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Alex Ritson

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Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

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Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Olemme hyvin pieniä ja läheisiä. Ainoa asia, jota meillä on mahdollista, ei ole niin paljon identiteetti, vaan alkuperäinen huomio, joka tuli hallituksille, kun se löytyi, että jotain tapahtui koulussa.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

The Canadian media say the alert described the suspect as a woman, someone in a dress with brown hair. Now that isn't confirmation that it was a woman, but perhaps an indication that in the early stages of this they might have believed that a woman was responsible, but certainly no confirmation about an identity from the police.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

And this is a tiny community. Yeah, 2,400 people approximately live in Tumbler Ridge. As I say, it is a very small community. It's about 1,000 kilometers north of Vancouver, near the border with Alberta.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

As we know, based on past shootings in Canada, shootings are very rare in that country, if you compare it to the United States, in terms of the use of firearms and violence, these kinds of incidents, they have happened in the past, but very few and far between.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Peter Bowes. Cuba's tourism industry has suffered a major blow after dozens of flights were cancelled because of a lack of aviation fuel. Air Canada, which flies many tourists to the Caribbean island, suspended flights on Monday because of the shortages. The shortage of jet fuel is the latest result of efforts by the Trump administration to impose an effective oil blockade on the communist nation. The White House is threatening tariffs on any country which supplies Havana

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

and local people are already feeling the pain.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

I'm Emilio Hernandez. Two hours. I've spent two hours waiting for the fuel tanker to arrive, and no sign of it. We don't know if it's coming, and this is paying in dollars. My name is Francisco Perez. I've been here for five hours. No tanker yet, and no idea if it's coming. They say it's coming, but who knows? In Cuban pesos or foreign currency, whatever. You just have to find a way to pay for it. We have no other option.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

David Lee is the owner of a U.S. company which organizes trips to Cuba. The situation has in many respects been deteriorating for some time. So there's an aging power grid. Life in Cuba is difficult. It's a third world economy. How that affects tourists. Americans are not allowed to travel to Cuba as quote unquote tourists. There are a set of licensed reasons that Americans can travel there.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Cuba's saying that international airlines won't be able to buy jet fuel and refuel when they're there. Coming from the US, that may not matter, because you probably don't need to refuel. Coming from further away, a different story. That's exactly right. Literally in 15 years, I have not seen a US jet refuel before flying from landing in Havana and turning around and flying back to the US.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

This makes Cuba more dependent on U.S. tourism. It doesn't stop tourism. It just means that nearly all the tourism would be from America. Well, depending on how long this continues. At this point, the only flights I've heard that have officially been suspended for now are flights from Canada. And keeping in mind that it's a very different market. It's very much a beach destination for most Canadians.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Ja Cuba on jo aiemmin huomannut, että heidät valmistuvat tähän. He tietävät, että lisäksi, ei vain siksi, että jätetilaston tilanteessa, mutta myös siksi, että jätetilaston lakkaus ja voimakasvuus koko ison ison, he ovat järjestäneet ja lopettaneet joitain maanhotelleja ja pysyvät vain muutamia niitä avaamassa.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

So it may not make all that much difference by the sound of it. Well, I think it makes a difference. I am spending hours every day talking to current clients who have trips booked, groups that are coming soon, prospective clients, and having to answer these same questions that you're asking me right now and let people know. It's safe. The government prioritizes the tourist areas. The

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Places that we have you stay have backup generators. My team have gasoline in their cars. The buses have gasoline. You're going to have a great itinerary and a great experience. But if you're going somewhere and it's a trip and it's a leisure experience, just a little bit of fear can cause some people to make other plans or put things off.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

David Lee, talking to my colleague Andrew Peach.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Still to come in this podcast, the return to Nigeria of some of the Benin bronzes, artwork by indigenous people looted during colonial times. They were looted in 1897, so towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign, in an infamous so-called punitive expedition and the pillaging of all the treasures within its palace, what today we call the Benin bronzes.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Is there a way to train your brain to reduce the risk of getting dementia? Scientists in the US believe it could be possible. They spent two decades tracking thousands of older adults and found that exercises designed to sharpen the brain's processing speed had a significant impact in reducing the likelihood of being diagnosed with the condition. Professor Marilyn S. Albert from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore co-authored the study.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Professor Marilyn S. Albert, head of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Telegram is one of the most popular messaging apps in Russia, but starting on Tuesday, access has been limited. It's the latest example of a clampdown on Internet freedom in Russia, which has accelerated since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Galina Timchenko on aloittanut russalaisen uudistusjärjestöä Meduza, joka on nyt Rigaan aloittamassa. Se on russalaisen yleisö, jossa on noin 10-12 miljoonaa, jotka avaavat sen VPN-järjestöjä ja telegram-appeja.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

A court in Moscow sentenced her to five years in jail in absentia for operating what was described as an undesirable organization. She explained how important Telegram was to Meduza. Telegram is vital for us because Meduza website is blocked in Russia and we successfully avoiding blocking with our mobile application.