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Today, ferocious battles are underway in Ukraine's Donetsk region.

We hear from the remaining residents still living in bombed-out buildings.

In neighbouring Moldova, we hear how the Soviet era power structure has led to a domino

effect of power outages from the Russian invasion.

We are on the road to Kariba in Zimbabwe's north, where the reappearance of police roadblocks

are a sign of the bad old days making a return.

And finally, a verdict is reached in Washington in the trial of the far-right militia involved

in the 6th January attack on the capital.

We hear how the son of the group's ringleader has fought to move out from under his father's

shadow.

First China, where a fire in the northwestern city of Arumchi, killing ten, triggered a

spate of protests across the country over the past week.

Many suspected the city's strict Covid lockdown had obstructed rescue efforts to save

residents trapped inside.

At the heart of the protests lies public frustration with China's zero Covid policy

and its continuous quarantines, mass testing, and often lengthy lockdowns, which have

forced businesses to close and cause significant disruption to daily life.

Celia Hatton asks if this could be a watershed moment for Xi Jinping and the Communist Party.

After some deliberation, I decided 12 was a good number.

12 people from radically different backgrounds across China could help explain what was going

on there, if, as some said, real change was a foot.

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