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A state of emergency and a curfew remain in place here and nationwide. there is very little connectivity — they switch the internet on for maybe three or four hours a day, which makes it very difficult for people to actually work out what's going on here. and although things were much, much quieter here than they were in almaty, you can see security has been tightened. for example, that is the entrance to the presidential palace, which has been blocked off. president tokayev blames the terrorists and bandits for the violence, but there is a growing suggestion that violence is somehow linked ...

Protests over fuel prices... ..in another part of kazakhstan were suddenly looking like war. translation: these bandits were controlled by terrorists. j for the level of organisation here, it must have been a criminal group that planned it in advance. dozens of people were killed. thousands have since been detained. there's still a lot of confusion about who was behind this violence. authorities blame terrorists and bandits. some here talk about a power struggle in the ruling elite. but one thing is clear — that to stay in power, the president of kazakhstan had to call on a foreign power for...

Linked to a power struggle going on within the ruling elite in kazakhstan. a baby boy separated from his parents during the chaotic american evacuation of afghanistan last year has been reunited with relatives. sohail ahmadi, who was two—months—old at the time, was handed to a us soldier as his parents struggled to get into the airport. most of the family managed to fly out of the country, but the baby was left behind in kabul. he was taken in by a 29—year—old taxi driver, hamid safi, who has now handed the boy over to his grandfather. our correspondent quentin somerville is in kabul. ...

Perspective, what's exciting is we have a federal court who is now going to be reviewing a decision, scrutinising very closely the framework on which those decisions are made at the airport. normally those people go home. the fact he is challenging it is very exciting from our perspective. challenging it is very exciting from our persoective-— reports from kazakhstan say 164 people died in the violence of the last week. most of the fatalities were in the country's biggest city, almaty. the authorities say more than 5,000 people have been detained. the unrest began as a protest against the ri...

Much quieter here than they were in almaty, you can see security has been tightened. for example, that is the entrance to the presidential palace, which has been blocked off. president tokayev blames the terrorists and bandits for the violence, but there is a growing suggestion that violence is somehow linked to a power struggle going on within the ruling elite in kazakhstan. it's usually one of the biggest nights in film, but this evening's golden globes ceremony will be held without a—list stars — and it's not being shown on tv. the event is being boycotted after it emerged that the orga...