as the sun sets on khiva, it's a perfect end to my trip.n my radar, but, in a way, that's not surprising. this country's been closed to the outside world for nigh—on a century. once at the heart of the silk road, linking the east and west, it's now looking to reconnect and wholeheartedly embrace tourism — keen to show the world its vibrant culture, ancient heritage and architectural wonders. it's forging a new identity while being just as proud of its past. we have had a rather cold and frosty started sunday morning. temperatures down to minus five degrees in parts of northern england and southern scotland but for many it has been a fine start with clear skies, some sunshine but also some fog patches which may be slow to clear in parts of northern ireland and central scotland. today, for most of us it is a case of sunny spells. the reason for the change in weather from recent stormy conditions is high pressure which becomes established across the uk today and over the next few days. it keeps things mostly dry. mostly, but there are some sho

i'm on my way to khiva, one of the most ancient cities in central asia. preserved, it's like a film set. the sites here are all over 1500 years old. the kalta minaret, the islam khoja mosque, and even the walls themselves are just a few of the landmarks that uzbekistan has been painstakingly restoring. and today it looks like something special is going on. uzbekistan�*s first—ever world ethnosports festival, an event designed to preserve the more traditional sports in their authentic form. teams from over 60 countries have travelled here to take part, and locals tell me this is the biggest event that khiva has ever hosted. it's great here. there's always something going on. turn any corner and you'll find some sort of action. kurash wrestling is traditional to asia, but here today, unusually, it's being practised by young women. borjon khumluva is representing uzbekistan. it's believed that kurash dates back to a time when there was a matriarchal society in which women would test the worthiness of their groom in a match. if the man lost, the woman stayed

replaced by an ear of cotton. the blacksmith is young, but no matter what the name of the land is, khivarezmian or people's republic, or three more instead, the inscription kharezmen on the silk will remain unchanged on... the falling forehead with the plate of a bird, an openwork comb, how can one not remember from the armata deer . the composition on the ridge dates back to ancient times indo-iranian theme of karkalpak, mordovian, chuvash, udmur, headdresses . this is tajik embroidery. the universal sacred plot contains the entire world order. diamonds, earth , rook, path, road to the world of ancestors, the sun, the source of life, the tree of life with birds in the sky, snakes in the roots, horses, deer, leopards on the sides, and the goddess of fertility, among the russians, bereginya, among the iranians, uzbeks , tajiks, anahita, various variations on this world theme adorn the clothes of all eurasians. you can’t distinguish them from slavic ones, like this chuvash outfit, there is one root, a common one, eurasian, look, embroidery of russian pomors, arkhangelsk region, this pendan

will go to our defenders of the 141st brigade, who are now are fighting, defending ukraine in the khivation, now you see the card numbers and qr codes, please scan or write down the numbers, which card is more convenient for you, we want to buy walkie-talkies, batteries for them, starlinks, binoculars for this million , rangefinders, periscopes, detectors , detection of drones and many other things that are needed at the front, as you can see, there are many needs, respectively, and the amount is also quite large, 1 million uah, this collection is carried out by the espresso tv channel together with the iryna kova charity fund. this is our presenter and volunteer, whom you are good at you know, so let's help ira close this collection and send everything necessary to the front. dear friends, the past day , yesterday, that is, you and i collected a good amount, 3800, today there are only 7 thousand, well , our etr is still going on, the day is not over yet, i hope you will join, if anyone thinks about it , that there is not a sufficient amount, then i think that... 24 hryvnias, for exampl

our host and volunteer iryna koval, and she collects money for the 141st brigade, which now in the khiva direction we need to collect 1 million uah from groups, now we have 125,727 uah and 92 kopecks on the mono card and a little more than 40 thousand on the private card, if we move at a pace of 28 00 uah per day on average, then as of sunday we will have about 200 000 on a mono card, so please join in, dear friends, and in the meantime, we will join our next guest, pavlo rozenko... on social and economic policy, minister of social policy of ukraine in 2014-2016 and vice- prime minister of ukraine in 2016-2019 . mr. pavle, we are glad to see you. greetings , good morning. mr. pavle, you must have seen the news, the news that iryna vereshchuk is discussing, by the way, you haven't heard it in a long time. and here is the vice-prime minister for the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories of ukraine announced that. that payments to internally displaced persons should be optimized, and they say that this is what the partners demand, they say that ukraine spends too much money on i

i'm on my way to khiva, one of the most ancient cities in central asia. festival, an event designed to preserve the more traditional sports in their authentic form. teams from over 60 countries have travelled here to take part, and locals tell me this is the biggest event that khiva has ever hosted. it's great here. there's always something going on. turn any corner and you'll find some sort of action. kurash wrestling is traditional to asia, but here today, unusually, it's being practised by young women. borjon khumluva is representing uzbekistan. it's believed that kurash dates back to a time when there was a matriarchal society in which women would test the worthiness of their groom in a match. if the man lost, the woman stayed single. can you beat most of these boys? 0k! i'd be terrified of fighting against you, let me tell you! show me your best move. come on. yeah. and then i'd go over. yeah. thank god. thank you for not putting me over! thank you. thank you very much. thank you! there are more than 20 traditional sports being played here today, and