Mexico: Student Journalists

We continue our series looking at the lives of journalists in Mexico, following a spike in murders this year. Today it's the turn of three journalism students who discuss the prospect of joining a community increasingly threatened by violence, and dealing with low wages and public distrust. They tell us what inspired them to train in an industry now synonymous with danger, and their hopes for a safer environment in the future.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to take a decision on whether to recognise two breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine later today. We hear from people in the region where exchanges of fire are continuing between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces.

The Dominican Republic has begun work on a border wall, which will cover almost half of its border with Haiti, designed to curb irregular migration and drug smuggling. We hear from a journalist on the shared island of Hispaniola, about responses to its construction in both nations.

And we'll look at the day's Covid-19 headlines with the help of Professor Manfred Green from the University of Haifa, Israel and discuss plans by the UK government to end all remaining legal restrictions in England – including the need to isolate after a positive test.

(Photo: images of slain journalists during a national protest in Mexico City, Credit: Eduardo Verdugo / Associated Press)