shopfront smashed out. we heard from the hasluck authorities, they say that in their words, they "liquidated 26 people involved. that kazakh. thousands more have been arrested. yesterday we had from the kazakh president that he believed terrorists were behind this incident, however, we have also had some counterarguments from protesters on the streets who said the violence came from the hasluck authorities, but it did not come from the protesters themselves. it is difficult to get information about exactly what is happening in kazakhstan at the moment, because the internet has been down. yesterday the president said it would be brought back in an patchy phases, but it has been used as a way of communicating and co—ordinating, that is one of the reasons why it was essentially removed. at the moment it is very difficult to get a full picture about what is happening on the ground and we are waiting for more developments later today. tributes have been paid to the american actor, sidney poitier, who has died at the age of 94.