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
good evening. welcome to the whole story. conclusion i m anderson cooper. tonight brings us to one of the most beautiful and progressive cities in america. a city known for its social activism as well as it wealth, particularly in the tech world. it s home to the highest number of billionaires per captain in the country. but it s san francisco, in steep decline because of homelessness and drug use. more people died from drug overdoses in this city during the covid pandemic than from the virus itself. cnn s sara sidner heads to the bay area, a place she once called her home to show us what it looks like now and find out what happened to san francisco. so when i first laid eyes on san francisco, i was enchanted. from where i am right now, driving over the bay bridge, and it looked like someone had taken an enormous vat of fog and just continuously poured it over the hills, like dry ice being poured over a perfectly sculpted city on a stage. and then you get down into the cit
good evening. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. tonight brings us to one of the most beautiful and progressive cities in america. it s a city known as much for its social activism as it is for its wealth and innovation, particularly in the tech world. it s home to the highest number of billionaires per capita in the country. but it s also one of the least affordable places to live. it s san francisco. a city some say is in steep decline because of crime, homelessness and drug use. more people died from drug overdoses in this city during the covid pandemic than from the virus itself. cnn s sara sidner heads to the bay area, a place she once called her home, to show us what it looks like now and find out what happened to san francisco? reporter: so when i first laid eyes on san francisco, i was enchanted. from where i am right now driving over the bay bridge, and it looked like someone had taken an enormous vat of fog and just continuously poured it
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