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Leadership secrets for the new Prime Minister- BBC Newsnight
With the next Prime Minister of the UK soon to be announced , Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark spent the day having her leadership skills assessed, as she found out how the private sector chooses top leaders The day also included insights from industry experts, including those who have worked at the heart of government, about what core qualities are needed to be Prime Minister. Please subscribe…
Is the new space race under way? – BBC Newsnight
Decades on from the Apollo missions, the United States is now looking to send astronauts back to the Moon with the new Artemis programme. NASA has scheduled a rocket launch for this month which will release a capsule called ‘Orion’ for an excursion around the Moon. However, America is far from the only nation to have its sights set on the Moon. With potential resources…
Is Sri Lanka a victim of Chinese 'debt traps'? – BBC Newsnight
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis continues to run out of control and the country is requesting an emergency bailout from the International Monetary Fund. However, the major debts the country has racked up in borrowing from China are standing in the way of a bailout being agreed. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Chinese money has flooded into many developing countries over the past few years but some…
A city in crisis: How fentanyl devastated San Francisco – BBC Newsnight
More people died of drug overdoses than of Covid in San Francisco over a one year period. Why has one of the richest cities in the world been devastated by drugs? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Fentanyl is 100 times stronger than morphine and even a tiny quantity can kill. But its low cost has made it a popular recreational drug. Parts of the city were…
‘Switch off the TV’: Ex-Russian state TV journalist's plea to Russia – BBC Newsnight
In an interview with BBC Newsnight, the former Russian-state TV journalist Zhanna Agalakova urges Russians to turn off their TVs if they want the truth about the war in Ukraine. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Zhanna Agalakova quit her job as a journalist for Channel One – a Russian state-controlled TV channel – over the invasion of Ukraine in March. In an interview with BBC Newsnight,…
'My picture was used to spread lies about the war' – BBC Newsnight
A photo of a heavily pregnant woman fleeing a bombed maternity hospital became one of the most iconic images of the war in Ukraine. But its subject was targeted by an extraordinary Russian disinformation campaign and she received hate from both sides. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog The photo was taken in the aftermath of a Russian airstrike in Mariupol. It circulated online, on newspaper front…
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