And to, you know, describe the theatre and the Home Front and all the elements of war, but i was very worried whether i would come across as some kind of creepy tourist who was just kind of feasting on the unusual sight and ticking it off on a weird bucket list. That wasnt my intention, i was invited there, but im aware that its a sensitive area, isnt it . Oh, but you can see. I mean, vitaly, im sure, agrees with me that the reaction of ukrainians that you were there, they were very honoured, they were so pleased, because they know you, and also because you have become a well known advocate of what is a growing issue for ukraine, and that is how for ukraine, and that is how to deal with Mental Health. To deal with Mental Health. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And thats why i went there. And thats why i went there. The elements, the way we cover olena zelenska, the first lady, olena zelenska, the first lady, she has, for a few years now, had these special conferences she has, for a few years n
Fiona, hello. Hi there, how are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. In previous episodes, we have had about 15 minutes. We have now got about a0 minutes, so. Good job the world is quite chaotic at the moment. There is plenty of Trouble Spots that we can look at. Before we go on a kind of tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of your personal history. So what was happening in County Durham in the 80s when you were a teenager and he decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, that was the period that actually, it is the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb where we had the War Scare with the Soviet Union. The 1980s, there were several but the most memorable, at least from my perspective was 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally. Even as a kid, teenager, in school in County Durham, it is thanks to the bbc, which we were watching religiously e
Its a great pleasure to be in your presence, stephen. People in ukraine know who you are, they follow you, and they appreciate what you do. No, im thrilled to be here. It was extraordinary to visit ukraine almost a year ago, and i still think about it almost every day and follow whats going on in the news with puzzlement, hope, sometimes despair, and often bafflement. Wars are such complex machines, beasts, whatever we want to call them, arent they . And its very hard to understand them. And, you know, youre a journalist, you both have every right to visit and to be embedded amongst military and to, you know, describe the theatre and the Home Front and all the elements of war, but i was very worried whether i would come across as some kind of creepy tourist who was just kind of feasting on the unusual sight and ticking it off on a weird bucket list. That wasnt my intention, i was invited there, but im aware that its a sensitive area, isnt it . Oh, but you can see. I mean, vitaly, im su
Fiona, hello. Hi there. How are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. But in previous, well, in previous episodes where weve had about 50 minutes, weve now got about a0 minutes. So good job. The world is quite chaotic at the moment. Theres plenty of Trouble Spots that we can that we can look at. Um, but before we go on a tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of a bit of your, your kind of personal history. And so what was happening in County Durham in the 80s, when you were a teenager and you decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, look, that was the period that actually its the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb, where we had the War Scares with the Soviet Union, the 1980s, you know, there were several. But the most memorable, at least from my perspective, was about 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally, even, you know, as a kind of a
A supreme courtjudge ordered the suspension. Some brazilians report that their access is already blocked. Tickets for the reunion tour for rockband oasis go on sale. And thousands of fans are facing lengthy waits. The official websites were quickly overloaded. Ticketmaster insists the queue is moving. Will be back fairly shortly because we are expecting a press conference from the police regarding the deaths of those two people who were attending the notting hill carnival. Hello and welcome. I m lyse doucet. I m one of the co hosts of the bbc podcast ukrainecast, and with my colleague vitaly shevchenko, we ve just recorded a conversation with the prominent british writer and broadcaster stephen fry. He s also a campaigner for mental health awareness, and he s been to ukraine to co host a conference on this very issue, along with the first lady of ukraine, olena zelenska. So vitaly and i have been speaking with stephen fry about the mental scars of conflict. Ukrainecast from bbc news. I