You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Friday,

the 8th of November. The head of NATO says Ukraine is taking back land from the Russian invaders,

but more slowly than hoped. No one ever said that this was going to be easy,

but the Ukrainians are making progress. Some hundred meters per day.

More than 60 civilians and soldiers are reported to have been killed in an attack by

Islamist militants on a military camp in Northeastern Marley. One of Donald Trump's former aids,

Peter Navarro is found guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about

the storming of the U.S. Capitol. Also in the podcast, new data reveals the volcanic

explosion in Tonga last year, produced the fastest underwater debris flows ever detected. And

Add Sotheby's for the baby grand. Final warning, sold to you. Thank you very, very much indeed.

Freddie Mercury's piano sells adorction for $2 million.

Ukraine's much heralded counteroffensive is now into its fourth month,

but the Ukrainians haven't been able to match the success of last year when they pushed the

Russian invaders back from Kiev, Harkiv, and Herzan. The slow pace of the current advances

led to speculation that Ukraine's allies may get impatient and cut off the flow of military supplies.

But speaking at the European Parliament on Thursday, the NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg said support

would continue whether Ukraine was winning or losing. No one ever said that this was going to be

easy, but the Ukraine is decided to launch offensive, because they are going to liberate the

and they are making progress, not perhaps as much as we hope for, but they are gaining ground

gradually. Some hundred meters per day, meaning that when the Ukrainians are gaining ground,

the Russians are losing ground. The Ukrainian forces say they've broken through the first and

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