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of billions of dollars of support, equipment and training did not suffice, why would another year? another five, another ten? texans prepare to face storm nicholas as 65 mile an hour winds and 20 inches of rain head for the state s central coast. and a message in mandarin. how emma raducanu is connecting with a global army of fans and sponsors after her astonishing us open tennis triumph. sometimes a truth that has long been recognised needs spellling out and figures from new bbc global research do just that. they show a significant increase in the number of days temperatures around the world are hitting 50 degrees that s 122 in fahrenheit. in other words the world is seeing far more extreme heat. since the 1980s, the number has tripled. back then there were eight days a year on average. in the last decade we ve seen 26 days a year. (gfx temperatures of 50c happen most often in the middle east and gulf regions. but they are now happening in more areas of the ....
if 20 years and billions of dollars did not suffice, then why would another five, another ten? texans prepare to face storm nicholas, as 65 mile an hour winds and 20 inches of rain head for the state s central coast. and a message in mandarin how emma raducanu is connecting with a global army of fans and sponsors after her astonishing us open tennis triumph. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it is another disturbing indicator of the speed of climate change. new bbc global research shows a significant increase in the number of days temperatures around the world are hitting 50 degrees that s 122 in fahrenheit. in other words, the world is seeing far more extreme heat. since the 1980s, the number has tripled. back then there were eight days a year on average. in the last decade we ve seen 26 days a year. temperatures of 50c happen most often in the middle east and gulf regions, but they are now happening in more areas of the world than befo ....
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. it barely merits international headlines these days, but america s guantanamo bay prison is still operational. a0 inmates are left. most have been held for nearly two decades without being charged or tried. for m years, my guest today, mohamedou ould slahi, was held there, having been identified as a high value al-qaeda terrorist. he was eventually released without charge, and now a film, the mauritanian, has been released, telling his remarkable story. what is the guantanamo legacy? mohamedou ould slahi in nouakchott, mauritania, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for having me on your programme, and i salute your audience. well, it is a pleasure to have you on our programme. let s begin with how it feels to have a film made about your story and in a sense have your name become recognised around the world years after you were finally released from guantanamo bay, when perhaps your story ....
al-qaeda terrorist. he was eventually released without charge, and now a film, the mauritanian, has been released, telling his remarkable story. what is the guantanamo legacy? mohamedou ould slahi in nouakchott, mauritania, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for having me on your programme, and i salute your audience. well, it is a pleasure to have you on our programme. let s begin with how it feels to have a film made about your story and in a sense have your name become recognised around the world years after you were finally released from guantanamo bay, when perhaps your story should have been better known to the world, but almost nobody had heard your name at all. does it feel weird that your story is now the subject a film? i m still trying to digest but in a positive way because this whole operation, you know, when i was kidnapped, was conducted in total darkness. no one should know anything about this abduction, no one should know anything about ....
for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i m martine croxall. this week our discussion is all about money. here in the uk the government has announced the biggest set of tax rises since the second world war. the imf, the world bank and in fact banks everywhere are trying to decide whether they will release afghanistan s frozen assets and thereby try to avoid humanitarian disaster. our guests this week. the guardian columnist polly toynbee, mina al oraibi, the editor in chief of the gulf based the national newspaper, and still suitably distanced, here in the studio with me is the bbc s business editor simonjack. welcome to you all. so to begin with, boris johnson s government has announced the largest tax increases in the uk for decades to try to fix the nhs and the social care sector. some say that the £36 billion it will raise over three years won t solve the crisis. other critics say that the tax rises are unfairly distributed. let s begin this conv ....