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Global News Podcast

Azerbaijan launches military action in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Azerbaijan described the intervention in the majority ethnic Armenian territory as an "anti-terrorist" operation. Also: Canada and India both expel diplomats in a row over the murder of a Canadian citizen and, is the social media platform X about to make all users pay for access?

Transcript

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0:00.0

The documentary from the BBC World Service brings the globe to your ears through original

0:06.5

documentary storytelling. Search for the documentary, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

0:15.6

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:19.2

I'm Janet Gilliland, 13 hours GMT on Tuesday, 19 September. These are our main stories.

0:26.0

Azerbaijan launches a military operation in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

0:31.3

India and Canada each expel a diplomat in an escalating row over the murder of a Sikh

0:37.2

separatist leader. Ukraine attempts to send a ship loaded with grain across the Black Sea,

0:42.6

despite the collapse of a safe passage deal with Russia.

0:48.3

Also in this podcast, how much longer will X, the rebranded version of Twitter,

0:52.9

remain free for those who don't want to pay?

0:55.5

The single most important reason that we're moving to having a small monthly payment

1:00.0

for the use of the X system is the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bites.

1:05.6

We'll get reaction from users.

1:12.0

Armenia and Azerbaijan have already fought two wars over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh

1:17.8

in the three decades since the end of the Soviet Union. Now with reports of large-scale

1:23.1

shelling and continuous shooting, there are fears of a possible third conflict.

1:28.0

Azerbaijan announced it was launching what it calls an anti-terror operation in Nagorno-Karabakh.

1:33.9

It said it was a response to land mine explosions that killed six people which is blaming on Armenia.

1:40.4

In footage posted online by a journalist in a territory's regional capital, Stepanakert,

1:46.0

the sound of gunfire can be heard.

1:54.0

Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but most of the people

2:00.4

who live in the region are ethnically Armenian. Our correspondent in the region, Rehan Dmitry,

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