Now on bbc news, political thinking with Nick Robinson hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than a news interrogation of, someone who shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. My guest this week is a daughter of what we still euphemistically called the troubles the 30 years or more of violence which scarred Northern Ireland and the british mainland divided communities and claimed the lives of more than 3000 people. Emma little pengelly is the new deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. She grew up on the border with the south, the place with the highest death toll outside belfast. Her father was arrested and imprisoned in france for involvement in Arms Trafficking for hardline loyalists back in the 1980s, something he still denies to this day, though, he did once say publicly he would oppose compromise to the bitter end, to the death. Compromise that is with people like the First Minister of Northern Ireland, michelle 0neill of sinn
lawmakers, they argue that they know what is driving the deadly crisis, and that it s social media. so today a group of bipartisan senators caught, and schatz, murphy, brit unveiled a bill that would establish an age of 13 for social media use, calling it a common sense bipartisan approach to stop the suffering. the legislation would require tech companies to get parents consent before creating accounts for users under the age of 18. this federal move follows utah last month, becoming the first state to require consent from parents before minors joined the social media platform. that s the most aggressive yet to shield kids from potential dangers online. it s not just legislators who have been active. in january the seattle public school district filed suit against parent companies of pit snapchat, tiktok, saying they had all potentially contributed to these mental health to file suit against social media companies. at the time d.a. told cnn, it is no different and opioid
the cost of living is likely to dominate a full in tray when she becomes prime minister officially tomorrow. we hear from voters about their main concerns. i really think that she needs to sort out this energy crisis. i mean, us low paid workers are having real problems. i think she will do as good a job as she can. i m sure she will, but there s a terrible mess everywhere. i m shaun ley. our other main stories this hour. police in canada launch a manhunt for two suspects, after ten people are stabbed to death and many more injured in a series of attacks. a charity urges the uk government to abandon plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda, as the high court will hear legal challenges today. from today, millions of people in england will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine which is already availabe in wales and will be offered in northern ireland in the next two weeks. this comes as health bosses predict a resurgence of covid and flu this winter. good afternoon. w
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