after israeli forces took control of the gaza side of the border with egypt. hamas has warned that the israeli incursion there aims to undermine efforts to secure a ceasefire. on monday night, hamas announced it had accepted proposals drawn up by international mediators, but the deal was rejected by israel as inadequate. paul adams reports from jerusalem. a deal may now be tantalizingly close. but in rafah, israel's military pressure is relentless. today, severing gaza's last link with the outside world, the crossing point into egypt. and raising theirflag, sending an unmistakable message to hamas. the noose is tightening.

the sounds of approaching war echo among the displaced. hundreds of thousands of palestinians living in the sand against the egyptian border. or next to the sea. "i don't know where to stay," ahmed says. "people are fleeing from rafah "and i have my children with me." gazans have been on the move since yesterday morning, heeding israel's latest warnings, not knowing if the coming days will bring relief or despair. translation: after what we've witnessed, they've said - multiple times that there will be a ceasefire. but we're frustrated and we have no hope. there's no big hope. only a small one. for aid agencies already struggling to cope, the prospect of a full—scale israeli operation in rafah is alarming. as the operation will progress, we will lose progressively more areas to the fighting.

and i'm afraid that this will also affect our warehouses, health facilities, hospitals. and there are very, very few sites where we have the ability to give medical support. for the families of israeli hostages, these are also moments of acute anxiety. john and rachel's son, hirsch, was abducted and badly injured on 7 october. no sign of life until this hamas video two weeks ago. his parents nowjust daring to hope. when we heard the news that maybe there's a deal, we were cautiously optimistic and we remain cautiously optimistic. it's scary to have - military actions going on. they're innocent civilians, including our son. -

we just, we just need this- to come to an end and we need the mediators on all sides and the two main partiesl tojust sit in the room and hammer this outi and don't come out of. the room without a deal. away from the quiet dignity of the hostage families, friends and supporters are determined to make as much noise as possible, demanding the government do more to rescue hirsch and all the others. these israelis protesting in the heart ofjerusalem tonight feel that a deal to end this terrible war has never been closer. and so, as they protest close to the prime minister's official residence, their demands are becoming more and more urgent. israel's defence minister says the rafah operation won't stop until hamas is eliminated, or the hostages start to return. talks are continuing, a successful outcome still far from guaranteed.

negotiations for a ceasefire are expected to continue in cairo. frank gardner has the latest. israeli cairo. frank gardner has the latest. , . . , cairo. frank gardner has the latest. , . . , , cairo. frank gardner has the latest. , . ., , , ., latest. israel has sent a mid-level _ latest. israel has sent a mid-level delegation i latest. israel has sent a l mid-level delegation and latest. israel has sent a - mid-level delegation and the mid—level delegation and the fact it is mid—level is important. they are not sending their top negotiators yet. they want to see how much common ground there is between the israeli position on a ceasefire deal and a hamas position. if you remember her mother said we can accept the new egyptian form of the ceasefire deal. israel says it falls well short of their needs. what is the sticking point? it is ultimately how this war ends. what form does the ceasefire take? how must want a full and final ceasefire. they do not want to give up their key bargaining chips, the hostages, the remaining 90 plus hostages

alive plus 3a or 35 thought to be dead. they do not want to give those up only to suffer a military assault the next day. israel's viewpoint is we went into this conflict with two aims, eliminate hamas militarily and bring the hostages home but domestic pressure here on benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister, is amounting to do a deal regardless. the hardline right—wingers are saying do a deal with hamas and that is its capitulation to their demands. they do not want that and are trying to obstruct that. this is really government believe the best way to get a deal out of us is to keep military pressure on it. that is not a view shared by everybody here in israel or in the region. we wait to hear how these talks are going to go in cairo and whether there is enough common ground for the two sides to reach this deal, this ceasefire

deal that the people of gaza so desperately need. while those talks are continuing, the closure to southern gaza has alarmed the humanitarian community. i have been speaking to rachel cummings who is in gaza now. you were in wrapper this morning and you have reached to a place where civilians have been asked to evacuate to. first, in rafah what are conditions like for the 1.4 million people crammed into that city. million people crammed into that ci . , ., ., million people crammed into thatci . , ., ., , that city. the situation is unbelievable _ that city. the situation is unbelievable and - that city. the situation is - unbelievable and extraordinary what _ unbelievable and extraordinary what is — unbelievable and extraordinary what is happening to the people in rafah, — what is happening to the people in rafah, remembering they have been _ in rafah, remembering they have been displaced already many times — been displaced already many times. yesterday evacuations orders — times. yesterday evacuations orders were issued by the israelis _ orders were issued by the israelis to the population in rafah _ israelis to the population in rafah. enforcing the movement of children, and families, and last night— of children, and families, and last night the bombardment in

rafeh— last night the bombardment in rafah were extraordinary. something we have not experienced before, the intensity and proximity of the bombs — intensity and proximity of the bombs dropping we could hear the firing — bombs dropping we could hear the firing from the tanks as they— the firing from the tanks as they came into rafah. this morning _ they came into rafah. this morning we activated relocation plan, _ morning we activated relocation plan, we — morning we activated relocation plan, we had planned for the scenario— plan, we had planned for the scenario is save the children to try— scenario is save the children to try to— scenario is save the children to try to ensure some degree of safety— to try to ensure some degree of safety for— to try to ensure some degree of safety for the 58 palestinian colleagues and 12 to allow for the population and where ever possible — the population and where ever possible to continue programme operations for the people in rafan _ operations for the people in rafah. but, of course that situation _ rafah. but, of course that situation is very difficult and extremely dangerous for people in rafan — extremely dangerous for people in rafah. its extremely dangerous for people in rafah. �* , . extremely dangerous for people in rafah. . , ., ., ,, , extremely dangerous for people in rafah. a ., ., ,, , in rafah. as aid workers, you had a plan. — in rafah. as aid workers, you had a plan. a _ in rafah. as aid workers, you had a plan, a way _ in rafah. as aid workers, you had a plan, a way to - in rafah. as aid workers, you had a plan, a way to get - in rafah. as aid workers, you had a plan, a way to get yourj had a plan, a way to get your local staff out. what is the situation like for those who

don't have that option, who remained behind in rafah now? exactly. the situation is desperate and some of our own staff— desperate and some of our own staff have — desperate and some of our own staff have remained, there is very— staff have remained, there is very little _ staff have remained, there is very little space for people and — very little space for people and some people cannot leave, they— and some people cannot leave, they have — and some people cannot leave, they have elderly parents and people — they have elderly parents and people with disabilities and unable _ people with disabilities and unable to pick up and move. so it's very— unable to pick up and move. so it's very very challenging. as we were _ it's very very challenging. as we were driving up this morning we were driving up this morning we saw— we were driving up this morning we saw trucks and donkeys, peopie _ we saw trucks and donkeys, people just carrying what they could — people just carrying what they could on — people just carrying what they could on the road trying to move _ could on the road trying to move out of these zones that had been _ move out of these zones that had been issued with evacuation orders — had been issued with evacuation orders. again, there is nowhere safe _ orders. again, there is nowhere safe in— orders. again, there is nowhere safe in gaza for people to move to. safe in gaza for people to move to so _ safe in gaza for people to move to. so these choices that peopie _ to. so these choices that people are facing, they are impossible choices. you mentioned _ impossible choices. you mentioned the - impossible choices. you mentioned the journey i impossible choices. ml, mentioned the journey out of rafah 21, talk to us about that. ., , ., that. people in the movement and the congestion _ that. people in the movement and the congestion was - that. people in the movement i and the congestion was extreme and the congestion was extreme and reminded me of being in rafah— and reminded me of being in rafah in— and reminded me of being in rafah in february, with that massive _ rafah in february, with that

massive displacement of people, peopie _ massive displacement of people, people desperately looking for food, — people desperately looking for food, water, we saw children on the side — food, water, we saw children on the side of— food, water, we saw children on the side of the road, for children _ the side of the road, for children. looking for food and water, — children. looking for food and water, and somewhere to stay. there _ water, and somewhere to stay. there is — water, and somewhere to stay. there is nowhere to protect children _ there is nowhere to protect children in gaza and families are desperately trying to do 'ust are desperately trying to do just that. are desperately trying to do 'ust that. , . , , are desperately trying to do 'ust that. , . , .,, are desperately trying to do 'ust that. , . ., just that. israel says it has a humanitarian _ just that. israel says it has a humanitarian zone _ just that. israel says it has a humanitarian zone in - just that. israel says it has a humanitarian zone in the - just that. israel says it has a l humanitarian zone in the area where you are. did you see that? what does it look like? no, i have not seen that, and again— no, i have not seen that, and again there is nowhere safe in gaza — again there is nowhere safe in gaza for— again there is nowhere safe in gaza for children and their famiiy~ _ gaza for children and their family. people are being displaced in 21 and car newness, these areas are not adequately supplied to support peopie — adequately supplied to support people in terms of essential life—saving services like clean water — life—saving services like clean water and _ life—saving services like clean water and adequate sanitation, like food — water and adequate sanitation, like food and healthcare services and in learning and educate _ services and in learning and educate —— in education services _ educate —— in education services for children. we drove

through— services for children. we drove through open sewers with children with no shoes walking through— children with no shoes walking through the sea, women carrying things— through the sea, women carrying things on— through the sea, women carrying things on their backs without adequate protection. there is no humanity in gaza currently, it is _ no humanity in gaza currently, it is a — no humanity in gaza currently, it is a desperate situation. israel— it is a desperate situation. israel says it has been an increase in aid getting into gaza, howeverwe increase in aid getting into gaza, however we have seen the closure of the crossing at rafah and shalom. how is your aid getting in, what have you seen about that? the crossing has closed. — seen about that? the crossing has closed, karim _ seen about that? the crossing has closed, karim shalom - seen about that? the crossing has closed, karim shalom and j has closed, karim shalom and wrapper— has closed, karim shalom and wrapper which is the main arteries _ wrapper which is the main arteries of supplies into gaza. last _ arteries of supplies into gaza. last week, the crossing at erez crossing — last week, the crossing at erez crossing opened but that has only— crossing opened but that has only had _ crossing opened but that has only had maybe 50 trucks that have _ only had maybe 50 trucks that have passed in the last week. so the — have passed in the last week. so the aid _ have passed in the last week. so the aid supplies into gaza, are not— so the aid supplies into gaza, are not adequate, the two crossings that have been closed

todav, — crossings that have been closed today, are — crossings that have been closed today, are absolutely the lifeline _ today, are absolutely the lifeline that save the children, and other agencies relv— children, and other agencies rely on. _ children, and other agencies rely on. in _ children, and other agencies rely on, in order to bring an essential— rely on, in order to bring an essential life—saving commodities like water, like food, — commodities like water, like food, like shelter. so it's a very— food, like shelter. so it's a very concerning situation, we have — very concerning situation, we have partners and staff that are ready to provide distribution, provide items for people — distribution, provide items for people to maintain some dignitv _ people to maintain some diuni . ., ., , ., dignity. you have been in gaza for some _ dignity. you have been in gaza for some time _ dignity. you have been in gaza for some time now, _ dignity. you have been in gaza for some time now, you - dignity. you have been in gaza for some time now, you and i dignity. you have been in gaza i for some time now, you and your agency colleagues are used to working and very desperate situations. put into context for us what is situation like in gaza now? you had to trigger that evacuation order. put into context for us how it all compares?— context for us how it all com ares? , ., ., compares? there is no karen -- there is no _ compares? there is no karen -- there is no comparison. - compares? there is no karen -- there is no comparison. there . there is no comparison. there is a _ there is no comparison. there is a complex crisis with compounding challenges, it is a public— compounding challenges, it is a public health crisis, it is a disaster— public health crisis, it is a disaster actually for children

and their families disaster actually for children and theirfamilies and disaster actually for children and their families and i have not seen _ and their families and i have not seen anything like this anywhere. there is an act of war— anywhere. there is an act of war going _ anywhere. there is an act of war going on on civilians and civilian— war going on on civilians and civilian infrastructure. there is not — civilian infrastructure. there is not enough aid flowing, there _ is not enough aid flowing, there are no safe spaces, there is no _ there are no safe spaces, there is no humanitarian access to the most _ is no humanitarian access to the most vulnerable populations in gaza, — the most vulnerable populations in gaza, including children who are the — in gaza, including children who are the most innocent in this war — are the most innocent in this war. , ., ., ., ~ ., war. plenty more to talk about but we will _ war. plenty more to talk about but we will leave _ war. plenty more to talk about but we will leave it _ war. plenty more to talk about but we will leave it there - war. plenty more to talk about but we will leave it there for i but we will leave it there for now. rachel cummings, the close the children gaza lead. thank you for speaking to us and take care. . ~' you for speaking to us and take care. . ~ , ., y you for speaking to us and take care. . ~ , . you for speaking to us and take care-_ joe biden warned against the increasing threat against anti—semitism. in an event at the capitol hosted by the us holocaust memorial museum, mr biden said the hatred ofjews continued to lie deep in the hearts of too many people around the world. he condemned against anti—semitism. anti—semitic elements of pro—palestinian protests on us college campuses, and spoke

about the nearly 1,200 people killed and 250 taken hostage by hamas on 7 october — among them, descendents of holocaust survivors. now here we are. not 75 years later, butjust 7.5 months later. people are already forgetting. already forgetting. that hamas unleashed this terror. it was hamas that brutalised israelis. it was hamas that took and continues to hold hostages. i have not forgotten, nor have you. and we will not forget. applause. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. there have been reports of long delays at airports in the uk due to an outage affecting passport e—gates at the border. a spokesperson for heathrow

airport said they were aware of an issue with uk border systems across the country. manchester airport also confirmed they had been affected. john swinney will become scotland's seventh first minister after being nominated by parliament. the snp leader succeeds humza yousaf, who resigned from office earlier today. his appointment will be rubber—stamped by the king before he is officially sworn in at the court of session on wednesday. mr swinney was backed by 64 msps, guaranteeing him the required majority. and rail passengers face more travel chaos on wednesday because of continuing strikes by train drivers in a long—running pay dispute. members of aslef will walk out at services running across england and into wales and scotland. services will be crippled for the day, with stations closed and few trains running. those that do run will start later and finish earlier than usual. the dispute is now the longest ever in the rail industry. you're live with bbc news.

stormy daniels — the adult film star at the centre of donald trump's criminal hush money trial — has taken the stand to testify against the former us president in a new york courtroom. in her testimony, ms daniels discussed the $130,000 payment mr trump's lawyer michael cohen made to her. prosecutors say that payment, made just before the 2016 election, was used to conceal a 2006 sexual encounter between miss daniels and the former president. mr trump, the first us president to be put on criminal trial, is accused of falsifying business records to cover up that hush money payment. he denies those allegations and denies having any sexual encounter with ms daniels. mr trump's defence argued that some of the details ms daniels discussed were irrelevant to the case, and asked for a mistrial, which thejudge ruled against. mr trump says the trial has hampered his 2024 presidential campaign. it is a disgrace. in the meantime i am stuck.

iam here, instead of being in georgia, instead of being in new hampshire, instead of being in wisconsin, and all the different states that we wanted to be in. we are not able to be there because we are stuck in this trial which everyone knows is a hoax. thank you very much. live now to anne—marie mcavoy former federal prosecutor who served for the eastern district of new york. you might suppose explain for viewers around the world how remarkable it is to have a us president sitting in court, while a woman describes in relatively graphic detail a sexual encounter as we saw today? it sexual encounter as we saw toda ? , ., , ., sexual encounter as we saw toda? , ., ., ., today? it is not 'ust a woman, a orn today? it is not 'ust a woman, a porn star — today? it is not 'ust a woman, a porn star to — today? it is notjust a woman, a porn star to make _ today? it is notjust a woman, a porn star to make it - today? it is notjust a woman, a porn star to make it even i a porn star to make it even more crazy. certainly the testimony was incredibly salacious, it was embarrassing, i am sure for the former president trump, there was even talk about a magazine that had

his picture on the cover, that she supposedly spotted his bottom with. unbelievable testimony today. i don't think anybody even expected it to go that way. the reality is, most of it was not relevant, if any of it was not relevant, if any of it was not relevant, if any of it in fact was relevant because it is really the falsifying business records and she did not have any discussions with donald trump about any of the business records or payments themselves. on that point, and read his defence team did make many objections about that, he is not on trial for any sexual offence he is on trials for issues relating to that payment and falsifying business records. this team asking for a mistrial based on the detail they said was irrelevant. but they said was irrelevant. but the judge refused to grant it, what was the reasoning there? the judge at this point has control of what happens in his court room. he did say that he

thought the prosecution had gone further than they should have. and thejudge gone further than they should have. and the judge said that what he will do he wants to instruct the jury to ignore that testimony. you can do that in court, the reality of course is that sure, if the jurors remember anything about this trial, it is going to be what they heard today. whether the judge instructs them to forget what they heard or not. we heard from _ what they heard or not. we heard from our— what they heard or not. we heard from our team reporting in the court it is not televised so we are relying on journalists to import to us was open, the president —— the former president was very unhappy when the testimony was testimony was delivered. he was issuing vulgarities and his team was called aside to have a word with him about that. would that be problematic for donald trump thejudge was that be problematic for donald trump the judge was saying this could intimidate witnesses? it's not uncommon for who are on trial, you try as an

attorney you try to keep them from making faces, or commenting things like that, it is not uncommon for that to happen, especially, it is their livelihood and their freedom at stake. he could go to jailfor, 34 counts, four years for each count, over100 34 counts, four years for each count, over 100 years he could be sentenced to. also is a former president to listen to that kind of testimony it is not a surprise he got upset. it is the judge's court room and effie find some in contempt he can, and he also threatened to throw him injail at some point if it continues or he keeps being found in contempt. apart from the titillating _ being found in contempt. apart from the titillating aspects i being found in contempt. apart from the titillating aspects to l from the titillating aspects to what we heard today. how will that testimony have either helped or hindered the prosecution or the defence, do you think?—

you think? well, it would have heled you think? well, it would have helped probably _ you think? well, it would have helped probably the _ you think? well, it would have i helped probably the prosecution in the sense they have smeared the defendants, donald trump. they have made him look bad, they have had a very embarrassing testimony and if the jurors embarrassing testimony and if thejurors don't like him, and they are not supposed to make a decision based on whether they like them or not, they should be following the evidence, but they are all human beings and sometimes how somebody feels about a person can certainly affect thejudgements affect the judgements unfortunately they make about them and the evidence in the long run. so this could be very damaging, for the defence, it is certainly potentially a very good grounds for appeal because it can also change the jury pool to the extent we can no longer get a fair trial which they —— which is why they moved for a mistrial today? they -- which is why they moved for a mistrial today?— for a mistrialtoday? does it say anything _ for a mistrialtoday? does it say anything about - for a mistrialtoday? does it say anything about the i for a mistrial today? does it i say anything about the charge facing around falsifying business record, does it help that in any way? hat

business record, does it help that in any way?— business record, does it help that in any way? not really he didn't speak _ that in any way? not really he didn't speak to _ that in any way? not really he didn't speak to her _ that in any way? not really he didn't speak to her about i that in any way? not really he didn't speak to her about the | didn't speak to her about the records, there is still no testimony he actually filled out the records. although signed the cheques, but it is significant whether he put on the ledgers is unlikely he did that, and in fact there is testimony the accountant did that instead. there was really nothing that she added which really raises the question of whether it was relevant to have her there at all. again into something that could be very helpful for appeal the reality given the overall circumstances of this case, where this could have an impact on the election which is in november, there is no way an appeal is going to get heard before the election. whatever happens here is going to be either helped or hurt and certainly it is affecting, it will affect the outcome of the election one way or another, because there will be voters who are going to be impacted by

what's going on. and that's another issue is that all of this, people all over the world are talking about this salacious testimony today. and that also affects them in the court of public opinion and it could affect and sway voters as well. ,, ., , , ., well. stormy daniels has not concluded — well. stormy daniels has not i concluded to testimony either. anne—marie mcavoy former federal prosecutor, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the trial in florida when he is accused of mishandling classified documents has been indefinitely postponed. us districtjudge aileen cannon, who was appointed by the former president, said that setting a trial date before resolving questions over evidence would be "imprudent". mr trump is accused of keeping top—secret documents after leaving office. the trial — initially set for 20 may — is now unlikely to begin before the presidential election on 5 november. ukraine says it has filed a

russian plot to assassinate president zelensky. two kernels have been detained accused of passing secret information, ukrainian officials there have been multiple russian organised assassination attempts on mr zelensky. our ukraine correspondent has the details. there is been no mention by president zelensky and his evening address about this latest attempt or plot against his life. it suggests how routines such attempts have become. his intelligence service has been very keen to talk up these two arrests of two serving kernels in the country's security service which is responsible for keeping officials save. the allegations they face a lengthy including being hired as moles by russian security services the fsb before the full—scale invasion where there were meetings over seas and large sums of money exchanged, it is alleged they tried to recruit some of president zelensky and his top officials security

guards, who might be willing to kidnap and kill them. it is alleged they brought several weapons to kyiv to carry out an attack, including antipersonnel mines, drones, explosives. at the very least this looks like quite the infiltration into president zelensky�*s in a circle. what the security service here are saying is they have monitored it throughout and they got ahead of it. but this is a wartime leader, we must remind ourselves, who was willing to travel around the country, and to faces very real risks on a daily basis. i don't think he will be put off by the latest attempt but itjust shows the attempts that russia allegedly is willing to carry out alongside what it is trying to do on the battlefield. that is what we — to do on the battlefield. that is what we have _ to do on the battlefield. that is what we have for - to do on the battlefield. that is what we have for you i to do on the battlefield. that is what we have for you there on the news for now. let's check on some other important news around the world. six body

has been found at the baltimore bridge site. a container ship struck the bridge on 26 march, causing the 47—year—old structure to collapse into the patapsco river. officials continue to work to clear the wreckage, to reopen routes to the busy port of baltimore. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the weather has been gradually drying up over the past 24 hours or so, and we've got some more dry, settled weather on the cards through much of the week ahead, really. high pressure is going to be in charge over the next few days. but for the rest of the week, we will at times see weather fronts just trying to topple across the north of that high pressure. could bring a little bit of rain at times across parts of scotland in particular, perhaps the north of northern ireland. but it'll be warming up here. mostly dry elsewhere, though, with some spells of sunshine on the cards. so we are in for a relatively quiet few days of weather. we're likely to start wednesday morning with quite a bit of mist and fog around, especially so for parts

of eastern england, also perhaps wales and the southwest of england. could be some misty patches elsewhere. for most, they'll tend to lift and clear, so it'll brighten up. some sunny spells, particularly for england and wales. just the odd isolated shower. more rain moving into the north west of scotland later on in the afternoon. so temperatures in the north—west, under the cloud, about 13 there for stornoway, but up to around about 21 for the likes of birmingham and london too. so there's that wet weather through wednesday evening. northern ireland, northern and western scotland seeing some outbreaks of rain. furthersouth, most places staying dry, but there should be some mist and some fog that's going to be forming again into the early hours of thursday morning, but certainly mild — many places staying in double figures overnight. so more of the same on thursday, high pressure still in charge. so a lot of dry weather, mist clearing away gradually. lots of sunshine, i think, for england and wales by this stage. there just could be the odd isolated shower. again, a little bit more cloud across the north of scotland. temperatures in lerwick only around 11 degrees, but for the bulk of the uk, we're looking at around about 18—22 degrees. and that warming trend will continue as we head into friday, too. so, high pressure still very much in charge.

i think by friday, we'll have less in the way of rain and cloud across the north of scotland, and quite widely across the uk. in those spells of sunshine, temperatures will be above 20 degrees. we could see 23 or even 24 down towards the southeast. again, a little bit cooler, especially across the north of scotland and the northern isles in particular. now, heading into the weekend, it looks like high pressure will be sitting out towards the east there. this weather front will just try and nudge in from the west by the time we get to sunday. but saturday, certainly looking dry, fine, pretty warm for all of us. just that chance of a few showers moving into the west as we head through sunday. bye for now.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello and welcome. this week, we're coming from the bbc�*s radio theatre for a special event focusing on press freedom. an information iron curtain has fallen across large parts of the globe. for billions of people, access to impartial news reporting is now restricted. state disinformation has reached industrial levels and we're going to focus on three countries — iran, china and russia. and we'll also hear how people are taking on the censors, how they're bypassing the firewalls and doing everything they can to access the truth.

hello and welcome. well, this week, katie and i have left our normal studio in new broadcasting house and we've come a few floors down to the bbc�*s radio theatre. we are broadcasting from an event called bbc world service presents, which is focusing on press freedom, the reasons why it's under increasing pressure around the world. press freedom means journalists being able to report without threats to their safety, without government interference, without laws designed to punish them for their work. for many, though, press freedom is elusive. the reuters institute for the study ofjournalism talks of democratic backsliding in some parts of the world and the economist calculates that more than 39% of the world's population lives under authoritarian rule. well, across this edition of the media show, we're going to discuss how states are now major sources of disinformation, how technology is changing

the threats to freedom of speech,