have stayed with me. in order to keep the memory of his example alive, the rory peck trust has supported freelance journalists and their families worldwide for nearly 30 years. so let s take a look at the finalists and winners of the 2023 rory peck awards. first up, the rory peck award for news, for films that capture the immediacy of a story. in this film, guillermo galdos gained rare access to one of the world s most dangerous crime gangs, the sinaloa drug cartel. as restrictions on the cultivation and sale of marijuana have eased in parts of the us, the cartel is increasingly involved in the production and distribution of the dangerous opioid fentanyl. covering this story isn t easy. manyjournalists have been killed trying to do so. using his extensive contacts and years of experience reporting from mexico, galdos was able to report from inside a fentanyl lab, where he met some of the young men making this deadly drug. these guys are young farmers who grew up in the mounta
hello, i m lucy grey. it s become increasingly clear the ceasefire in sudan is not holding. air, tank and artillery strikes are continuing in parts of the sudanese capital khartoum despite the latest 72 hour truce. there s also fighting in the western darfur region. hundreds have now been killed and tens of thousands have fled in a conflict that s de stabilising the entire region. one of the generals who leads the rapid support forces the paramilitary force fighting sudan s army, has told the bbc he will not negotiate until the fighting ends. mohamed hamdan dagalo also known as hemedti was speaking to zeinab badawi. i want to put it to you that the people particularly in khartoum are living in an ordeal, what would it take for you to allow humanitarian corridors? translation: first of all i would like to thank the bbc for the interview regarding the truce. we have been asking for it from the first day of the war, we started a humanitarian corridor straightaway. we hav
hello, i m lucy grey. it s become increasingly clear the ceasefire in sudan is not holding. there are reports of fighter jets and drones targeting positions held by the powerful paramilitary, rapid support forces, or rsf. there s also shelling in the country s capital, khartoum. hundreds have now been killed, and tens of thousands have fled the conflict which is destabilising the entire region. one of the gernerals leading the rsf in the fight against sudan s army has told the bbc he will not negotiate until the fighting ends. mohamed hamdan dagalo, also known as hemedti, was speaking to zeinab badawi. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is following developments. there had been the suggestion from the south sudanese government of an invitation to the two men leading these rival factions to travel to meet face to face. that has not materialised. clearly there has been an enormous concerted international effort led by the americans, the saudi arabians, the gulf and other
the paramilitary group the rapid support forces came to that agreementjust hours before a previous ceasefire was due to expire. despite these agreements, clashes have been reported with gunshots heard and fighterjets seen in parts of the country. our correspondent paul adams has more on the origins of the conflict. khartoum obviously was the focus of that popular revolt backin focus of that popular revolt back in 2019, which was, you know, the thing that brought to an end 30 years of alba ts s power. it was followed by a terrible massacre of demonstrators in the aftermath of president 0mar al bashir s alistair but it has not seen the kind of all out military conflict that it is witnessing. what happened in so many other parts of sudan and is now, has now come to the city. it is a real shock for the civilians of that city who did not think that city who did not think that it would come to this but feared that somehow, this rivalry between these two factions was going to result
we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting that loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region are happening. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine dame melinda simmons has tweeted: apparently, confirming those reports we are hearing about explosions. and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, show apartment buildings ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet verified these pictures but they are being widely shared. we are of course working to verify those images and get more information about what is happening overnight and in kyiv and central ukraine, where those reports of explosions have happened and we are getting our correspondence set to confirm some of those det