edition of the podcast. a lot of the budget was quite nerdy and in the weeds. there was a discussion around childcare in england that we talked about. the arguments about pensions for very well. doctors and others to train and encourage them to work and not retire and spend time in the golf course. since then, the political discussion has moved on a bit with the announcement we were talking about with tiktok. what is hope for within government and some of the union resolution to some of the nhs disputes and strikes we ve seen in the last few ....
another day of strikes and widespread disruption in france as unions battle against planned pension reforms. and tickets to the eurovision song contest sell out in just 90 minutes, as super fans rush to secure a spot at this year s event in liverpool. the uk home secretary has been setting out new plans to stop migrants entering the country from france in small boats. suella braverman told the house of commons that enough is enough as she introduced the illegal migration bill to the house of commons. it puts a duty on ministers to detain and deport anyone who enters the country illegally, though the government has admitted the bill does push the boundaries of international law . refugee charities and the opposition labour party have called the new plan unworkable . from dover, duncan kennedy reports. dover yesterday, and more migrants brought ashore after being picked up in the channel. 16,000 people came across like this in the past year, 3,000 more have travelled this ....
nec talking about the billions being invested in electric transport vehicles. but experts are asking, what good is all of this if investment isn t also going into infrastructure? crucible chaos. protesters disrupt play on day three of the world snooker championship in sheffield. good morning. yesterday temperatures reached 21.2 celsius in northern scotland. as we go through the rest of the week, temperatures will slide down. the first half of the week is staying fairly subtle for most, all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 18th of april. our main story. the energy watchdog ofgem will ban suppliers from forcibly installing prepayment meters in the homes of customers over the age of 85 as part of a new code of practice. there s been a temporary halt on forced installations since february after it was revealed that some british gas agents were breaking into properties to fit them. here s our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith. for the last two months ....
2005 world champion shaun murphy said he was relieved no one was hurt. i m an expert on, they all say that we are hurtling towards problems and some commentators would even suggest that we have gone past the point of no return. i am we have gone past the point of no return. iam not we have gone past the point of no return. i am not an expert on that at all. but you only have to watch one of david attenborough s shows when he comes in at the ends and tells us how much trouble we are in, these people do know what they are talking about and they tell us that we need to be doing more. i m thankful that no one was hurt and it is, after all, just a game of snooker. well, on day four of the world championship, we have seen some snooker played. we re still in the first round. let s take you to the crucible now. this is jack lisowski taking on a player from thailand. jack lisowski is leading 3 2. he reached the quarterfinals last year. he is taking another commanding lead. he is ....