And current Un Special Envoy for Global Education gordon brown tells us he believes they can. Well speak to the lawyer who prosecuted slobodan milosevic. Also on the programme. Joe biden issues an Order Banning Private Equity and Venture Capital investments in some Chinese Technology companies, escalating washingtons efforts to Prevent Beijing from developing Cutting Edge Technology for its military. But what effect will it have on the American Economy . And will the uk follow suit . First the latest in a series of extreme weather events around the world that experts say have been intensified by Climate Change. Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have been killed. The popular tourist town of lahaina, on the island of maui, has been largely burnt to the ground. Us President Biden has approved a Disaster Declaration for the state of hawaii. That makes federal funding available for people in maui county. Us soldiers have joined search and Recovery Effor
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As much as a personal but that is why he has done a service for us to raising this today. the key thing is whether or not those allies that joel was talking about, how committed are they in offering some of these carrots as well as the sticks. gordon brown talked about sanctions, but at the same time, and the guardian today talked about maybe being prepared to offer the taliban government extra funding to finance the return of these girls to school. so you have to work out how thatis school. so you have to work out how that is going to work in terms of a balance. , , , , . balance. interesting perspective. thank ou balance. interesting perspective. thank you so balance. interesting perspective. thank you so much balance. interesting perspective. thank you so much paul- balance. interesting perspective. thank you so much paul and i balance. interesting perspective. | thank you so much paul and joel, balance. interesting perspective. i thank you so much paul and joel, we will stay th
You are in redding, which is in the south of england. how is that straight going on? south of england. how is that straight going on? that is right, i am here in straight going on? that is right, i am here in reading, straight going on? that is right, i am here in reading, and - straight going on? that is right, i am here in reading, and behind. straight going on? that is right, i i am here in reading, and behind me you can see members of the national education union gathered for a rally. they will march down the main high street here to the town hall. many schools in england are closed, or at least partially closed today. we spent the morning at one primary school in the edges of reading here, thatis school in the edges of reading here, that is at least partially open. i spoke to parents there, and i have to say that many we spoke to, at least many of the parents we spoke to were supportive of the strikes. they said they felt that teachers did an importantjob, and didn t get enou