hello and welcome to the programme. we start today with russia it says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast at a cafe in st petersburg, which is the second largest city after the capital, moscow. police say several others have been injured in the incident. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the front line he was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event hosted by the cafe in st petersburg when the bomb went off. earlier, sergei goryashko, from bbc russian gave me this update on the story. so, for now we know that the explosion was around 6pm local time in st petersburg at a cafe where dozens of people gathered to meet vladen tatarsky and to listen to his account on the ongoing russia ukraine war. the blast went offjust after vladen tatarsky received a gift from one the visitors. he was given a statue, a smal
influence fire far and wide, i suppose. absolutely. his film score for merry i suppose. absolutely. his film score for merry christmas - i suppose. absolutely. his film score for merry christmas mr l score for merry christmas mr lawrence is probably the music is best known for and really it is best known for and really it is quite a extra ordinary example of a film where the music is almost more famous in the film itself and has a great legacy that starts him in a row in that film alongside david bowie. but ever since he has created absolutely gorgeous scores for directors, including bernardo bertolucci, as well as pedro almodovar, and more recently working with other directors. really producing great film music right until the end of his life. his final score the film coming out later this year is going to be his final score. this year is going to be his final score. yes, that lyrical music really final score. yes, that lyrical music really stays - final score. yes, that lyrica
tokyo in 1952. inspired by debussy and the beatles, he began studying composition at the age of ten. he set up the yellow magic 0rchestra the age of ten. he set up the yellow magic orchestra in 1978, his pioneering sound earning him the mantle of the grandfather of electronic pop music. in later life, he also became an environmental campaigner. in a statement, ryuichi sakamoto s management can company said he continued to create work when ever his health allowed. he lived with music until the very end. i m joined now by film critic lillian crawford who is in south london. if you could just talk us through the contribution that sakamoto made to both film and music, given what we have just seen from my colleague s report there, in terms of the influence fire far and wide, i suppose. influence fire far and wide, i summa
passed overwhelmingly by the house and senate and reluctantly signed braai president tru si president trump. president trump saying he has no influence fire robert mueller, this despite calling the russia investigation a witch hunt. mr. president, you thought about or considered leading the dismissal of the president counsel? i haven t given it any thought. i ve been reading about it from you people say, oh, i m going to dismiss him. i m not dismissing anybody. i want them to get on with the task. the president says he is eager for house and senate committees to finish their investigation into election meddling by russia. president trump also saying he was very, very surprised by the fbi s early morning raid last month on the home of his former campaign manager, paul manafort his campaign chairman. sources tell cnn that manafort is dropping his old legal team and hiring new lawyers with expertise in tax investigations. the probe is focusing at least in part on tax crimes