A ramadan ceasefire unless a ramadan ceasefire unless the rival rsf Paramilitary Group leaves civilian and public sites. Us officials are pushing to open more land routes for aid from chad. The army had closed access points, saying the rsf was using it to transport weapons, and has only re opened one. The fighting must end for the sake of the sudanese people, who face hunger, horrors and untold hardships. In gaza, in sudan and beyond, its time for peace. I call on political, religious and Community Leaders everywhere to do everything in their power to make this holy period a time for empathy, action and peace. The world food programmes regional director for eastern africa. Explained more about the severity of the situation in sudan. We have in extraordinary problem on our hands in sudan at the moment. Notably inside the country but across the region. 8. 4 Million People displaced inside, another 1. 9 million refugees escaping into places like chad in south sudan, countries that dont re
I really do believe that. I think the British Empire explains so much about peoples daily lives Around The World, tea drinking in india, in britain, patterns of tax avoidance, even the Bbc World Service used to be known as the bbc empire service. It explains so much about our daily news. Youve just come back from guyana theres a Border Dispute there that goes back to empire, israel palestine, a dispute that has its roots in empire, but also, theres a gap between the way in which britain sees itself and the world sees britain through the prism of this history, and i think we need to remember what we did before we go around pontificating on things like democracy and the environment and human rights. We need to remember our distinctly patchy records on those things during the age of empire. But do you think your perspective is driven in part by your own background 7 youre of indian heritage, born and raised in the united kingdom, so britain and india matter particularly to you, you know t
biggest shipping firms, maersk and hapag lloyd. later today, the un security council is expected to meet and produce a diplomatic response. the red sea accounts for 15 percent of the world s shipping and plays a crucial part in the global supply chain. uk companies have been telling the bbc that shipping delays could push up prices. let s speak now to zvi schreiber, the ceo of freightos, an online marketplace for the international shipping industry based in israel. one in five might not sound that dramatic. is it? well, yes, it s usually dramatic. to put in context, there s about 4.5 million 20 foot containers equivalent going back and forth through the suez canal, and daily this is changing. there s a couple of days of quiet, when they start getting rooted through the suez canal again, getting rooted through the suez canalagain, and getting rooted through the suez canal again, and then there s a rocket attack and ships are either being told to stop and wait till their being
25 degrees. lots of dry weather, some sunshine and very little rain in the forecast. of what he says were untruths and tries to change the narrative about his relationship with a younger colleague. what are the questions now for itv? the mother of caroline flack, an itv presenter who took her own life during intense media scrutiny three years ago, tells this programme itv haven t learned the lessons since then. they treat them as commodities. and i know it s a lovelyjob, and i know that you earn money, but also, the television stations earn money from them. but they re not commodities, they re people. we ask a former sky and itv executive and a former culture minster what questions they want itv to answer now. also tonight: ahead of the inauguration of president erdogan of turkey tomorrow, we ll ask what that means for the rest of the world. and this. matilda composer, actor and lyricist tim minchin on his next musical groundhog day. he talks about rejection, his mental healt
is going to give me the lowdown on what might change in the world of work. plus, coming out of the clouds, the head of the global airline body, iata, tells me why the cost of flying is one thing that won t be getting cheaper next year. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. so as we wrap up 2023, we ve decided to take a look at what s in store for all of us in 202a. what will change in our global economy? what about ourjobs and paycheques? will we continue paying those high prices in supermarkets, or will the cost of living get easier? but before we start to take a look forward, let s just remind ourselves where we re at today. 2023 was a year of struggle for millions of us as the global economy continued recovering from the pandemic and, of course, remains blighted by war in ukraine. things are being felt very differently in the world s two biggest economies. the many differences between the us and china, incl