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🗓️ 12 August 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
0:05.0 | Today no grand bargain in Brazil over the future of the Amazon, but a new focus on the |
0:10.5 | people who depend on its rainforests. |
0:13.6 | The crushing cost of living in Zimbabwe, where many must now juggle several jobs just |
0:18.9 | to survive. |
0:19.9 | Six months after Turkey's earthquakes, life at ground level in an ancient city now full |
0:25.9 | of dust, smoke and demolition. |
0:28.9 | And as Ireland's government enjoys an economic surplus, should it save for a rainy day or |
0:34.4 | another recession or spend, spend, spend? |
0:39.4 | First to Yemen, a country brought to the brink of collapse by almost a decade of civil |
0:44.8 | war. |
0:45.8 | Millions of people have been displaced, at least 80% of the population now need food aid. |
0:52.6 | The conflict dates back to 2014, when Houthi rebel forces, backed by Iran, seized the capital |
0:59.3 | Sanaa. |
1:00.3 | A Saudi-led coalition backed by the UK and the US, intervened the following year, trying |
1:05.7 | to restore Yemen's government to power. |
1:08.6 | There's been less violence since the six months' truce last year between the Saudis |
1:12.8 | and the Houthis, but there's no sign of a comprehensive peace deal. |
1:17.6 | In the years of war, few places have suffered more than Yemen's third city, Tayyus, in |
1:23.0 | the southwest. |
1:24.0 | It's been besieged by Houthi forces for years on end. |
1:28.2 | Allagarin has just returned from the city, which, she discovered, holds some surprises. |
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