to the public. it s just impossible, very, very difficult to get in and cover the stories on the ground. i think we tend to take it for granted when you read an article in the paper. the risks that our journalists are taking to get the news out and really how important that is. well, thank you very much for sharing. cat colvin. the book, collection you put together is memorable. we ll have more on the website and facebook page as well, on the frontline. a collection of her work, marie colvin by cat colvin, the forward, i should say, by her sister cat colvin. thank you very much. thank youor having me. in our royal roundup today, malala meets the queen at buckingham palace summit for youth and education. malala gave queen elizabeth a copy of her new book, i am malala. when i met her, it s quite good. she s really nice, really nice.
war properly without risk. covering a war means going into places torn by chaos, destruction, death and pain and trying to bear witness to that. that s exactly what she did for more than 20 years covering conflicts around the world until her terrible death under fire in syria february 22nd, 2012, while covering the civil war there. just hours before colvin provided this report to the bbc. there are shells, rockets coming in just hitting any building. i ve not seen one military target. they are simply everywhere. the wounded and dead i have seen, about 80% civilians. it is shelling with impunity and merciless disregard for civilians who simply can t escape. from libya to iraq, syria, timor, sri lanka, her stories collected in a new book on the