civil servants to help her book a private driving awareness course. sinn fein s vice president has called on the british and irish governments to restore a power sharing government at stormont. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to this addition to the media show. this week because s is need very little introduction. welcome to the media show. one of thoseis welcome to the media show. one of those is certainly ukraine, and we heard the news that the journalists had died by russian artillery at 32 years old. this is a conflict you know very closely. years old. this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the - know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east i know very closely. yes, he was i killed somewhere in the east near bakhmut, where i spent over the time, too. these things are tragic and unfortunately, i ve kno
for radio 4 called frontlines ofjournalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukraine. we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed, we re told, by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit of time, i was there at the end of last year. these things are tragic and in all the years i have been doing this, i have known quite a few people who have been killed. i was reading his twitter account today and if you go back to may 1st he has posted a video where he and some soldiers, who are accompanying him are lying down and he is describing them pure terror as artillery fire comes in. in those moments, and you must have been in those moments, there must be a decision to make about whether you stay? if you are in a situation where shells are landing, you don t ha
in northern ireland s council elections, sinn fein says the democratic unionist party must return to power sharing government at stormont. sinn fein is now the largest in local government as well as the assembly. now on bbc news. the media show. hello and welcome to this edition of the media show, and this week? our guest needs very little introduction. jeremy bowen joined the bbc as a trainee journalist in 1984 and he is now bbc news s international editor, one of the bbc s most recognised faces. welcome to the show. thanks very much for having me. you have a new series for radio 4 called frontlines ofjournalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukraine. we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed, we re told, by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit o
the bbc s most recognised faces. welcome to the show. thanks very much for asking me. you have a new series for radio 4 called frontlines of journalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukrainian we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit of time, i was there at the end of last year, these things are tragic and in all the years i have been doing this, i have known quite a few people who have been killed. i was reading his twitter account today and if you go back to me the first he has posted a video where he and some soldiers, who are accompanying him are lying down and he is describing them, and it is pure terror as artillery fire comes in. in those moments, and you must have been in those moments, they must be
president biden has arrived in the republic of ireland. we are going to show you some pictures of his visit now. this was him visiting dundalk, in county louth, the home county of his ancestors. thousands of people came out to greet him, and he paid tribute to his irish heritage and met distant relatives. he s back in dulblin now, and tomorrow he ll go to county mayo. earlier, he was in northern ireland, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, the deal that brought an end to decades of violence in the region. this trip though, comes at a time of political deadlock in northern ireland, after its power sharing government here at stormont, collapsed over a year ago. our correspondent chris page has more. president biden has begun what, for him, is a very personal tour of places in ireland where he has ancestral ties. he began by visiting the village of conferred income to allow the, that s the place where his great, great grandfather left to emigrate to t