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From Our Own Correspondent

Peace talks in Antalya

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters a third week, hopes are wearing thin of a ceasefire after several rounds of unsuccessful talks. But a potential mediator tried to enter the fray this week: Israel, as Tom Bateman reports from Jerusalem. Russia’s foreign minister is due to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday in the southern Turkish resort of Antalya. It’s a city that’s in other times popular with both Russians and Ukrainian tourists. Mahjooba Nowrouzi visited the coastal town and found opposing narratives about the conflict surfaced in the chatter of the bazaars Russian warships have been circling menacingly in the waters near the Black Sea port city of Odessa in southern Ukraine. The city's residents are braced for a possible assault and many are leaving their homes. For Damien McGuinness, who lived and worked in eastern Europe, their experiences are horribly reminiscent of the traumas suffered a generation ago in Georgia. In 2015, Jamaica passed a law that decriminalised the possession of small amounts of cannabis and authorised a regulated medical cannabis industry. Initially seen as a boon for cannabis farmers, some traditional growers say they can’t afford to meet the strict legal requirements for growing the plant. Rachel Wright visited a farm. The medieval village of Lagrasse in south-west France is home to an eight century Abbey which is divided in two parts – one side is occupied by a group of left-leaning intellectuals, the other by a traditional catholic religious order. This arrangement ran relatively smoothly at first until a contretemps over a festival some fifteen years ago. Since then relations have deteriorated. Chris Bockman went to find out more. Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Serena Tarling Editor: Emma Close

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts

0:05.4

Good morning. Today we hear the story of a teacher in Odessa,

0:09.6

forced to flee her home as Russian troops threaten.

0:13.3

In Turkey, we listened to what the market sellers of the bizarre

0:16.9

are making of the conflict over tea and Turkish delight.

0:21.1

In Jamaica, medical cannabis may have been legalized,

0:24.7

but what do the traditional growers have to say about it?

0:28.4

And we're in southwest France, where two communities inhabit an

0:32.7

eight-century abbey and relations are far from neighborly.

0:37.8

First, there have been few rays of hope, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine

0:42.3

enters its third week, especially after the brutal attack on the Mariopol

0:47.1

maternity hospital on Wednesday. Talks between Russian and Ukrainian

0:52.4

officials close to the border with Belarus went on, aiming for cease-fires,

0:57.2

which were fractured. What chance is there of any negotiation over the

1:02.1

bigger picture between Putin and the West?

1:05.5

A potential mediator tried to enter the fray this week,

1:09.1

Israel, Sistom Bateman in Jerusalem.

1:13.8

Early in the morning, as Russia's isolation grew, a jet took off from Tel Aviv

1:18.7

bound for Moscow. It happened in secret, carrying a VIP delegation.

1:23.6

The plane touched down with a reverse thrust, a hot blast

1:26.8

into Moscow's dawn, while Russia was being frozen out by the West.

1:31.5

This was last Saturday, incidentally the Shabbat, or Jewish Sabbath,

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