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this is uzbekistan. once part of the enormous soviet union, uzbekistan is a country of arid deserts, lush mountains and ancient cities. in its long history, its been home to many civilisations, remnants of which can still be seen today. and now its more recent past is as much of a draw. im starting myjourney here in tashkent, the biggest city in the whole of central asia. its dynamic, full of young people — with almost half under the age of 30 — and its booming. though wherever you...

and there will be some sunny spells as well. i will have the full details very shortly. its sunday january 7. our main story: the uk regulator, the civil aviation authority, has written to all owners of boeing 737 max 9 aircraft, demanding that inspections are carried out before they can fly in british airspace. more than 100 of the planes have been grounded after a door panel of an alaska airlines flight blew out shortly after take—off on friday. leigh milner has this report. this v...

a double landlocked country steeped in silk road legacy... its like something from a �*60s spy movie or something. its incredible. ..where soviet influences... horns sound ..meet ancient traditions... this is amazing. i cant believe this. this is where arches would have stood. ..and vast landscapes hide impressive relics. its pretty astonishing that im able to still walk around here. for the best part of a century, this country has been off limits to many outsiders. but in recent yea...

a double landlocked country steeped in silk road legacy... its like something from a 60s spy movie or something. its incredible. ..where soviet influences... horns sound ..meet ancient traditions... this is amazing. i cant believe this. this is where arches would have stood. ..and vast landscapes... ..hide impressive relics. its pretty astonishing that im able to still walk around here. for the best part of a century, this country has been off limits to many outsiders. but in recent ye...

dc later this year — and one foundry in gloucestershire has played a key part. the extraordinary work of art has taken pangolin foundry in stroud and american sculptor sabin howard around 10 years to create, as amanda parr reports. a depiction of one soldiers journey through the great war and a creative journey like no other for the team here at pangolin. the american sculptor, sabin howard, searched the world for a foundry he trusted and he discovered it in stroud. as you can see, t...

this is uzbekistan. once part of the enormous soviet union, uzbekistan is a country of arid deserts, lush mountains and ancient cities. in its long history, its been home to many civilisations, remnants of which can still be seen today. and now its more recent past is as much of a draw. im starting myjourney here in tashkent, the biggest city in the whole of central asia. its dynamic, full of young people — with almost half under the age of 30 — and its booming. though wherever you...

in silk road legacy... its like something from a 60s spy movie or something. its incredible. ..where soviet influences... horns sound ..meet ancient traditions... this is amazing. i cant believe this. this is where arches would have stood. ..and vast landscapes... ..hide impressive relics. its pretty astonishing that im able to still walk around here. for the best part of a century, this country has been off limits to many outsiders. but in recent years, thats been changing, and im on ...

once part of the enormous soviet union, uzbekistan is a country of arid deserts, lush mountains and ancient cities. in its long history, its been home to many civilisations, remnants of which can still be seen today. and now its more recent past is as much of a draw. im starting myjourney here in tashkent, the biggest city in the whole of central asia. its dynamic, full of young people — with almost half under the age of 30 — and its booming. though wherever you look, you are remin...

At that time, it was military tests, the focal spot... to see how military equipment can deal with extreme temperature, yes? yes, yes. for example, a simulation of nuclear power explosion, testing of protecting material of space shuttles. it works by turning 62 mirrored panels to bounce the sun onto 10,000 tiny mirrors onto the dish—shaped building. they then focus the suns rays onto a small furnace known as the concentrator. and you can even see for yourself just how powerful the sun can be w...

Whoa! what an incredible view! dr shavkat nurmatov is one of the people in charge. so tell me, originally, why was this whole institute created? it was a time of race between capitalistic system and soviet system. the furnace was built to rival its french equivalent, the only other of its kind in the world. first, the main idea was about achieving high temperatures in the focal spot by cheap and fast way, and 3,000 degrees c required to test some facilities. at that time, it was military tests, ...