now on bbc news, powering ukraine. russian missiles and drones rain down on ukraine s civilian infrastructure, causing untold damage. it s been happening for months. this is ukraine s energy war, a constant battle for heat and light, with an army of engineers racing to keep the country connected. for ukrainians, it has been a winter of darkness and uncertainty. how does a country respond when the stakes are so high? if the power system collapses, that would mean the suffering of tens of millions of people during wintertime. we cannot allow that, not on my watch. we follow the teams fighting this war. what the missiles destroy, they rebuild, in places where people are living on the edge. this power plant in central ukraine has been hit repeatedly. it s a huge place, but this is what well aimed russian missiles have done to the country s infrastructure. missile fragments litter the place. for security reasons, we have been asked not to identify the plant or its manager. so what
the first time anyone has tried to drill down through this glacier. beneath the 600 metres of ice below me is the most important point of all, the point at which the ice meets the ocean water. # i can rub and scrub this house # till it s shining just like a dime.# coffee 7 and the hollywood film star and model raquel welch has died at the age of 82. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. thousands of refugees who fled the war in syria to cross into turkey have arrived at the border hoping to go back to their home country after last week s earthquakes. turkey has said it will allow them to leave for up to six months. the combined death toll in turkey and syria has climbed to more than 41,000, and millions are in need of humanitarian aid. the bbc s laura bicker has been to antakya close to the turkish border, where desparate syrian families continue to arrive. the last time these syrian families crossed this border, it was with dreams of a bett
a historic moment. the first time anyone has tried to drill down through this glacier. beneath the 600 metres of ice below me is the most important point of all, the point at which the ice meets the ocean water. # i can rub and scrub this house # till it s shining just like a dime.# coffee 7 and the hollywood film star and model raquel welch has died at the age of 82. hello and welcome to the programme. thousands of refugees who fled the war in syria to cross into turkey have arrived at the border hoping to go back to their home country after last week s earthquakes. turkey has said it will allow them to leave for up to six months. the combined death toll in turkey and syria has climbed to more than 41,000, and millions are in need of humanitarian aid. the bbc s laura bicker has been to antakya close to the turkish border, where desparate syrian families continue to arrive. the last time these syrian families crossed this border, it was with dreams of a better life. their hom
elegant dinners. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. across the world, workers are finding their living standards squeezed by rising inflation. for some, it s not so much a squeeze as decapitation. technological change is driving job cuts in a host of industries. kenneth roth in cambridge, massachusetts. welcome to hardtalk. great to be back, stephen. it s good to be with you. it s good to have you on the show. it is indeed quite something, leading one of the world s highest profile human rights advocacy groups for some three decades. did you leave thatjob with a sense of defeat? no, not at all. infact, i mean, maybe i should start with your introduction, because, you know, your introduction was the common wisdom. you know, that democracy is in decline, that autocracy is ascendant. in fact, i think it s a bit more complicated than that. i mean, we are seeing the rise of autocratic voices, you know, the trumps of the world, in western democracie
a historic moment. the first time anyone has tried to drill down through this glacier beneath the 600 meters of ice. below me is the most important point of all. the point at which the ice meets the ocean. # i can rub and scrub this house # till it s shining just like a dime.# and the hollywood film star and model raquel welsh has died at the age of 82. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. thousands of refugees who fled the war in syria to cross into turkey have arrived at the border hoping to go back to their home country after last week s earthquakes. turkey has said it will allow them to leave for up to six months. the combined death toll in turkey and syria has climbed to more than 41,000, and millions are in need of humanitarian aid. the bbc s laura bicker has been to antakya, close to the turkish border, where desparate syrian families continue to arrive. the last time these syrian families crossed this border, it was with dreams of a