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
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