The Week in 60 Minutes: Putin's billions & a cure for cancer
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4.4 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
The economist Julian Jessop joins Kate to discuss what else the West can do to put pressure on Russia. On the rest of the show, oncologist Professor Karol Sikora and science journalist Matt Ridley discuss the viability of a vaccine for cancer, Spectator intern and Ukrainian refugee Svitlana Morenets explains why Ukrainians want to keep fighting, Jonathan Miller champions the budget airline Ryanair and The Spectator's home political team, James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman, update on the political ramifications of this week's rail strikes.
00:00 – Welcome from Katy Balls
02:15 – Politics update with James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman
12:05 – Are sanctions backfiring? Kate Andrews discusses with Julian Jessop
27:15 – Svitlana Morenets on why Ukraine wants to keep fighting
34:45 – Can we find a vaccine for cancer? With Matt Ridley and Professor Karol Sikora
51:15 – Is Ryanair in fact the best airline of all? Jonathan Miller makes the case
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| 0:36.3 | Hello and welcome to the week in 60 Minutes with me, Katie Balls, your host for this week. |
| 0:40.3 | The country has been hit by wide-ranging train strikes this week, which have made things |
| 0:45.3 | relatively difficult for many commuters and even for some politicians. Will rail workers get what they want? |
| 0:51.3 | I'll be joined for a political update by our team, James |
| 0:54.6 | Sopin, Issafe, and Isvar Hardman. Meanwhile, we're entering the fourth month of the Russian invasion |
| 0:59.9 | of Ukraine. Though Western sanctions have been extensive, they have had a mixed result as Kate |
| 1:07.3 | Andrews looks in the cover. She'll be here to discuss this with me, alongside the economist Julian Jessup. |
| 1:13.6 | One way that the West could help Ukraine is providing more arms. |
| 1:17.6 | That's the case Swetlander Morinette makes in this week's issue. |
| 1:20.6 | She was a journalist in Ukraine, but it's now a refugee in London and an intern at internet spectator. She'll join the show shortly. |
| 1:29.3 | The pandemic hasn't just had financial repercussions. |
| 1:33.3 | It has also opened up more doors for medical advancement. |
| 1:36.3 | I'll be joined by the science journalist Matt Ridley and the oncologist Carol Socorah to discuss whether there is a vaccine around the corner when it comes to cancer. |
| 1:46.0 | And finally, as we look ahead to a summer of travel disruption, with airlines and airports failing to keep up for demand, |
| 1:52.0 | Jonathan Miller champions an unlikely solution. |
| 1:56.0 | Ryanair. He'll be on the show shortly to tell us why he believes this budget airline is the best and most reliable option. |
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