in the last week foreign minister sergei lavrov says the expulsions are in retaliation for the u.k. ordering out of twenty three russian embassy staff moscow continues to deny any involvement in the chemical attack but ladbrokes u.k. counterpart orus johnson accuses vladimir putin of ordering it himself. tens of thousands of civilians are expected to turn out in a protest demanding early elections the demonstrators are angry at the failure of political leaders to address high level corruption so that is prime minister robert feed so resigns on thursday following the killing of investigative journalist jan koum and his fiance zimbabwe's president emerson man and god says robert mugabe is free to express himself the country's moved beyond it was responding from criticism from mugabe who declared one and god was presidency illegal saying he was the victim of a coup the new president says in bob ways focus on free fair and credible elections those are your current headlines stay with us for our next show risking it all see

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the fire. on a frozen road traveling through the high plateaus of kyrgyzstan a small truck is on the move. in these extreme conditions the truck is beginning a long journey to deliver mandarin oranges to remote villages. the fruit is highly prized as a symbol of good fortune in neighboring tajikistan. but

to get to the villages the drivers must risk their lives on danger. throat. located in the heart of central asia. is kurdistan second largest city. after nightfall to drivers stock up on supplies. they bought expensive chinese mandarins from a local trader and hope to sell them for a small profit in neighboring touches down. the truck is loaded with cases full of the fruit. of. the drivers wrapped the mandarins in a blanket to protect them from the cold. they chop off their load with a few sheets of plywood. the loading completed they head off into the night.

so what. you should you sure do sure. is the driver and mechanic who won the senior of the two a companies. they pray for a safe journey ahead good though nice albert shake up. we shared rather than that of us their leisure. was approaching book the low blood. pressure up and down the. outside it's minus twenty degrees and not much warmer inside whether he cheats not working. now when there are the months and also my fault tended. bar discount i'm not that young mother cause i know when they're not far off. part of nine will not gone up. mobile. a daybreak on koa arrives in

a small town. oh you got it they're good good put them all. if. they're. ok and off the cuff oh i thought all that. back on the road again the weather takes a turn for the worse. icy conditions have stopped the heavy a big holes in that track. hold last sunday was fun. love love love love. love them all. know.

how they've been all tom. tom belmont and all. in a blizzard of three thousand six hundred meters vehicles with lighter load stand up that's a child's. whole profile up. at minus thirty degrees the

road is an ice rink the truckers most code as best they can. just screened number one campaign to. show they can make a joke. the no talk of travelers. in his little truck takes a chance and manages to push through. further on they stopped to help a driver whose vehicle has broken down you'll. see. just one of them in charge of

the ship with over the road and program for a group of. kids going to look at this. and. all the news it just. isn't there those are because of. what was the color of color that gives the example that i could get today but. the indestructible soviet four wheel drive saves the day. the temperature drops still further at night and their guest is worried. that. in john marshall the. boss of barclays think they're going

to put up a lot of. minerals listen. what's up for. them because marco didn't have to put in a plug this guitar that could fulfill all markets that are more people more skins getting more long it's got a lot. of breakdown in these conditions could mean death. without heating the interior windscreen is soon covered with ice and do show combat see the road which is edged by a precipice. the temperature is now minus thirty seven degrees. c. . desperate measures are called for and an old blowtorch serves as a de icing device on almost.

fifty. one of those what are your. thapar off. the. fire against ice. within a few kilometers the ice is back. freezing and tired the three finally seek shelter. for their family. so they're. going to cook but. there's a period of war not on do that. at a loss do shot has little choice but to move all.

her ear. skirt. the abyss and with the frequent use of the blowtorch the men finally reach an isolated farmhouse. and. the welcome is glacial. inside it's about ten degrees.

next morning cohen makes do with a little cold water. do show runs the blowtorch over the truck's frigid underbelly. but the engine is too cold to stocked. up on. all. the radiation needs refilling. the water was removed the night before to stop it from freezing.

through the bios. hollister's of those of those missionaries you must know. if you. pitch your thought come. to her. the old truck rattles off towards the kizil octopi. altitude four thousand two hundred eighty feet.

all john told was all the possible you thought it did get us much. good. in the ravine below lie the remains of a truck that attempted the same crossing. one and two shot into the wind swept me a mountain. all a. lot. of five minutes to get a. fix up. some of us a little. big fellow.

if he could. just jump jump jump jump. jump jump. but then. you. just. let the mother heads. i just tried to dinner. because if i could be as does get child why didn't i just know that those marketa well there was a finish that. at this altitude with limited oxygen the motor can't function but the men are pretty head after the last

began to go bust no communicate with. him we'll just have to as not j.c.s. and slaughter discrete. sure isn't correct russia. doesn't lie just. to. kill. me. and i. couldn't.

join. the carburetor is changed the tactic. was. that. the door is stuck. the men don't want to risk stalling so co one continued on foot.

to. exist. joining. other. well there must. now ok. after an hour they've reached their objective the kissel are to pass one of only two crossing points between kyrgyzstan and tragic histone. most drivers would avoid risking this passage. as i hear you got. a mother who took care of us to. be strong enough but they're out of. luck because i can't walk left alone. a lot i mostly saw clock.

it's minus thirty greens and the customs officers are too cold to leave their offices. and co i finally make it to g.g. stop. at this point their lives are at the mercy of the trucks old brakes. on this a good horseman job will. get you the hoardings i was up just to go the. boy do it with two simplistic sheer numbers on the page that's just in the lead to another woman poet warming. fish. fish.

after two days cohen. finally make it to the desert that leads to monaco the city. in tajikistan lenin still holds a place of honor earnings in this former soviet republic average less than seventy five u.s. dollars a month. from

. home. and i would love the. old series did you. enjoy the hell out of all of the for you know fund i did not wish it sure. as i go and i. did that in africa i did get this. traditionally comma cinco gets done as a family affair. each member has a part to play cohen's mother will sell the mandarins. package zero dollars apiece. that was on the carpet.

in construction materials are too expensive so traders set up shop in contains. the mandarins have finally made it but with meager earnings people are in no rush to buy. in truffle oil so what that. can do that won't that. land are nohow. just feel good and the time that i have this challenge is. our home our entire. culture. in. twenty five years or to remember that a book commune. or natural of his mom like you can download a substitute. if you think you do keep it from.

care you're a kid. i would i be a child. pick a gift if you. saw or cared. too. much about. this. in our coverage of news you. know this true. crime i don't know but i think. one kilo of man during the school will adorn this traditional touchup feast the celebration of a birth. families and in-laws will dip into their savings for these enormous feasts.

for. the fact. that no not. one of these this is a bit of the monkey name some are not being deployed to others or cut out some hurt our number. ten are now. you know about how they're going. to cater to muslim a movie called. next comes the moment the children have all been waiting for the blessing with sweets to bring prosperity for the baby and her parents.

are. just not that there must. always love her or not or how. finally it's time for the mandarin which are meant to bring the child a happy life. after the meal as an offering family and friends share the food. but. does not know. who won the one of a bit of fun sought to show off what. do we have here. but . after a long journey one feast with his family.

he and do show risked their lives to transport mandarins for festivities like be. a little warm with a few simple pleasures will give cohen strength for his next journey. in syria thousands have disappeared without a trace. forcibly taken from their family it's right near the most terrible thing the server just to be. this has been the invisible

weapon of the syrian dictatorship with other mothers sometimes a call to compete better to god than continue to be surely after the new culture. the disappeared of syria but this time on al-jazeera. the natures news as it breaks its estimated ten million children of school age are still roaming the streets of baghdad with details coverage children what i'm off base and number of serious problems from chronic child malnutrition to a stream of poverty from around the world child one is last us lawsuit in two thousand and ten by veni spent more than twenty million dollars in legal fees. stories of life. and inspiration. a series of short documentaries from around the world. that celebrate the human

spirit against the odds some of them come before a focus. on. al-jazeera selects change make this at this time. thousands of syrians a free besieged east and cool to as talks try to resolve the war on their way in a stunning. hello there i'm sure with all of this in.