this is uzbekistan. once part of the enormous soviet union, uzbekistan is a country of arid deserts, lush mountains and ancient cities. in its long history, it s been home to many civilisations, remnants of which can still be seen today. and now its more recent past is as much of a draw. i m starting myjourney here in tashkent, the biggest city in the whole of central asia. it s dynamic, full of young people with almost half under the age of 30 and it s booming. though wherever you look, you are reminded of its soviet past. so what s this impressive building? incredible. this is our circus. munis nur has been studying the unique blend of soviet and islamic architecture that tashkent is known for. after a massive earthquake in the 60s, the soviets rebuilt the whole city. at that time, as you know, many different architects came from the soviet union, and all the architects tried to build the ideal city here. the circus is one of the many examples of the era s modernist arc
in silk road legacy. it s like something from a 60s spy movie or something. it s incredible. ..where soviet influences. horns sound ..meet ancient traditions. this is amazing. i can t believe this. this is where arches would have stood. ..and vast landscapes. ..hide impressive relics. it s pretty astonishing that i m able to still walk around here. for the best part of a century, this country has been off limits to many outsiders. but in recent years, that s been changing, and i m on a journey to see what we ve been missing out on. this is uzbekistan. 0nce part of the enormous soviet union, uzbekistan is a country of arid deserts, lush mountains and ancient cities. in its long history, it s been home to many civilisations, remnants of which can still be seen today. and now its more recent past is as much of a draw. i m starting myjourney here in tashkent, the biggest city in the whole of central asia. it s dynamic, full of young people with almost half under the age of 30
once part of the enormous soviet union, uzbekistan is a country of arid deserts, lush mountains and ancient cities. in its long history, it s been home to many civilisations, remnants of which can still be seen today. and now its more recent past is as much of a draw. i m starting myjourney here in tashkent, the biggest city in the whole of central asia. it s dynamic, full of young people with almost half under the age of 30 and it s booming. though wherever you look, you are reminded of its soviet past. so what s this impressive building? incredible. this is our circus. munis nur has been studying the unique blend of soviet and islamic architecture that tashkent is known for. after a massive earthquake in the 60s, the soviets rebuilt the whole city. at that time, as you know, many different architects came from the soviet union, and all the architects tried to build the ideal city here. the circus is one of the many examples of the era s modernist architecture. but back
minutes but first the fox news update. u.s. officials warning the war in israel giving rise to terrorism in the homeland. the white house says it s impossible to know exactly who is in the u.s. the israeli ground war continues to expand in gaza now approaching gaza city where the death toll on both sides is rising. and while many are still calling for a ceasefire. we now have a hamas official on the record and on video saying they won t stop until they rid the world of israel. and a group of hundreds of wounded palestinians and foreign nationals, including five americans, were allowed to een evacuate gaza for egypt. all five of the americans are aid workers, at least 400 more americans living in gaza have asked the state department to help them evacuate. let s get to correspondent alex hogan live for us in tel aviv with the latest. alex. hi trace, we re learning more about these 400 americans who have asked the u.s. government to help them leave gaza, the white house and th
troops have, quote, advanced to the gates of gaza city. it follows days of heavy fighting between israeli forces ,hamas fighters. the battles inside gaza are blamed for. the deaths of at least 17 idf soldiers since friday. at least nine of them died in one incident after being struck by an anti-tank guided missile. israeli airstrikes also jabalya ,a densely populated and populated area in northern gaza. israel claims the buildings they were housing hamas operatives and that people living there had been urged to evacuate. hamas claims many civilians were killed, but it s not possible to confirm how many have died over the past two days of heavy bombardment. and for the first time since the war began, some foreign passport holders and critically injured palestinians were allowed to leave through the rafah border crossing. a handful of americans have been able to leave, but at least 400 other u.s. citizens stuck in gaza. i won t get into details than to say that we feel confid