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At the beginning, but actually more recently i have been working for the opposition, the sunday times, but i did indeed come to hong kong with the observer and i was working for them as well as a number of other outlets. more recently i have been working quite intensively, both on television and radio, for radio television hong kong, which is the public broadcaster, and those programmes have been subject to considerable censorship. i was a columnist for apple daily, which was the only remaining ...

Correspondent for the observer, now back in the uk. sha hua is a correspondent for the wall streetjournal based in hong kong. cedric alviani is head of the east asia bureau for reporters without borders and isjoining us from taiwan. amy qin is china correspondent for the new york times, based in beijing, now works in taiwan, she is on the line from california. and meera selva, deputy director of the reuters institute at oxford university. welcome to all of you, thank you for being a part of the ...

The situation in afghanistan is the top story in todays observer. the paper reports that residents in kabul are looking for ways to escape the city as the taliban continue to gain territory across the country. and according to the mail on sunday, the bbc is going to attempt to "make amends" for the way martin bashir obtained his 1995 panorama interview with princess diana, by paying about £1.15 million to a charity chosen by the royal family. the bbc and kensington palace have not commented on ...

Positions and some afghan provinces werent really alive, they were people who existed only on paper. k the troops who did exist use their weapons to commit crimes and few american troops or officials. one observer estimated that one and 30% of afghan police recruits would take their guns and "set up their own type ofto checkpoint to extort travelers." between 2007 and 2013, insider attacks from afghan forces killed or injured hundreds of coalition troops.tr these are signs of a major problem. ot...

Positions werent really live, they existed only on paper. does mark milley know this? the troops who did exist sometimes use their weapons to commit crimes and shoot american troops or officials. an observer estimated that over 30% would take their guns and set up their own private checkpoints to extort travelers. between 2007 and 2013, they killed or injured hundreds of coalition troops. these were signs of a major problem. other soldiers again with money that we sent them began to sexually abu...

Yeah, _ these women as well. decent man. yeah, very— these women as well. decent man. yeah, very much so. i want to move on, will stay with the observer but the terribly tragic shooting, the uks worse mass shooting since 2010 took place in plymouth the last couple of days, and these messages, these anti—women messages that were revealed that the killer had exchanged on line. and, jo, as we start to think about how we can prevent something like this happening again, this idea coming to the fo...

Of the east asia bureau for reporters without borders and isjoining us from taiwan. amy qin is china correspondent for the new york times, based in beijing, now works in taiwan, she is on the line from california. and meera selva, deputy director of the reuters institute at oxford university. welcome to all of you, thank you for being a part of the programme, especially those who are joining us at anti—social hours wherever you are in the world. steve, i mentioned your story, it makes sense to...

Example, will go, i mean, i dont understand about the dark web and all that kind of stuff, but did you wonder if you willjust go even deeper and therefore we will not be able to keep tabs on it at all. yes. able to keep tabs on it at all. yes, indeed. jo. _ able to keep tabs on it at all. yes, indeed. jo. i _ able to keep tabs on it at all. yes, indeed. jo, i want _ able to keep tabs on it at all. yes, indeed. jo, i want to _ able to keep tabs on it at all. yes, indeed. jo, i want to get _ able ...

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster penny smith and political commentatorjo phillips. tomorrows front pages, starting with... the observer leads with the crisis in afghanistan. it says that residents in kabul are gripped by fear and desperately searching for escape routes as taliban forces close in on the capital. in the telegraph, a former met police chief calls for tighter gun control rules in light of the plymouth sh...

Hello. this week we are asking how hard is it to report on the ground in china and tell the story of that country to the wider world? journalists covering the fatal floods, which included those terrifying scenes from the underground train as it filled up with water, found that their presence was not always welcome. other major titles, including the new york times, increasingly have to rely on stringers as their own reporters are working outside chinas borders. and steve vines, the observers man ...