for nearly 30 years. so let s take a look at the finalists and winners of the 2023 rory peck awards. first up, the rory peck award for news, for films that capture the immediacy of a story. in this film, guillermo galdos gained rare access to one of the world s most dangerous crime gangs, the sinaloa drug cartel. as restrictions on the cultivation and sale of marijuana have eased in parts of the us, the cartel is increasingly involved in the production and distribution of the dangerous opioid fentanyl. covering this story isn t easy. manyjournalists have been killed trying to do so. using his extensive contacts and years of experience reporting from mexico, galdos was able to report from inside a fentanyl lab, where he met some of the young men making this deadly drug. these guys are young farmers who grew up in the mountains, and they ve seen their grandfathers and theirfathers being involved either in the marijuana business or in the opium business. and nowadays, you know,
stayed with me. in order to keep the memory of his example alive, the rory peck trust has supported freelance journalists and their families worldwide for nearly 30 years. so let s take a look at the finalists and winners of the 2023 rory peck awards. first up, the rory peck award for news, for films that capture the immediacy of a story. in this film, guillermo galdos gained rare access to one of the world s most dangerous crime gangs, the sinaloa drug cartel. as restrictions on the cultivation and sale of marijuana have eased in parts of the us, the cartel is increasingly involved in the production and distribution of the dangerous opioid fentanyl. covering this story isn t easy. manyjournalists have been killed trying to do so. using his extensive contacts and years of experience reporting from mexico, galdos was able to report from inside a fentanyl lab, where he met some of the young men making this deadly drug. these guys are young farmers who grew up in the mountains,
have stayed with me. in order to keep the memory of his example alive, the rory peck trust has supported freelance journalists and their families worldwide for nearly 30 years. so let s take a look at the finalists and winners of the 2023 rory peck awards. first up, the rory peck award for news, for films that capture the immediacy of a story. in this film, guillermo galdos gained rare access to one of the world s most dangerous crime gangs, the sinaloa drug cartel. as restrictions on the cultivation and sale of marijuana have eased in parts of the us, the cartel is increasingly involved in the production and distribution of the dangerous opioid fentanyl. covering this story isn t easy. manyjournalists have been killed trying to do so. using his extensive contacts and years of experience reporting from mexico, galdos was able to report from inside a fentanyl lab, where he met some of the young men making this deadly drug. these guys are young farmers who grew up in the mounta
we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting that loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region are happening. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine dame melinda simmons has tweeted: apparently, confirming those reports we are hearing about explosions. and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, show apartment buildings ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet verified these pictures but they are being widely shared. we are of course working to verify those images and get more information about what is happening overnight and in kyiv and central ukraine, where those reports of explosions have happened and we are getting our correspondence set to confirm some of those det
now, for the business news, i m victoria valentine. we start in the us where there is more evidence that, after tens of thousands ofjob cuts, big tech is pulling out of its post pandemic slump. amazon is the latest to reveal it s making much more money than wall street was expecting. sales hit more than $127 billion in the first three months of the year, and the online retail giant says that figure will be higher in the current quarter. it comes after alphabet, the owner of google and youtube, and meta, which owns facebook and instagram, both surprised investors with better than expected results. samira hussain reports from new york. this over the last year and is on has been aggressively cutting costs to help with profitability. it has already laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already pay