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Didnt expect to be banned from entering russia again and i definitely didnt expect to be called hostile or as security threat to russia which is still not been explained to me this day and that is the fsb, the successful agency for the fsb, the successful agency for the kgb that says that as a journalist i am somehow a threat to russia and that was a real shock. now steve rosenberg is now essentially trying to cover all of russia and the region on his own. i wonder can the bbc barely cover russi...

Worked in other countries before, and i guess hopefully i will be reporting from another one soon. perhaps on russias role more broadly in the world, but, yeah, i wish it were russia, but... thats not in my hands any more and. sarah rainsford, thank— not in my hands any more and. sarah rainsford, thank you _ not in my hands any more and. sarah rainsford, thank you so _ not in my hands any more and. sarah rainsford, thank you so much, - not in my hands any more and. sarah rainsford, thank you s...

Correspondence there, why do you think the russians expelled you? its a good question and one that they havent really given me a straight answer to a themselves. and suddenly they did single me out, and that happened more than a year ago when i started getting short—term visas. they put me on three—month visas. they put me on three—month visas instead of a one—year visa, and eventually got a two month visa which is a clear signal that they didnt like something about me or certainly they ...

Julie edwards spoke for many when she wrote... now come on the 31st of august, sarah rainsford returned to the uk, seemingly for the last time from moscow where she had been reporting for the bbc for more than 20 years. on that evenings will attend, she looked back on what had led up to her departure. this is the moment i discovered i was being expelled from russia. according to a specific lock, i have been designated a threat to national security, and as such, i am not allowed into the country....

Is a real sustained and deliberate and focused attack on independent ration journalists. and focused attack on independent rationjournalists. they and focused attack on independent ration journalists. they are getting labelled foreign agents, they are getting links to suppose that western sponsors. getting called the enemies of state inside their own country, so they are up against it, many of them leaving the country, so some of them are still trying to carry on and they are sort of arguing tha...

Lukashenko _ have been singled out, yeah. that lukashenko news _ have been singled out, yeah. that lukashenko news conference in particular, watching it i felt tense. at the time, did you think there may be repercussions from its? know, because i dont think you can think about that when you are asking questions and doing yourjob. i was there at an event which gave us the opportunity to speak to the president of belarus after those mass protests in august of 2020, so that was a huge story, you kn...

Social media, e—mail news watch at bbc back code at uk, or you can find us on twitter at new sites bbc. he can call us. do you have a look at our website for previous interviews. thats all from us. we will be back to hear thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. bye—bye. hello there. well, it was a decent end to the working week across eastern areas of the uk. across east anglia and south east england, quite warmer temperatures, well up into the 20s with broken cloud. some spots got...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. im lewis vaughan—jones. the us military admits a drone strike in afghanistan last month against a suspected car bomb killed an innocent aid worker and nine members of his family. we now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with isis k or were a direct threat to us forces. england eases restrictions for international travel, scrapping the need for expensive covid test...

I was returning from belarus where i had confronted alexander lukashenko on the mass repression and torture of peaceful protesters. his loyal supporters rounded on me. it was a coordinated attack. rosalind was watching that at the time and posted this reaction... sarah rainsford has been back in the uk now for a couple of weeks and she joins me here in the studio. thank you so much for coming into news watch, and as he can tell, viewers feel admitted —— admiration for your work. they is stil...

Former trade secretary has been the former trade secretary has been appointed to foreign secretary. the first woman to hold the role. at that distinction of being the first female secretary has repeated on the following morning today programme and elsewhere actually belongs to labour�*s margaret beckett, wendy where he acted like that stop next i am so sick of hearing bbc news referring to liz trust as the first e—mail foreign secretary, an absolute basic fact completely wrong. wednesday als...