To protect russians, to protect russians, because getting people, presumably, in russia to speak candidly to Western Journalists must be very hard . Well, yeah, these are people who lived in a very quiet corner of russia, and probably had never had anything to do with a journalist, even a russian journalist, never mind a foreign one. I gave them their choices. I used first names only. And, you know, gave them the choice. I also made. I made very sure to speak to them out of the earshot of ukrainian journalists as much. Ukraine and had taken aggressive action there. And you attended something that sounded very fascinating, which was that ukraines civilian Military Liaison Officers were showing films to local people about the invasion. And i wonder what the reaction was to the films as you were there . Yeah, i mean, that was extraordinary, and one of the most extraordinary things to watch. There was a small audience of older people who were watching it. I spoke to one of them afterwards,
Catherine philp is world affairs editor at the times. She s reported from war zones for decades, and recently accompanied ukrainian forces across the border into kursk. So, i was coming into ukraine for. . . I ve been coming on and off since before the invasion, and this was a long scheduled visit. Itjust so happened that it came at a time when ukrainian forces had crossed the border into russia. So, obviously, my immediate question was, can we go? can we get there? setting it up with the ukrainians was not the hard bit. Actually, it was convincing my editors and, you know, layers of management back at the times that this was a safe thing to do, or that we could mitigate the risks involved in it. Because they weren t just about the danger there. They were also these legal risks about. . . . . The legal consequences of illegally crossing into russia, which is how the russian government have perceived the trip. But you obviously persuaded them, cos you went. Just to explain, then, who yo
If a proposal recognises its stand alone intrinsic value. In other news donald trump has been laying out his economic plans should he become president. Trump repeated calls to cut taxes and regulation and is earmarking a governmentjob for controversial billionaire elon musk. Here is ritika gupta with the latest. The main highlight of donald trump s address was a push to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% for companies that make their products here in the us. This would be a big reduction from the current rate of 21%. A key policy victory from trump s own 2017 tax law set to expire in 2025. Now, while a 15% corporate rate would be a big win for large us companies, it would also contribute to rising deficits. It means big companies would end up paying far lower rates than smaller, privately held businesses, where rates can be as high as 37%. His proposal is in stark contrast to his rival, kamala harris, who has called to raise the corporation tax to 28%. Trump s proposals also include a
Welcome to the programme. A tale of two countries in the nations league a win for northern ireland, but a defeat for scotland. Steve clarke had said his side were about evolution after their early exit from the euros in the summer, but they began their campaign with a 3 2 defeat to poland in group a at hampden. Poland went ahead early through sebastian szymanski. Scotland had a goal ruled out, then gave away a penalty, which robert lewandowski took to make it 2 0. Billy gilmour struck back for scotland straight after the break. The comeback gathered steam and scott mctominay got his side back on equal terms. But poland won another penalty and nicola zalewski fired it home for the 3 2 win. Scotland travel to portugal next on sunday. In belfast, it was a very different match with northern ireland getting their group three campaign off to a good start with a 2 0 win over luxembourg. Luxembourg were on the back foot from the off and paddy mcnair gave the hosts the lead after ten minutes.
A tale of two countries in the nations league a win for northern ireland, but a defeat for scotland. Steve clarke had said his side were about evolution after their early exit from the euros in the summer, but they began their campaign with a 3 2 defeat to poland in group a at hampden. Poland went ahead early through sebastian szymanski. Scotland had a goal ruled out, then gave away a penalty, which robert lewandowski took to make it 2 0. Billy gilmour struck back for scotland straight after the break. The comeback gathered steam and scott mctominay got his side back on equal terms. But poland won another penalty and nicola zalewski fired it home for the 3 2 win. Scotland travel to portugal next on sunday in belfast, it was a very different match with northern ireland getting their group three campaign off to a good start with a 2 0 win over luxembourg. Luxembourg were on the back foot from the off and paddy mcnair gave the hosts the lead after ten minutes. Their superb start continu