with nick robinson. she s been called the strictest headteacher in britain, a teacher who argues that the state education system is broken because of what she calls a culture of excuses of low standards, something that permits chaos in the classroom. my guest this week on political thinking the programme where we have a conversation, not an interrogation, about what shapes the thinking of someone who helps shape our political thinking is katharine birbalsingh. she s the head of a free school, called michaela school, near wembley, and she s just been appointed as the new chair of the social mobility commission. katharine birbalsingh, welcome to political thinking. thank you. that phrase, strictest head in britain. do you glow with pride? do you blush? or do you laugh because you think it s absurd? well, all of that, really. it s a bit funny. i think people imagine that i walk up and down the corridors with whips and chains, when actually i m often in my office, meeting t
american, to see them game a fight in that way. we need to get back to business and growth. gamify it in that way. growth. gamify it in that wa . , growth. gamify it in that wa . h . ~ growth. gamify it in that wa. h ., way. let s talk about the perception way. let s talk about the perception of way. let s talk about the perception of the - way. let s talk about the perception of the us - way. let s talk about the perception of the us and abroad, how do you feel it is portrayed in terms of its status and power elsewhere? could you imagine the us would want to cast out into the international markets about its stability and debt? i mean, how stupid is that? in today s day and age, when we have rising issues with china, when we have opec meeting this weekend, gamifying this system and the us wants to politicise its own jet and call into question its capacity to meet responsibilities? it is short sighted and i m embarrassed. its own debt. the reality is the uni
having knocked out world number two daniil medvedev in the opening round, the brazilian beat argentina s guido pella in four sets. casper ruud is also through, after seeing off plucky giulio zeppieri in four sets. no problems for the women s world number one, iga swiatek, who eased into the third round with a straight sets win over america s claire liu. swiatek will now face china s xinyu wang in the next round. in my head, the process was pretty similar as two days ago, so i was able to play a bit better in the second set. and i used her set to get more information and get into the rhythm, but claire played pretty well. so i feel like it was more intense but i m happy that i m into the third round and i have a chance to play more matches here. off the court, there s been more disruption for former us open champion emma raducanu. she s on the lookout for her sixth coach in two years, after parting ways with sebastian sachs despite only teaming up with him in december. posti
alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondentjenny hill is in moldova s capital, chisinau, and has more on the summit. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova. of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many years it s been heavily dependent on moscow forfuel, forfinance, and whilst its government leans heavily to the west, it s desperate to join the eu, there is a region, transnistria, which is in the hands of pro russian separatists. there are still russian troops there. it s a hangover from the soviet era and the way in which it ended in this part of the world. so for those european leaders who gathered in that rural castle today was
it s also struggled for years with pro russian rebels. moldova s president said hosting the summit, just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondentjenny hill is in chisinau for us. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova. of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many ye