attacked and injured, so lots to discuss around the media s role. katya adler, the bbc s europe editor is with us. we have also gotjournalists who have been out reporting for french outlets. and we have got one of the bosses of agents france press, the big news agency. but before we get into that, i want to cross to new york and start with emma tucker, the editor in chief of the wall streetjournal. one of emma s reporters, evan gershkovich, has now been imprisoned in russia for more than 100 days. the authorities accuse evan of being a spy. charges that he, the us and the wall streetjournal all deny. he is the first western journalist to be detained in russia since the cold war. emma, welcome to the show. i will ask you for the latest on the situation in a moment but can you just take us back and remind people the circumstances of his arrest back in march? evan is an accredited journalist in russia. he had full accreditation from the russian foreign ministry and he was doing
albin kurti, to cool it and quickly. will he listen? and if he doesn t, could kosovo see a new round of balkan bloodshed? prime minister albin kurti, welcome to hardtalk. welcome to pristina and thank you for having me. well, it s a great pleasure to be in your office. prime minister, how close has kosovo come to seeing a renewal of conflict in the last few months? it has been very heavy because the two extremist terrorist organisations, which are being financed by serbia, and from where they also receive their orders, civil protection and the northern brigade have been very active and first intimidating serbs and serbian candidate, who would like to vote and run in elections, and second, in attacking our police, journalists but, first and foremost, nato soldiers on 29 may. you ve chosen, in that answer, to pile all of the blame on your serbian minority population. that is not the way the international community sees things right now? i never blame serbian minority populati
hello, i m john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio four podcast, in which i ask leading creative figures to reveal the key moments in their life, and the most important cultural works that fired their own artistic imagination. my guest is director, screenwriter and playwright mike leigh. he s known for gritty social dramas, including vera drake and secrets and lies. domestic comedies like life is sweet and happy go lucky, and historical stories, including mr turner and peterloo. i spoke to him in one of the many radio studios in bbc broadcasting house. mike, welcome to this cultural life. let s take you to the beginning. what is your earliest cultural memory? as a kid, we had, and i was exposed to. ..pantomime, live theatre of various sorts. circus. the circus was a big deal. variety. live variety, the old, you know, descendants of the music hall, including, at the age of nine, a trip to the ardwick hippodrome in manchester to see laurel and hardy live on stage.
temperatures have been close to a0 degrees celsius in tokyo just over one degree lower than the highest ever recorded figure. extremely high temperatures are being experienced in europe and north africa. and with this heat comes the increased threat of wildfires. spanish officials evacuated more than 2000 people on saturday from la palma, in the canary islands because of this blaze. with the latest, here s our correspondent in madrid, guy hedgecoe. spain, where i am, is one of several countries in southern europe which has been seeing unusually high temperatures over recent days. although that heatwave is starting to taper off here in spain, other countries are still seeing very high temperatures. for example, in italy and in greece, where the acropolis monument has been closed down temporarily at the hottest times of the day because of concerns about the health of people visiting it. there have also been wildfires in greece caused by the hot, dry conditions. wildfires as w
and mike prendergast, the conservative group live from london. this is bbc news. nearly a third of americans are under extreme temperature warnings, as the us joins southern europe in the grip of a heatwave. a new trade deal for britain that will add less than 1% to the uk economy, but the trade secretary says it s good news for the uk. it is quite a momentous occasion and we are all here is so proud, so excited. novak djokovic will face carlos alcaraz at wimbledon later, in what is one of the most anticipated finals of a generation. welcome to bbc news. i m lukwesa burak. extreme heat continues to affect many countries in the northern hemisphere, with warnings that the extreme conditions could be dangerous to health. in the us, nearly a third of the population, that s 113 million people, have been plaecd under heat advisories. the highest temperatures are in western states. spain, where i am, is one of several countries in southern europe which has been seeing unusually high