In the last few weeks and water levels have dropped alarmingly. Spain has also suffered from the drought. Now on bbc news, ukraine a year on the frontlines. Over the past 30 years or so, ive covered conflicts in the middle east, in the balkans and in africa, but this is unlike anything that i have ever known. This is a war that we did not expect to see in europe in ourtime. There was a sense that the Security Architecture that we knew, the safety, the security that we thought we had since the end of the cold war, that was gone. I was here injanuary and february of last year, counting down to the invasion. I was sure it would come, but it turned out to be even worse than i expected. We were in mariupol, which is a port city in the east. Its only 30 miles from the russian border. But inside the city, there was this surreal atmosphere of calm. And i remember we went to film in a supermarket. There was no panic buying. The shelves were full. We met a lady called tatiana, who was 7a, and ve
To the kremlin s coffers . Well be getting the view from our man in moscow. There he is, steve rosenberg. And ill also be discussing all of this with a sanctions specialist. There she is, Agathe Demarais from the Economist Intelligence unit. Also on the show, its all about your people from taking on coca cola to flying on board your own spaceship. Im going to be getting the lowdown from self proclaimed Trouble Maker and Global Business magnate sir richard branson. Wherever yourejoining me from around the world. Once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. This was a year when the World Economy went to war as russias military invaded ukraine, bringing death and destruction and misery in its wake, the western allies responded not just with military assistance, but by turning the power of their economies to isolate russia as much as possible. Heres the us President Joe Biden back in april of this year. Theres nothing less happening than major war crimes. Responsible nations hav
At ten oclock, clive myrie will be here with a full roundup of the days news. First, the media show. Hello. This week im talking with michelle donelan, the Secretary Of State for digital culture, media and sport. She is the 11th Conservative in the role since the party took power, and she has a huge Remit Everything from the Tech Companies to museums and Art Galleries to broadcasters like channel 4, whose privatisation she halted last week and even eurovision. But before we get onto that, i wanted to get a sense of her news habits. How does she keep up to date through the working day . And theres a mention here right at the start to checking playbook first thing in the mornings. Thats a daily newsletter produced by the political magazine politico, in case you decide you want to mimic the ministers media habits. Yes, so i wake up and i look through playbook, or as soon as its come out, i look through playbook. I will watch a bit of sky news or bbc while im getting ready in the morning a
we are starting in russia. just in the last hour or so, we have seen the first pictures of vladimir putin making the first tv appearance since that alleged attempt on his life. let s take a look at these pictures. i should life. let s take a look at these pictures. ishould point life. let s take a look at these pictures. i should point out, these are released by the kremlin. this is are released by the kremlin. this is a fairly routine looking meeting there with his economic development minister. the message pretty obvious there. i am sure it is business as usual. just to remind you, russia claims that ukraine was targeting president putin in a drone attack in the kremlin on wednesday. we can take a look at these pictures of that alleged attack. the allegation as well that this was following the orders of the united states, and both ukraine and the us have denied any involvement whatsoever. russia launched a series of air raids on kyiv overnight in apparent retaliation. but t
all this evidence was heard in the absence of the four men. six of the seven in charge have withdrawn from the disciplinary set of proceedings saying they don t trust the process. one man who is charged and is expected to give evidence tomorrow is the former england captain. he denies any allegations of racism. england s cricketers have beaten bangladesh by three wickets in the first of their three match odi series. they made hard work of that modest trace, losing captain butler for just nine leaving them at 65 a. dawid malan scoring a brilliant century on the way to helping england reach their target with two overs to spare. and that s all for sports for now. from me and the rest of the team, bye. hello. it s exactly a year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and it s changed the world. siren wails explosion russia invades in a major military assault by land, sea and air. - without provocation, without justification, without necessity. this is a premeditate