water volumes along the yangtze river are currently at their lowest ever levels. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. for six months now, ukraine has been a nation at war, the government and people united in a conviction that they are fighting for freedom. but in the face of the existential threat posed by putin s invasion, has ukraine stayed true to the democratic values it loudly proclaims? well, my guest is olga rudenko, the editor of the kyiv independent, a news organisation committed to reporting from ukraine without fear or favour. but is there room for independentjournalism on the ukrainian battlefield? olga rudenko in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. well, stephen, thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to have you on the show. just a short time ago, you reflected with time magazine on the impact of what is now a six month long war that you have lived through, you ve experienced. you said, none of us are the same people. we may
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the us, where a federaljudge has ordered thejustice department to release a redacted version of the underlying evidence that prompted an fbi search at donald trump s mar a lago home earlier this month. the judge who approved the search warrant said the redacted version of the affidavit submitted in application of the warrant should be unsealed, citing public interest as the reason to do so. prosecutors now have until noon on friday to make the document public. our north america correspondent, anthony zurcher gave us the latest from outside the court in florida. judge bruce reinhart who works in the federal courtjust behind me has given the us justice department until noon on friday to release a redacted version of the affidavit the justice department presented to the judge as part of its request for a search warrant of donald trump s mar a largo estate about two and a half weeks ago. the judge released
this is bbc news. the headlines: a federaljudge in florida has ordered the usjustice department to release a redacted version of the affidavit that convinced him to approve an fbi warrant to search donald trump s mar a lago home. mr trump has accused the fbi of an act of political retribution. power has been restored to the russian occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine after fires cut off overhead electricity lines. president zelensky has said moscow s actions have left europe one step away from a radiation disaster . the white house is urging russia to demilitarise the zone around the plant. in china, a drought and a sustained record breaking heatwave are threatening water supplies and crops. several provinces have declared an emergency national red alert.
this is bbc news. the headlines: a federaljudge in florida has ordered the usjustice department to release a redacted version of the affidavit that convinced him to approve an fbi warrant to search donald trump s mar a lago home. mr trump has accused the fbi of an act of political retribution. power has been restored to the russian occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine after fires cut off overhead electricity lines. president zelensky has said moscow s actions have left europe one step away from a radiation disaster . the white house is urging russia to demilitarise the zone around the plant. in china, a drought and a sustained record breaking heatwave are threatening water supplies and crops. several provinces have declared an emergency national red alert.