for the first time in three years china lifts quarantine rules for people arriving from abroad. and is this the sound of hidden treasure? hopeful hunters follow a map marking the spot where german soldiers are believed to have buried valuables worth millions. hello and welcome to the programme. clashes have continued in eastern ukraine throughout the day despite the russian ceasefire to mark the orthodox christmas. ukraine dismissed the pause in hostilities as a tactic to allow russian troops to regroup. russian forces are on the edge of bakhmut they ve been rying to take it since the summer, in an attempt to push further west, but the city hasn t fallen. our correspondent, james waterhouse along with producer siobhan leahy and cameraman paul francis sent this report from bahkmut, on the front line. you leave civilisation behind on the journey to bakhmut. we are heading to one of the most hostile parts of the front line. and coming into view is a city in the middle
let s now speak to pouya alimagham, a historian focused on iran and revolutionary movements at the massachusetts institute of technology. he joins us live from south carolina. thank you very much forjoining us. do you think this will put off protests in iran?- off protests in iran? first, i m from off protests in iran? first, i m from southern - off protests in iran? first, l i m from southern california but yes, i do think the intention behind the expedited trials, you could call them sham trials, the whole point is to do them very quickly and to televise these. confessions and to execute them in a public manner. really to instill fear in the population and really get into the immobiliser state. there is a lot of historical precedent to it in relation to uprisings in the past. the