A Bitter Winter in Afghanistan
As restrictions on daily life have increased since the Taliban takeover, Lyse Doucet meets a family struggling amid freezing temperatures, cut off from aid and education.
Kate Adie presents stories from Afghanistan, Peru, Russia, the US and Spain
As Afghanistan experiences its harshest winter in a decade, Lyse Doucet travels to Salang, the world's highest road tunnel. After roadside service comes to her team's rescue, she visits a struggling family who are cut off from aid and battling to keep warm.
Peru is seeing some of its worst clashes since the return of democracy, with protesters demanding that interim president, Dina Boluarte, resign and make way for a general election and a new constitution. Many of the biggest protests were in southern Peru but Mitra Taj spoke to those who took their grievances to the capital, Lima.
We meet a drag queen in Saint Petersburg who says Russia's new anti-LGBT law is crushing gay nightlife in the city. Our correspondent Will Vernon discovers this increased censorship also extends to bookshops, streaming services and high street shops -all part of Vladimir Putin's battle against Western values.
Barbara Plett Usher was in Washington for the anti-abortion activists' annual March for Life, which has been held every year since the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973. She meets protesters on both sides of the debate, and finds America's battle over abortion is far from over.
In Spain, Guy Hedgecoe visits San Fernando, the hometown of the much revered flamenco singer, CamarΓ³n de la Isla, where, three decades after the singer's death, his memory is as cherished as the legacy of his music.
Producers: Serena Tarling and Louise Hidalgo
Production Coordinator: Iona Hammond
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- Sat 28 Jan 2023 11:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4