for 300 years, on and off, estonia was part of russia. ..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being removed from public view, and notjust here. the other baltic states, latvia and lithuania, are making similar symbolic gestures. this was among the first a replica tank commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world war ii. it s been moved to estonia s war museum from the town of narva, which sits right on the russian border. the government says it s to avert what it calls increasing social tension . oh, wow. look at this. you re very welcome. the t 34 was produced from maybe aos to 60s, more
..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being removed from public view, and notjust here. the other baltic states, latvia and lithuania, are making similar symbolic gestures. this was among the first a replica tank commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world war ii. it s been moved to estonia s war museum from the town of narva, which sits right on the russian border. the government says it s to avert what it calls increasing social tension . oh, wow. look at this. you re very welcome. the t 34 was produced from maybe aos to 60s, more than 80,000. so it s an extremely ordinary tank. nothin
you with 10 seconds of skateboarding history. this is aussie skateboarder arisa trew becoming the first female to land a 720 in a competition. that s two full rotations in the air. and she sjust 13. you re all caught up now. see you. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. this week on the show. pulling down the past. i believe that the monuments would not give a tribute to the regime, but they should preserve the history and the memory. feeling the heat. we re getting major fires every year now, and multiple ones. oh, my god. and up to our knees in an estonian bog. there s a lot, yeah, there s a lot. - for 300 years, on and off, estonia was part of russia. ..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has
yes, i know. oh, all right. stop happy thursday, everyone. it you would seem silly now, but once upon a time, america trusted anthony fauci. during the pandemic, we were all scared and confused then fauci was a comforting brooklyn accented voice of calm and some believed a man of his stature might even lead them to pot of gold. but according to his this week before the official select subcommittee on the covid pandemi tc, as doc the dwarf known as doc, coppedk to the following admissionadmis the six foot social distancing rule had no basis in science the lab. leak isn t just a conspiracy theory vaccine t just . mandates and travel bans were a mistake. and oh, that s previously his saying the lockdowns weren t his fault. so what exactly did he getl be right? that the media will believe anything if it comes from a toadstooli m l, a lab coat? kudos to chairman brad wenstrup holding fauci s tiny hooves to the fire ands refrainingto throwing him out a window. let s start w
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