for radio 4 called frontlines ofjournalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukraine. we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed, we re told, by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit of time, i was there at the end of last year. these things are tragic and in all the years i have been doing this, i have known quite a few people who have been killed. i was reading his twitter account today and if you go back to may 1st he has posted a video where he and some soldiers, who are accompanying him are lying down and he is describing them pure terror as artillery fire comes in. in those moments, and you must have been in those moments, there must be a decision to make about whether you stay? if you are in a situation where shells are landing, you don t ha
in northern ireland s council elections, sinn fein says the democratic unionist party must return to power sharing government at stormont. sinn fein is now the largest in local government as well as the assembly. now on bbc news. the media show. hello and welcome to this edition of the media show, and this week? our guest needs very little introduction. jeremy bowen joined the bbc as a trainee journalist in 1984 and he is now bbc news s international editor, one of the bbc s most recognised faces. welcome to the show. thanks very much for having me. you have a new series for radio 4 called frontlines ofjournalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukraine. we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed, we re told, by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit o
i also take judge kaplan s instruction to them today seriously, which is you guys should not reveal your identity because of what this guy will do to you. jurors, if you can hear us, we re cure wrs but we don t need to know who you are. also a lot happier the people who don t know. hats offeo to you, you new yorkers. all right, buddy, thank you as always. and thank you at home for joining us this hour. quote, no one is above the law not even a former president of the united states. that is how roberta kaplan, the lawyer for writer e. jean carroll, that is how she began her statement after the verdict was read in the case against former president trump. carroll herself said, quote, i filed this lawsuit against donald trump to clear my name and to get my life back. today the world finally knows the truth. this afternoon a jury of six men and three women in manhattan found former president donald trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. the decision was quick and it was
blockbursts reporting that solves the mystery of the missing link in a story that has rocked american politics and media. for weeks now, a question has loomed over the ouster of top fox host tucker carlson. why did the murdochs fire one of their biggest stars? the architect of a platform that unself-consciously peddles conspiracy theories. why did they fire him based on something that didn t happen on air? what was that missing link? and what if anything did tucker carlson do or say off camera that contributed to the nearly unprecedented 11th hour settlement of $787.5 million in the defamation case brought against fox by dominion voting systems. the new york times answers both those questions and reports on the missing text message that it found in some groundbreaking new reporting. the message was reportedly unearthed during the discovery process with dominion. here s how the times reports that out. quote, in the message sent to one of his producers in the hours after vi
election by crime and bill: polls are open in 40 states. voters wasting no time making their voices heard. states in three of the country s high stakes races, pennsylvania, georgia and florida in the south. dana: the president has remained bullish on democrat chances. last night there appeared to be a crack in that facade. watch here. president biden: i m optimistic. i m always optimistic. will democrats win the house? president biden: i think it will be tough and i think we ll win the senate. the house is tougher. bill: kellyanne conway, brit hume, shannon bream, martha maccallum and mike rowe with analysis coming up shortly. dana: look at this here. we have karl rove, lucas tomlinson and kelly o grady. let s get to pennsylvania right away. more than a million people have already voted. bryan llenas is outside of philadelphia. all eyes on pennsylvania tonight. no doubt about it. happy election day. good morning. dr. mehmet oz voted just after 8:00 a.m. in h