Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
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🗓️ 29 October 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The battle on Ukraine’s eastern frontline, in Donbas, has turned into a protracted artillery war, which Ukraine has described as the biggest on European soil since World War Two. And as battlefields surrender to the frost of Winter, the conditions for soldiers are becoming more perilous. Jeremy Bowen recently embedded with a Ukrainian artillery unit on the front line where, despite months of relentless fighting, soldiers are maintaining their resolve.
The conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has left a population facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. And although formal peace talks are currently underway in South Africa, between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces, fighting is still on-going. Catherine Byaruhanga has been speaking to health workers dealing with the fallout of this conflict, who fear, without basic supplies, the situation will only get worse.
The southern state of Georgia looks set to be a crucial battleground for Democrats and Republicans in the forthcoming mid-term elections in the United States. The outcome of the Senate race in Georgia is likely to determine which party has control of the upper chamber of Congress. Kayla Epstein has been following the campaign of the high-profile Republican candidate, Herschel Walker.
Bullfighting is a centuries old tradition most often associated with Spain and one which arouses passion amongst both its supporters and its detractors. But the traditional arena bull fight is not, in fact, the most common bull-related activity in the country. There are numerous smaller festivals involving bulls which have recently come under the spotlight, after nine people died earlier this year after taking part in bull runs in Northern Valencia. Victor Lloret travelled to Lucena del Cid to find out what happens to the bulls during these local festivities.
French overseas territories don’t run their own domestic affairs like their British equivalents, but elect representatives to the French parliament and vote for a presidential candidate. This year, the far right leader Marine Le Pen scored her best presidential first round result in Mayotte, a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. Tim Fenton is just back from the island, where he found the politics was almost as striking as its beauty. Presenter: Kate Adie Producers: Serena Tarling and Ellie House Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Iona Hammond
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:05.2 | Today a diabetes clinic struggles to get insulin amid the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, |
| 0:12.7 | with stocks running low and communication lines cut off. |
| 0:17.3 | In the U.S. state of Georgia we follow the controversial campaign of a would-be Republican |
| 0:22.5 | politician and former American football star in a race that could determine who controls |
| 0:28.8 | the Senate. |
| 0:31.1 | Formal bullfights may be seeing a decline in popularity in Spain, but bulls are still center-stage |
| 0:38.1 | at local festivals in rural town squares. |
| 0:42.3 | And we're in the French Overseas Territory of Mayotte, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, |
| 0:48.3 | where Marine Le Pen enlisted a healthy show of support this year. |
| 0:53.3 | First, the battle on Ukraine's eastern front line in Donbass has turned into a protracted |
| 0:59.7 | artillery war, which Ukraine has described as the biggest on European soil since World |
| 1:05.6 | War II. |
| 1:07.2 | And as battlefield surrender to the frost of winter, the conditions for soldiers are becoming |
| 1:12.1 | more perilous. |
| 1:13.9 | Jeremy Bowen recently embedded with a Ukrainian artillery unit on the front line, where, despite |
| 1:20.2 | months of relentless fighting, soldiers are maintaining their resolve. |
| 1:24.7 | At the height of summer, it was as if the sunflower fields on the roadies towards the |
| 1:30.3 | war went on forever. |
| 1:32.4 | Great splashes of yellow marched to the horizon. |
| 1:35.6 | Flower faces turned towards the fierce blue sky. |
| 1:38.9 | The inspiration for Ukraine's yellow and blue national flag. |
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