And a spy in stilettos Charlize Theron stars as the atomic blonde in this weeks blockbuster. Well have james kings verdict on that and the rest of the new releases in the film review. Its 5 00. Our main story 11 members of the same family have been convicted in a series of trials involving modern slavery, thought to be the largest of its kind in british legal history. Members of the rooney family from lincoln ran a Company Called Lincolnshire Driveways that specialised in tarmacking and block paving. But their staff were vulnerable slaves who they picked up from the streets, some of whom were alcoholics, homeless, or suffering learning difficulties. Our correspondent linsey smith reports. Patrick rooney, seen posing for pictures with staff at the family business, Lincolnshire Driveways. It looks professional, offering tarmacking and block paving, but some of the workers were slaves, kept in appalling conditions and paid little or nothing. The court heard how they were approached on the
But Tokayev, interviewed by the Russian daily Izvestia, said he believed world tensions would subside and be replaced international cooperation focusing on a reformed United Nations. "As we see, the formation of the architecture of the modern multi-polar world is proceeding extremely painfully," Tokayev told the daily ahead of a visit to Kazakhstan this week by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
So far, the ninth Summit of Americas, to be held in Los Angeles in early June, is threatening to end up in President Joe Biden s humiliation after Washington. 25.05.2022, Sputnik International
is. do you think that s the right strategy going forward this year? does he need to be more aggressive? well, there s two points there. i think he has to put in context things like oil prices. oil prices are at, i don t know, seven-year high or something because of world tensions. i ll prices has a lot more to do with what s going on in ukraine than what s going on in our economy. he just has to explain that to people. on the second point, yes, he has to be more aggressive. he has tried over the first year to work with republicans. they have refused to work with him. there is not a single policy proposal that s come out of the republican party. mitch mcconnell has said we re not going to do anything. we re going to make trouble for biden. he has to change tack, which i think he ll do. go after republicans, make them pay a political price for their obstructionism, and probably most importantly, politically, he s got to motivate democrats to get out and vote in the midterms, otherwise