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Kate Adie with correspondents' dispatches from Israel, Mongolia, Qatar, Belgium and Kashmir, with the stories behind the headlines and the characters encountered on their travels.

Israelis react to the rupture in relations with their closest allies, as Tim Franks in Jerusalem has been finding out; Linda Pressly is in the freezing steppe lands of Mongolia where a nomadic way of life has come under threat; Adam Mynott's been at the CITES meeting in Qatar and says it's been a good fortnight for elephants, but not so for sharks and tuna; in Brussels, Nigel Cassidy has been discovering that the dream of forging a confident and prosperous Europe has taken a battering, and Sam Miller asks is it possible that Jesus Christ once wandered the beautiful Vale of Kashmir...

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Sat 27 Mar 2010 11:30
大象传媒 Radio 4

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Chapters

  • Introduction

    Duration: 00:29

  • Israel remains defiant amid allies' anger

    As relations between Britain and Israel continue to unravel, in Jerusalem many Israelis feel that the outside world still fails to understand the problems - and threats - their country is facing.

    Duration: 05:19

  • Mongolia's vicious winter

    As Mongolia experiences the worst winter in a decade, Linda Pressly travels to the worst affected area and meets the nomadic people whose way of life is now under threat.

    Duration: 05:26

  • Deciding not to save the bluefin tuna

    The latest two-week long meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) saw bureaucrats sweep aside expert advice on how to save the bluefin tuna.

    Duration: 05:17

  • Europe's economic spring has not yet sprung

    Nigel Cassidy reports from Brussels how the time set aside to plan for a better future has been eaten up trying to rescue the Euro stop Greece's debt crisis.

    Duration: 05:10

  • Tourists flock to 'Jesus's tomb' in Kashmir

    A belief that Jesus survived the crucifixion and spent his remaining years in Kashmir has led to a run-down shrine in Srinagar making it firmly onto the must-visit-in India tourist trail.

    Duration: 05:54

Broadcast

  • Sat 27 Mar 2010 11:30
    大象传媒 Radio 4