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basically are in the former capital of kazakhstan, in the city of al matter, almighty situation got completely out of control. basically their protest is managed to completely drive out any sort of law enforcement from the city, from the premise, from the premises. so there's no national guard, there's no police know anything there. also we've seen reports that they may have disarmed some of the soldiers, some of the police officers as well as so the may have access to actual guns with live ammunition, which is a very scary development. given that it's a city of millions, with absolutely lawlessness, with an absolute state of lawlessness and not a single policeman on the ground. according to the latest reports that we have received here, they have already been in a marauders. they have begun looting and ransacking 80 m's, they have captured at the airport in that, in the city. and so basically we were supposed to get there, but our flight has been well formally delayed. but in all fairness, all flights to that town, they have been cancelled in cities. they have been shutting down one by one du

basically are in the former capital of kazakhstan in the city of al matter, al marty situation got completely out of control. basically, their protest is managed to completely drive out any sort of law enforcement from the city, from the prem, from the premises. so there's no national guard, there's no police know anything there. also, we've seen reports that they may have disarmed some of the soldiers. some of the police officers as well as so the may have access to the actual guns with live ammunition, which is a very scary development. given that it's a city of millions, with absolutely lawlessness, with an absolute state of lawlessness and not a single policeman. on the ground in the capitol, it's a state of emergency as well. i mean, are there is a curfew basically, or you can't show your face outside the building, past 11 pm and until 7 a. m here in the capital, things have been rather quiet. i should say, even though dozens of people still showed up, and they were rounded up by the police, but it looks all this feels like in like a low before a big storm. so we'll have to wait and see

of kazakhstan. —— the financial capital of kazakhstan. damage has been done to the authority of kazakhstan�*s hardline leader. abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc news, almaty. our correspondent steve rosenberg is in moscow. are you able to divine russia's motives in all this?— are you able to divine russia's motives in all this? well, keep in mind that what _ motives in all this? well, keep in mind that what has _ motives in all this? well, keep in mind that what has been - motives in all this? well, keep in . mind that what has been happening, much of what has been happening in kazakhstan in recent days, is enough to give vladimir putin nightmares and the images of people rising up against an autocratic government, demanding change, crowds seizing government buildings, these are the kind of thing the kremlin fears could happen in russia and doesn't really want to see happening across the border in kazakhstan, hence russia agreeing to deploy troops to come as it says, try to stabilise the situation. but i think this is about more thanjust the situ

of the ruling elite. russian troops continue to guard strategic facilities. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has travelled to kazakhstan's capital. protests and violence that erupted across much of the country last week, a state of emergency and a curfew remain in place here and nationwide. there is very little connectivity — they switch the internet on for maybe three or four hours a day, which makes it very difficult for people to actually work out what's going on here. and although things were much, much quieter here than they were in almaty, you can see security has been tightened. for example, that is the entrance to the presidential palace, which has been blocked off. president tokayev blames the terrorists and bandits for the violence, but there is a growing suggestion that violence is somehow linked to a power struggle going on within the ruling elite in kazakhstan. 22 people, including at least 10 children have died in their cars in pakistan when they became stranded in a snowstorm which saw up to five feet of snow fall in a few hours. thousands were trapped in a popular hilltop village murree after they'd travelled to se

this mass unrest is a huge blow for almaty, which is the financial capital of kazakhstan. how much damage has been done to the authority of kazakhstan�*s ha rdline leader. abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc news, almaty. i've been speaking to marie dumoulin, who is the director of the wider europe programme at the european council on foreign relations. i asked what triggered the uprising in kazakhstan. the trigger was a change in the calculation of fuel prices, of liquid petroleum gas prices, which is very used in western regions of kazakhstan. it stopped to be subsidised on first january. so the price doubled all of a sudden. and this triggered demonstrations in this particular region, which is historically for protests in kazakhstan. there have been very serious protests. back in 2011, with brutal repression, and ever since, there have been a lot of social movements in the region. it is basically one of the richest regions of the country because that's where petroleum oil is produced. but it's also one of the regions where the living standards are the harshest for the people, so

this mass unrest is a huge blow for almaty, which is the financial capital of kazakhstan. ar yet if the violence is over or how much damage has been done to the authority of kazakhstan�*s hardline leader. abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc news, almaty. us secretary of state anthony blinken has been talking about the deployment of russian troops to kazakhstan as part of the the post—soviet collective security treaty organization. he had this warning for the kazakh regime over its reliance on moscow. there are very particular drivers of what's happening in kazakhstan right now, as i said, that go to economic and political matters, and what's happening in there is different from what's happening on ukraine's borders. having said that, i think one lesson of recent history is that once russians are in your house, it's sometimes very difficult to get them to leave. one place closely watching events in kazakhstan is belarus. both countries are members of the russian—led collective security treaty organization, or csto, which has sent peacekeeping forces to kazakhstan. speaking on state t

this mass unrest is a huge blow for almaty, which is the financial capital of kazakhstan. s been done to the authority of kazakhstan�*s hardline leader. abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc news, almaty. as coronavirus cases continue to rise across india, new movement restrictions have come into effect for people in the capital delhi over the weekend. restaurants, markets and most shops will be closed until monday morning. russell trott reports. bharat�*s shop sells everything for the kitchen and more. but with fewer customers and takings down, he has been badly hit by the pandemic. yet, despite india's capital delhi locking down over the weekend, he remains upbeat. translation: the way corona cases are on the rise this - lockdown, the weekend curfew is a must. for the past two years, we have faced losses and we will face the same in the future. i will be happy when the amount of cases are lower and there is no lockdown. as the authorities grapple with a fresh surge in cases, partly fuelled by the fast—spreading omicron variant, most businesses here are still recovering from last yea

steve rosenberg reports from kazakhstan's capital. well, the capital ofeek, a state of emergency and a curfew remain in place here and nationwide. there is very little connectivity — they switch the internet on for maybe three or four hours a day, which makes it very difficult for people to actually work out what's going on here. and although things were much, much quieter here than they were in almaty, you can see security has been tightened. for example, that is the entrance to the presidential palace, which has been blocked off. president tokayev blames the terrorists and bandits for the violence, but there is a growing suggestion that violence is somehow linked to a power struggle going on within the ruling elite in kazakhstan. an afghan baby who was handed over a wall to soldiers at kabul airport during last summer's evacuation has been found and reunited with his family. the boy disappeared in the mayhem at the airport as thousands of people tried to flee afghanistan when the taliban took over. our correspondent greg mckenzie has the details. reunit

of the ruling elite. russian troops continue to guard strategic facilities. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has travelled to kazakhstan's capital. ountry last week, a state of emergency and a curfew remain in place here and nationwide. there is very little connectivity — they switch the internet on for maybe three or four hours a day, which makes it very difficult for people to actually work out what's going on here. and although things were much, much quieter here than they were in almaty, you can see security has been tightened. for example, that is the entrance to the presidential palace, which has been blocked off. president tokayev blames the terrorists and bandits for the violence, but there is a growing suggestion that violence is somehow linked to a power struggle going on within the ruling elite in kazakhstan. the us and nato are due to hold talks with russia later this week to discuss soaring tensions in the region, particularly in ukraine, where russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops near the border. moscow is demanding guarantees that nato will not expand further eastwards and have ruled out making any concess

vacuum of information, and we do get some scarce reports as to what's going on in the former capital of kazakhstan. that being said, will al my t and basically today kicked off with more violence. there, i mean, yesterday it was a very hectic and a chaotic good day. the city has seen a lot of absolute may. hm. there. and it continued into this morning. we were getting reports that about 200 people who the government branded as radicals, extremists and even terrorists. they were surrounded on the main square of al marty by the military as they were trying to disperse them as they were trying to design them as well. because according to the, to them to the reports, these people, those will protest has turned well, terrorists in the eyes of government, they are armed with, they were armed with actual firearms with that live bullet. so according to the latest information that we have here, right now, the military, they have left the square, but it is unclear as to why it is unclear is as to if they succeeded in clearing the square over those well, elements of those people or if in fact are, those are

well, the capital of kazakhstan feels pretty calm, really, but after the protests and violence that eruptedmergency and a curfew remain in place here and nationwide. there is very little connectivity — they switch the internet on for maybe three or four hours a day, which makes it very difficult for people to actually work out what's going on here. and although things were much, much quieter here than they were in almaty, you can see security has been tightened. for example, that is the entrance to the presidential palace, which has been blocked off. president tokayev blames the terrorists and bandits for the violence, but there is a growing suggestion that violence is somehow linked to a power struggle going on within the ruling elite in kazakhstan. a baby boy separated from his parents during the chaotic american evacuation of afghanistan last year has been reunited with relatives. sohail ahmadi, who was two—months—old at the time, was handed to a us soldier as his parents struggled to get into the airport. most of the family managed to fly out of the country, but the baby was left behind

this mass unrest is a huge blow for almaty, which is the financial capital of kazakhstan. et if the violence is over or how much damage has been done to the authority of kazakhstan's hardline leader. abdujalil abdurasulov, bbc news, almaty. let's get some of the day's other news. the us supreme court has begun hearing arguments about the legality of president biden's vaccinate or test mandate for large businesses. opponents say he does not have the authority to impose the rule without going through congress. backers say it will save lives. judgement is not expected for several days. nato's secretary—generaljens stoltenberg says russia is continuing its military build—up near ukraine, posing a real risk of a new armed conflict in europe. mr stoltenberg repeated that nato remains ready to talk to russia but warned the allies would impose a heavy price for any further russian aggression. austria's chancellor karl nehammer has tested positive for coronavirus. the a9—year—old, who took over as chancellor a month ago, is in self—isolation and says he isn't showing any symptoms. h

did say he was opposed to it. despite several state of emergency orders, including in the capital protest is turned out on the streets of kazakhstan again, on wednesday. the demonstrations are opted several days ago of a high fuel prices in the countries west protest as a believe to have set fire to the mayor's office in almighty. and they have been seen carrying clubs and shields. a rock it has hits an iraqi military base hosting us soldiers, no casualties have been reported so far. it happened near baghdad international airport. there have been several attempted attacks on american troops in iraq across recent days. there thought to be deliberately planned to coincide with the 2nd anniversary of the killing of the top iranian general cas emsella mani. he was assassinated by the us in bagdad crowds. there are preparing for another day of commemorations, the main suspect in the killing of the haitian president of an elmo east as appeared in the u. s. federal court for the 1st time. the former officer in columbia's military was extradited from panama. he is the 1st person to face criminal charges connected to the mother in july tha

of the u.s. capital. but in the central asian nation of kazakhstan. this was the main government building in kazakhstan's largest silly, on wednesday. has been involved in protests, this all week. protests that began as a backlash against high gas prices. but quickly evolved into a revolt against the autocratic regime that is ruled kazakhstan for over 30 years. protesters also stormed the presidential palace, setting it on fire. they pulled down a statue of kazakhstan's former dictator who, by all accounts still basically runs the country, through his handpicked successor. for decades, kazakhstan has been ruled by this one guy. he was the longest serving ruler of any ex soviet state. things feel like they will never change, until they suddenly do. you may not have been following the story this week, we've had quite a bit on our minds at home, but chances, are you recognize this. you recognize this sort of narrative. we've been observing it in that part of the world for decades. the people of a former soviet republic rising the against the repressive r

thousands of protesters voicing their anger at price rises in the centre of kazakhstan's financial capitally storm the mayor's office, but that's exactly what these people are doing. it didn't take the authorities long to react. police moved in and moved the protesters out of the main square with tear gas and grenades. the protests started in provinces. here in mangystau demonstrators took to the streets after the authorities lifted price caps on vehicle fuel, causing prices to surge. since then there have been big demonstrations in several cities and towns. internet services are down in the country. the president went on television with this warning. translation: those calls to attack the government and military - buildings are completely illegal. this is a crime that could be followed by punishment. the government will not fall. but we want mutual trust and dialogue rather than conflict. but mutual trust seems a long way off here. although the president has now ordered the government to regulate the price of fuel and other important goods. increases in fuel costs are likely to affect the

. >> a swarm of riot police close in on protesters in kazakhstan's commercial capital of almaty there are people badly injured, protesters and police. this all filmed from the safety of an upstairs window as the stun grenades explode below. the protesters forced their way into the city hall, too, explosions ringing out across the central square with parts of the building on fire the prosecutor general's office in almaty almost satellite, president takei ev accepting the resignation of his government as a nod to protesters' demands as he warned against further action >> those calls to attack the government and military buildings are completely illegal. this is a crime that could be followed by punishment the authorities will not fall, but we want mutual trust and dialogue rather than conflict. >> reporter: this all began in kazakhstan's western oil producing region, originally over a hike in the fuel price, but it has morphed into a broader set of grievances. this worker speaking for many calling for the president to go and his predecessor too. the man who until two years ago had ruled

of emergency. riots fueled by a price hike have turned violent. >> unfazed by teargas, stun grenades and a water cannon, writers storm the mayor's office in kazakhstan commercial capitalflames can be seen coming out of the building. protesters also set fire to the presidential residence in the city. the resignation of the government on tuesday failed to quell the anger and violence has escalated. blaming the arrest on organized groups and thugs, president about a tough response. -- vowed a tough response. [speaking foreign language] >> the televised address came after he took over from the security council. some protesters have been chanting slogans against the 81-year-old who ruled the former soviet public for almost 30 years. some tried to pull down a statute. the president also removed the former strongman's nephew from a senior position in the intelligence agency. initially triggered by a spike in fuel prices, the protests appear to be growing into a broader show of public discontent. kazakhstan is experiencing an internet blackout following partial disruptions of mobile connections and social media. >> we are watching for full developments there. donald trump is

which was stormed and torched on wednesday, ortiz eager to down of money to get into kazakhstan, and he sent us this report from the capital. so clashes in the largest cassock, city of al, my te and former capital have entered the night. in fact, what we are hearing from the ground is that the security forces that they are conducting an all out anti terrorist operation. this is what they're cooling it, and essentially the goal of it is to get rid of the protesters in the streets. and when i say get rid of it, it means that they are ready to resort to all means necessary. in fact, we've heard, we've seen some videos the, where are these where, where the security forces announced through loud speak is that they are prepared to shoot on site. anybody who decides to remain in the streets after the curfew, which starts at 11 p. m. low coat time here, ah ah, ah. hi. while an official representative of the collective security treaty alliance has confirmed their role in helping the catholic authorities here, rhetorical cause of some of these keepers from the collective security treaty organization have been deployed in kazakhstan

of those being foreigners. ah, a sweeping anti terrorism operation is wandering down in kazakhstan, commercial, capital, and largest city almighty, which has borne the brunt of the violence. here is some of the aftermath writers have been looting, stores and torching government buildings, many of them reportedly carrying firearms. dozens of people have been killed, including 16 police officers. there are claims, some of them were betted, cause officials also say that 3 children were killed by gunfire. security video from a shopping center obtained by our corresponded their shows, looters, destroying glass counters and grabbing anything valuable. overall damage in the country is estimated at more than $200000000.00. reporting from almighty is our correspondent. what are gusio? it had been said to say that the peaceful protests in kazakhstan caused all that much economic damage. it, it was of the peaceful protest that was the riots the mayhem and the looting afterwards. that over scott, days has caused more than $200000000.00 in damage to the country, mostly here in the city of amity and those are preliminary estimat

of kazakhstan's president and is part of a russian-led post-soviet military alliance. kazakhstan occupies a stratec spot between russia, china, and several former soviet republics. and in almaty, the former capital in the southeastern part of the country, there was a large police and army presence on the streets. protests that started in the western part of the country over increased energy prices, spread, and became violent. government buildings and vehicles were burned, more than 4,000 people have been detained, and at least 26 protesters and 18 police officers have been killed. president kassym-jomart tokayev said yesterday that police should "shoot to kl" protesters in the biggest uprising since the country became independent in 1991. he has blamed the violent protests on foreign-backed terrorists. also today, kazakhstan's security council announced that a former top security official was arrested and charged with treason for attempting to overthrow the government. as recently as wednesday, the security chief was leading that same surity council, and was in televised meetings with the president. for more on kazakhstan, russia, and what's at stake, i spoke with jeffrey mankoffsenior associate

of violence that's happening all across kazakhstan, all across the country. and the most disturbing reports are coming out of the city of al marti, the former capital. and in fact, the blodgett city in the country. mm. now, according to the official information are more than a 1000 people have been injured during the protests. and some 400 of them are in hospitals and 12 people, 12 people, all of them are workers are all of them basically members of the law enforcement. so policeman and maybe national guard a members or they have been killed in the course of the, of the riots that happened all across the country. but mainly the most may. hm. we've seen it did happen in the city of al marty basically. right there we are. getting reports over, protesters clashing with police outside one of the hospitals. basically they're saying that those injured policemen that they should not receive and treatment. this has been their argument, and this is what they're fighting for right now. so the hate is really flying high than basically the rob. but while people there are some very radically well inclined people who just don't want anything good to happen to the

capital of afghanistan. it is not clear yet if the violence is over, or how much damage has been done to the authority of kazakhstan'sd-line leader. bbc news, almaty. laura: joining us from moscow is steve rosenberg. the u.s. secretary of state has warned that once the russians are in your house, it is very difficult to get them to leave. is this a temporary deployment by the russian lead security alliance to cause extent, or a more permanent one? -- to kazakhstan, or a more permanent one? stephen: quite a soundbite from anthony blinken. i have not heard any reaction. i think what russian officials would say is if that house is in russia's backyard, if that house is on fire, it is up to moscow to do something about it. the russians maintain it is a limited deployment, a temporary one, until the situation in kazakhstan has stabilized. why have the russians deployed ps? keep in mind what has been happening in kazakhstan in recent days is enough to give vladimir putin nightmares. the images of people rising up against on autocratic government , demanding change, images of crow seizing government buildings -- these are t

thousands of protesters voicing their anger at price rises in the centre of kazakhstan's financial capitalolice moved in and moved the protesters out of the main square with tear gas and grenades. the protests started in provinces. here in mangystau demonstrators took to the streets after the authorities lifted price caps on vehicle fuel, causing prices to surge. since then there have been big demonstrations in several cities and towns. internet services are down in the country. the president went on television with this warning. translation: those calls to attack the government and military - buildings are completely illegal. this is a crime that could be followed by punishment. the government will not fall. but we want mutual trust and dialogue rather than conflict. but mutual trust seems a long way off here. although the president has now ordered the government to regulate the price of fuel and other important goods stop increases increases in fuel costs are likely to affect the price of food, which has already seen steep increases since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. sylvia

capital as he gets the on off the welcome back iga . what's the situation as you would describe it right now? while there's been more violence here to day in kazakhstan and they are the epicenter of it, is that the former capital of al marty again, we are living in a bit of an information vacuum here because there's no internet connection. we can't access any independent and new sources, but according to the information that we're getting, ah, basically all our communications have been reduced to regular text messages and occasional calls. but according to the information that we're getting deed, dozens of protesters have been killed overnight, as, according to the latest information from the government, they tried to attack the local are the local law enforcement or office basically the local interior ministry. so and in general, the night has been very, very chaotic in the former capital of the country, the city of almighty, because of many protest as the managed to get access to guns with live ammunition as they disarmed law enforcement and the police are so so are the government is calling them terrorists and are there is an anti terrorist operation according to the authoriti

massing thousands of troops. officials in capitals from washington to berlin and kiya fear that worship president vladimir putin could be preparing an invasion after ukraine. kazakhstan joined the list of countries where prudent is trying to flex his military muscles. earlier to day are brussels correspondent terry schultz tried to pick the brains of native secretary general in stoughton bag . she asked him how he thinks russia's intervention in context on fits into the geopolitical puzzle that putin his piecing together in the kremlin. here's what he said. i will not spec lights on and mult way, the developments in, in kazakhstan will impact the calculations by now or in moscow. i think the main message on, on context on is that violence must stop. and we have seen that also lives on the, on the human rights must be respected and that also includes freedom of expression on peaceful demonstration art and my colleague now terry schultz. she is in brussels. terry, it's good to have you on the show again and happy new year to you. me ask you stoughton bag is refusing to stick his head out of the window. it seems with with his answer, is there a cassock connection here?

says, the trump supporters who stormed the capital held a dagger to the throat of american democracy, also coming up fresh violence rocks. the main city of kazakhstan, as security forces continue cracked down on protest. this doesn't have been killed in the west on risk for 30 years. the president appeals for help, and the former soviet states, led by russia send troops. it plus, keeping him is it really is just not very human. a joke of it just family slam australia for rejecting his visa and sending him to a detention hotel. the tennis stars, challenging moved to deported the covey. 19 improvement one. 0 ah. m anthony howard, welcome you. as president joe biden has marked the 1st anniversary of the storming of the west capital, when a violent mob of trump support has tried to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election a year to the day since those shocking events bought and launched. an outspoken attack on the writers and on his predecessor, donald trump, who he said, set the stage for the attack by continuously selling doubt about the result of the 2020 election tied to security. for a dark anniversary, american leaders monkey day

marty, the former capital being the prime example of that, it is unclear as to world, so fight is unclear which side will prevail in this situation. but while the government of kazakhstan here remains adamant that it will, i, that basically the president has said that he will remain in the capital no matter what that he will not back down. and he will not let this become a while. basically, a revolution to top of the government will have to see how this fares because it has to be said that we have a very limited to say the least access to independent information. we live in information vacuum because there's no connection. there's no internet access. basically all not even via a wire. no. so all we have is text messages and occasional phone calls. so it's hard to verify any information that we're getting either from the government, from the security forces or from the other side. so all information has to be vetted and taken very and approached very cautiously, but we will remain on the lookout to bring you all the latest from kazakhstan. appreciated, thank is donna reporting from the castle capital there. thank you, sir. and france now, which is heatedly debating the

kazakhstan's former capital. —— almaty. and that is where a lot of authorities, there was serious looting that was happening overnight, so now troops are moving in with armoured personnel vehicles and there was a report from reuters, witness reports saying that gunfire was heard in almaty. that gunfire was heard in alma . �* , ., .,~ almaty. and 'ust to make it clear almaty. and 'ust to make it demor— almaty. and 'ust to make it clear for our — almaty. and just to make it clear for our international i clear for our international audience, we say that what sparked these protest as the rising cost of fuel, but actually there are many, many other underlying issues causing people to be extremely angry at the government at the moment? that's right, the sharp rise in fuel prices is what sparked the protest but it's not the root cause for such an unprecedented, countrywide protest with thousands of people protesting and all major cities across kazakhstan and the root cause of it is the long—standing frustrations among the catholic population about —— kazakh

charge with seditious conspiracy of last year's attack on the us capital and mission and completed as russian lead forces had home on a week long deployment in kazakhstan, more not ah hello alice, my winter is really set improperly across so much of the middle east. i'm out shelf the southern past ill on the, on the warm side, but further north exact amounts of cloud, rain, sleet, and snow, particularly around turkey, the levant, just around the caucasus thinking farther south was in this long line of cloud, and re stretch right across saudi arabia and on into the a red sea further south. this is where we got some wolves around 26 celsius here in bo, how 27 there for re add? was he? those temperatures just started to dip away as we go through sass day. this system does weaken somewhat, but it does slide a little further southwards as we go through saturday on into sunday, and the temperatures will fall away accordingly. more snowy weather there around the high ground into iran, pushing up towards turkey. cool enough, just around the levant jerusalem, 89 celsius over the next couple of days, 4 or 5 degrees below what they should be. few showers to just