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But here's the latest edition broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and introduced by Kate Adi.

Hello. In the programme today we take a her suit look at history in Crimea and in Ukraine.

People have been protesting sometimes violently in Venezuela for a month now.

We hear why.

Deserts are wide open quiet places, places where you can get lost in your thoughts, unless there's

a dog race and a 4 by 4 rally going on.

And please try to take your rubbish with you when you leave.

What to do about Russia and Crimea?

That's what Western powers have been grappling with all week.

Both the EU and the Americans have agreed targeted sanctions against individuals.

No one wants to go to war.

Those serious questions remain about the impact of any sanctions and what to do if President Putin decides, as he might put it,

to defend the interests of Russian speakers in other parts of Ukraine.

There are plenty of people in Crimea and Russia of course who support Mr Putin's strong-arm tactics.

Jamie Kumrasami recently met one of them, a man who might one day make it into the history books.

The offer was both flattering and fleeting.

I just finished my interview with Yuri Mischkov,

an avuncular law professor with neatly brushed white hair and a smart black jacket

worn over a black woolen jumper when he smiled and grabbed me by the shoulder.

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