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So-called trickle down economics is controversial but can it distribute wealth or is it considered to increase inequality? 

We spoke to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and asked him if he believes President Putin when he says he’s not bluffing.

There’s been condemnation of the talk of nuclear strikes at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. 

We spoke to Putin-supporting former Russian politician Natalya Narochnitskaya a little earlier and began by asking her if the Russian President is really prepared to use nuclear weapons?

We spoke to Mikhail Kasyanov, a former Prime Minister of Russia and asked him, although Vladimir Putin says his new strategy is not a bluff, is it a bluff?

Vladimir Putin went on Russian TV to call-up three hundred thousand reservists to fight in Ukraine. 

Vladimir Putin went on Russian TV to call-up 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine, in a speech that also threatened the prospect of nuclear war.

It’s one of several true crime podcast cases that have resulted in new legal proceedings.

We are joined by Tara Sepehri Far, who researches human rights abuses in Iran at Human Rights Watch.

The United Nations has called on Iran to allow peaceful demonstrations to take place – amid a crackdown against protests over the death of a young woman who was detained for breaking the law on wearing a hijab.  

We’re joined by the former NATO Secretary-General, Lord Robertson.

World leaders – including Russia’s foreign minister – are all in New York at the United Nations General Assembly.

We are joined from Moscow by Nina Khrushcheva – Professor of International Affairs at the New School in New York.

Our Foreign affairs Correspondent Paraic O’Brien has been looking at the build-up to his speech in Russia and the occupied territories where referendums are due to be held.

President Putin is due to address the Russian nation tonight – in what many believe could mark a major turn in the Ukraine war.