The Eastern Front, that's a kind of whole arc of territory which goes down from the Russian border through towns like Izum, Lyman and Kupians. All three of them occupied until last September, and now they're still pretty miserable places. There hasn't been very much reconstruction. The number of dead is of course a closely guarded secret but you know, I've been to check several cemeteries across the country. And the new military cemeterIES are really growing very fast.
As diplomatic efforts played out in Saudi Arabia our correspondent recounts travels along the nearly unbroken front line of the war—finding frustrated but determined soldiers and exhausted, fearful civilians. We examine the row around Japan’s plan to release wastewater from the Fukushima disaster (09:21). And how rosé wine became summertime’s go-to tipple (15:39).
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