welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ukraine s president says russian forces have completely destroyed the eastern donbas region, accusing moscow of senseless bombardments as it intensifies its attacks. in another development, the international red cross says it s registered hundreds of ukrainian prisoners of war who ve left the besieged azovstal steelworks in the ukrainian port city of mariupol. russia says all those who have left will be treated in line with international standards, but there are fears that some could face prosecution by president putin s courts. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. tired and wounded. moscow released these images of ukrainian fighters leaving the steelworks they d been defending in mariupol, giving themselves up to the russians. ukraine is hoping for a prisoner swap, but in russia there are calls to put some of the soldiers on trial for war crimes. they are killers, they are criminals, but we g
good morning. we begin this hour with a look at one of the most influential and controversial figures in the world today, elon musk. it was just over a year ago the spacex and tesla ceo completed his acquisition of twitter. since then, he s had no shortage of battles, we spoke about it with walter isaacson, his biographer. talk about writing at elon musk during a volatile time of his life publicly. talk about the challenges and awards as an author you got out of that. first of all, he has been volatile his whole life. as a kid, 2018, he s going just as crazy at times as you see him in the past couple of years. when i started this book, when we first started talking about it, he was the guy bringing us into electric vehicles and the only person who could send people into orbit in the u.s. i thought, good technology story. then a year into my reporting, he is secretly buying up twitter, going to hawaii in a two- to three-night binge and deciding to take it over. it became a
Welcome to bbc news. The government has moved fast to appoint a new ambassador to the European Union after the Surprise Resignation of britains top diplomat in brussels yesterday. Sir tim barrow a former ambassador to Russia Will Begin work next week on the complex brexit negotiations ahead. His appointment comes after sir ivan rogers stood down suddenly and then accused the government of muddled thinking over brexit. His Departure Led to accusations that hed lost the trust of the prime minister. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Until today said tim barrow was one of the most senior officials at the Foreign Office, always on hand to advise his boss. Tonight hes our new ambassador to the European Union with the awesome task of getting the brexit preparations back on track. His former boss said he was the right man for the job. Hes an absolutely classic, tough civil servant. Very experienced. Knows the eu very well and will go in there and do a good job. I think he wil
Welcome to bbc news. The government has moved fast to appoint a new ambassador to the European Union after the Surprise Resignation of britains top diplomat in brussels yesterday. Sir tim barrow a former ambassador to Russia Will Begin work next week on the complex brexit negotiations ahead. His appointment comes after sir ivan rogers stood down suddenly and then accused the government of muddled thinking over brexit. His Departure Led to accusations that hed lost the trust of the prime minister. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Until today said tim barrow was one of the most senior officials at the Foreign Office, always on hand to advise his boss. Tonight hes our new ambassador to the European Union with the awesome task of getting the brexit preparations back on track. His former boss said he was the right man for the job. Hes an absolutely classic, tough civil servant. Very experienced. Knows the eu very well and will go in there and do a good job. I think he wil
Welcome to bbc news. The government has moved fast to appoint a new ambassador to the European Union after the Surprise Resignation of britains top diplomat in brussels yesterday. Sir tim barrow a former ambassador to Russia Will Begin work next week on the complex brexit negotiations ahead. His appointment comes after sir ivan rogers stood down suddenly and then accused the government of muddled thinking over brexit. His Departure Led to accusations that hed lost the trust of the prime minister. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale reports. Until today said tim barrow was one of the most senior officials at the Foreign Office, always on hand to advise his boss. Tonight hes our new ambassador to the European Union with the awesome task of getting the brexit preparations back on track. His former boss said he was the right man for the job. Hes an absolutely classic, tough civil servant. Very experienced. Knows the eu very well and will go in there and do a good job. I think he wil