they share a border with uzbekistan. how much has really changed in uzbekistan? in a moment, we will speak to a human rights campaigner. but first, juri rescheto spoke with a journalist who spent nearly two decades in prison. >> after 19 years behind bars, this journalist is enjoying every moment of his newfound freedom. the 55 rolleled journalist was jajailed in the late 90's for supporting opposition. he is one of hundreds of his backs -- uzbeks who had to pay for their political freedom. >> i was tortured in prison. they always caca up with reasons to torture me and punish me. we had to unload hive bricks from railway wagons.s. they had just come out of the oven. we had to load them into cars. >> they were 16 political prisoners who were released into prprison in the last two y year. >> the main reason i was afraid was becaususe of ourur -- i war eed was because e of our currert presidenent. it came down to his commitment to stand up to them. >> the -- uzbek government's praised these people. he said that thanks to the president, uzbeks have the opportunity to

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uzbekistan still remains one of the world's top producers of cotton, but while the uzbek side of thetly lost, recent interventions have meant the north aral sea, in kazakhstan, is returning. approaching the shore, one of the biggest draws for travellers has been the eerie sight of shipwrecks scattered across the old seabed. spiderwebs everywhere. here we are. the aral sea. at one time, it was the fourth largest inland lake in the world, and soon it will reclaim that title. i made it. birds chirping, fish jumping, sun setting, i get it. i get it now. it's a beautiful place. good morning. this is where we spent the night last night. it might look like we're in the desert, but actually, it was very cold this morning. the bedding was just a simple roll—out pillow mat on the ground with some blankets. but this is a fisherman‘s house. and we're up so early because they're going to take us out to catch some fish. they're quite chipper. myself, i'm working on it. but it should be a good day. my hosts tell me that i'm not the first traveller to stay with them following the sea's return. thoug

japan have sealed the top spot in their asian cup group with a 2-1 win over uzbekistan. they came from a goal down to win their third successive game and will play either saudi arabia or qatar in the next round. despite losing today, uzbekistan will still progress to the round of 16 as group runners-up, where they face reigning champions australia. now to my colleague from britain. helena is here. could the u.s. be changing its tune? reporter: you thought we were talking about something else. yes. i am british. we will be talking about the u.s. and china and whether it could be, or the u.s. . changing its tune when it comes to that trade war. we have this report saying that the dow is up 200 points at this hour after a report that the united states is considering easing tariffs on china during upcoming negotiations. that was the idea touted by treasury secretary steven mnuchin. however, there is a possibility that they could face pushback from u.s. trade presented of robert lighthizer. he believes that any concessions would be perceived as a sign of weakness. all that as

japan and uzbekistan have already qualified — and the match between them will decide top spot.ng through as one of the best third—placed teams in spain, real madrid are into to the quarter—finals of the copa del rey, despite losing 1—0 at leganes in the second leg of their last—i6 tie. real won 3—1 on aggregate. but atletico madrid are out. they were held to a 3—3 draw by girona. seydou doumbia equalised for the visitors with two minutes to go, and that put them through on away goals after a 4—1; draw on aggregate. and sevilla are also through to the last eight. last season's runners—up lost 1—0 at home to athletic bilbao, but go through 3—2 on aggregate. and in england, southampton are out of the fa cup. the premier league team were beaten 5—3 on penalties by second—tier side derby county in their third—round replay. the nba returns to london on thursday for its ninth annual regular season game. the new york knicks take on washington at the 02 arena in what is techically a home game for the wizards. the knicks have played in london twice before, but this is washington's first

back pretty well which was expected and i think having now come second in their group and facing uzbekistan in the round of sixteen things really be more optimistic on sunday the tournaments at the top ranked team iran but their place in the quarter finals they be all mine to nil and i would be the iranians are looking to win the asian cup for the fourth time the last of their transfer coming back in one thousand nine hundred seventy six this is my goal and my target my players the player of the time in that respect to lima reputation and believe that it one mercer's that of the people of it and goodness what are those towards them we are the kinds i was and in a different way because they deserved it earlier vietnam to just one just a surprise when to become the first team to recently lost eight after their game against jordan finished in a one one draw in vietnam won the tie in a penalty shootout. tyner came back from a goal down to avoid an upset against highland the host for the next decision of the tournament scored twice in five minutes to win two one time in our aiming to become asia

to stand in the knockout stages they were comfortable for no winners over neighbors turkmenistan uzbekistan second straight victory in the tournament summer of scored twice in an impressive display to help his team go top of the. top of them have missed the chance to go second in the english premier league spurs were beaten one nil by majesty united at wembley was rushford a with the only goal of the game when you go in a soldier has now won six straight games since replacing shows him what he knew as united manager. well sunday's n.f.l. playoff action is getting under way with the new england patriots taken on the los angeles charges the team have already exhausted the rams beat the dallas cowboys thirty two twenty two in the divisional round they're now just one victory away from the super bowl the rams will next face either the new orleans saints or current super bowl champions the philadelphia eagles right here. right there of looking very. good. and here round head coach sean with a with his team after that one with a with hired in twenty seventeen when he was just thirty that made him

action commentated where the edge of hand went over uzbekistan to cure top spot a man overcame turkmenistan in the other game to also qualify for the last sixteen . twenty three time grammy slam champion serena williams powered her way into the australian open third round with a dominating win over the on thursday the american is one straight sets over the canadian finishing six two six two williams news on to a third round meeting against ukraine's guest rooms. world number one the simona halep was also a second round winner in melbourne there are many and came from a breakdown in the third set to be unseated sophia kynan six three six seven six four she faces venus williams next. and u.s. open champion naomi osaka had a relatively straightforward route into the third round she beat slovenia's temora . six two six four who seeded fourth here made the sydney finals at four of her last five turns. men's world number one novak djokovic pass joe wilfred tsonga it was a repeat of the two thousand and eight australian open final that gave the serb his first of six titles in melbourne djokovic tw

action commentated where the edge of hand went over uzbekistan to cure top spot a man overcame turkmenistan in the other game to also qualify for the last sixteen . twenty three time grammy slam champion serena williams powered her way into the australian open third round with a dominating win over shard on thursday the american is one straight sets over the canadian finishing six two six two williams news on to a third round meeting against ukraine's yes rim's. world number one the samoa hala was also a second round winner in melbourne there are many and came from a breakdown in the third set to be unseated sophia canon six three six seven six four she faces venus williams next. and u.s. open champion naomi osaka had a relatively straightforward route into the third round she beat slovenia's temora . six two six for osaka who seeded fourth here made the sydney finals at four of her last five ten. mins world number one novak djokovic pass joe wilfred tsonga it was a repeat of the two thousand and eight australian open final that gave the serb his first of six titles in melbourne djokovic tw

lebanon and north korea are both going home and group effort action culminated with japan win over uzbekistan to cure top spot oman overcame turkmenistan and the other game to also qualify for the last sixteen twenty three time grammy slam champion serena williams powered her way into the australian open third round with a dominating win over bush are that on thursday the american in what is one straight sets over the canadian finishing six two six two williams news on to a third round meeting against ukraine's d.n.a. yes rim's. world number one is the mona was also a second round winner in melbourne there are many and came from a breakdown in the third set to be unseated sophia kynan six three six seven six four she faces venus williams next. and u.s. open champion naomi osaka had a relatively straightforward route into the third round she beat slovenia's temora . six two six four who seeded fourth here made the sydney finals at four of her last five ten. mins world number one novak djokovic pass joe wilfred tsonga it was a repeat of the two thousand and eight australian open final that gave

yoshinori muto scored with his head just three minutes after uzbekistan had taken the lead.on sunday. in spain, the holders, barcelona, are through to the quarter—finals of the copa del rey after overturning a first—leg deficit against levante in their last—16 tie. barca were 2—1 down from the first match, but 0usmane dembele scored twice in a minute in the first half at the camp nou, to put the holders ahead in the tie for the first time. lionel messi added a third early in the second half, as barcelona won 3—0 on the night and 11—2 over the two legs. ireland's shane lowry will begin his third round at the abu dhabi championship with a one—stroke lead after he shot a second—round 70. lowry, whose last tournament win came in august 2015, couldn't match his stunning 10—under—par opening round, but he recovered from two early dropped shots to card four birdies and retain his lead. i made a great up—and—down on the third hole four 0d, and i think that kind of kickstarted me. i was pretty much hitting the ball decent after that. i gave myself a lot of chances, i didn't convert a

into a proper winter storm it'll throws snow back into northern iran up through turkmenistan and uzbekistan look at that circulation temp job particularly low here but of course the ground isn't often enough crowed in there for it to be snow and it will stop probably spread eastwards beyond sunday and into sunday generating some useful falls as far as afghanistan and leaving fine weather behind all this time i've ignored an event completely the weather's been relatively speaking benign and that's true in turkey as well the wind is dying a cloud is disappearing and the sky is blue and that's true for the sas the sun this dust is settling out of yesterday's dust storm twenty one there on seventy riyad where it should be if not a little on the cold side still a northerly breeze blowing your notes but probably a less dusty one has been the case in the last couple days now as a drop sas to strong active weather and sodomize mozambique and if you look at this cloudy you get the idea of us of a pattern for a circulation form it's not going to be anything more than a tropical low but even that brin

low here that will develop in the next day or so so for typically i think turkmenistan kazakhstan uzbekistanwe have a huge amount of snow to come with that clearly a strengthening wind that may well but he's myntra see what the article said that they are will see a little bit. the weather sponsored by cateye enemies. taiwan . a sovereign island state. or a renegade province of china that must soon return to mainland control. as the battle for taiwanese hearts and minds intensifies. people in power investigates the tactics of those to whom reunification is only a matter of time. taiwan spies lies and crossed very high on a jersey. the latest news as it breaks the difference is about google's bottles ossified was that authentic in the roots with the this time gold with truth is do not come up with detailed coverage though has already said that he's ready to take over as interim president and call for you elections. from around the world volunteers are doing what they can that's not the point behind the government's decision to criminalize homelessness eight hundred. welcome back you're watchin

into a proper winter storm it will throw snow back into northern iran up through turkmenistan and uzbekistan look at that circulation temps are particularly low here but of course the ground isn't often enough cold in there for it to be snow and it will stop probably spread east would be on saturday and into sunday generating some useful for was as far as afghanistan leaving fine weather behind all this time i've ignored an event completely the weather's been relatively speaking benign and that's true in turkey as well the wind is dying a cloud is disappearing and the sky is blue and that's true for the south the sun this or the dust is settling out of yesterday's dust storm twenty one there on seventy riyad but where it should be if little on the cold side still a northerly breeze blowing your notes but probably a less dusty one has been the case in the last couple days now as a drop sas to strong active weather in sodomize mozambique and if you look at this cloudy you get the idea of us of a pattern for a circulation form it's not going to be anything more than a tropical low but even that