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🗓️ 24 May 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Kate Adie presents stories from Turkey, the South China Sea, Ukraine, the US and Angola.
Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK, which has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, has announced it's disbanding. More than 40,000 people were killed during its fight for an independent Kurdish state - now the group says the Kurdish issue 'can be resolved through democratic politics’. Orla Guerin reports from Diyarbakir, in the Kurdish heartland.
In the South China Sea, the tiny island of Pagasa is at the centre of a dispute between the Philippines and China. For the past 10 years, China has been expanding its presence in the region - but the Philippines is one of the few southeast Asian countries to stand its ground. Jonathan Head gained rare access to the island.
Over the last decade, the Ukrainian Orthodox church gradually distanced itself from the Moscow Patriarchate, until it formally severed ties in 2022. But some priests and parishioners are reluctant to give up the traditions that were so familiar to them. Nick Sturdee reports from Western Ukraine.
In Arizona, we meet the Native American 'knowledge keepers', who are now willing to share some of their secrets, as part of a cultural project which is uniting some of the major tribes, including the Navajo, the Hopi and the Apache nations. Stephanie Theobald went to find out more about their vision.
Angolan president, João Lourenço, has made it his mission to claw back millions of dollars stolen by corrupt past leaders. At the National Currency Museum in the capital Luanda, Rob Crossan reflects on the meaning of money - asking where has it all gone?
Series Producer: Serena Tarling Production Coordinators: Sophie Hill & Katie Morrison Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
0:05.1 | Hello, today we travel in a plane stuffed with supplies, motorbikes, pets and military personnel |
0:12.8 | to reach a small island at the heart of a dispute between China and the Philippines. |
0:18.7 | We meet a priest in Ukraine, who remained spiritually torn after the country's |
0:24.7 | Orthodox Church cut ties with its Russian counterpart. In Arizona, we sample a traditional stew |
0:32.1 | with the Hopi people as part of a new initiative to share their customs and culture. |
0:38.1 | And we're in Angola, where, amid the burning daytime heat, |
0:42.8 | our correspondent takes refuge in a curious underground museum. |
0:47.8 | But first, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, |
0:53.3 | which has waged of 40-year insurgency against Turkey, |
0:57.2 | announced this month that it will disarm and disband. |
1:01.4 | More than 40,000 people were killed during its fight for an independent Kurdish state, |
1:06.9 | which was one of the world's longest-running conflicts. |
1:10.6 | The PKK, which is classed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the UK, the EU and the US, |
1:18.4 | now says the Kurdish issue can be solved by democratic politics. |
1:23.5 | But what is the feeling in the Kurdish heartland in southeastern Turkey? |
1:28.2 | Our correspondent Ola Geren has been to the city of Diyarbakir. |
1:33.1 | Hours after the PKK announced it was putting down its weapons, |
1:37.8 | storm clouds rolled in over the ancient city of Diarbekeir and the heavens opened. |
1:46.1 | As hailstones lashed the streets, |
1:53.2 | we ran for cover, joining the regulars inside a simple cafe that looked untouched by time. |
2:00.1 | They were mulling over the news, over glasses of black tea. There were doubts and questions. |
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