From Russia with Steve and Angela
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Are Russians being hit hard by economic sanctions?
Almost six months on since Russia invaded Ukraine, Adam is joined by BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg and Angela Stent from Georgetown University.
It’s home! England’s Lionesses beat Germany 2-1 in the UEFA Womens’ Euro final at Wembley Stadium. We catch up with eight-year-old fan Tess, who became an internet sensation last week and was there for the historic match.
Today’s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate, with Cordelia Hemming, Alix Pickles and Keiligh Baker. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor was Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, hope you enjoyed watching the Neighbours finale which we teased on Friday or if you |
| 0:10.9 | managed to avoid it if you didn't want to watch it. |
| 0:12.6 | We had an amazing email from newscaster Chris who sent in, I live in Adelaide in Australia |
| 0:19.4 | and frequently listened to newscast while walking our dog. |
| 0:22.9 | And of course your podcast on Boris. |
| 0:24.7 | Today I was surprised to hear that you liked watching Neighbours, the show was not my cup |
| 0:28.8 | of tea. |
| 0:29.8 | Nevertheless I had to watch it from 2005 to 2006 as our daughter, a teacher in Lackman, |
| 0:35.4 | was playing catch a kinsky. |
| 0:37.1 | PS, she's currently living in London until the 12th of August so you can ask her what she |
| 0:41.1 | thinks about Neighbours yourself if you want. |
| 0:43.6 | So teaching, what did you think of the Neighbours finale? |
| 0:46.8 | Well I have not seen it yet, I thought it was on tonight. |
| 0:50.2 | No Friday. |
| 0:51.2 | Okay so I will have to catch up on it but I will say I'm devastated to see that it's |
| 0:57.8 | ended and I actually think that the government or some arts body in Australia should have |
| 1:03.8 | subsidised, stepped in subsidised, yeah because it is, it's like if, you know I mean it's |
| 1:08.5 | not really a good equivalent but like if you just deleted all the black cabs in London |
| 1:12.8 | there would be devastating, it's part of the fabric of this city. |
| 1:16.8 | And Neighbours because it's been such an institution for such a long time and such an incredible |
| 1:21.5 | breaking ground for so much talent that's continued to you know succeed like globally and the |
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