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Hello, today we're in Madagascar, where student protests over the power supply have morphed into demands for radical political change.

We're in the South Atlantic and the volcanic outpost of St Helena, where locals are being lured elsewhere

to find their fortune. At a biennial in Uzbekistan, we witness the country's cultural scene,

springing back to life. And finally, climbing high in Bolivia, we hear how the country's

indigenous women, or Cholitas, are gaining in political

clout. But first, we're in Western Ukraine, where five people were killed and tens of thousands

were left without power after intense Russian missile and drone attacks last weekend. The city of

Lviviv endured hours of strikes, leading to the suspension

of public transport and the city's electricity supply. Meanwhile, recruitment into Ukraine's army

continues to fall, even though the government lowered the conscription age. Those who work in the

army's recruitment office are often feared.

Videos of men trying to escape the draft are all over social media. But the recruitment

office is also responsible for bringing soldiers home when they're killed in action. Richard

Pendry accompanied an army officer in LeVive, whose job it is to bring the

worst possible news to families. The sound comes first, high-pitched, ragged, full of pain.

For a moment, it unsettles, passes by. People pause, unsure what they're hearing. It's a sunny day, and the noise echoes

off the Soviet era blocks of flats all around. In the garden of a children's nursery, a middle-aged

woman is sitting on a bench, sobbing. Beside her stands a man in uniform. One hand rests gently on her shoulder. In the other, a letter.

She turns on him suddenly, her voice cracking with fury. You are a bad man, a bad uncle.

Major Serhi Luz-Yuk, the man in the uniform, is a slim, thoughtful man who before the war

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