To protect russians, to protect russians, because getting people, presumably, in russia to speak candidly to Western Journalists must be very hard . Well, yeah, these are people who lived in a very quiet corner of russia, and probably had never had anything to do with a journalist, even a russian journalist, never mind a foreign one. I gave them their choices. I used first names only. And, you know, gave them the choice. I also made. I made very sure to speak to them out of the earshot of ukrainian journalists as much. Ukraine and had taken aggressive action there. And you attended something that sounded very fascinating, which was that ukraines civilian Military Liaison Officers were showing films to local people about the invasion. And i wonder what the reaction was to the films as you were there . Yeah, i mean, that was extraordinary, and one of the most extraordinary things to watch. There was a small audience of older people who were watching it. I spoke to one of them afterwards,
Catherine philp is world affairs editor at the times. She s reported from war zones for decades, and recently accompanied ukrainian forces across the border into kursk. So, i was coming into ukraine for. . . I ve been coming on and off since before the invasion, and this was a long scheduled visit. Itjust so happened that it came at a time when ukrainian forces had crossed the border into russia. So, obviously, my immediate question was, can we go? can we get there? setting it up with the ukrainians was not the hard bit. Actually, it was convincing my editors and, you know, layers of management back at the times that this was a safe thing to do, or that we could mitigate the risks involved in it. Because they weren t just about the danger there. They were also these legal risks about. . . . . The legal consequences of illegally crossing into russia, which is how the russian government have perceived the trip. But you obviously persuaded them, cos you went. Just to explain, then, who yo
Hello im sarah campbell. It has just been announced that It Macron has appointed a new Prime Minister. This of course, the European Unions former Brexit Negotiator. He the European Unions former Brexit Negotiator. The European Unions former Brexit Negotiator. He has been asked to form Brexit Negotiator. He has been asked to form a Brexit Negotiator. He has been asked to form a new Brexit Negotiator. He has been i asked to form a new government and it is hoped this will end weeks of deadlock. This is after Emmanuel Macron called that Snap Election that delivered a hung parliament recently, we are just looking at wires copy here, from reuters, talking about the fact that he will have quite a challenge in this new role pushing through reforms, the 2025 budget, and at this of course with france under pressure from the European Commission and the Bond Markets to reduce its deficit. So, once again, Breaking Newsjust in. The french president Emmanuel Macron has appointed Michel Barnier as his
Political strategist, and Mary Anne Marsh is a democratic strategist. Theyjoined me to talk about the Trump Townhall Event but i started by asking whether the School Shooting in georgia would mean guns and Gun Laws would be more of an issue in the remaining days of the campaign. Theres no question it will continue to be raised as an issue. It is always an issue. Gun reform is on the table, No Doubt about it. But ultimately, the only Way Anything will happen about Gun Reform is to elect Kamala Harris to the white and prayers from any elected Officialjust Sort of feels not just inauthentic, but wrong. And i have to say that as a mother, when we send our children to school, we expect them to come back and come back alive. And so what were seeing right now is two things at play a lack of political will from our elected leaders, largely, obviously, republicans, and then to pass sensible gun control, which is what i believe is a big problem there. But at the second on this, on the other hand
Those stories Coming Up, but lets pause and check out the sport. Jane, good evening. Well start with Cricket And England Head Coach Brendon mccullum has been setting out his expectations as he prepares to take over all of Englands Cricket teams. Hes extended his contract by two years to take control of both the test and white ball teams. This Week Hell be coaching the Test Team at the oval, where the series against Sri Lanka will conclude. Over the last two years, it would have been nigh on impossible for anyone to do all three formats, and i think hence why, you know, we went down the split coaches route. Now, this, with the schedule easing, i would say slightly easing, but easing enough, i think it gives you the ability to be able to have one person in the role. Northern ireland and scotland begin their Nations League campaigns tonight. Northern Ireland Host luxembourg, while steve clarkes side are looking for an improved performance in their match against poland at hampden later. It