Summary
Levelling Up Secretary, Michael Gove, has unveiled the government’s new “Homes for Ukraine” refugee scheme. Adam is joined by the BBC’s Mark Easton and prospective host, hotel manager Charlie Green to chew over how it will work.
We ask the UK’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dame Barbara Woodward, what it’s like facing the Russians at the Security Council and what role China has to play in the Ukraine conflict.
And with food prices predicted to rise by 15% this year, we officially launch Newscast’s basket of goods.
Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate, with John Murphy and Ben Cooper. The studio directors were Gareth Jones and Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, sometimes it is a bit weird, making a podcast during the day about a huge conflict |
| 0:10.7 | in Ukraine and then having a normal life in the evening, like going to see Batman at |
| 0:15.0 | the cinema. |
| 0:16.0 | What's more weird though, is that seems to be a bit what it's like for some Ukrainians |
| 0:21.4 | as our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen discovered when he hit the coffee shops in the Ukrainian |
| 0:26.8 | capital Kiev. |
| 0:27.8 | Okay, Cafe Life here in this part of a couple of soldiers just come in, friendly. |
| 0:33.4 | I think they're very friendly guys, I think they come in maybe they're after some coffee |
| 0:39.3 | or something. |
| 0:40.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:41.3 | Is that what you're after? |
| 0:42.3 | It's coffee. |
| 0:43.3 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:44.3 | Sure. |
| 0:45.3 | After seven days without a nearest, coffee is going to be good. |
| 0:47.3 | What have you been doing? |
| 0:48.3 | Have you been fighting? |
| 0:49.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:50.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.3 | Where? |
| 0:52.3 | I couldn't say right now. |
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