pope francis has called for an immediate end to the war in ukraine during his christmas day message. he was speaking in front of thousands of worshippers gathered in st peter s square in the vatican. you are watching bbc news. now, ian hislop s 2022, in conversation with amol rajan. even by recent standards, 2022 has been a tumultuous year in news. russia launched a war in europe. her late majesty queen elizabeth ii died just months after her platinum jubilee. and britain went through three prime ministers and even more chancellors. one man who s tried to make sense of it is ian hislop, whether on tv or as editor of private eye s fortnightly magazine and latest annual. i visited his office for a conversation not just about recent news, but also why it s been a turn off for some and why we need proper journalism more than ever. ian, thank you so much for talking to me and to bbc news. let s start, if you re happy to, with a few kind of reflections on this year, because in rece
queen elizabeth ii. those are the headlines on bbc news. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, amol rajan interviews ian hislop. even by recent standards, 2022 has been a tumultuous year in news. russia launched a war in europe. her late majesty queen elizabeth ii died just months after her platinum jubilee. and britain went through three prime ministers and even more chancellors. one man who s tried to make sense of it is ian hislop, whether on tv or as editor of private eye s fortnightly magazine and latest annual. i visited his office for a conversation not just about recent news, but also why it s been a turn off for some and why we need proper journalism more than ever. ian, thank you so much for talking to me and to bbc news. let s start, if you re happy to, with a few kind of reflections on this year, because in recent years the news agenda has often felt pretty crazy. yeah. ..and overwhelming, but this year, even more than most, we ve had war in europe, the deat
Hello, im ben thompson. Youre watching the context on bbc news. British Prime Minister rishi sunak launches the conservative Election Campaign after calling a snap General Election forjuly fourth. So we begin with The Big Story of the day here in the uk news that the Prime Minister rishi sunak has announced a General Election will be held onjuly fourth. Lets speak to my colleague Geeta Guru Murthy whos in Downing Street. You have been following the story of the day. Farcical at some point in the day. Farcical at some Point In The Rain with the loud music but the conservatives and rishi sunak launching his campaign in somewhat dryer circumstances a bit later in the evening, focus or what went on today. The evening, focus or what went on toda. ~ ,. , the evening, focus or what went on today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours, today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours. Just today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours, just to today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours, just
well, one consequence of the kwasi kwarteng budget is we got to see that lectern outside downing street again. we delivered on energy bills and on cutting national insurance, and we set out a vision for a low tax, high growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. was it a challenge covering liz truss resignation when so recently you d had to do another conservative prime minister doing a similarthing? thejohnson car crash took a long time, um, even though it was only a couple of years, it was a long time coming. er, the truss car crash was unbelievably fast. one of the other stories that has repeatedly been in the front of our lives and in the front of bulletins has been climate change protesting, and in particular a group called just stop 0il, who have thrown orange paint at paintings and also held up disruption.