Facing defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh
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🗓️ 28 November 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnic Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan, became the frontline of a war again this autumn. This resulted in Azerbaijan regaining some of the territory lost in previous conflicts – and with it, homes and landmarks that are precious to Armenians. Peter Oborne was there just as the current Russian-backed peacekeeping deal was announced. Political dramas in Peru reached new heights this month, when the country saw no fewer than three presidents in power in a single week. Tensions also spilled out onto the streets – with large demonstrations and battles between protesters and police in the capital Lima. Now the dust has settled, a new youth movement has come to the fore, as Dan Collyns reports. In the Pakistani city of Lahore, hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the funeral of a highly controversial cleric, Khadim Rizvi, who had campaigned for even stricter punishment of “blasphemers” – people accused of insulting Islam or the Prophet Mohammed. Rizvi and his supporters have been linked to violent attacks in Paris, Britain and in Pakistan. Secunder Kermani reflects on his life and his legacy. The city of Gatineau in Quebec in Canada has been designated a “red zone”, Canada’s highest level of pandemic restrictions. Schools have stayed open though, and one headteacher had an idea for how to keep everyone safe: he moved classes outdoors, in all weathers, as Sian Griffiths reports. France has been under a strict lockdown in recent weeks. Non-essential shops have been closed until today. Horatio Clare spent time in the city of Marseille on France’s Mediterranean coast during the lockdown. How has the normally bustling city fared, where "to arrive is to belong"?
Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Arlene Gregorius
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:07.0 | Today some countries have problems dealing with one president, but we hear from Peru where they've had three in one week. |
| 0:14.0 | In Pakistan, the death of a cleric who campaigned |
| 0:18.0 | to tighten the country's severe blasphemy laws |
| 0:21.0 | brought out thousands for his funeral. The weather in Canada can be challenging in winter to say the least, |
| 0:28.4 | but in a response to the pandemic in Quebec some teaching has moved outdoors whatever the forecast. |
| 0:35.5 | And we all have our own experience of lockdown, so we head for France's second city Marseille |
| 0:42.0 | to hear how they've coped. |
| 0:45.0 | First to the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, |
| 0:48.0 | where Azerbaijan has regained former territory within its borders by force, though it was mostly settled by Armenians. |
| 0:57.0 | There's a Russian-backed peacekeeping deal now, but the Armenians lost lives and homes and landmarks that were precious to them says Peter |
| 1:06.0 | Oborn. |
| 1:07.0 | Whatever happens I am going to stay says Father Hoffhanus Abbots of the ancient monastery of Dadevank. |
| 1:15.0 | Hoffhanus is a large man wearing a black cassock and a greying beard. |
| 1:19.0 | A silver cross swings from his neck. |
| 1:21.0 | He exudes authority, which is just as well. He needs it to |
| 1:26.2 | comfort broken-hearted worshippers. Two days ago Armenian forces laid down their arms, some say surrendered, after a brutal 44-day battle |
| 1:36.9 | with Turkish-backed Azerbaijan for control of the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. As part of the |
| 1:45.0 | Gona Karabakh. As part of the peace deal, the area surrounding the monastery, |
| 1:47.0 | part of the Armenian Apostolic Church, |
| 1:50.0 | is changing hands and coming under Azerbaijani control. |
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