A Mosque Attack in Peshawar
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🗓️ 2 February 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
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
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:05.2 | Today, as Western governments finally agree on sending tanks to Ukraine, President Zelensky |
| 0:11.5 | embarks on a major upheaval of his government. |
| 0:15.4 | We trip over linguistic false friends in Gibraltar, where residents are still navigating |
| 0:21.0 | the impact of Brexit. |
| 0:23.4 | We explore the streets of a shiny new city in Uzbekistan, but has the much treasured |
| 0:29.2 | heritage of its older cities been forgotten. |
| 0:32.8 | And finally, China's investment in Namibia's Walvis Bay may be reaping returns, but is |
| 0:39.2 | the wider ecosystem under threat there. |
| 0:43.9 | First Pakistan, which this week saw one of the bloodiest terror attacks in recent years, |
| 0:50.0 | targeting police at a mosque in the northwestern city of Pashawa. |
| 0:54.6 | More than 100 people were killed, as rescuers scrambled in the aftermath to retrieve worshippers |
| 1:00.5 | buried in the rubble. |
| 1:02.5 | It's come at a difficult time for Pakistan, still recovering from the devastating floods |
| 1:07.5 | last year, and faced with a spiraling economic crisis, says Carrie Davis in Pashawa. |
| 1:15.1 | You can smell the iron tang of blood as you walk into Lady Reading Hospital. |
| 1:19.7 | It's seven hours since the explosion ripped through a mosque inside a police compound |
| 1:24.0 | in Pashawa, but the injured are still arriving, as are the bodies. |
| 1:29.0 | Outside families who've waited for hours, hoping, have seen their loved ones arrive lifeless |
| 1:33.9 | on stretches. |
| 1:35.6 | One man clings to ambulance workers, tears rolling down his cheeks, as a bodybag is rolled |
| 1:40.7 | inside. |
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