World Report Ukraine, Libya, Slovakia
Feb 8, 2026
Rob Cameron, reporter on the retrial into the killing of Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak. Elisir Falkman, journalist in Tunisia on Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's assassination. Emmanuel Shaz, field reporter in Kharkiv on Russian strikes. They discuss Ukraine's winter-battered energy systems and civilian survival. They outline Libya's fragile justice and political unrest. They revisit the long shadow of Kuciak's murder.
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Energy Attacks Create Humanitarian Winter Crisis
- Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid have created life-threatening cold outages during an Arctic winter.
- Emmanuel Shaz reports tens of thousands face frozen pipes, no heating and severe risks for the elderly and disabled.
Use Public ‘Invincibility’ Points
- Use public 'invincibility points' like heated schools and city halls as emergency shelters.
- Emmanuel Shaz notes railways and public buildings offer warmth, charging and sleep space when homes are uninhabitable.
Everyday Resilience Under Bombardment
- Locals in Kharkiv keep living 'as if normal' despite constant bombing, using generators and makeshift solutions.
- Emmanuel Shaz describes resilience as survival rather than a voluntary trait after four years of conflict.