what does this mean for the global order? and there s talk now that both president zelensky and president putin will be at the 620 summit in november. hopefully the war hasn t dragged out that long, but all indications are that it could have dragged out that long. so could diplomacy then actually wield the result? and the fact that, the 620 this year, the presidency is by indonesia that s trying to keep i would say a somewhat neutral position to try to push both the russians, but also the americans frankly, to try to find a solution. the americans this week, marc, president biden s committed $33 billion for military, economic and humanitarian aid, but at the same time, lots of countries are still buying russian oil and gas. how do leaders square that circle? it s sort of cancelling each other out, the aid and the fuel costs? first, things are going badly for putin because the west, the americans are giving masses of heavy armament and aid, economic aid. also, the europeans now
yearafteryear, generation after generation, - which voted conservative, there will be little pockets. will it be a sea change? i m not sure it will deliver a definitive verdict - on boris johnson s electorial brand as prime minister. - we have to remember, in northern ireland, it is different again, because they re looking to get their devolved government in stormont up and running again. because that has been rather dysfunctional for a long time. how is borisjohnson regarded in the gulf, mina? he has made a big thing about, let s forget about partygate, let s get on the business, and he has had a lot of praise from volodymyr zelensky on support the uk has given to ukraine. he s quite popular in ukraine, forsure. the way they look at him in the gulf is trying to understand if he will last as a politician. the uk s position as a country is still hugely important and influential in the gulf, so borisjohnson really benefits from that rather than borisjohnson himself delivering it. on th
goes now, and we look ahead to the uk local elections and ask, could the outcome sink boris johnson? joining us in discussion tonight, here in the studio at long last the editor in chief of the gulf based daily the national, mina al oraibi. bet it feels good, mina, doesn t it? and you get your make up done as well! the bbc s business editor simonjack, hot footing in from whatever else he s been doing today. and dateline s long serving expert on all things french, marc roche formerly london correspondent of le monde and now le point. welcome to everybody. the united nations boss has had talks this week with presidents putin and zelensky. the us secretary of state and the us defence secretery have been in kyiv. but what have these high level diplomatic shuffles actually achieved? mina, you watch all of this very closely for your readers, and interpret it, contextualise it. what have you been telling them? the last few days, as you said, of diplomacy have been important to at leas
because so much of the world s cooking oil and wheat is impacted by that. and then there s the bigger picture, which is that if we don t get peace in the next few weeks, what does this mean for the global order? and there s talk now that both president zelensky and president putin will be at the 620 summit in november. hopefully the war hasn t dragged out that long, but all indications are that it could have dragged out that long. so could diplomacy then actually wield the result? and the fact that, the 620 this year, the presidency is by indonesia that s trying to keep i would say a somewhat neutral position to try to push both the russians, but also the americans frankly, to try to find a solution. the americans this week, marc, president biden s committed $33 billion for military, economic and humanitarian aid, but at the same time, lots of countries are still buying russian oil and gas. how do leaders square that circle? it s sort of cancelling each other
whether there are any signs of meaningful peace talks in the war in ukraine, we look at the aftermath of the french presidential election and ask where europe goes now, and we look ahead to the uk local elections and ask, could the outcome sink borisjohnson? joining us in discussion tonight, here in the studio at long last the editor in chief of the gulf based daily the national, mina al oraibi. bet it feels good, mina, doesn t it? and you get your make up done as well! the bbc s business editor simonjack, hot footing in from whatever else he s been doing today. and dateline s long serving expert on all things french, marc roche formerly london correspondent of le monde and now le point. welcome to everybody. the united nations boss has had talks this week with presidents putin and zelensky. the us secretary of state and the us defence secretery have been in kyiv. but what have these high level diplomatic shuffles actually achieved? mina, you watch all of this very closely for