let us bring in our political editor chris mason. in the house of commons they were discussing measures to help people with energy bills, and then this news came through. a lot of messages already coming in from senior political leaders. you could feel, you could hear the tone of real concern among parliamentarians as news was shared amongst the front benches during the statement from the prime minister about her support for energy bills, notes being passed to the prime minister, the deputy labour leader, with the labour leader on his feet at the time, and to the speaker of the house. you could clearly and quickly see, and feel that shift in tone and concern. in addition to the statement from the prime minister, reflecting the deep concern of all in the country at the news from buckingham palace, we have heard from the first minister of scotland and the labour leader sir keir starmer. the labour leader saying, along with the rest of the country, i am deeply worried by the new
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News and data has not made our world more comprehensivible. Speed and technology is one thing. Context, Something Else all together. For me and my colleagues in the school of journalism, serious journalism, real journalism, the idea of journalism we share with our students begins with the simple idea. It is about being there. Not just to get the story, but to help illuminate places. It is often about reporters crossing frontiers in the hope they can bring light to the stories of people who live in the worlds darker places. Yet these days, this kind of journalism comes at a terrible price. And it is that blunt reality that brings us together tonight. John and diane foley and Terry Anderson can attest firsthand to this brutal truth. We are deeply grateful to them. And to my former colleague, david mccraw, for joining us to share their experiences and thoughts about this hard, new world. Today journalists are seen as targets. Not only by terrorist organizations and narcotics cartels, but
At here is the past of investigative reporting. Well, thank you. Things, despite the makeup of the panel, i think things are changing in the newsrooms, there are a lot of women, africanamericans, hispanics and asians all taking posts of responsibility in all these groups so while we have been behind and not as aggressive as we should have been and be more diverse in our organizations thats very much a top line question. In terms of the topics tackled its a fair point that the people who are in the decisionmaking positions are perhaps not in touch as they should be with some of these other questions, like inequality and race but i think that by and large the main organizations are at least making efforts to address that. Look, its an absolutely excellent point, diversity is important not just for the sake of diversity, because it does give other perspectives on whats the story, and you know, this doesnt speak directly to the issue of women or africanamericans or minorities, but how you
World would keep enough at a Donor Conference in geneva today also coming up japans Prime Minister pledges to get tough with north korea after a landslide election victory hes expected to reform the countrys because the fist constitution japans military take on a more muscular road in the region. And Catalan Leader a signal defines to spain theyve poured upon a mentee session for thursday with the possible vote on declaring independence this off to spain was to take direct control of the regions government. Hello and welcome im a touchy. We begin with what the United Nations is scored a textbook example of ethnic cleansing hundreds of thousands approaching a muslim facing both violence in myanmar have fled into neighboring bangladesh a steady stream of refugees has been crossing the border daily and bombed out there is in dire need of help to cope or un doing a conference is kicked off in geneva looking for pledges of financially its a good look at the scale of this crisis now nearly s