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Hello, today, after the storm, how the island of Dominica is

fairing nearly 18 months on from Hurricane Maria.

Our correspondent retraces his steps in Belgrade

while he stirs some ghosts from his and Serbia's past.

We rummage around in the world's biggest party bag, or as its organizers prefer to call

it, the world's largest sweet and snack show in Cologne. And we find out why the skies over

Lahore won't be filled with thousands and

thousands of kites despite the sight of them dancing in the clouds once being

common at this time of year.

Peace elusive for so long in Africa at this time of year.

Peace elusive for so long in Afghanistan appears to be getting a little closer, despite the

dangerous situation on the ground.

The Taliban are now openly active in some 70% of the country and their influence

and control is spreading but they're also talking peace with the United States.

On Tuesday morning Taliban fighters attacked an Afghan army base in the north of the

country, but later that day their leaders sat down for negotiations with Afghan

politicians in Russia, where Secanda Kamani managed to speak to some of the delegates.

Moscow isn't the obvious place for talks on how to bring an end to the violence in Afghanistan.

The country has been at war ever since the Soviet

invasion 40 years ago, but a few dozen senior Afghan political figures gathered in

the city's president hotel to meet the Taliban. The politicians included some who

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