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Protesting, he had to flee imminent arrest. he cant turn back now. its a testament to how bad things have gotten in belarus. people feel compelled to make the dark journey. a road to freedom, the likes of which europe hasnt really seen since the soviet union. belarus has been ruled for decades by autocratic president. declaring victory in august elections the u.s. said were fraudulent. huge protests followed and he moved swiftly to crush them. he and russian president vladimir putin are two peas...

Was once this regions security guarantor. now, russia has taken on the role. this road is the only link between armenia, the only link between armenia, the outside world and what is left of the ethnic armenian on clave in nagorno—karabakh. it isjust over there, clave in nagorno—karabakh. it is just over there, those clave in nagorno—karabakh. it isjust over there, those hills over there. isjust over there, those hills overthere. now, since isjust over there, those hills over there. now, si...

And are told privately that the russians are blocking almost all foreigners. it is a real pain that we have to talk like this rather than in person. that evening, we speak to a nagorno—karabakh official on a whatsapp call. has nagorno—karabakh become another one of these little states that we see in this part of the world which are occupied by russia? we drive along a road that is effectively a new international border between armenia and azerbaijan. we stop in a village and a group of azerb...

The russian military have a checkpointjust down there. they decide, they call the shots round here now. were denied permission to enter, and are told privately that the russians are now blocking almost all foreigners. its a real pain that we have to talk like this rather than in person. that evening we speak to a nagorno—karabakh official on a whatsapp call. so youre happy to have russia there? its better than having azerbaijan occupy you. the shockwaves of the defeat continue to reverberate i...

Are you allowed on the road here? this is an armenian road, no? i dont know — on the map. no? whose road is this? we drive towards armenias border with nagorno—karabakh. with the armenian army pulling out, its now russia acting as the guarantor of the enclaves security. so this road is the only link between armenia, the outside world, and whats left of the ethnic armenian enclave of nagorno—kara bakh. its just over there, those hills there. now, since the war, the armenians have not had co...

Left of the ethnic armenian enclave of nagorno karabakh — its just over there, those hills there. now, since the war, the armenians have not had control over who and what uses this road — thats down to the russians. the russian military have a checkpointjust down there. they decide, they call the shots round here now. were denied permission to enter, and are told privately that the russians are now blocking almost all foreigners. its a real pain that we have to talk like this rather than in ...

But as the week progresses, the cold air returns with a plunge of northerly winds. thats because the jet stream, initially, will be sat towards the north, so steering our low pressure this way but then, later in the week, that plunges southwards. so we keep a strong jet stream, we keep low pressure with us and we pick up that arctic air. and with low pressure close by, it wont be raining all the time but there will be showers around. so after that initial warmth to start, albeit rather unsettled...

Uk, particularly england into wales. might see a bit of that rain further south and east. up to about 16 degrees or so for the lights of norwich and london as well. a little bit cooler to the north, aberdeen around that 11 degrees. if you look at the aircraft, northwards across the uk -- at the aircraft, northwards across the uk —— the hermas. —— the air mass. forthe the uk —— the hermas. —— the air mass. for the early half of next week, northwest southeast split. cooler and wett...

Which europe hasnt really seen since the soviet union. belarus caught between russia and the european union has been ruled for decades by alexander lukashenko. he declared victory in august elections the u.s. said were fraudulent. huge protests followed and he moved swiftly to crush them. he and russian president vladimir putin are two peas in a pod when it comes to shutting down dissent. so putin swiftly helping his partner with $1.5 billion and our unspecified aid. months of systematic repress...

New variation. i feel like its the light- at the end of the tunnel and in that vial is just i a little bit of sunshine. we have no choice but to return to a national lockdown. the number of deaths recorded in the uk from covid has surpassed 100,000. we are now travelling on a one—way road to freedom.