Of bolivia said he could still stand for election. He said was not up to him but the bolivia people if in fa ct him but the bolivia people if in fact he would return. At ten 0clock, will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, we go behind the camera and speak to the freelance journalists who capture and bring us some of the most Important News stories of our times. This edition of the firing line contains images you might find distressing. Some of the most powerful images of this year. 0ften filmed in difficult and dangerous places. There are snipers along this road. But who are the people who bring us these pictures . How many beds . Five, six, seven. Why do they do it . How do they do it . And what has been the impact on them personally . Each year, we step behind the camera and speak to the men and women who capture and bring us some of the most Important News stories of our times. Often under extremely difficult circumstances and facing great personal strain. These freelance video journalists are honoured by the rory peck awards, named after a british freelancer who was killed in moscow covering the october coup in 1993. His memory lives on through the Rory Peck Trust which helps freelance journalists and their families worldwide. This year, the films chosen by the judges included stories about authoritarian regimes, surviving war, and displacement. First off, the rory peck award for news for films that capture the immediacy of a story. In april 2019, mikel konate reported on the plight of the men, women, and children in northeast syria fleeing Islamic States self declared caliphate in its final days. The al hol camp sheltered more than 70,000 displaced people, most of them women and children abandoned by the jihadist fighters. I had worked in afghanistan for a while. First it is the people are locked in. They have no freedom of movement. It is more like a jail than a camp. And of course, theyre mostly families from the Islamic State. So you always observe how people welcome your presence before you start to shoot. The situation inside the camp was deteriorating day by day with the lack of food and medicines making Living Conditions impossible. Malnourished babies were rushed from the battlefield to a crowded clinic where medical staff did their best to save their lives. Those in Critical Condition travelled for two hours on a bumpy road to a hospital for treatment. Konate managed to gain the trust of those fleeing and they shared their stories of suffering and survival. Among them, a young woman who was forced to follow herjihadist husband. We have talked with several women in the camp. Some of them, they were strong supporters of Islamic State. But many had no choice. They get married with a 12 year old and they have to follow their husbands wherever they go. These women, they are very, very afraid of being targets of the radical ones of course. The judges thought konates footage was extraordinary. It conveyed the human cost of war no matter which side youre on. In early 2019, after years of conflict in northeast syria, the us backed Syrian Democratic forces pushed Islamic State group to the brink of total defeat. The remaining is fighters were waiting out their days in a cluster of tiny villages nestled between the Euphrates River and the iraqi border. For this assignment, cameraman Mikhail Galustov and his Vice News Team embedded with an spf unit in a deserted farmhouse on the deir al zouri front line. And stf unit. They were with a group of Kurdish Peoples Protection fighters and a number of foreign volunteers who travelled thousands of miles for final fight. But, the last die hard is fighters werent giving up. I got two bodies moving left. Galustov captured the Fierce Exchange of fire between the two groups. Hes coming our way i kept the camera rolling. Some of the sniper and rocket fire came very close. It was scary. Further north, American Forces and sdf intelligence offers comb through those who had surrendered. Looking for fleeing is fighters. Another important sequence in the film is the interviews with Islamic State women. Their stories were horrendous. Galustov fears for the region. Now that the American Forces have bore out of northeast syria, the dream of kurdish independence has been shattered again. The judges said given the conditions and the intensity of the fighting, galustovs footage was beautifully framed and incredibly steady. It was powerful to look at. After years of Armed Conflict and instability, nicaragua was turning a corner and moving towards Economic Growth and political security. But that all changed in april 2018 as protests erupted across the country. A response to the governments Social Security reforms after president daniel 0rtega approved cuts to state pensions and benefit payments. The demonstrations rapidly escalated into a Larger Movement against the government. Winner of the news award luis sequeiras film captured the accelerating conflict and clashes between the opposition supporters and security forces. One of those killed was 15 year old 0rlando cordova. Throughout the following four months, over 300 people were killed and hundreds more were jailed. Tens of thousands went into exile, some fearing that they could never return. Thejudges thought sequeira films humanity. His characters obviously trusted him and allowed him in their most intimate moments. His work showed a level headedness and creativity that stood out. Next, the rory peck award for News Features for films that look beyond the immediacy of the news story. Since 2015, yemen has been devastated by conflict. In august 2018, the battle for the port city of hodeidah intensified as Government Forces backed by Saudi Led Coalition air strikes advanced on houthi rebel positions. Benjamin foley and his Vice News Team embedded with yemeni troops as they prepared to retake a crucial houthi supply route just 90 minutes from the city. They were singing, and dancing, and chanting and they were really trying to pump themselves up into this mood and ijust wanted to try and show the sort of craziness of this scene. But the operation descended into chaos as the troops found themselves cut off from their convoy trapped by houthi sniper fire. There are snipers along this road. The first thing we did when we started getting shot up was full over and try and get some hard cover. Myjob in the situation is trying to get what coverage you can. It gives me something to focus on. So, its quite comforting to have the camera in that situation. Young children were caught up in the crossfire. The local hospital was struggling to cope with just one doctor left to treat the casualties. The next hospital was three hours away. Fully captured the offence of away. Fully captured the offence of a very chaotic news and situation. But also tried to reflect the human cost of this fierce war. I think one of the more important parts of the piece was our interview with the colonel. It was important to hold someone colonel. It was important to hold someone from the coalition, the uae to account. Our correspondent isabella certainly did not hold back stop thatis that is not the only thing the uae are doing when it comes to air support. There obviously sending a lot ofair support. There obviously sending a lot of air strikes which has caused the deaths of many civilians recently. Sort of a fine line up to keep filming or not because he could shut our whole shoot down at that point. So i sort of pulled back and give them space but ijust wanted to keep rolling to get this interaction. The judges said fullys camera work was consistently brilliant. He captured the humanity of the characters and the immediacy of the characters and the immediacy of the characters and the immediacy of the situation. From the hospital to the front line, you felt you were right there. Malaria is one of the major causes of death and illness in sierra leone with children under five particularly at risk. Paul myles and zoe jewell filmed particularly at risk. Paul myles and zoejewell filmed inside a Childrens Hospital in freetown and sierra leone. Having previously worked on previous journalist prospect avenue project, to raise awareness on behalf of marginal communities, myles wanted to highlight the ever present threat of malaria. We trained a network of chimera reporters on the elections happening in 2012. Ever since sunday been reporting on the above prices, disability rights, Health Issues and it is thought more people died of malaria than ebola facet that was destroyed this local network really wa nted destroyed this local network really wanted to tell. Every night at the hospital, people children die of malaria complications. To add to the pressures of the co nsta nt strea m of to add to the pressures of the constant stream of Sick Children being brought in, power cuts are huge problem especially for the patients and i see you. Two minutes and just being there, the lights we nt and just being there, the lights went out. The longer it went on, the more risk the children were at and then one child did end up dying during that time. It was really frustrating for the doctors because they work really hard to save the childs life and then the infrastructure just was not there to support them in that. A Free Health Programme has given Health Doctors a fighting chance of saving lives. But this help is dependent on International Funding and is this help is dependent on internationalfunding and is not guaranteed to continue. There has been years of funding which has helped the number of malaria cases go down over the years but if some of this funding dries up, then the cases of malaria are just going to start to go back up over the next ten, 20 years. We are excited because we had no deaths in the hospital tonight. We can go home after hours knowing that we did all we could do to save a life. The judges thought this entry stood out as there was a real sense of intimacy about it as you got to know this Little Clinic and the patients. Nyandarua county central count central kenya. Last year, 17 people committed suicide almost all of the men. Teacher murimis Award Winning film for bbc africa i is an investigation into the rise of male suicides in the region. Poverty, unemployment, and lack of prospects arejust some of unemployment, and lack of prospects are just some of the reasons for depression in men. But most importantly, masculinity taboos and the fear of appearing weak mcmahon relu cta nce the fear of appearing weak mcmahon reluctance to speak about their of mind. Culturally men are not supposed revoca ble. Culturally men are not supposed revocable. Especially with the picture queue system. So for people to, and except that they need help. Murimi soto young man whose father had committed suicide. Devastated by what happened to his father, the boy also wanted to take his own life. Luckily, he was found in time. It was one of the most inspiring things in the story in a weird way. Because when you take your own life, the pain doesnt and for sub you just intensify. Very wise words from a very young man. And i think even that line itself has gone a long way in kenya to raise awareness about suicide, especially people who are vulnerable thinking like it is the end of the pain. When its not. Murimi thinks that by reporting on theissue, murimi thinks that by reporting on the issue, we can raise awareness of this devastating problem. The issue, we can raise awareness of this devastating problemlj the issue, we can raise awareness of this devastating problem. I think the community were very happy that i was telling the story in a sense because they said we dont want this to happen to anyone else. The judges thought murimis skilfully delivered a sensitive story. He was close to the characters almost an invisible person around people and extremely distressing situations. And finally, the sony impact award for current affairs. For films that really examine an issue and have an impact. Every year, a growing number of people leave their homes in search of freedom or a better life elsewhere. The routes they take are often dangerous and uncertain. Many go missing during transit or once they reach their destination. In this series of films, freelance film maker Matthew Cassel document at the stories of missing people from five different communities across three different continents. But rather than focusing on those who left, cassels videos pieced together each missing persons story through the wives of the loved ones they left behind. Too often we talk about this crisis and how it is impacting those of us in countries that people are trying to reach. Not often enough to we hear about the communities that people are leaving. So i wanted to hear from the family members, the relatives, the loved ones of the missing. The five stories are unique but the pain of losing a loved one is universal. It doesnt matter where you are from. All the families share a very kind of unbearable deep pain. And they maintain hope that that person is going to call them one day or walking through the door. Migration and displacement stories have been covered before but the judges thought cassels films brought respect and dignity to his contributors. In april 2018, protests against pension reform plans in nicaragua turned into a widespread antigovernment movement. The countrys sandinista regime under daniel 0rtega cracked down hard on the demonstrations. Independent Media Coverage was suppressed, hundreds of people were killed and imprisoned. Thousands was forced into exile. Many are still missing. Roderigo vasquez was sent on assignment to investigate the causes and the aftermath of the situation under a cover story of reporting on the 20th enter verse three of the sandinista revolution for Venezuelan National television for sub 20th anniversary for some on arrival in managua, vasquez was told none of his expected meetings with government officials would go ahead. We were told that the Vice President , 0rtegas wife, had to personally authorise every single interview. She hadnt been able to do so because she was dealing together with her husband with the negotiations with the opposition. Get to the real story, festus tracked on one of the student activists still in hiding. He described how pa ramilitaries activists still in hiding. He described how paramilitaries well to the government attacked them inside a university complex. Vazquez found in neighbouring coaster rica and spoke to some of the refugee activists. Coaster rica. Backin back in nicaragua, some of the released Political Prisoners spoke of brutal treatment by Government Forces. Soon after, vasquez had to leave nicaragua quickly due to threats to his safety. When we came out, we got an anonymous phone call and the voice on the other side of the line said, my name, and where i was, and hang up. | said, my name, and where i was, and hang up. I realise that my cover story was probably blown. So this led me to believe that it was not safe and very early the following morning, we drove to the vazquez rican border and i left. Thejudges thought his experience in south america made in the right person to cover the story. What he produced was shocking and revolutionary. Costa rican. Paraguay is the sixth largest producer of soybeans in the world. Most of it for export. But this comes at a price. Boudot and his partner present film highlights the use of pesticides. Pesticides are causing animality is among the rural farming are causing animality is among the ruralfarming population. Abnormalities. With the help of a doctor heading the Paediatric Team at asuncion hospital, they set up the first controlled study into the cause of the health problems. We tried a combined science and journalism at the same time. So, we had the scientific tools and we do have the means and time to organise the samples with the activist on the field. And we have to make samples and send samples to the laboratory. And get the result and make the link between the local population, the industry, and the government. We resent both 50 children and 50 children and another one. When its very bad with pesticides and the other is in the organic agriculture. We found there was a lot of differences. With the result of confirming that birth abnormalities are due to the use of pesticides, the villagers travelled to the heart of the capital to demand answers. This film was pivotal in bringing change to the current laws and as a result, the National Agency in charge of pesticides and paraguay is reviewing this. I really hope that it might be the beginning of a new movement and things might change for them and. And take the fight to another step maybe sabella make it better and maybe we have been useful. That is the ima vet. The judges set this film stood out from the rest. It was beautifully shot and having science at the heart of it give it credibility. It ticked all the boxes. Thats it for this yea rs all the boxes. Thats it for this years addition of the firing line which featured the finalists and the winners of the 2019 rory peck awards. Goodbye. Hello there. Well see little change to the weather heading into this weekend. With low pressure always nearby, its going to stay rather unsettled, rather cloudy for many of us with further outbreaks of rain. And its going to stay chilly as well, certainly chilly for the time of year. Now, this big area of low pressures caused all sorts of problems for the western half of europe heavy snow, torrential rain and flooding like weve seen in venice and its also brought us dreary weather and its going to continue through tonight. A lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain at times, certainly for england and wales, southern and eastern scotland. A few clear spells in the far southeast and certainly across northern and western scotland and northern ireland, where it could be quite cold with a touch of frost and some fog patches. Into saturday, then, probably the best of the brightness again across the far northwest of the country. Thicker cloud further south, some patches of rain here and there, a few glimmers of brightness. The winds will be a bit lighter across the board, so it shouldnt feel quite as cold as it has done the last few days. As we head on into sunday, could be quite wet through central portions of the country. Some brightness at the top and tail of the country. Tonight at ten, Prince Andrew breaks his silence on thejeffrey epstein scandal. The duke of york was questioned about staying at the home of the convicted sex offender in an exclusive bbc interview. That is the bit i kick myself for on a daily basis, because it was not something that was becoming of a member of the royal family. Buckingham palace denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Well have the latest. Also tonight. Labour announces plans to give every home in the uk free full fibre broadband by 2030 if they win the election. Around 100 people are rescued from floods, many stranded in cars, as river levels continue to rise in the west midlands