after weeks of turmoil. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. as the war in ukraine continues to escalate, what role does journalism play in peacemaking, in dialling down the rhetoric? the bbc sjohn simpson, was in kyiv last week to interview president zelensky. in a moment, we will hear his take. and with me in the studio is another giant ofjournalism, emma tucker is the editor of the sunday times, only the second woman to have done thatjob in more than 100 years. emma, welcome to the media show. hello, katie. presumably the fact that you are able to come in here on a wednesday means that wednesday isn t the day when you have to decide what the front page is? wednesday is definitely not the day when we decide on the front page, but it is a day when we are thinking very hard about it. because there is this intense pressure when you are editing a sunday paper all week because you are expected to break exclusives. so if you haven t got anything in the bag by wednesday, you ar
by a former police officer. ukraine s president zelensky urges russians to stand up against the war in an interview with the bbc. the conservative mp conor burns has been sacked from the government following what it says is a complaint of serious misconduct. scotland s first minister calls liz truss arrogant and disrespectful for not contacting her since becoming prime minister. and i am at wembley, where englands women return to the scene of the european triumph to face the world champions in front of a sell out crowd. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s men are in rugby league action. they have their warm up game against fiji tonight before their world cup starts next weekend. good evening. without a complete restructure of the social care system, millions of people could be left without the support they need. that is the warning from care england, which represents independent social care providers. this week, bbc news is taking an in depth look at the social c
and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. the prime minister has sacked international trade minister, conor burns after allegations of serious misconduct were made against him. he s also had the conservative whip suspended while an investigation takes place. mr burns is yet to respond. the prime minister s office said she had taken direct action after being informed of the allegation. joining me now is our political correspondent, zoe conway. bring us up today with this. downing street want to bring us up today with this. downing street want to be bring us up today with this. downing street want to be seen bring us up today with this. downing street want to be seen to bring us up today with this. downing street want to be seen to be - bring us up today with this. downing street want to be seen to be acting l street want to be seen to be acting quickly and with clarity. we don t know t
her life to illness. herfamily rejects the claim. downing street intervenes and stops the launch of a public information campaign on reducing energy use this winter. in the uk city that will host next year s eurovision song contest has been announced after the contest was moved from ukraine. moved from ukraine. liverpool! congratulations! warm welcome. ukraine s president zelensky has told the bbc that he echoes president biden s warning that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to armageddon, and has urged russians to stand up against the war. it comes as ukrainian troops continue making steady progress in reclaiming land occupied by russian forces in the east and south of the country. our world affairs editor, john simpson, has been speaking to president zelensky in the presidential palace in kyiv. hello. mr zelensky made a rare misstep yesterday. he was reported as calling on nato to stage a pre emptive strike on russia to stop the russians using tactical nuclear weapo