tv Our World BBC News January 14, 2018 9:30pm-10:00pm GMT
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this is bbc news. our latest headlines: pro—and anti—government rallies have been held in tunisia marking the seventh anniversary of the uprising that led to the arab spring results. it comes after days of protest over liking living costs. photographers maria destino and bruce webber have been suspended from working with fashion magazines including vogue over allegations they sexually exploited male models and assistance. the us state of hawaii has been told it didn't have reasonable safeguards in place to prevent the false missile alert that caused panic on saturday. authorities have said the error was an acceptable. a passenger plane skidded off the runway at a turkish airport and plunged down side of a cliff. all passengers and crew were evacuated safely. at10pm,
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at 10pm, will have a full round—up of the day's news. now on bbc news, our world. the war in eastern ukraine, more than 10,000 people have died. now entering its fourth year, this has become one of the longest conflicts in modern european history. there is no end in sight to the hostilities, after separatist rebels, backed by russia, took over ukraine's donbass region. hundreds of thousands of families were split up, stranded on opposite sides of the new border. with destruction all around, one familiar smell of peace time. but life for many here is anything but normal.
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i'm lucy ash and i'm in the town of marinka, where a bakery is providing comfort and hope amidst the trauma of war. marinka lies on the ukrainian side of the frontline. before the conflict, nearly 10,000 people lived here. there is only half that number now. factories and coal mines have come to a standstill. in a war zone, jobs are hard to find. but for those trapped here, daily life must somehow go on. i have come to meet 0leg tkachenko,
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a local pastor who, against the odds, has started a small business here. he converted this old supermarket, damaged in the fighting, into a working bakery. the bakery is marinka's first new business since the war began. he produces fresh bread at affordable prices. 0lya has lived in the town for 30 years, ever since she and husband were evacuated
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from the chernobyl nuclear zone. this war has separated 0lya from her children and grandchildren. 0lya's home in marinka was badly damaged by shelling. she and her husband camp out in a house belonging to a family which has fled. she pines for her old life. 0lya was very, very proud of her house and her garden. she wants to show me pictures. her children and grandchildren live in an area controlled
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by the breakaway donetsk people's republic, or dnr. you need special permission to go there. the conflict in eastern ukraine was sparked by demonstrations in kiev in the winter of 2013—2014, which ousted the pro—moscow president, viktor yanukovych. soon after the russian takeover of crimea, russian—backed rebels then seized territory around the eastern city of donetsk and declared the breakaway republics of donetsk and luhansk. and marinka, just 30 kilometres from donetsk, found itself in a war zone. gunfire. explosion. at the beginning of the conflict, it was captured by the dnr forces and retaken by the ukrainian army four months later. the frontline runs north—east
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of marinka's centre. queues to cross to the other side can last hours, even days. this de facto border has divided families and created deep rifts between former neighbours. the divisions here in marinka are really quite complicated. these labels — pro—russian, pro— ukrainian — they don't really mean very much. people are anyway very scared to say which side they actually support and, above all else, they want what is best for them and their families. they want the fighting to stop, they want peace to return to this town. bread is subsidised but, to cover costs, the bakery has to make a small profit. 0leg and a fellow christian pastor started the bakery in 2016.
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they realised people needed physical as well as spiritual sustenance. now he spends his days in marinka but at night he goes home to a town safely away from the frontline. he does not hide where his political sympathies lie. he takes me to meet his family. 0leg was once a successful businessman in donetsk, which is now in rebel—held territory. he sought solace in the church after his eldest daughter died in a car crash — that was before the war. today he dedicates his life to helping others. 0leg brought in bread from other towns but it arrived stale and cold so he got the idea for the bakery.
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it opened with the help of foreign aid — $10,000 from canada, where there is a big ukrainian diaspora, and flour from the czech republic. the bakery employs seven people. 0n tonight's shift, three work flat out to produce enough bread, bun and biscuits for the next day. it is just past 11 o'clock and they are waiting for the bread to rise, but the time that i have been here we have already heard gunfire and mortar shells going off. she is telling me that it is very normal, it happens most nights that they are working here. natasha had a job at marinka's bread factory before it was hit by an artillery shell. the bakery is a haven from the fighting, which usually kicks off every evening at dusk. the women stay here until morning
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because it is too dangerous to travel home at night. both these women live in the so—called red zone, in a neighbourhood right by the frontline. tanya lives with her husband and teenage son. 0lya has mixed feeling about the ukrainian army's presence in the town. many here don't know who to believe and a lack of information deepens the distrust. locals mostly watch russian tv, which has a much stronger signal than the ukrainian channels. we are going to the place where the ukrainian army is positioned,
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just on the outskirts of marinka. apparently, there was some trouble there last night, there was quite a lot of shelling, but i'm told it is quiet today. morale is low, even though these troops only arrived in a new rotation a few weeks ago. many suspect the war is being driven by profit and corruption, but they don't want to say that on camera. a senior officer talks of men in the shadows and smuggling networks for weapons, coal and oil. 0leg uses this opportunity to introduce himself to the soldiers. the ukrainian government calls this area the anti—terrorist operation zone and sees the land on the other side of the frontline as occupied territory. i'm not going to come out any
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further onto this roof because there are snipers in that direction but you can see how close the town is. ijust heard the church bells. the bakery and the market are just about 400 or 500 metres from here, so this really is a town on the frontline. life is hard, especially to the elderly in marinka. the international red cross distributes aid such as coal, but poverty and the stress of war create tensions between neighbours. seems to be, i don't know, about a0 people queueing up for the registration to get winter coal. i'm just going to ask about the lift. upstairs, ifind a lieutenant colonel, a military man now in charge of marinka.
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he is uncomfortable when i ask why aid is coming from volunteers and charities rather than the ukrainian government. i've come to meet 0lya the baker. her house was hit and patched up by volunteers. it is right next to the checkpoint which separates ukraine from no man's land. beyond this slag heap is rebel—held territory, the dnr. there has been no gas or drinking water in marinka since the war began. people have always produced their own food here. but now, it is even more important. during the worst bombing, 0lya went down to the cellar. her elderly father didn't make it and died after being injured by shattered glass. tanya, who works with 0lya at the bakery, lives only a few houses away. almost every house in tanya's
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and the children were evacuated. now it is open again, although there are only two classes so far. there is no canteen here yet, so the jam—filled buns are a special treat. the war in ukraine has slipped off the political agenda and it's rarely in the news anymore, but it is far from over. it is hard to imagine a time when these children will be able to live in peace. and although the fighting now is not as bad as it has been, its sporadic nature means nobody knows when or where the next shell will land. hello. the atlanticjet stream
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awakens this week, meaning faster flight awakens this week, meaning faster flight times from the us to the uk but, for the weather, a big change compared to the last few weeks. colder air this week, some significant snow at times, for the mountain is at least, but across the board, much windy up for all of us, and those windy conditions setting infor and those windy conditions setting in for the start of monday. this weather front coming in south and east, bringing gales, and opening the door to cooler maritime air. that will be in place across scotla nd that will be in place across scotland to start, chilly ahead, and
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england and wales will have outbreaks of rain. most persistent in east anglia until the south—east. elsewhere, sunny spells and a scattering of showers through the afternoon, some of them heavy with hail or thunder, and some snow in parts of scotland and northern ireland, with temperatures dropping to three or four. snow showers more abundant through monday night into tuesday and turning increasingly wintry in northern england and northern ireland. some icy conditions, and that'll be the story for much of the week, as we continue with a general north westerly airflow. into tuesday, a risk of ice, sleet and snow across northern england, scotland and northern ireland, at lower levels at times. he was further south is mainly on the hills. in between, we will see a bit of sunshine, but when the shells come your way, you will notice the wind chill more than anything, especially with wind chill values well below freezing. cold on tuesday, cold nights to come for wednesday. isobars
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tuesday, cold nights to come for wednesday. isoba rs pack tuesday, cold nights to come for wednesday. isobars pack in on the chart coming from the north—west, a noticeable wind—chill on wednesday, sunshine and showers the name of the game, and the snow melts continuing to tot up in the hills of scotland and northern ireland and potentially northern england. midweek, the atla ntic northern england. midweek, the atlantic jet stream quite northern england. midweek, the atlanticjet stream quite strong at times. such a strong jet stream running towards us, when you get su btle running towards us, when you get subtle variations in wind speed, and direction, we can see it develop rapidly, with some potent areas of low pressure. a risk of a significant low pressure system coming across the uk on wednesday night, and the question is the exact position, how deep it is and how stormy it will be. the stormiest conditions will be on the southern flank, with england and wales bearing the brunt snow as it clears away, but the wind is the biggest concern. that low pressure system goes quite quickly on thursday, bringing us back to sunshine and blustery showers. and back to north—westerly winds. friday,
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similarto north—westerly winds. friday, similar to tuesday and wednesday, sunshine and showers, showers most frequent in the north and west, and wintry in england, scotland and northern ireland, with wind—chill. for the weekend, the low pressure will beesley east, so the wind will go more northerly point in, feeding in cold air, but starting to ease. into the start of the weekend, we could have significant overnight frost. the question is how many frosty nights we'll see because of how quickly things will change later in the weekend for the sum models are starting to point to low pressure moving in from the west, which would start to drag airbag from the south. they windy and wintry spell, by the end of next weekend, things could be turning milder, wet and windy. we'll keep you updated. tonight at ten, the government says it's doing everything it can, to keep the serial sex attacker john worboys behind bars. the former black cab driver was granted parole after serving nine years, but victims and campaigners say
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he shouldn't be released so early. every victim out there, every friend friend and family of victims, everyone who's read about the case will want to know we're doing everything we can to make sure the victims are properly protected. warboys had been convicted of 19 offences, but police believe he may
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