will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid 19 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now who believe that china s primary aim here isn tjust to deny the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility that covid came from within china s borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could well be a deliberately engineered effort by russia to derail ukraine s big counteroffensive. it s another extraordinary twist in this war, which almost every day seems to bring new complexities and new horrors. but how are people in moscow reacting to the way the war is going? the bbc s redoubtable russia editor steve rosenberg has lived and worked in the country for 30 years. things have not been going well for russia. you know, there were those explosions over the kremlin the beginning of may. there have been drone attacks on russian regions bordering
hello and welcome to the bbc s headquarters here in central london for another edition of unspun world. this week, what s it like for a journalist to be treated like an enemy in moscow? as relations deteriorate between russia and the uk and russia and the west, and just when you think they can t get any worse, they get worse. you know, that makes it difficult. the civil war in myanmar, something the outside world seems completely unaware of. it really is a david and goliath war here, when you re seeing drones versus russianjets. so if they do win, it will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid i9 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now- who believe that china s primary aim here isn tjust to deny- the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility- that covid came from within china s borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could
versus russian jets. so if they do win, it will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid 19 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now who believe that china s primary aim here isn tjust to deny the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility that covid came from within china s borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could well be a deliberately engineered effort by russia to derail ukraine s big counteroffensive. it s another extraordinary twist in this war, which almost every day seems to bring new complexities and new horrors. but how are people in moscow reacting to the way the war is going? the bbc s redoubtable russia editor steve rosenberg has lived and worked in the country for 30 years. things have not been going well for russia. you know, there were those explosions over the kremlin the beginning of may. there have been
whether it is the energy department or the cia, and we know that the us secretary of state antony blinken is heading to china next week. how much pressure do you think he is under to address this? well, whether or under to address this? well, whether or not under to address this? well, whether or not he under to address this? well, whether or not he will - under to address this? well, whether or not he will push l under to address this? well, l whether or not he will push his chinese interlocutors on that question, we don t know. of course, it is unlikely that they would deliver much new information. china has made its position very, very clear on both the question of the lab leak and the market origin. china s official position seems to be that the virus did not come from china at all. on the other hand, what we do have in the next few days of course is a declassified intelligence that president biden has order to be released. that is coming up, a lot of people are that with dee
is a significant admission. it is really interesting, and one more question, different us agencies here have competing versions of what is responsible for covid, whether it is the energy department or the cia, and we know that the us secretary of state antony blinken is heading to china next week. how much pressure do you think he is under to address this? well, whether or not he will push his chinese interlocutors on that question, we don t know. of course, it is unlikely that they would deliver much new information. china has made its position very, very clear, on both the question of the lab leak and the market origin. china s official position seems to be that the virus did not come from china at all. 0n the other hand, what we do have in the next few days, of course, is the declassified intelligence that president biden has order to be released. that is coming up, a lot of people are awaiting that