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Joshua Stacey in for Nick and is joined by broadcaster and journalist Lydia Hislop. In today's episode, Caroline Davies from the Racecourse Association reflects on a damning report from Lee Mottershead in the Racing Post about the current state of weighing rooms at British racecourses. Harry Charlton looks ahead to Newmarket after Cosmic Year's impressive return to action at Kempton Park last night, Brian Meehan and Ollie Sangster also provide a word on their Guineas hopefuls, Ben Aktins brings us our usual Thursday update from the Point-to-Point world and Clive Hadingham shares his thoughts on Surrey Quest's bid to go one better in the Coral Scottish Grand National this Saturday.

Climate change is melting thousands of glaciers in the Himalayas and having a devastating impact on the people who live there. The BBC's Caroline Davies has just been to the Pakistani side of the world's highest mountain range: she tells Graihagh Jackson how villagers are coping, and how they are determined to stay put despite the risks of floods and the disruption to their traditional way of life.You can watch Caroline's reporting from Pakistan here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00246nx/from-above-melting-glaciersGot a climate question you'd like answered? Email: TheClimateQuestion@BBC.com or WhatsApp: +44 8000 321 721Presenter: Graihagh Jackson Reporter in Pakistan: Caroline Davies Producers in Pakistan: Fakhir Munir, Usman Zahid, Kamil Dayan Khan Producers in London: Ellie House and Osman Iqbal Sound Mix: Rod Farquhar and Tom Brignell Editor: Simon Watts

Kate Adie presents stories from Pakistan-administered Gilgit Balistan, Brazil, the United States, the Faroe Islands and AustriaThe remote mountain villages of Pakistan-administered Gilgit Baltistan are on the frontline of climate change. Some have already been wiped out by landslides caused by melting glaciers. Caroline Davies met locals in the picturesque Hunza Valley preparing for the next disaster.World leaders gathered in Brazil this week for the G20 summit. James Landale observed how world leaders took the opportunity to recalibrate their relationships in advance of Donald Trump returning to the White House - including China's President Xi.Donald Trump has been masterminding nominations for his new cabinet from his Mar a Lago resort in Florida's Palm Beach. It was the nerve-centre of operations during his campaign, and has become the place to be seen for West Wing hopefuls. Jessica Parker found out what locals make of the political circus.In the Faroe Islands, the annual round up of 70,000 sheep is underway. On one tiny island, on a farm only accessible by helicopter – one couple manage a herd of some five hundred sheep. Tim Ecott tried his best to lend a hand on the steep, slippery slopes.The Austrian spa town of Bad Ischl is where the Habsburg Emperor Franz Josef signed the declaration of war on Serbia that triggered the First World War. Over recent decades, Bad Ischl has increasingly traded on its history – with an annual festival to mark the birthday of the emperor. But as Gareth Jones discovered, the question of what people choose to remember is acquiring a new urgency.Series Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Janet Staples

Caroline DaviesMS, School of Health Professions, 2022MS, Heersink School of Medicine, 2023Student, Heersink School of MedicineMore InformationUAB News - UAB graduate built an anatomy study hub for her master's degree. Now in med school, she is putting it to use.UAB Reporter - New site gives UAB students an edge in anatomy studiesGraduate School - Three graduate students receive NAS Dean's ScholarshipsVIBA Homepage (Blazer ID required)Virtual Anatomy Lab (Blazer ID required)

Kate Adie presents stories from Nigeria, Ukraine, Iran, Uzbekistan and Nepal.Nigeria is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation, with soaring inflation and a depreciating currency, making many basic food items unaffordable for the majority. Mayeni Jones describes the challenges of daily living in a country where inflation is around 30 per cent.In the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, several villages have been captured after Russian forces took control of the town of Avdiivka last month. James Waterhouse has been to cities just behind the front-line as they prepare for what might be coming their wayTurnout in Iran's parliamentary elections last week was at a record low of 41 per cent - though voters had a limited choice, as only candidates approved by the Supreme Leader's Guardian Council could stand. Our correspondent, Caroline Davies, was given rare permission to report from the capital Tehran, where young people explained why they chose not to vote.We travel to Uzbekistan, a Muslim-majority country – but, as we discover, not all visitors are in tune with the country's traditional conservative values. Chris Aslan reports on how religious piety is increasingly being embraced in the country.And, for those climbing Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, it's not just reaching the summit that's taking their breath away. Our Environment Correspondent, Navin Singh Khadka, finds out what's causing a stink. Producer: Sally Abrahams Production Co-ordinator: Sophie Hill Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

Kate Adie presents stories from Pakistan, Syria, Gaza, Trinidad and Tobago and Ivory Coast.With most of the results now declared in Pakistan's general election, no political force has a clear majority. Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan is claiming victory, and another ex-PM, Nawaz Sharif, says his party has emerged the largest and is urging others to join his coalition. Caroline Davies reflects on how the vote has divided the nation.Residents of the tightly-controlled rebel-held area of Idlib, in Syria's north-west, are struggling to survive as aid funding has been cut one year on from the quake which struck Syria and Turkey. Leila Molana Allen visits an orphanage where children try to imagine a better future.Lucy Williamson follows the story of six-year-old Hind Rajab who was caught up in crossfire when she tried to leave Gaza City, following evacuation orders by Israel's military. She describes the efforts to stay in contact with her after her family died, and the perilous nature of rescue efforts that are replicated every day.Trinidad and Tobago is one of the wealthiest nations in the Caribbean, thanks to significant oil and gas reserves. But Tobagans often complain that Trinidad has reaped the benefits at the expense of their own smaller island. Sara Wheeler paid the island a visit.And finally, on Sunday Nigeria faces Ivory Coast in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. James Copnall was there for the tournament, twenty years after he worked there as a correspondent. He charts its transformation after years of civil war.Series Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Katie Morrison

Kate Adie presents stories from Pakistan, Syria, Gaza, Trinidad and Tobago and Ivory Coast.With most of the results now declared in Pakistan's general election, no political force has a clear majority. Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan is claiming victory, and another ex-PM, Nawaz Sharif, says his party has emerged the largest and is urging others to join his coalition. Caroline Davies reflects on how the vote has divided the nation.Residents of the tightly-controlled rebel-held area of Idlib, in Syria's north-west, are struggling to survive as aid funding has been cut one year on from the quake which struck Syria and Turkey. Leila Molana Allen visits an orphanage where children try to imagine a better future.Lucy Williamson follows the story of six-year-old Hind Rajab who was caught up in crossfire when she tried to leave Gaza City, following evacuation orders by Israel's military. She describes the efforts to stay in contact with her after her family died, and the perilous nature of rescue efforts that are replicated every day.Trinidad and Tobago is one of the wealthiest nations in the Caribbean, thanks to significant oil and gas reserves. But Tobagans often complain that Trinidad has reaped the benefits at the expense of their own smaller island. Sara Wheeler paid the island a visit.And finally, on Sunday Nigeria faces Ivory Coast in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. James Copnall was there for the tournament, twenty years after he worked there as a correspondent. He charts its transformation after years of civil war.Series Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Katie MorrisonSeries Producer From Our Own Correspondent BBC Long Form Audio

Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been jailed for 14 years after being convicted of illegally profiting from state gifts. It's the second sentence handed to Pakistan's former prime minister in two days. Khan, who was ousted as PM by his opponents in 2022, was already serving a three-year jail term for corruption.Imran Khan been a dominant figure in Pakistan for decades. He first rose to international fame on the cricket pitch, before shedding his playboy past and embarking on a decade-long marriage with billionaire heiress Jemima Goldsmith in a story captured in the pages of Hello! magazine. He founded the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in 1996. So what changed, and what does this sentencing say about the state of democracy in Pakistan? The BBC's Pakistan correspondent Caroline Davies explains. Plus, we hear reaction from some of his supporters. Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 0330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: William Lee Adams Producer: Mora Morrison Editors: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks

The bid to build a new Passamaquoddy Lodge in St. Andrews is well underway. It has designs, a parcel of land to build on and capital estimates. The project has ground to a halt, organizers say because the provincial government is dragging its feet on signing off on the project. Host Julia Wright speaks with Caroline Davies, chair of the development committee for the new Passamaquoddy Lodge.

Kate Adie presents stories from Mexico, Israel, Pakistan, Georgia and Romania. On October 24, high winds started howling around the Mexican beach city of Acapulco. In barely 12 hours, unseasonably warm seawater off the coast had turned a common tropical storm into Category 5 Hurricane Otis. The ferocity of the storm was unexpected, and left locals and tourists with little time to prepare before 200-mile-per-hour winds hit - some of the strongest ever recorded on earth. James Fredrick visited Acapulco in the days after the storm. Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, tensions have been rising in Israel's mixed cities: places which, while majority Jewish, have a sizeable Arab population. One in five people in Israel's population are Palestinian citizens of Israel – sometimes known as Israeli Arabs – making them the largest minority in the country. Emily Wither meets a grassroots peace group working to bring people from both communities together. In October, Pakistan's government announced that any foreign national who does not have the paperwork to stay in the country would be deported from 1st November. The policy will mostly affect an estimated 1.7 million Afghan nationals in the country. In the last two months around 200,000 Afghan nationals are believed to have already left Pakistan ahead of the deadline, streaming over the Afghan border. Caroline Davies travelled to the border region to meet them. Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, a valley region not far from the border with Russia, has a troubled history. In the early 2000s the region became a base for Chechen separatists in their war with Russia, and in the decades since Pankisi has become synonymous in media coverage with Islamist extremism. In recent years, a group of Chechen women entrepreneurs have taken it upon themselves to change the negative stereotype of their community, as Sally Howard found. Romania's state healthcare service is one of the most poorly funded in the European Union. In recent years it has been the subject of a series of negative news stories, from a string of deadly hospital fires, to investigations into high-level corruption. Stephen McGrath has reported on Romania's medical system many times, but recently he found himself at the heart of it - as a patient. Producer: Viv Jones Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman

Kate Adie presents stories from Pakistan, Germany, Portugal, Senegal and the United States. Pakistan's government has issued an order for illegal migrants to leave the country by the beginning of November. This includes around 1.7 million Afghans, according to official figures. Among the many caught in the middle are nearly 2,000 Afghans who risked their lives working with or for British armed forces during the war in Afghanistan. They've been promised visas by the British government that would allow them to resettle in the UK, but many now fear they will be forced to return to Afghanistan, to an uncertain future. Caroline Davies has been speaking to them. Recent state elections in Germany showed a clear rise in support for the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD. The results have sent shockwaves across Germany, as Damien McGuinness found out. An ancient farming village in the Portuguese mountains is fighting plans for an open-cast lithium mine on its doorstep. The lithium would be used for electric car batteries, as part of Europe's green energy transition. But local villagers say the mine will damage their environment, and their way of life. As Europe tries to reduce its dependence on China for lithium imports, the outcome of this dispute is being watched closely, as Caroline Bayley reports. In Senegal, many parents send their sons to study and live in Islamic schools called daaras, often because they cannot afford to raise them themselves. While many daaras provide good education and care, some subject their pupils to abuse and neglect, or force them to beg in the streets. Sam Bradpiece travelled to the capital, Dakar to investigate the story. Although Hollywood's writers have recently ended their five-month strike, the actors strike continues. Virtually all Hollywood film and TV production has stalled, and negotiations last week ended without agreement. David Willis has been covering the story. Producer: Viv Jones Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman

Stories from Morocco, Gabon, Pakistan, Norway and Canada A community in the High Atlas Mountains grapples with the devastation wrought by the strongest earthquake to hit Morocco in more than one hundred years. James Copnall visited Amizmiz where several lives were lost and homes destroyed and a harsh winter lies ahead. The West African country of Gabon has become the latest in the region to witness a military coup, overthrowing the government of President Ali Bongo, scion of the Bongo dynasty. Catherine Norris-Trent encountered jubilation on the streets of Libraville - but asks whether pledges of democratic elections will be fulfilled. In Pakistan, we followed the search in the country for three relatives of Sara Sharif, the ten-year old who was found dead in Woking. Her father, step-mother and Uncle have now been charged with her murder since they returned to the UK. Caroline Davies visited Sara's grandfather in his village in Punjab. On the Norway-Russian border, there used to be a steady stream of visitors, but the war in Ukraine changed that. It remains open but Norwegians have introduced more checks on those coming over. John Murphy found a more active border in the waters of a river nearby where locals are battling to keep out a different kind of visitor. As he returns from paternity leave, our Rome correspondent, Mark Lowen, recounts his experience of becoming a father using a surrogate in Canada, even as Italy moves to ban its nationals from engaging a surrogate abroad. Series Producer: Serena Tarling Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman Editor: Bridget Harney

Kate Adie introduces stories about Cambodia's outgoing Prime Minister, and from Pakistan, Romania, New Zealand and Germany. Cambodia has suffered more tragedy than most, including civil wars, American bombing, and the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. For the last 38 years, the country has been ruled by one, increasingly autocratic man, Prime Minister Hun Sen. He is now handing power to a new Prime Minister next week – his own son. Jonathan Head has just been to Cambodia, and reflects on Hun Sen's remarkable longevity in office. Three hundred young Pakistani men are still missing, feared drowned, in the Mediterranean after the Greek shipping disaster in June. Why did they want to leave their country, at the mercy of people smugglers? Caroline Davies has been finding out, and asks what the police are doing to stop the human trafficking. She also meets a family whose teenage sons died in the Greek shipwreck. In Romania on the other hand, the economy is booming, and people are moving to it, rather than away from it. That includes many Romanian emigrants who are now returning home, armed with new skills and attracted back by improved salaries. Tessa Dunlop detects a new confidence in the country. She also finds that this new Romanian tiger, has teeth, and claws. New Zealand is trying to eradicate all rats, possums and stoats. These are not native to New Zealand but were brought there by humans in recent centuries. They have been decimating the local wildlife, like flightless and ground-nesting birds that evolved without those predators. Killing all individuals of several species across a whole country is a tall order however. And what about ethical qualms? Henri Astier joins a rat-catching expedition in Wellington to find out more. Culture wars are raging in many countries, about different issues. In Germany, it's sausages, motorway speeds, and grammar. German is a gendered language, with male and female forms of nouns that denote people, like actor/actress. In German however, the -ess applies to everything. Doctoress. Prime Ministeress. But in the plural, the male form is used no matter the gender of the individuals. This makes some feel that women don't count. The answer? Doctor*esses or Prime Minister:esses, using * or : to indicate that a group does or could include both genders. Damien McGuinness carefully wades into the debate. Producer: Arlene Gregorius Editor: Bridget Harney Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar (Image: Outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Credit: Kith Serey/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

From the BBC World Service: The Taliban has fulfilled its threat to shut down hair and beauty salons across Afghanistan, leaving tens of thousands of women without work. The BBC’s Caroline Davies explains. The CEO of NatWest, one of the UK’s biggest banks, has resigned after the bank closed the account of a former politician due to his conservative right-wing views. Alison Rose had said Nigel Farage’s account was shut down due to a lack of funds. In Germany, the government is suggesting that a siesta could help workers cope with uncharacteristic summer heat, and, finally, David Gressly, UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, gives an update on an operation to remove one million barrels of oil from a derelict tanker.

From the BBC World Service: The Taliban has fulfilled its threat to shut down hair and beauty salons across Afghanistan, leaving tens of thousands of women without work. The BBC’s Caroline Davies explains. The CEO of NatWest, one of the UK’s biggest banks, has resigned after the bank closed the account of a former politician due to his conservative right-wing views. Alison Rose had said Nigel Farage’s account was shut down due to a lack of funds. In Germany, the government is suggesting that a siesta could help workers cope with uncharacteristic summer heat, and, finally, David Gressly, UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, gives an update on an operation to remove one million barrels of oil from a derelict tanker.

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Kate Adie introduces dispatches from the USA, Pakistan, Germany, Japan and Italy. In Florida this week, Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges relating to unauthorised possession of classified material, obstruction of justice and making false statements to law enforcement. Nomia Iqbal was outside the federal courthouse in Miami where the arraignment took place, and spoke to some of the former president's supporters. Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was once omnipresent in the country's media - from the headlines to the fiery evening TV talk shows. But since his removal from power in a vote of no confidence, his public profile has almost disappeared, as his political party and its supporters are being silenced. Caroline Davies reports on a new climate of apprehension in the Pakistani media. How should a German town with a steady stream of tourists deal with an antisemitic sculpture in public view? In Wittenberg, home town of Protestant reformer Martin Luther, the answer is not straightforward. What to do with a medieval carving on the side of a church has stoked some serious debate, says John Kampfner. Kesennuma, in northeastern Japan, was one of many coastal towns devastated by the earthquake and tsunami of 2011 which triggered the Fukushima nuclear accident. Ellie House recently visited the city, and saw lasting signs of the damage done. Yet despite the ever-present risks, some younger people in Japan seem far less prepared for disaster. And as Italy mourns the late Silvio Berlusconi, David Willey remembers a visit to the media magnate and politician's palatial villa in Milan - when he went to see the almost pharaonic mausoleum where Mr Berlusconi planned to be buried, along with family, friends... and some business associates.

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' dispatches from El Salvador, the streets of Pakistan's cities, the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, North Korea and Germany. Since the 1990s, El Salvador fell into the grip of street gangs which terrorised the country. Now its President, Nayib Bukele, is running a harsh crackdown on gang members, introducing sweeping new police powers, summary arrests, mass trials and heavy sentences for alleged offenders. Will Grant spoke to some who've suffered, and others who've gained, in this new climate. The last month has seen huge, passionate demonstrations in many of Pakistan's cities in support of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Once he was seen as an ally of the country's military and security establishment, but recently those ties have cooled and he's faced a slew of legal challenges. Caroline Davies has seen how this political drama is playing out in court and on the streets. What happened to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims driven out of Myanmar in 2017? Rajini Vaidyanathan visits the world's largest refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, where many Rohingya families are trying to survive in cramped, squalid conditions. She reunites with a young boy the BBC first met five years ago. Visitors to North Korea often have a hard time understanding what locals really think. But once North Koreans leave the country, they can finally speak out about feelings locked inside - or just not confronted - for a lifetime. Michael Bristow met one North Korean woman who's now making a new life in the north of England. And in Germany, Tim Mansel explores why the future of small-town family butchers' shops appear to be on the chopping block. Like many other sectors in the German economy, retail butchery is struggling to fill all the empty vacancies. Producer: Polly Hope Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Co-ordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross

Multi-platinum singer-songwriter Kesha discusses her most raw and confrontational album to date (1m35s); as the Post Office scandal continues to unfold, Marina Hyde asks why there is a deafening silence on social media (9m31s); and as the nation celebrates the new monarch, Caroline Davies considers the historic coronations that went awry (26m44s)

Anita is joined by the European Champion and Queen of the Jungle Jill Scott. Jill is one of the most decorated footballers in the country and after announcing her retirement from the sport last year she's turned her attention to the next generation. Today she is opening a new football pitch in her hometown in South Tyneside and tells Anita what she wants the Lionesses' legacy to be. The gang-rape of a woman in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, sparked protests yesterday with women calling out the country's ‘rape epidemic'. The 24-year-old woman was walking with a male colleague in the city's largest park at 8pm last week when she was attacked and raped by two armed men. The police have said that investigations were ongoing but in a statement warned people to avoid unlit areas of the park in the evening. We hear from Aisha Sarwari, columnist and co-founder Women's Advancement Hub based in Islamabad and Caroline Davies, the BBC's Pakistan Correspondent Salma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican American actress, director and producer who broke barriers in the 90's as one of the first Latina actresses to establish a successful career in Hollywood, appearing in several Robert Rodriguez films including From Dusk Til Dawn. She was Oscar-nominated for her role in Frida, about the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, a film which she also produced. Now she is starring opposite Channing Tatum in Magic Mike's Last Stand, which perhaps surprisingly, is set mostly in a London theatre. Salma joins Anita in the Woman's Hour studio to talk about being the strong female lead, and power dynamics in Hollywood. Being a parent for the first time is challenging for anyone. But when you're a disabled parent, it brings with it many more complexities, including discrimination from society and medical professionals alike. Eliza Hull, an Australian musician and disabled parent, realised that there was no positive literature around being a disabled parent – so she created it herself. ‘We've Got This' is an anthology of stories from disabled parents about how they've overcome challenges to become parents, and how much they love it. We hear from Eliza herself alongside one of the authors, Nina Tame. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Jill Scott Interviewed Guest: Aisha Sarwari Interviewed Guest: Caroline Davies Interviewed Guest: Salma Hayek Pinault Interviewed Guest: Eliza Hull Interviewed Guest: Nina Tame

Kate Adie presents stories from Pakistan Ukraine, Gibraltar, Uzbekistan and Namibia More than 100 people were killed in an attack targeting police in a high security mosque in the northern city of Peshawar in Pakistan earlier this week. An investigation is now underway as to how the bomber managed to enter the high-security zone. Caroline Davies went to the city and met some of the survivors. Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky has launched a anti-corruption drive, which led to the resignation of several government and regional ministers. James Waterhouse was in Kyiv and said the upheaval marked a shift in the government's narrative, with a new focus on accountability. Gibraltar, the British territory which borders Spain, remains deeply patriotic despite its geographical location. Joe Inwood met the chief minister there and discovered how a simple mispronunciation opened up deeper cultural differences. We visit Samarkand in Uzbekistan, for centuries a major trading hub on the Silk Road. But under the former President Islam Karimov, the country experienced economic stagnation and isolation. His successor is trying to revive the economy by boosting tourism. Heidi Fuller-Love went to visit a shiny new complex near Samarkand - a different world from the heritage sites of the old city. And Stephen Moss explores the sand dunes of the Namib desert - one of the most arid places on earth. He finds that, although Chinese investment in nearby Walvis Bay is reaping returns, the wider ecosystem is under threat. Producers: Serena Tarling, Louise Hidalgo and Arlene Gregorius Editor: China Collins Production Coordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross

Energy, policing and Ukraine – news you may have missed, while the country continues to mourn the Queen, whose coffin has been moved to Buckingham Palace. The BBC's Caroline Davies joins Adam to explain what's happening with the government's plan to limit energy bills. Greg McKenzie has been speaking to the family of Chris Kaba, the 24-year-old who was shot dead by a police officer in south London, about the investigation that's been launched. Jeremy Bowen talks through what's happening in Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces are said to have seized back even more territory from Russia. And the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, looks at the big challenges facing the King and the country. Today's Newscast was made by Danny Wittenberg with Miranda Slade and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

Millions of lives are being uprooted, or destroyed as Russia's bombardment of Ukrainian cities widens. Fergal Keane has covered the conflict with Russia and its proxy forces since 2014 – and has followed the story of a beekeeper from the Donbas, and his wife. Ukrainian journalists covering the crisis at a distance have been watching the horror unfold and grappling with its implications on friends, colleagues and loved ones. Irena Taranyuk, of the BBC's Ukraine service, tells of her experience of putting the story out on the night the invasion began. Russia is becoming increasingly isolated internationally, with western companies stopping operations there. Thousands of Russians are packing up and leaving. Many say it's because they have political concerns about the sort of country Russia will become; others fear of the imposition of martial law or worry that the economy will crumble. Caroline Davies spoke to some of them. More than 180 million voters went to the polls in 5 of India's states this week, including the country's largest - Uttar Pradesh. The governing BJP has a firm hold on the state, and its chief minister – a hindu-monk-turned politician, Yogi Adityanath is emerging as a favourite to succeed Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But during his leadership, he has been criticised for anti-muslim rhetoric. Rajini Vaidyanathan followed the campaign trail. It's 20 years since James Helm arrived in Dublin as BBC Correspondent there, with his wife Charlotte and their young son. The original posting was for a year, but the family stayed on in Ireland for almost a decade - a period of enormous change for the country. After several years away, James and his sons recently made a return trip. Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Emma Close

One of Ukraine's top pharmaceutical firms asks the global industry to help keep medicines flowing. Also in the programme, the BBC's Caroline Davies seeks Russian views on the changing high street in Moscow, as Western firms shut their shops in Russia. We get a sense of what impact Western sanctions are having on the country's economy from Liam Peach of Capital Economics. And we hear about new restrictions on exports that Russia's government has imposed. Meanwhile the British government has introduced new sanctions on seven wealthy Russians, including the owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich. Tariq Panja is global sports correspondent with the New York Times, and explains the implications for the club. Plus, recent floods in eastern Australia have caused devastating losses of life and livelihoods. The BBC's Vivienne Nunis asks what can be done to prevent future disasters causing so much damage to businesses and homes. Today's edition is presented by Will Bain, and produced by Faarea Masud, Ivana Davidovic and Gabriele Shaw.

Ukrainians have mounted a defiant response since President Vladimir Putin's invasion of their country began. But scores of lives have nonetheless been lost. Moscow's propaganda machine has been in full swing domestically, trying to conceal any Russian casualties from the outside world. Caroline Davies visited went to a village in Eastern Siberia to speak to the families and friends of one of the Russian soldiers in Ukraine – who's believed to have been captured. Finland once signed a treaty which ensured it would not face a Soviet invasion, providing it stayed out of Nato and gave Moscow to influence its domestic and foreign policy. To date, Finland has remained outside Nato but a debate is now underway as to whether it should eventually join following threats from Vladimir Putin this week. Emilia Jansson reports that attitudes on the ground are beginning to shift. For the majority of those attending the annual Republican Conference in Florida, the crisis in Ukraine was a subject best avoided. Instead, President Joe Biden was cast as their greatest threat. Anthony Zurcher reports on the conference. Thousands of miles off the coast of Chile, sits the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island. The islanders are eagerly anticipating the return of one of their beloved Moai – figures carved out of rock. It was first brought to Chile in 1870. Jane Chambers has been following the twists and turns of the great home coming of one of them. Copenhagen is home to one of the world's largest humanitarian aid warehouses. The warehouse can store more than 36 000 pallets of life-saving equipment. It's sorted and packed by robots, humans and mechanised wheelbarrows. Sandra Kanthal has been to the warehouse, run by Unicef, to meet the people who work there.

The Duke of York faces a bill of millions of pounds after settling a sexual assault case with his accuser, Virginia Giuffre. This, in effect, ends his career in public life, says royal reporter Caroline Davies

The Duke of York faces a bill of millions of pounds after settling a sexual assault case with his accuser, Virginia Giuffre. This, in effect, ends his career in public life, says royal reporter Caroline Davies. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Tonight we have Dinosaur Sword Tails, Denisovan Slumber Parties, and a Tennessee Fossil Pit.   “Oldest Remains of Mysterious, Extinct Human Ancestors Unearthed in Siberian Cave”, by CHARLES Q. CHOI: https://tinyurl.com/yck68csk   “Mammoths Survived in Canada Until 5,000 Years Ago”, by Ruth Schuster: https://tinyurl.com/s5njdny3   “Woolly mammoths survived on mainland North America until 5,000 years ago, DNA reveals”, by Cameron Duke: https://tinyurl.com/5cv2bmvv   “Mummy with gold-foil 'tongue' found in sealed Egyptian tomb”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2p9dkfjs   “'Garbage dump' discovered in ancient Egyptian tomb dedicated to fertility goddess”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ebdvy   “Meat-eating dinosaurs were terrifyingly fast, footprints reveal”, by Mindy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/22n63j88   “This 'Very Weird' Newly Discovered Dinosaur Was Armed With a Slashing Weapon”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/yjwb2t95   “Darkness caused by dino-killing asteroid snuffed out life on Earth in 9 months”, by Mindy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/yckpucdc   “A fossil site reveals an ancient sinkhole and its enormous occupant”, by Jeanne Timmons: https://tinyurl.com/3npfsees   “Women executed 300 years ago as witches in Scotland set to receive pardons”, by Caroline Davies: https://tinyurl.com/kzft3un6   “NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2030 — and you can help”, by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/3twpfss8   “High-Speed Space Junk Risk Forces NASA Astronauts to Abandon Spacewalk”, by Morgan McFall-Johnsen: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ds9bu   “Imaginary numbers could be needed to describe reality, new studies find”, by Ben Turner: https://tinyurl.com/yck6469h   “Flecks of silver in poop of ancient Cambrian creature baffle scientists”, by Harry Baker: https://tinyurl.com/ycknvb5v   “Crows Are So Smart They Seem to Understand The Concept of Tool Value”, by TESSA KOUMOUNDOUROS: https://tinyurl.com/2p862yjx   “A Weird Paper Tests The Limits of Science by Claiming Octopuses Came From Space”, by Mike McRae: https://tinyurl.com/y762r5m5   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub  

It's the most wonderful time of the year - the annual Comradio Christmas episode. This year our theme is the beard. From what beards tell us about sociology and policy to the rich history of hairy faces, including what Atlee said about beards, how the Chartists delayed the age of the Victorian beard, New Labour's approach to beards, the role of the beard in Abraham Lincoln's electoral success, fake beards, beard taxes, the edicts about beards that have been used for political ends through the ages, and The Charge of The Light Brigade. All leading us to our thrilling conclusion: the truth about Santa's beard.     Our Patreon   Buy our merch     Second Row Socialists on Twitter     Comradio on Twitter       Alternative Left Entertainment     Follow ALE on Twitter     Why does Santa have a beard but Mrs Claus doesn't? - BBC Science Focus Magazine    Beards augment perceptions of men's age, social status, and aggressiveness, but not attractiveness - Dixson and Vasey (2012)    Women are more attracted to men with beards, says study - Sophie Foster for Wales Online (2020)    A multivariate analysis of women's mating strategies and sexual selection on men's facial morphology - Tessa R. Clarkson et al (2020)    ALMOST HALF OF WOMEN REFUSE TO DATE MEN WITH HIPSTER BEARDS, SURVEY FINDS - Sarah Young for The Independent (2018)     Let's talk about Oscar Isaac's magnificent Dune beard - Gabrielle Paiella for GQ (2020)     The Beard-Battle that Almost Split Christendom - Luke T. Harrington for Christianity Today (2016)    What's In A Beard? - Rabbi Yirmiyahu Ullman    The men evading Tajikistan's de-facto beard ban - Global Voices Online in The Guardian (2015)    5 UK Sikh doctors ‘removed' for refusing to shave beards - Naomi Canton for Times of India (2020)    Sikh Front-Line Workers Make Enough Sacrifices. Their Beards Shouldn't Be One. - Harman Singh in HuffPo (2020)    Depiction thought to be Loki with no beard    Beard: Masculinity in Early Modern England - Will Fisher (2001)    Peter the Great's Beard Tax - Amelia Soth for JSTOR Daily (2021)    The Beard Movement in Victorian Britain - Christopher Oldstone-Moore (2005)    Five Things You Didn't Know About The Crimean War - The Royal Collection Trust    Roger Fenton's Crimean War photographs at the US Library of Congress     Pioneer photographer's stark images of Crimean war go on display - Caroline Davies (2017)    The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson (1854)    The six reasons beards are everywhere - BBC Radio Four    The Bear Book: Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture - Les Wright (1997)    “Grow the Beard, Wear the Costume”: Resisting Weight and Sexual Orientation Stigmas in the Bear Subculture - Patrick B. McGrady (2016)    Understanding the Bear Movement in Gay Male Culture - Eric Manley et al (2008)    What is a Blind Item? - Mary McMahon    This Trans Woman Kept Her Beard And Couldn't Be Happier - Patrick Strudwick for Buzzfeed (2015)     Why famous dudes grow beards to deal with existential crises - Luke Winkie for Vox (2020)    Rick and Morty - Abradolf Lincler    Santa, is that you? But where's your white beard? - Peter Holley in WaPo (2014)

Proponents of a nursing home to replace the existing Passamaquoddy Lodge in St. Andrews want to change the culture of nursing home care in town. Host Julia Wright speaks with Caroline Davies, president of the board for Passamaquoddy Lodge. They hope to build a greenhouse model of long-term care. Then to learn more about this model of care we hear from Janice Keefe a Professor and Chair of Family Studies and Gerontology at Mount Saint Vincent University and Director of the NS Centre on Aging.

‘I have to focus on my mental health' Simone Biles, dubbed the greatest gymnast of all time, has withdrawn from two events at the Olympics. We speak to top gymnasts past and present – Team GB legend Beth Tweddle and British-Jamaican gymnast Danusia Francis – about the pressures of performing in front of billions of eyeballs. And a change to quarantine rules for double-jabbed people from the EU or US could finally reunite family and friends in England and Scotland. The BBC's Transport Correspondent, Caroline Davies, has the details. Today's Newscast was made by Maz Ebtehaj with Daniel Wittenberg, Ben Cooper and Rick Kelsey. The Studio Director was Emma Crowe. The Assistant Editor is Sam Bonham. The Editor is Dino Sofos

Matt Hancock says he's "let people down" after getting caught kissing his aide. Will he survive the affair claims? Adam and Vicki discuss what the long-term ramifications might be. As Britney Spears speaks out about her 'abusive' conservatorship, we are joined by filmmaker Mobeen Azhar and a Britney superfan to discuss her shocking court statement. And the green list has grown! We discuss everything you need to know about the latest foreign travel changes with Caroline Davies and Julia Lo Bue-Said, CEO of Advantage Travel Partnership. Today's Newscast was made by Rick Kelsey with producers Cristina Cridland, Natalie Ktena, Ben Cooper, Georgia Coen and Alix Pickles. Sam Bonham is assistant editor. Dino Sofos is the editor.

Portugal is coming off the green list for foreign travel from Tuesday. So, if you want to go abroad anytime soon (without having to quarantine when you're back) your options are pretty limited. The BBC’s Caroline Davies and Nick Beake explain what’s going on. And if we can’t go to Portugal so easily, at least one Portuguese person can come to us! Yes, we’ve rolled out the red carpet for our first ever in-person guest on Newscast… The EU’s ambassador to the UK, Joao Vale de Almeida. Today’s Newscast was made by Sam Bonham with Daniel Wittenberg, Ben Cooper and Rick Kelsey. The studio director was Emma Crowe. The editor is Dino Sofos.

The battle of Stone's River with Caroline Davies in the podcast we discussed the battle of Stone's which was fought on the 31st 1st & 2nd Dec/Jan 1862/63 its one of less talked about Battles of the American Civil WarPlease also find all relevant links  in the Descriptio  below including links to all-American Civil War & UK history's pages via linktree as well as the Unfiltered Historian's Facebook page and emerging civil war's website.The podcast also has a PowerPoint presentation to see this please head on over to our YouTube channel https://emergingcivilwar.com/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Acwandukhistory)

A row over coronavirus relief payments in the US is raging. One of the unresolved issues is direct payments to every American; how much should they be and who should get them. We get the latest from political reporter Erin Delmore. Today is the end of the Brexit transition period and this means trading goods between the UK and EU will no longer be frictionless and some hauliers are nervous about the changes, as the BBC’s transport correspondent Caroline Davies reports. Plus, today marks a deadline for the UK's 350 biggest companies to have at least a third of their boards made up of women; the Hampton-Alexander Review sets those goals and Denise Wilson is its chief executive. And what are the realities and responsibilities of young people when it comes to financial planning in a pandemic? Elizabeth Hotson talks to millennials who are trying to manage their money in one of the toughest economic periods since the financial crisis.

"How a Charlie Brown Christmas Almost Wasn't" by Jennings Brown, New York Magazine, November 16, 2016."Soldier's letters bring first world war Christmas truce to life" by Caroline Davies, The Guardian, December 23, 2015.

The spread of a new variant of covid-19 in the UK has led more than 40 nations to ban flights from the UK. France, the nearest border with mainland Europe, has closed all access. We get the latest from the BBC's Caroline Davies at the port of Dover and hear about potential impact on food producers from Tavish Scott, chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Association. The US Congress votes tonight on a $900 billion coronavirus stimulus package after a deal on its contents was reportedly reached on Sunday. We hear from people lining up outside a food bank in Arlington, Virginia and a volunteer dropping off groceries in one of Washington DC's poorest neighbourhoods. The BBC's Elizabeth Hotson asks whether the coronavirus pandemic means the era of the big budget Christmas television advert is over. Plus, we find out why Singapore's street food or "Hawker" culture has been given UNESCO World Heritage status. All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show. Peter Morici, Professor Emeritus of International Business at the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, in Washington. And Stefanie Yuen Thio, Joint Managing Partner at TSMP Law, in Singapore. Picture: Dover Port is closed as new travel restrictions to the continent remain in place on December 21, 2020 in Dover, England. Credit: Getty Images.)

We get the latest from the BBC's Caroline Davies who's been at the port of Dover. Plus Peter Jankovskis on the day's trading on Wall Street.

Welcome to another special bonus episode of the kbbreview Podcast all about the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2021.Your host as always is Andy Davies and in this episode we'll be meeting a couple of winners from the 2020 awards in the shape of Caroline Davies from Aristocraft Kitchens in the Midlands and Claire Algar from Rouse Bathrooms in West Wickham.Caroline won the Kitchen Designer of the Year: project cost £30,000 to £50,000 award and Rouse Bathrooms took home the New Bathroom Retailer of the Year trophy and they've both got fantastic and inspiring stories to tell.We also have the triumphant return of kbbreview editor Rebecca Nottingham and we'll be sharing some top tips on putting together the perfect awards entry.You can find out everything you need to know about the The kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2021 at the official website here.And you can find out more about our Podcast Partner for 2021 Swift Electrical here.

Down In Edin Magazine - Caroline Davies marks six years as editor of an online magazine focusing on Dunedin and Otago arts, culture and sustainability

Dave Mitchell will interview Dr. Caroline Davies, Associate Professor in the UMKC Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences regarding the May 2019, UN report on human initiation of the Sixth […] The post Sixth Mass Extinction and Preserving Our Living Earth appeared first on KKFI.

The President of El Salvador is calling on young men to leave the country’s criminal gangs, or perish with them. He said the gangs have terrorised the country for decades, and would be dismantled. Orla Guerin has been to the capital, San Salvador, to see how the gangs menace the city. Greece has a new Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis of the centre-right party New Democracy, defeating the socialist Alexis Tsipras. Mark Lowen was based in Athens at the height of the financial crisis, which led to Greece experiencing one of the worst peace-time depressions of the last hundred years. He returned to watch the old conservative party being brought back to power. Five years ago, Russian-backed forces seized control of the Crimean peninsula. Ash Bhardwaj gained permission to enter Crimea, to find out what’s changed in five year’s of Russian rule. A hundred years ago, the passing of the Addison Act spurred a huge expansion in council housing across the UK. Austria too has been remembering when it began building social housing around 100 years ago. In Vienna today more than half of its population live in subsidised apartment blocks. Some of these are of vast scale, such as Karl Marx Hof, more than half a mile long. Caroline Davies has been finding out what lessons policy makers can learn from the Viennese approach to housing. The end of the Cricket World Cup is drawing near, and the final match, between England and New Zealand, will be watched by fans from all over the world. But what would they make of how the game is played in the Trobiand Islands, located off the coast of Papua New Guinea? The people there have a passion for cricket that borders on the extreme, as Mark Stratton has discovered. Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Neil Koenig

1996-09-24 - Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell - Caroline Davies - Egyptology

Parts of India are facing acute water shortages and the consequences can be deadly. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world: The scramble for water in the slums of New Delhi can mean waiting in line each day for hours to fill up from government tankers – as well as occasional violent disputes. “Say no to a Chinese government” and “We are Chinese” – at two different presidential rallies earlier this year Olivia Acland heard very different reactions to China’s growing influence in Sierra Leone. Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al-Said ended the isolationism that characterised his father’s rule and has cultivated new relationships with the Oman’s neighbours as well as Britain and the US. During his rule the capital Muscat has also been transformed into a glisteningly modern city, says Caroline Davies, and more change could soon be coming. Ibrat Safo returns to his native Uzbekistan to find that the family reunions he enjoyed as a child are no longer possible – the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan border now divides his relatives. And Nick Thorpe takes a luxurious train journey across the Balkans and into the region's history.

Kate Adie presents the first in a new series of eight programmes. In this edition, John Murphy reports from Najaf on the mounting death toll among Iraqis from the conflict with so-called Islamic State; Olivia Crellin tells the remarkable story of a transgender couple in Ecuador who are challenging some local assumptions by seeking to become parents; as South Africa's athletes return from Rio, Lindsay Johns in Cape Town reflects on the extraordinary impact that Olympic success is having there on coloured South Africans more than twenty-five years after the end of apartheid; Caroline Davies in Cairo discovers how, despite the growing intolerance Copts face in Egypt, they are enjoying great success in the country's recycling business; and Hugh Schofield in Paris ponders the world of Anglo-French mathematics as he studies for his A level in the subject and his son works on his baccalauréat.

War may still be raging in the east, but Ukraine's gearing up for elections -- and Jamie Coomarasamy says there are some unexpected candidates; Michael Bristow in Indonesia meets a former jihadist who now works for the government and has become something of a celebrity; not far from California's information hub, Silicon Valley, an old Native American language faces extinction - Caroline Davies explains why it's being allowed to go; a civil war rumbles on in South Sudan -- James Copnall's been meeting some who were forced to flee into the bush, living off wild animals and water lilies; the European Union's spent billions on programmes aimed at integrating the Roma people, but many remain out on the margins of society, as Lucy Irvine's been finding out in Bulgaria.

Caroline presents #MyLocal - a series of interviews with London MPs about their perspective on life in the capital. In this episode she talks to the MP for Westminster and The City of London Mark Field. Download from iTunes or listen on demand... -- http://www.twitter.com/caroline_gm_d and http://www.twitter.com/z1radio http://www.ZoneOneRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Sadiq Khan on attending a One Direction concert, the campaign to save his local pub and the connection between Tooting and Mars. Caroline Davies presents ZoneOneRadio's first politics show, 'My Local', the show that speaks to London MP s about their patch. 'My Local' is the politics show that finds out if your MP knows their area. Who's their local hero? What's the big issue? Where do they get a pint? Caroline Davies asks 'they make your laws, but do they know your streets?' -- http://www.twitter.com/z1radio http://www.ZoneOneRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Zac Goldsmith on David Attenborough, mental health and running away from nursery. Caroline Davies presents Zone 1 Radio's first politics show, 'My Local', the show that speaks to London MP s about their patch. 'My Local' is the politics show that finds out if your MP knows their area. Who's their local hero? What's the big issue? Where do they get a pint? Caroline Davies asks 'they make your laws, but do they know your streets?' -- www.twitter.com/z1radio and www.twitter.com/caroline_gm_d www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Andy Slaughter, Hammersmith's MP, on London Pride, Charing Cross Hospital and The Pogues. Caroline Davies presents Zone 1 Radio's first politics show 'My Local', the show that speaks to London MPs about their patch. @caroline_gm_d -- www.twitter.com/z1radio and www.twitter.com/caroline_gm_d www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

Tessa Jowell on nights out in Brixton, running for London Mayor and rosemary chip addiction. Caroline Davies presents Zone 1 Radio's first politics show, 'My Local', the show that speaks to London MP s about their patch. -- www.twitter.com/caroline_ gm _ d and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

The second in a new three part series on dramatic career changes. Caroline Davies talks to Jenny Dawson, the hedge fund manager who quit the city to start a socially conscious chutney kitchen, Rubies in the Rubble. Follow her story from burnt pans to the Food Hero Award. -- www.twitter.com/caroline_gm_d and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

In the first of a new three part mini-series on dramatic career changes. Caroline Davies talks to Su-Man, world ballet dancer turned renowned facialist about pursuing Pina Bausch, training Juliette Binoche and her dancing fingers. www.su-man.com -- www.twitter.com/caroline_gm_d and www.twitter.com/z1radio www.ZoneOneRadio.com www.facebook.com/ZoneOneRadio

- - "The Elites' War upon the Sheeple Has been Shouted from the Highest Steeple, Yet the Sheeple Persist to Play the Fool, Bleat a lot, and Grow the Wool, More the Wool becomes Synthetic, By the Children of Science, Ergo Genetic, To Warm Their Masters and Supply the Mutton-- Read the Books by Professor Anthony Sutton" - - Media, News Handouts - Catchphrases, Programming - Commoners - 100 Years War. Modified Food - Home Gardens, Industrial Herbicides in Manure, Soil Contamination - War and Food. Access to Electronic Devices, Kill Switches, Manipulation- Extended Wi-fi. Logic and Reasoning - Group Consensus - Guidance to Preordained Conclusion - Ancient Greek Philosophers - Socrates, Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle. Exoteric - Esoteric Traditions - Pupil of Eye (of Ra) - Pupils, Schooling, Leisured Class - "Straight and Crooked Thinking" book - Following Leaders, Stars. World Revolution, Reincarnation Belief - Neoplatonism, Perfection of Humanity, Creation of Superior Types. Worldwide Crisis Creation - Factory Movement to China - Dumbed-Down Population, Belief in "Experts" - Interdependent World. "Brazil" movie - Predictable Totalitarianism - Giving Up Freedom for "Security" - Martial Law Bills - Iran, Weaponry, U.S. and Israel. (Articles: ["Home-grown veg ruined by toxic fertiliser" by Caroline Davies (guardian.co.uk) - June 29, 2008.] ["EU forces market trader to pulp thousands of kiwi fruit because they're ONE MILLIMETRE too small" (dailymail.co.uk) - June 27, 2008.] ["I've Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch" by Bruce Schneier (wired.com) - June 26, 2008.] ["Barclays warns of a financial storm as Federal Reserve's credibility crumbles" (telegraph.co.uk) - June 28, 2008.] ["US escalating covert operations against Iran-report" (reuters.com) - June 29, 2008.]) *Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - June 30, 2008 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)