BBC The strategising and multi-year planning going on ahead of this week’s Spending Review is the bread and butter of any well-run economy. A Spending Review shows how resources are being allocated between departments and so indicates the government’s “when-push-comes-to-shove” priorities. But this time it will be a “different sort of Spending Review”, the chancellor’s...
Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent Watch: Lee Jae-myung speaks behind bulletproof glass at a campaign rally The striking feature of this election has been the leading opposition candidate, Lee Jae-myung, campaigning in a bullet-proof vest. At a recent rally, he was escorted to the podium by close protection officers, ready to shield him with their ballistic...
The prime minister is set to impose a new wave of sanctions on Russian oil tankers, which are being used to avoid existing sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine. Number 10 has said action will be taken against up to 100 vessels which have carried more than £18 billion worth of cargo since the...
Koh Ewe and Hanna Samosir BBC News Reporting fromSingapore and Jakarta Getty Images Indonesia’s new school feeding programme is shaping up to be the most expensive of its kind Indonesia is on an ambitious mission to offer free meals to 80 million school children – but that hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. Nearly 80...
© César Vásquez-Altamirano Louder Than War favourites Dead Writers’ most recent release Meet The Shadow sees them taking their musical output up another level since we last saw them back in September, and gathering increasing and widespread attention from music critics and fans. A work of art in itself, the new video exhibits a new...