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for people struggling to cope. the government has said it s providing a package of measures to help with rising costs. that s it from me. which will be here at the top of the hour. rich will be here. now on bbc news, it s time for unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progress whatever in combating climate change? or is itjust. well, hot air? there is also the possibility that we could use our ingenuity and our unique abilities as human beings, as homo sapiens, to get out of this. what s russia got up its sleeve for the parts of eastern ukraine that it s captured? there are further efforts taking place to amalgamate those parts into russia. and who said this? ukraine today could be east asia tomorrow. it was, in fact, the japanese prime minister. we ll take a ....
hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progress whatever in combating climate change? well, hot air? there is also the possibility that we could use our ingenuity and our unique abilities as human beings, as homo sapiens, to get out of this. what s russia got up its sleeve for the parts of eastern ukraine that it s captured? there are further efforts taking place to amalgamate those parts into russia. and who said this? ukraine today could be east asia tomorrow. it was, in fact, the japanese prime minister. we ll take a look at how he s stepping up cooperation with nato. they re drawing a direct connection between what s taking place in ukraine, a desire to change the status quo there through force, and what china might be contemplating in taiwan. another big international conference on climate ....
Today the pentagon was finally forced to admit the details of the growing number of attacks on u. S. Troops in the middle east. So far iran affiliated organizations have launcheds 12 attacks against our troops in iraq and another 4 in syria. Now, the news comes as israels ramping up its strategic strikes inside gaza ahead of a fullfledged ground invasion. We will have a live report from jerusalem in moments. But we start tonight in lewiston, maine, where police have launched a massive manhunt for the man suspected of killing 18 people go different locations. Surveillance video showed an individual heavily armed at the scene of these shootings. He was later identified as robert card, an army reservist, with documented Mental Health issues. Now, at this hour, the search for the alleged killer continues. Of course, as darkness falls, temperature drops, Law Enforcement sources te ....
movement for women s rights. we do want to start with the president and covid as well. tomorrow president joe biden and vice president kamala harris and their spouses are going to start a whirlwind tour fanning out across battleground states to promote and explain the coronavirus relief package. with that i want to go to monica alba who s in wilmington, delaware, for us standing by with all this information. monica, good to see you this afternoon. talk us through some of the first stops of the president and the vice president and what we re expecting from them. reporter: well, this is really where you re going to see the policies start to intersect with the politics. you re going to see the president, the vice president, their spouses, cabinet officials, really fanning out all across the country from nevada and colorado to states like pennsylvania and elsewhere to tout what s in the covid relief package. everybody has seen the headlines at this point and the white hou ....