we ve been given exclusive access to the border forces in ukraine and moldova. we meet some of the men risking it all to leave. ..and those trying to stop them. we investigate how many are escaping and why they don t want to fight. it s the start of the daily patrol along ukraine s border with romania. vladyslav is a 22 year old lieutenant in ukraine s border vladyslav is a 22 year old lieutenant in ukraine s border service. the border runs mostly along a river and a mountain range, making it difficult to protect. the border guards film their operations. these young men were arrested just metres from romania s border. it s illegal for men under 60 to leave without a valid exemption from military service. those caught trying to do so face up to eight years injail. dog barks since the start of the war over 4,000 men have been stopped trying to cross into romania. elsewhere, the numbers are higher. dinu is a senior officer with the moldovan border police. on average, 22 ukrainia
cheering and applause. her stories often centre on oppression and brutality. most famously, her 1985 novel, the handmaid s tale, a dystopian vision of america, in which women are enslaved, now an emmy award winning television series. there s an eye in your house. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio a programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how, even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds. # it makes them feel just like new. # plink plink, plink plink. laughter. i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural life. thank you very much. happy to be here. on this programme, i ask my guests to choose the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped their own creativity, and your first choice is your parents. yes. tell me about your parents. well, first of all, th
It freaks me out. But for me, something incredible might come out of it a chance to meet a sister i didnt even know i had. Her train is pulling in now. Id better go in and wait. We are Donor Conceived, and this is our story. Im about to start a personal journey that i didnt think i would ever go on. And im really nervous. I dont know how this is going to end. I was 17 and i found out i was pregnant. And i lived here at the time. My dad, he just couldnt even look at me. He was so upset. And i actually had a bleed that night, so my dad had to take me into hospital. I didnt know if he wanted to speak to me, so i went in and had the scan on my own and they printed the pictures out for me. And ijust came out and gave them to him and it was like all had been forgotten. Yeah. Then it was fine. If being pregnant at 17 was a shock, then the news my dad was about to tell me was something i never, ever expected. So, i was about six months pregnant. I came down, i was on my phone, just like, 0h, w
become the inspiration for a continued struggle forjustice and accountability. forjustice and accountability a struggle now led by her three sons, one of whom, paul caruana galizia, is my guest today. what are the lessons of this tragic death in malta? paul caruana galizia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you here and, indeed, also a pleasure to read your book. you ve just published it a death in malta: an assassination and a family s quest forjustice, you call it. you ve worked on this book for a long time. it is six years since your mother was murdered. working on the book, do you feel you have come to understand her in a new way? a different way? yes. so, the funny thing about the book was, i thought writing about her murder would be the very difficult thing, you know, for all the obvious and gruesome reasons. but in the end, what proved the hardest was learning about her life before the murder. in fact, before my br