of that competition. this time last year, we were seeing clear signs that ukraine s much heralded summer offensive wasn t doing very well. russia had had plenty of time to prepare its defences and ukraine simply couldn t break through them. the next phase, inevitably, would be a russian spring offensive, after the snow and mud of the winter gave way to firmer ground under the tracks and wheels of the tanks and armoured personnel carriers. ukraine s supporters around the world were nervous. might this be the moment when russia came crashing back, recapturing the ground it had lost and even maybe threatening kyiv, the ukrainian capital? the delays in getting the big us support package through seemed to make things much worse. and yet it hasn t happened. russia has made some gains, admittedly, but there s been no actual breakthrough. the bbc ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, is back in london briefly, and i asked him for his view of what was happening. after ukraine weath
to medics for treatment. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell has more on saturday s strikes. there have been more deadly strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in al shati camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos, several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. and there has been speculation in isreali media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the official israeli military statement only talks about hamas structures being targeted. the israeli military has also put out a statement saying that there was not a direct attack on an international committee of the red cross facility in rafah, a day ago. that is where at least 23 people were killed according to the red cross, when there was shelling on a tent camp for displaced people, and the red cross office nearby was also damaged. israel s army carried out a drone attack on a moving vehicle in lebano
hello, i m tom brook, and welcome to a special edition of talking movies devoted to the latest developments in korean cinema. i ve come to seoul to take the temperature of one of the most dynamic film making communities in the world to ask, what s next for its movie industry? wow, look at all those people. it s my first visit to south korea. i arrived after a 14 hour flight from my home in new york. coming here was a journey of discovery. moving around seoul, i found the night time metropolis exciting, unlike anywhere i d ever been before. like many, i ve tasted the joys of korean cinema, its landmark films like oldboy and parasite. now, i was going to meet the people involved in the movie industry in south korea to find out how they make it all work. but what became clear very rapidly as i encountered koreans on the night time streets is that they really do like their movies. yeah, i really like movies. i watch movie every day, every night. i really do love movies. and actua