With nine Climate Zones. It borders russia to the north, iran to the south, with the caspian sea on one side, and georgia and armenia on the other. I want to explore the many faces of azerbaijan, both old and new, through its people, culture and food to find out more about this diverse and complex country. Baku is a swing its a jazz fish, yeah my favourite i love fish. Nazrin, hi. And, there are horses yeah. I didnt know were going to have horses. Im also here to find out why the likes of you and me, potential tourists, are seen as the bright new hope as an alternative to black gold. So, welcome to azerbaijan. When you look at the guidebook, or on travel websites, or in fact almost anything about azerbaijan, they all start by telling you the same thing azerbaijan is the land of fire huge natural gas and oil deposits are so close to the surface that they cause these natural fires to spring out of the ground. Fires which burned continuously for over 4,000 years were once common across az
Of representatives, nancy pelosi. Now this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into the israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers. Thats after the idf published its first account of mondays deadly attack. Britain has echoed calls by the Charity World central kitchen for an independent review into the strike on its convoy of vehicles. Of those seven aid workers killed three were british nationals. The British Foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london would carefully review the initial report by the israeli military. He welcomed the suspension of two senior israeli officers as a first step, but said israel must publish its findings in full. And within the past couple of hours australias Foreign Minister, penny wong, said the Australian Government expects full accountability over the deaths. This has been a deadly failure of deconfliction. Deconfliction is the process by which humanitarian agencies engage with Defense Forc
The politicians who have signed the letter include one of mr biden s key allies the former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. Now this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into the israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers. Thats after the idf published its first account of mondays deadly attack. Britain has echoed calls by the Charity World central kitchen for an independent review into the strike on its convoy of vehicles. Of those seven aid workers killed three were british nationals. Three were british nationals. The British Foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london would carefully review the initial report by the israeli military. He welcomed the suspension of two senior israeli officers as a first step, but said israel must publish its findings in full. And within the past couple of hours australias foreign minister, penny wong, said the Australian Government expects full accountability over the
Charlotte wright has more. Yes, so this is William Wragg, the conservative mp who said he met this person on the gay dating app grinder and he handed over a number of mp phone numbers. He spoke to the times after saying he was very sorry, mortified by it but he was scared because this person had compromising things on him. There has been support, as you heard and helens support, as you heard and helens support, from William Wragg from senior mps within the conservative party who feel he was a victim of this. There are questions over his judgment on him handing over these phone numbers, that has been questioned by some mps, including within the conservative party, but William Wragg told the times that he was mortified and frankly he felt scared because this person he met initially on the dating app grinder had Compromising Material on him. When it comes to Compromising Material what does this whole episode tell us about the risks that mps face when it comes to Cyber Security and the sor
This has been a deadly failure of deacon flexion. Complexion is the by which humanitarian agencies engage with Defence Forces to ensure they are protected in conflict zones, and it was obviously a deadly failure. It cannot be rushed aside or covered over and i do not believe that any australian would expect us to do anything other than to continue to demand the transparency and accountability. The former United States House Speaker nancy pelosi a close ally of President Biden has signed a letter together with almost forty Congressional Democrats calling for a halt to Weapons Transfers to israel. The letter urges the white house to conduct its own probe into an israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers on monday. It says the strike against the humanitarian convoy along with the ever worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza makes it unjustifiable to approve further weapons deliveries. So along with the growing number of countries aid organisations have stressed the need for an indepen