Latest news with #warjournalism
Al Jazeera
2 hours ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Breaking down the drone ‘revolution' driven by Russia's war on Ukraine
Breaking down the drone 'revolution' driven by Russia's war on Ukraine NewsFeed Breaking down the drone 'revolution' driven by Russia's war on Ukraine Russia and Ukraine are waging a remotely controlled battle in the air and at sea that the world's militaries are closely watching for insights. Al Jazeera's Alex Gatopoulos explains.
Times
09-05-2025
- Times
Jon Sopel's wartime travails and keeping his marriage afloat
News organisations take great care before sending correspondents into a war, but this is a relatively new development. When working for the BBC, the journalist Jon Sopel was a young dad of two at the point he was suddenly told he was going to Afghanistan. He tells Travel Diaries that they didn't even give him time to get the advised three rabies jabs, and his route to the country was fatal for others. So, naturally, he had concerns, and it's hard to imagine these being dealt with now as they were then. When he told his boss that he would have to talk to his wife about the trip, Sopel's boss replied: 'Oh mate, you're only on your first marriage.' Sir Trevor McDonald knows Sopel's
