bog. for300 up to our knees in an estonian bog. for 300 years on and off estonia was a part of russia ruled first by the royal family and the soviet union. links are deep and around one third of the people here have russian as their first language. the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since their first language. but since theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine at the government has steered a course firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been trouble bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being removed from public view and not just removed from public view and notjust here. the other baltic states, latvia and lithuania are making a similar 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 sa
anti semitic comments on his twitter account. now on bbc news, the travel show. 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 there. there s a lot. for 300 years, on and off, estonia was part of russia. ruled first by the czarist 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 in february, 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
the us attorney general merrick garland has accused china of trying to undermine the american justice system, as he announced indictments against thirteen of its nationals. in one case, the department ofjustice accused two chinese intelligence agents of attempted bribery and espionage in america. now on bbc news, the travel show. 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 there. there s a lot. for 300 years, on and off, estonia was part of russia. ruled first by the czarist 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 in february, the government has steered a cour
in the rugby league world cup quarter finals. they see off france in bolton and have now played two, won two. we hear how 10 year old quinn became one of the youngest people to conquer scotland s 282 highest mountains. good 282 highest mountains. morning. if you are travell the good morning. if you are travelling the sunday morning, bear in mind there are heavy, thundery downpours out there moving northwards through the day. some sunshine as well. all the day. some sunshine as well. all the details coming up. it s sunday 23rd october. our main story: as the deadline to enter the contest to replace liz truss draws closer, two of the likely contenders borisjohnson and rishi sunak have held private talks. neither have publicly declared they are entering the race, but the bbc s tally indicates that mr sunak has already received the backing of at least 128 mp5. that s significantly more than the 100 needed to enter the ballot, which closes tomorrow afternoon. our political cor
it s time for the weather. heavy rain, thunder and lightning. you can see this band of thundery rain rain. already, we are starting to see some heavy showers pushing into south west england. they will track north and east words this afternoon. he rain lingering through northern ireland, into southern scotland. mild wherever you are, 14-18 c. two scotland. mild wherever you are, 14 18 c. two bands of rain overnight, the first pushing northwards across scotland and weakening. further heavy showers are spiralling around an area of low pressure moving eastwards across england. temperatures widely in double figures, but some gusty winds expected across the channel coasts. showers are clear away from the east coast, some sunshine following behind. furthershowers coast, some sunshine following behind. further showers piling in from the west. a day of sunshine and showers. temperatures between 14-18 c. hello, this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines. the former chancellor r