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Global News Podcast

Thousands flee Nagorno Karabakh, prompting international concern

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The USAID chief has described the experiences of those fleeing Nagorno Karabakh as harrowing - while on a visit to the Armenian border where thousands are seeking refuge from the Azerbaijani takeover. Also: A Saudi delegation is paying a rare visit to Palestinian officials in the occupied West Bank as Riyadh continues normalisation talks with Israel, and an A-I app that helps blind people envisage the world around them.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:05.5

I'm Robyn Brandt and at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday,

0:08.8

the 26th of September, these are our main stories.

0:11.8

Thousands are fleeing their homes in the Gorno-Karabakh,

0:14.5

prompting concern from the USAID chief who described the situation there as harrowing.

0:19.9

The Saudi delegation is paying a rare visit to Palestinian officials

0:23.5

in the occupied West Bank,

0:24.9

as Riyadh continues normalization talks with Israel.

0:28.5

And Thailand sentences an anti-monarchy campaign

0:31.2

into four years in jail.

0:35.5

Also in this podcast, new figures suggest the sea ice around Antarctica has shrunk,

0:41.1

and we're with Ukraine's soldiers ahead of a second winter of fighting.

0:44.4

What can we do? We can only fight and protect our land.

0:49.0

I just wanted to stop and for our neighbours to go away.

0:59.0

We start with the exodus of Armenians from Gorno-Karabakh

1:02.4

after Azerbaijan's lightning victory there last week.

1:06.1

Long lines of cars and trucks have been streaming out of the enclave towards Armenia itself.

1:11.8

The authorities in the capital Yerevan say more than 13,000 people have already left their homes,

1:17.0

that's approximately 10% of the population, more are on the way.

1:20.9

USAID chief Samantha Power is on the Armenian border where many are crossing,

1:25.5

and she spoke a short time ago.

1:27.6

As I'm sure many of you have seen the trauma and exhaustion on the faces of so many of the people

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