intertwine with the media in this country is vital to understanding it. and we also need to look at how scoops about mrjohnson s behaviour ultimately triggered his downfall. for that, we wanted to hear from journalists tasked with reporting events as they unfolded. and when news is breaking every few minutes, how do you cope with that? well, let s begin with kate mccann, political editor at talktv. well, it requires flat shoes, a lot of snacks in your bag and the ability to stay up late, get up early in the morning and pretty much never turn your phone off. in fact, one of the most important things is to have a phone charger in your bag, because on days like today, and pretty much the last couple of weeks, things happen really quickly. and it s quite difficult often to get a handle on how the mood changes. it just. .. it happens so fast. i mean, there s been a lot of disquiet around yesterday, before we saw those very significant resignations from the cabinet, in the house of
political power . world leaders have reacted with shock to the killing of the formerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe. injapan itself, the current prime minister described the shooting at a political rally as an unforgiveable act of brutality. his attacker was a former member of the japanese navy. now on bbc news, it s the media show. and i should say, this programme was recorded on wednesday. hello and welcome. now, a week is famously a long time in politics, and the day we recorded this edition of the media show will go down in history as one of the longest. it was wednesday afternoon that we went on air. boris johnson at that point was holding out, but minister after minister were resigning and we wanted to get a sense of how we d got there, because the media is a central part of the story of borisjohnson. how power and politics intertwine with the media in this country is vital to understanding it. and we also need to look at how scoops about mrjohnson s behaviour ultima
of staff, an officer with the rank of colonel in reserve, and the brigade fire support commander with the rank of major, have been dismissed from their positions. let s hearfrom paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent, fulsome analysis. the israeli army has been given more details about what they say happened on monday night. they say that about half an hour after the convoy left the pier near gaza city, a gunman was seen boarding one of the atrix. after the aid arrived at its destination the convoy appeared to split. one vehicle with clearly physical gunman on board headed to a nearby hangar. mistakenly believing that hamas gunmen were in the other three vehicles, all three were hit, one after the other over the course of four terrifying minutes. this was the response of the us secretary of state, antony blinken. it s very important that israel is taking full responsibility for this incident. it s also important that it appears to be taking steps to hold those responsible a
government, so another thing hostages will come out of rafah, then return into israel through another crossing, so travelling a little further before they come back in again. you might be able to hear the hubbub in the background here, people are desperate for the official information. i think as soon as is well know for sure that they are in a position to confirm this, they will get it out there straightaway. the sense of anticipation, people keep coming around here and i watching pictures on the screen. they are waiting to hear what i m saying, listening to what you re saying, saying that they can pick up any titbits of information. it is really interesting how many people have come here and gathered for this moment in the centre of tel aviv in what has become known as a hostages square. we know that the government have certain details about how this will happen, how the hostages will be flown in helicopters from a military base to various hospitals to receive medical treat