civil servants to help her book a private driving awareness course. sinn fein s vice president has called on the british and irish governments to restore a power sharing government at stormont. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to this addition to the media show. this week because s is need very little introduction. welcome to the media show. one of thoseis welcome to the media show. one of those is certainly ukraine, and we heard the news that the journalists had died by russian artillery at 32 years old. this is a conflict you know very closely. years old. this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the - know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east i know very closely. yes, he was i killed somewhere in the east near bakhmut, where i spent over the time, too. these things are tragic and unfortunately, i ve kno
for radio 4 called frontlines ofjournalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukraine. we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed, we re told, by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit of time, i was there at the end of last year. these things are tragic and in all the years i have been doing this, i have known quite a few people who have been killed. i was reading his twitter account today and if you go back to may 1st he has posted a video where he and some soldiers, who are accompanying him are lying down and he is describing them pure terror as artillery fire comes in. in those moments, and you must have been in those moments, there must be a decision to make about whether you stay? if you are in a situation where shells are landing, you don t ha
in northern ireland s council elections, sinn fein says the democratic unionist party must return to power sharing government at stormont. sinn fein is now the largest in local government as well as the assembly. now on bbc news. the media show. hello and welcome to this edition of the media show, and this week? our guest needs very little introduction. jeremy bowen joined the bbc as a trainee journalist in 1984 and he is now bbc news s international editor, one of the bbc s most recognised faces. welcome to the show. thanks very much for having me. you have a new series for radio 4 called frontlines ofjournalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukraine. we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed, we re told, by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit o
the bbc s most recognised faces. welcome to the show. thanks very much for asking me. you have a new series for radio 4 called frontlines of journalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukrainian we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit of time, i was there at the end of last year, these things are tragic and in all the years i have been doing this, i have known quite a few people who have been killed. i was reading his twitter account today and if you go back to me the first he has posted a video where he and some soldiers, who are accompanying him are lying down and he is describing them, and it is pure terror as artillery fire comes in. in those moments, and you must have been in those moments, they must be
to make about whether you stay? if you are in a situation where shells are landing, you don t have a choice, you just have to put your head down and hope that none of them hit you. i was in the war in grozny, chechnya in the winter of 94 95, and i got caught in an air strike, and i lay in the snow listening to the explosions all around thinking you are going to die now or you re going to suffer excruciating pain from being hit. i had a flakjacket and a helmet and i was hunkering down behind next to a sort of a 6 inch high kerbstone cos it was the only thing i could find and i could just hear these explosions that seemed to go on for ages, and at that point you don t have a choice, you just think, please let this all be over and let me be ok at the end of it. when you are lying in the snow,