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 you did speak to and what the terms were. I suppose the question is, whether you were changing names 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
In particular, bowling to complete the second hundred of his chest much career. Were england weary in this test match, a time they look. It where they complacent, they will definitely deny that. There always be definite ups than downs with their style of test match cricket, maybe this will be a sobering defeat for them as they try to develop a ruthless streak that was definitely missing in this test match. In test match cricket in places like sri lanka, well maybe this victory in the broader scheme of things is just what cricket needs. Well, england had the victory in their sights, in what was a topsy turvy match with stand in captain ollie pope s heroics from the first innings. He knows that his england side let this one slip through. We played some really good cricket through the summer but could not put it together over the four days we have here. After two days we were in a good position and did not capitalise and unfortunately with the vat we were not good enough yesterday and s
The Nordic States Have made Child Care Support and paid parental leave more affordable that has increased Birth Rates a tiny bit. But not notably. So how do you address it . Thats a good question, because ive not got the slightest idea how you address it. Clearly a massive problem for pretty much every developed nation in the western world. Here in the uk the Birth Rate is the lowest on record last year, i mean, theyve absolutely gone through theyve absolutely gone through the floor nowhere near replacing the population without significant immigration, just at the moment when many people in the western world seemed to be very against increased immigration. So it really does beg very important questions about who is going to be paying the Tax Money in the future, who is going to be looking after it all in our old age. How a society going to support itself . There isnt a simple answer. Its been a sort of being pressed in this country and quite possibly in the united states is well aware
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