The Punchline
Newscast
03/28/22
•30m
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Controversy at the Oscars as Will Smith hits Chris Rock... Adam is joined by the BBC’s Culture Editor Katie Razzall and LA-based entertainment reporter KJ Matthews to discuss the background to the slap - and the possible repercussions.
Also... the UK ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons – currently in Warsaw - talks Biden, getting out of Kyiv and her own Ukrainian background.
This edition of Newscast was made by Tim Walklate, John Murphy and Chris Flynn. Emma Crowe was the technical producer. Sam Bonham is the assistant editor.
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•31m
The US President wraps up his trip to Europe, but is he taking the lead on Ukraine?
The BBC’s North America editor, Sarah Smith, who has been travelling with the US Commander-in-Chief on Air Force One, and Europe Editor, Katya Adler, drop by to chew over the transatlantic approach to the crisis.
Also... amid a growing feeling of global instability, Adam speaks to historian, philosopher, and best-selling author of 'Sapiens', Yuval Noah Harari, about the consequences – some unintended and overlooked – of the conflict in Ukraine.
Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate, with Chris Flynn and Ben Cooper. The studio director was Hannah Montgomery. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
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•32m
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This edition of Newscast was made by Tim Walklate with John Murphy and Ben Cooper. The technical producer was Emma Crowe.
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