now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. as russia s war on ukraine grinds into a second year, how complete is vladimir putin s control of the home front? critics of the war risk prison, independent media outlets have been closed down, and the kremlin propaganda machine has been supercharged. but thanks to the internet, the costs of this war cannot be entirely hidden from russian eyes. my guest is tikhon dzyadko, editor in chief of dozhd or tv rain, founded as an independent tv channel in moscow, now broadcasting from riga. are russians ready to question what their government tells them? tikhon dzyadko in riga, latvia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me here. it s a great pleasure to have you on this show. now, it strikes me this past year has been one of extraordinary challenge and disruption for you at tv rain. the reason, i guess, is simple vladimir putin would like to see you cease to exist. how close
for the candidates to reach millions of brazilians before sunday s election run off vote. in about 10 minutes we ll have this week s edition of newswatch, but first on bbc news, click. as ca rs as cars get ever more powerful and generous, the quest for road safety is an ongoing battle. some cities, like london, have introduced congestion zones, which reduce the amount of traffic and make things safer for pedestrians, but there s also research, of course, going into how to protect the passengers inside the vehicles too. car safety testing is still largely done on the same crash test dummies that we used in the 1980s, and they were based on the male form. but now a team of engineers in sweden are in the final stages of developing the first average female crash test dummy. so what happens to a woman s body during a crash? shona mccallum has been to linkoping in sweden to find out. when you think of car crashes, you probably think of something like this. but rear impacts, being h
it s not easy to find quick fixes for housing problems, which could leave some students struggling next year, too. branwen jeffreys, bbc news, manchester. you are watching bbc news now newswatch. hello and welcome to news watch with me, samira ahmed. questions are asked after a news channel presenter talks of her glee during a paper review on the night borisjohnson pulls out of the tory leadership contest. i don t know, i don t think i ll be voting again after what happened to boris johnson. that reporter s staple, the vox pop. do we really need to be told so often what random strangers think? demonstrating impartiality on air, as we discussed on last week s programme, is one of the key goals and challenges for bbc news. it wasn t long before the fraught nature of that ambition was exposed again, with the addition of the paper review on the news channel on sunday night, shortly before it was broadcast on a day of high political drama, it emerged that borisjohnson had withdraw
Newswatch. Hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. Coming up the Party Manifestos are all out. How well has the bbc done on explaining their policies fairly and impartially . And, are we hearing too many random opinions from not always well informed voters . With the main parties publishing their offers to voters, this week has seen the general Election Campaign in full swing. The bbcs Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg was on hand and on air with her analysis. Here she is on thursday reporting on the conservatives proposals, and first on tuesday reacting to labours manifesto. And remember not so long ago in 2015 ed miliband made a few little tiptoes to the left of where labour had been and he lost that election. Jeremy corbyn is making a much bigger step in the same direct of middle england are really ready for the policies that he believes will be popular. And, of course, the complications of brexit means whatever else she is promising could be derailed by that becoming e
Much more. So was that cock up or conspiracy . Philipjones told us but louis mendee spoke for many when he posted later that night, there were several examples the bbcs efforts to get out and about during this Election Campaign and hear the views of so called ordinary voters. Heres deputy Political Editorjohn pienaar soliciting opinions in a gym in bradford. Labour underjeremy corbyn, what do you think . Well, i quite like his policies but i dont think theyre doable. You dont think theyre doable . What do you think . I agree, yeah, i dont think theyre doable myself. Why not . I just dont think they are. Kenny watt was watching that and thought the views of the gentlemen exercising there, and more generally vox pops like that, did not add greatly to the sum of human knowledge. Hes got a journalist coming in when hes in the middle of his work out asking him questions when hes probablyjust thinking, oh my god, whens this hill climb going to end . And thats the problem with vox pops, becau