this week, we are celebrating 100 years of the bbc in 23 minutes. we will look at the secrets behind the broadcasting technologies that changed the world. a radio legend talks about legendary radio. i used to set my watch by the pips. my favourite pip is always the last one. lara watches tv with friends. i guess the idea is we re not actually meant to be in the same place. and in the quest for greener energy, omar discovers a tasteless fluid called water. it goes in your mouth and then disappears? today we are literally stepping into history. we are at alexandra palace and this place has seen it all. that s the studio in there. 2022 marks 100 years of the bbc. goodness me. what began with a single radio transmission has transformed into a global broadcaster. in that time, it has covered the biggest events of successive generations, working to inform, educate and entertain the nation. and throughout those hundred years, the bbc has been pushing the boundaries of broadcasting,
civilian infrastructure is one. attempting to undermine european support for kyiv is another. how s that going? well, my guest is czech foreign ministerjan lipavsky, an ardent supporter of ukraine in a country facing a deepening energy and economic crisis. is europe s pro ukraine stand sustainable? foreign ministerjan lipavsky in prague, welcome to hardtalk. hello and thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, foreign minister. i m sure you as well as i have been watching the pictures coming out of ukraine, the swarms of kamikaze drones, so called, which are now targeting ukraine s civilian infrastructure, leaving millions of people without heat, power, and looking at a very dangerous, alarming scenario through the winter. is this a signal that europe needs to do much more to offer ukraine military assistance? sadly, yes. we need to do more in terms of sending more air defence to ukraine to solve this, let s say, very specific issue of russia terrorism
were rumoured to have resigned, but it was later announced they re to remain in post. ukrainian troops continue to recapture thousands of miles of territory in the east of the country. they re adavancing east of the city of lyman. president putin has announced heightened security measures across russia and declared martial law in the four unlawfully occupied regions of ukraine. president biden says the us will sell off a further 15 million barrels of crude oil from its emergency supplies. the release is meant to prevent prices rising after the oil producing nations, led by saudi arabia, said they would cut production. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. on the front lines of the war in ukraine, russian forces are struggling, in several areas retreating, which is why vladimir putin is pursuing other strategies. trying to destroy ukraine s
ukrainian troops continue to recapture thousands of miles of territory in the east of the country. they re adavancing east of the city of lyman. president putin has announced heightened security measures across russia and declared martial law in the four unlawfully occupied regions of ukraine. president biden says the us will sell off a further 15 million barrels of crude oil from its emergency supplies. the release is meant to prevent prices rising after the oil producing nations, led by saudi arabia, said they would cut production. now on bbc news click.