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With more than a quarter of the plays Near Yosemite National Park contained nearly 3005 fighters and 24 helicopters are at the scene. The oak fire started burning on friday nights, destroyed an area half the size of san francisco. Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and over 40 buildings have been destroyed. Of that set for myself and the team here in london. Ill be more news from doha, in half an hour time. Control of the narrative shapes the landscape. The salient went to the paul read those images front of mine who wore very much to bring forth out in the media as well as on the battle for listening post. Dissect the media on al jazeera blue hotel royal, which later became, was renamed, the hotel, long it was really the center of information for the earth was her own worn. The compare room had taken anything of value out of a host. It was a haven from the world. Ready to ah ah ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah rodeo a land of planes and rivers on the indo chinese mainland, the southeast asia. Many buildings in the capital loan pan reflect its French Colonial past, including this hotel. Ah, the cambodian all command empire dominated the whole region a 1000 years ago. And visitors still come to marvel at the ankle walks temple. The largest religious complex in the wood. But in the 20th century war raged in indo china for nearly 30 years. Of the cambodian civil war led to a genocide now world famous for its killing field. When journalists arrived to cover the conflict, they stayed at this imposing old hotel. I was posted to cambodia to the capital city. Non penn, in the beginning of may 1972. And i stayed in the hotel royal, which later became, was renamed, the hotel nom by the new Government Hotel looked gnome became a media hub. But it was also home from home for a host of reporters, photographers, camera, men, and local fix a big hotel, colonial style, french hotel, wonderful brand, new style building with a beautiful garden in the back with a swing pool, high ceilinged, all the antique. And it was service a great place to relax it when one to come back from the front lines of cambodia when, when war ready got going on. John swain came up and pen to cover the civil war. But youll understand cambodia. Then you have to look back to its independence from france in 1953. Soon after independence war broke out in neighboring vietnam between the communist north supported by china on the soviet union, and the government of the self backed by the United States. At 1st, the cambodian king cnu chose neutrality, but in 1963, he did a deal with the north vietnamese to allow them to station troops, cambodia. This ultimately led to the u. S. Bombing cambodia for 4 years from 969 to 973. King cnu lost power and who secretly backed by the us in 1970. His replacement Prime Minister law no headed the right wing pro us command republic. In revenge, the deposed king in exile supported his former enemies, the communist commit. Headed by paul paul. This triggered the ferocious civil war, which pictured the command ruge and the exiled prince c on the National Front against law. No Government Forces. This was when west and journalist began to cover cambodia as well as viet nam and lou y l rename does look gnome became cambodia as war town. Nbc jim laurie was also posted to pens. I initially went to cambodia in 1970 less than a month after i had arrived in saigon at that time. President Richard Nixon launched an invasion of cambodia in april of 1970 i got to up to put on pan once again. I was too poor to stay at the luxury royal hotel, which changed his name later to the the panel because the government that was installed was empty, royalist ah, after the crew and removal of see a new can. 970 cambodia became a huge battleground, long nose Government Forces attacked and massacred ethnic vietnamese and cambodians, who supported the communist commit ruge. At the same time the communists under their lead, a whole part gained more support and responded with equal vine, and journalists were increasingly vulnerable whenever they left the sanctuary of love to know and ventured out to the front line. Kate web from United Press International was kidnapped by the committee, a rouge a few dead, but reappeared 23 days later. As i said, it was a haven haven from the already and it was a joy to come back that we would ideally, we would find all our colleagues back. They would be alive and well. But sometimes, as i said, we would come back and wed find that 5 or 6 colleagues hadnt returned in a 2 month period when i was 20 journalist more than 20 journals were killed or miss went missing and theyre upset dead by being ambushed by the rouge 2 journalists were killed by the command rouge crossing the notorious route to on the 28th of october, 1970. I can recall the terrible incident when gentle school, frank, for she worked for United Press International, disappeared with 30 famous japanese, put a surprise winning photographer guy, where she saw ada, and they were both ambushed down the road and fellow gymnast limojonahs on with you. United press, international k 12, whos also very famous. She, she had to identify franks body. She couldnt write the story for you. She was too upset to righteous and a wonderful man reporter for Associated Press called john wheeler, who was in competition with her. Because he worked for the associate press, she worked for United Press International, he wrote the story for her for u. P. I and put her name on it. The civil war gradually intensified as the committee a ruse gained ground at the expense of Government Forces. When the paris peace accords was signed in january 973. 00, ending the vietnam war law, no announced a unilateral cease fire, but the command rouge ignored it and prestone towards the pan. Mm. So the United States ramped up the Bombing Campaign operation. Freedom deal and its last days, us planes dropped over 250000 tons of bond killing thousands of command rouge fight. And one of the few journalists able to get in to cambodia at that time was a young french photographer who went on to take the most iconic pictures of the fall of the pen was a friend together. We in 1973. I mean, we decide to fly to come by and see firsthand what was what is working into was on. So eventually we arrive in a summer and implant and, and just in time to see the last b 52 carpet bombing. Oh, its not simpler when you get into a country, you have to figure out you have to find where as the order report, as i mean, where you need the information and you need to really kind of understand whats going on. And in fact, sure enough, i mean there was one place and non benway where you could get all that stuff done. And that was the hotel for the senior correspondent. And i, it was really the center of information for the, for the world war through 974 and into 975. The commit rouge move closer to plough pen a began to lay siege to the city. While the count bodie and army blocked the main roads into the capital. Living conditions deteriorated as food and Water Supplies were disrupted. On the 3rd of march, 975. 00, the command rouge shall put on pen and punch and tong airport indiscriminately killing many civilians. This rocket attack outside the monarchy hotel killed 11 people, and the norm also fell on defiance. I do remember when rock at were floating around the hotel. I mean, we had, you know, the cameras that were firing rockets from about 5 to 10 miles away outside of the city. And the rushing back of the cell, you know, you said around that. So you know, that had that around the reception area to, to, to, to be safe. You know, as a committee, a ruse tightened its grip on the capital. Prime minister long, no. Fled to indonesia. While jim lorry came back to pen. I returned to cambodia again in 1975. I arrived and covered the final days of the, of the basically very sad decline of any chance that the cambodians had to withstand the commercial rouge. As the communists, advanced the u. S. Lodge to dramatic airlift operation, eagle pool began on the 12th of april, 975. 00, and the americans evacuated hundreds of their own citizens and cambodians from the country. Meanwhile, the mood inside look, gnome grew more tense for both the cambodian stuff and the journalist. The last time i really had the breakfast in not in comp, and then was that the author and that was under de emory can evacuation. It was kind of a secret as being passed on to the jewelry and some ive been told ok. You want to leave patio seeing and go to the embassy. There was a danger by staying because the mirror had as it was for us to leave. And the thing, so we were being warned that we had to leave them in in a way. So ive had decided to stay jim lorry and many other foreign correspondents, however, decided it was time to leave. Laurie filmed his journey on an 8 millimeter camera. Why left on the 12th of april, 1975 on a helicopter from been on penn off into the gulf of thailand, onto the u. S. S. Okay, our one of a number of american ships that were there for the cambodians evacuation, who were then later repositioned for the vietnam, evacuation journalist shuttle between vietnam and cambodia. Despite warnings of the impending danger, john swayne arrived back and i arrived to the hotel plum. And i immediately bumped into sydney shamburger. The New York Times are rock of freelance photographer who done a lot of work for sydney. The New York Times and sydneys interpreter did pran. So he teamed up as a band and covered the, the last days of non pen as the carriage moved and o as the siege got tighter. In the last 3 or 4 days, refugees started crowding around the hotel because they felt safer in the presence of westerners and the red cross took over the hotel and declared as an international zone. And then started letting convergence and who wanted to shelter. And so the hotel suddenly, the grounds, very spacious grounds, were occupied by a mass of people here, though the weather decided to make it up for everybody. So the refugee looking to be in the middle of this, that was a scottish medical team working for the red cross. One of my visit memories for that period was going in to see them and talked to them and they were operating on a very badly wounded conveyed in soldier had been brought in and died on the table. I mean, that was not an operation table at all. It was just her to the table with the sheet over it and him and he and he and he died. But they were doing the best. They were upsetting. Everyone was doing their best to help everyone else really in a walk. By the way, you know, was a wednesday afternoon and those very few. What over there, like if you stuff there and the refugees were like scattered into the garden and near the food and everything there was it was very quiet, really, very quiet. This was when photograph the mass exodus from no pen on the boulevard. Outside the hotel in the command room claimed the americans were about to bomb the city and ordered every one to leave many thousands of cambodians who left that day never return to their home. And the last name everybody was putting into town them in all the people i mean leaving around the edge of nothing were pulling into town or skipping the firefight and might be each other on the evening. You know what, what the longest to 30, his black and white people are full of people, you know, just not knowing where to go. All foreigners, in non pen was being told to go to the French Embassy. If so, we rushed back to the hotel, which was in a chaotic scene as i remember, the, the convergence had been, refugees, have been sheltering. The. Were also leaving because the cameras had ordered the everyone in the city to move out of the countryside. They were evacuating the city. John swain sydney Schoenberg Al rock coffin did prime spent that night in the post office near the hotel. We came back to the hotel early in the morning to very atmosphere area where people were very frightened. They knew the convenience they knew who were living in the hotel and also a campaign and stuff. They knew that the city was falling, that the commercial roof could arrive at any time. The last miss i spent so we spent in the hotel ready very distressing. Because we were, we were leaving the hotel. We should be home for 5 years. 5 human uses when wed seen lots of things, but we also had a lot of fun and we going to know and love the stuff and it was with terrible sense of abandonment. And the stuff touching us imploring us not to leave. And suddenly we returning the callback, some serves, it was, it was a difficult time to leave, but that isnt, you know, we had to go and we couldnt take them with us and you dipped into these countries and do you can leave, but you leave people behind the command room gave everyone in the hotel just half an hour to leave roll on nova was already at the French Embassy. Whats up in the 7th in the fighting stock . Very, very early on that day. Like around 4 oclock in the morning. It was the last fighting or around the embassy. And we saw the 1st marrow walk into the just up an area. I think its around 9 oclock in the morning. Never took these dramatic pictures of the fall of no pen swain shuns, gro, call from death crime, joined the nearly 600 other people taking refuge in the French Embassy. The command rouge ordered all the count bodie, and to leave dis prime. Life was at stake. His friends tried to save him by forging one of john swayne spare passports. I had a 2nd passport, push passport. And so i thought that the trend that he was nepalese and we said he could have a british passport us. And i thought he said we changed my name around and he stripped off my photograph and the passport, and he had a picture mug shot of himself, so he stuck that over and then prone decided, well he would take his chances and just leave it was best for him and he didnt want to be the last converted to leave. So he left was one of the last groups. It was very emotional. Sidney broke down. I think i broke down. We will hunt each other and he walked out. Aah through the gates of the embassy into the unknown and disappeared for that spot to fall. Yes sir. Death friends spent those 4 years in command rues labor camps before escaping to thailand. In 1979, where he was were united sydney shand bug and the 2 went to the us together. Death crime died there in 2008. Sidney shomberg won the Pulitzer Prize for his cambodia coverage in 1976 and died in 2016. But they, in their story, along with john swain and ill ra cough were immortalized in the 1984 oscar winning film the killing fields to 2 weeks after prior and left. The journalist and the French Embassy were evacuated to thailand, hotel look, gnome fell into disrepair. And remain closed for several years. Jim lorry returned to cambodia in 1979 look nomad become the base for several International Relief agencies. And laurie took these rare pictures of the hotel. He still cold look, why are i happened to be among the 1st journalists to arrive in cambodia after that the, the bees had expelled the canal rouge in january of 1979. I arrived in april of 979 and i stayed for the 1st time at the royal hotel in put our pen. It was a mess. The can here, rouge had taken anything of value out of the hotel. They even removed the mirrors. The water was not working, we had to go down to the Swimming Pool area to get water to bathe. The vietnamese military had taken over the hotel. They were using the Swimming Pool and they would stop the pool with fish. So we had fresh fish to eat in the evening at the hotel by this time. Ah, they decide to change the name of hotel one more time. And they called it the some a key hotel which can air meant solidarity between cambodia and vietnam. It was only in the 1990 s that the royal hotel was returned to its former splendor when it was totally renovated by a singapore, ian for. Ah, it took cambodia years to recover from the cruel legacy at the command ruge and over one and a half 1000000 people are buried in these killing field. Pen was gradually rebuilt. People return to live, the 993 o t l look no, was restored to the glimpse of its glory days and renamed look away. The hotel suddenly deserves the title war hotel. It was, it was a haven from the war, as well as being a war hotel. It was a, it was a haven. It was that it was a place that we journalists regarded as home me. 37 journalists were killed during the cambodian civil war. In february, 2003, many correspondence returned to cambodia to unveil a stone memorial bearing the names of their fallen calling. The you p i. Journalist k web continued to cover conflicts in asia until 2001. She died in australia, in 2007, nearly half a century owned from the war john swain, and never and jim lori continue to write and talk about the life defining experiences income bode year. And of course, hotel looked known covering the war. I mean can be very risky for the 3rd, but also when you lose your friend and everything. So its even more that how meaningful your life in my particular case, i had very good friends in cambodia who got trapped behind 2 survived. 3 did not survive, but at least 2 of them did survive. One i was able to get out of cambodia years years later, and i kept coming back to adult china time and again. And i think that ill always be the central part of my life. Well its, its it that are held experience of 5 years. Can they get them for me . The most important period of my life i saw life at his roughest smith, wretched, most miserable. But i was his saw life at its deepest reading st. Matter. And so its, its some, its something which i, i carry forever within me. Ah, the great thing about being amused presenter than that booklet conscious 0 is that its a truly global operation. If you watch elders here, youre seeing news from parts of the world that other Networks Just dont come up. Youre getting a truly global perspective. We have an Extensive Network of bureaus around the world. We have many, many correspondence in all corners of the globe. 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