Ankur Desai

Koti kaipaa Tikkurila mutea.

Mute on syvämatta sisustusmaali.

Se luo kauniin sametinpehmeän mattapinnan, joka vaimentaa visuaalista hälyä.

Tikkurila mute.

Maalaa rauhallisuuskotiisi.

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I'm Ankur Desai and in the early hours of Friday the 30th of January, these are our main stories. Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed an attempt by President Trump to get Russia to pause attacks on Ukraine for a week because of the extreme cold weather. But the Kremlin hasn't commented. Venezuela's National Assembly has voted to open the oil sector to foreign investment, one of the Trump administration's key demands after it ousted Nicolas Maduro.

Also in this podcast, polar bears in Norway have changed their diets. Eating more reindeer, they are eating more bird eggs. They are likely eating more walruses because there are a lot more walruses around. We found out why those polar bears are becoming fatter and healthier because of it. And why some parts of Germany are being offered free lunches. The only catch is you eat nothing but potatoes.

In recent weeks Russia has been exploiting Ukraine's harsh winter to pummel energy infrastructure across the country. Repeated strikes have plunged millions into the dark and the freezing cold in their own homes. Some people are even pitching tents inside their flats and heating bricks as makeshift radiators in an effort just to keep warm. But according to President Trump, there's a potential brief reprieve on the cards.

Jorge Rodriguez, president of the National Assembly, announced the news saying, I congratulate the people of Venezuela. Only good things will come after suffering and we must build together and as one. Now the overhaul comes, of course, after the US's successful seizure of the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, and subsequent demands for the oil industry to be open to large-scale foreign investment.

While Donald Trump's actions have certainly been divisive, they could be good news for people in Venezuela's decaying oil heartland. BBC Mundos Norberto Paredes went to meet some of them in the country's first and most productive oil area. Maracaibo is the oil heartland of the country with the largest boomer reserves in the world.

Tämä kaupungi ei ole, mitä se olisi. Kolonialaiset rakennukset, joita on valmiina valmiina tropiikkoja, ovat pysähtyneet ja pysähtyneet. Kaupungit ovat täysiä ja hyvin pysähtyneitä. Maracaibo halusi olla Venäjän oilboonin rauhassa, mutta monia vuosia sitten se oli pysähtynyt. Nyt se tuntuu, että maa on pysähtynyt. Kaupungit ovat pysähtyneet politiikasta ja investointeista, jotta Maracaibo saadaan taas elämään.

Getting ready for a trip out on the city's lake. These fishermen are being hit by both the economic downturn and the pollution caused by the decaying oil industry. Carlos used to be able to pull in big catches. It's getting worse every day. I see it getting worse and worse.

Päivittämällä Donald Trumpin valmistelua, hän on valmis amerikkalaiselle investointeeseen ja öljyä voidaan aloittaa yhä enemmän. Se luo työtä ja meidän lapsemme eivät tarvitse työskennellä kalastusyhteisössä enää. Läheisessä kaupungissa 93-vuotias Hose puhuu vanhasta työtä valtion öljy-yhteisöstä.

Se näyttää meille yksityiskohtaisen naisen auton, jonka hän osti 1970-luvun vuosina. Mutta kuten monissa asioissa täällä, se on nyt yksityiskohtainen huomio siitä, miten asiat olivat aiemmin. Kaikki on muuttunut. Aiemmin asiat olivat helpompia. Meillä oli enemmän ympäristöä.

Nämä alueet voivat olla suoraan 1960-luvun amerikkalaisen alueella. Yhdysvaltojen yritykset, monet joilla on Yhdysvaltoja, rakentavat kaikkia alueita työntekijöille. Mutta tänä päivänä monet näistä asioista ovat ilmaiset ja joitakin ovat lukeneet.

Analysts say it could take tens of billions of dollars and potentially a decade to restore Venezuela's oil output to what it once was. There is still uncertainty over the US's long-term plans. Juan Romero is a local member of parliament for the governing socialist party. He says there is still anger over the US sanctions and military action that have hit the country.

There's a lot of theatricality and little reality. Truths are mixed with lies. Venezuela has just passed a new law giving foreign companies far greater access to its oil industry. This has been a key demand of the Trump White House. But for many people here, unlocking the country's vast oil wealth still feels a long way off. Norberto Paredes with that report.

It's three years since the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan implemented an informal ban on birth control services for women. Soon after this ban was imposed doctors and clinics reported that their supplies of contraceptives were dwindling.

And now research by women journalists working undercover in seven Afghan provinces has revealed some of the impact on women in rural areas. Their report has been published jointly by the British Guardian newspaper and Zan Times, which is a multimedia outlet run by Afghan women. Rebecca Kesby spoke to the managing editor of Zan Times, Khadija Haidari.