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Welcome to the latest global news recorded at 1500 GMT on Thursday, the 14th of August. I am James Manadath with the selection of highlights from across BBC World Service news today.
Coming up, the bulk of the fighting in Georgia may be over, but the diplomacy has only just begun. We discuss what the conflict means for relations between Russia and the West.
After years of arguments, Cameroonians celebrate as Nigeria hands over control of the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula.
We are glad to say that we are gaining our land, so much sure that our economic activity might start back to square one.
Also in the podcast, the opposition in Zimbabwe described the recent power-sharing talks as a farce. What is each side willing to give and hoping to gain? And do you have the qualifications for this, demanding job.
During the Dashain Festival, when many buffaloes and goats are sacrificed to the goddess, and she has to walk calmly through the severed heads of these buffaloes. Nepal is on the search for a new child goddess.
But first, nearly two days after a ceasefire agreement was drawn up to end the fighting between Russia and Georgia, Russian troops and tanks are still operating in Georgia, and not just in the breakaway region of South Ossetia which lies at the heart of this conflict. Russian forces are firmly in control of the town of Gori which is between South Ossetia and the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Our correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse is just outside Gori. And I asked him what the situation was there.
Well, the situation, when I left there a few hours ago, was that there were a, a, a numerous loud explosions coming from the hills, er, just around the town. I saw, er, several black plumes of smoke also rising up on the outskirts and I heard sporadic gunfire coming from the town. Just before all of that happened, I had been inside the town, and there was quite a lot of sudden Russian tank activity. The Russian forces are very much in control of the town, they control the entry and exit routes. And yet, just before that fighting started, a number of Russian tanks, I counted around 15, possibly 20, traveling towards the edge of the town, rather quickly. I couldn’t establish what exactly the cause of these explosions was, but there are basically three groups of armed forces now in that area. They are the Russians in quite some numbers, in quite some force. There are Georgian military and police who are also armed nearby. And there are also South Ossetian fighters who also appear to be armed.
But what seems clear briefly is that those Russian troops aren’t gonna be going anywhere anytime soon.(Www.hxen.net)
I spoke to the commander of the Russian forces there, General Boldyrev. And he said he wanted to take his men out of there. But he was committed to restoring law and order in the town. And he wasn’t gonna leave until that was done. I asked him if he could give me a time frame, and he said, two, three, possibly four days. But that was before those explosions were heard. That might take a little longer now.
The conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia has very rapidly become an international issue, another fault line in the still-sore relations between Moscow and the West. The United Nations has met to discuss the crisis, as has the European Union. But above all this, outbreak of hostilities in the Caucasus is seen as a test of strength between Russia and the United States. Washington backs the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and has been training the Georgian military. The American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is holding talks with President Sarkozy in Paris before heading to Tbilisi. Before setting off on her trip, she had this warning.
Right now, the key is to remind Russia that it has an obligation to stop its military activities, remind Russia that it is not to further engage in activities that threaten the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia, that it should drop the language concerning the democratically-elected government of Georgia that has been thrown around by some Russian officials. And that it’s time to, to stop this so that Russia can begin to dig out of the hole that it’s gotten itself into.
Download Audio
Thank you for downloading from the BBC. For details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use, go to bbcworldservice.com/podcasts
Welcome to the latest global news recorded at 1500 GMT on Thursday, the 14th of August. I am James Manadath with the selection of highlights from across BBC World Service news today.
Coming up, the bulk of the fighting in Georgia may be over, but the diplomacy has only just begun. We discuss what the conflict means for relations between Russia and the West.
After years of arguments, Cameroonians celebrate as Nigeria hands over control of the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula.
We are glad to say that we are gaining our land, so much sure that our economic activity might start back to square one.
Also in the podcast, the opposition in Zimbabwe described the recent power-sharing talks as a farce. What is each side willing to give and hoping to gain? And do you have the qualifications for this, demanding job.
During the Dashain Festival, when many buffaloes and goats are sacrificed to the goddess, and she has to walk calmly through the severed heads of these buffaloes. Nepal is on the search for a new child goddess.
But first, nearly two days after a ceasefire agreement was drawn up to end the fighting between Russia and Georgia, Russian troops and tanks are still operating in Georgia, and not just in the breakaway region of South Ossetia which lies at the heart of this conflict. Russian forces are firmly in control of the town of Gori which is between South Ossetia and the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Our correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse is just outside Gori. And I asked him what the situation was there.
Well, the situation, when I left there a few hours ago, was that there were a, a, a numerous loud explosions coming from the hills, er, just around the town. I saw, er, several black plumes of smoke also rising up on the outskirts and I heard sporadic gunfire coming from the town. Just before all of that happened, I had been inside the town, and there was quite a lot of sudden Russian tank activity. The Russian forces are very much in control of the town, they control the entry and exit routes. And yet, just before that fighting started, a number of Russian tanks, I counted around 15, possibly 20, traveling towards the edge of the town, rather quickly. I couldn’t establish what exactly the cause of these explosions was, but there are basically three groups of armed forces now in that area. They are the Russians in quite some numbers, in quite some force. There are Georgian military and police who are also armed nearby. And there are also South Ossetian fighters who also appear to be armed.
But what seems clear briefly is that those Russian troops aren’t gonna be going anywhere anytime soon.(Www.hxen.net)
I spoke to the commander of the Russian forces there, General Boldyrev. And he said he wanted to take his men out of there. But he was committed to restoring law and order in the town. And he wasn’t gonna leave until that was done. I asked him if he could give me a time frame, and he said, two, three, possibly four days. But that was before those explosions were heard. That might take a little longer now.
The conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia has very rapidly become an international issue, another fault line in the still-sore relations between Moscow and the West. The United Nations has met to discuss the crisis, as has the European Union. But above all this, outbreak of hostilities in the Caucasus is seen as a test of strength between Russia and the United States. Washington backs the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and has been training the Georgian military. The American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is holding talks with President Sarkozy in Paris before heading to Tbilisi. Before setting off on her trip, she had this warning.
Right now, the key is to remind Russia that it has an obligation to stop its military activities, remind Russia that it is not to further engage in activities that threaten the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia, that it should drop the language concerning the democratically-elected government of Georgia that has been thrown around by some Russian officials. And that it’s time to, to stop this so that Russia can begin to dig out of the hole that it’s gotten itself into.
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