On the borderline: Russian troops await their orders, misinformation abounds and the news lens remains trained on Ukraine.

Contributors:
Ruslan Deynychenko - Executive director, StopFake.Org (Ukranian)
Nina Jankowicz - Author, How to Lose the Information War & fellow, The Wilson Center
Bret Schafer - Senior fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Branko Marcetic – Staff writer, Jacobin magazine

On our radar:
Are they anti-Semitic or just pro-Palestinian? The German state broadcaster fires more journalists over accusations of anti-Semitism. Producer Flo Phillips looks at the purging of certain voices in the German media.

Six months since the Taliban: Afghanistan’s ‘news desert’
Thousands of kilometres from home and the story they still long to cover. At least these exiled Afghan journalists are safe.

Contributors:
Lotfullah Najafizada - Former director, Tolo News
Zaki Daryabi - Publisher, Etilaat Roz
Shogofa Sediqi - Journalist & former director, Zan TV
Hamida Aman - Founder, Radio Begum