Bea at ten oclock Michelle Hussain will be a full round up of the days news. First, this weeks edition of our world. First, this weeks edition of our world. On the barren steppe of central asia, hidden from the world, a testing ground, where, over a0 years, 500 Nuclear Bombs were exploded by the soviet union. They called it the polygon. The local population was supposed to have been sent to safety, but some were made to watch. Thousands lived in villages that werent cleared. Villagers endured radioactive exposure the scale of which the world has never seen. 25 years after the polygon was abandoned by the soviet union, the effects still blight young peoples lives. This is a film about the victims of the Nuclear Testing in the polygon, and one man who has dedicated his life to preventing it from ever happening again. Karipbek kuyukov was born in 1968 in the furthest flung corners of the then soviet empire, here in the vast expanse of the kazakh steppe. Karipbeks parents had already lost
A Spacex Rocket successfully blasts off from the historic Cape Canaveral launchpad used for the Moon Landings half a century ago. Hello and welcome. Iraqi Government Forces are making significant progress after stepping up their offensive against the Islamic State group in the city of mosul hundreds of armoured vehicles and thousands of men are involved in the operation. The battle could see iraqi forces denting the militant groups hold across parts of northern and western iraq that were seized two years ago. Last month the government won back the eastern part of the city and the advances of the last 12 hours or so take them within striking distance of Mosul Airport. Fears have been voiced about the safety of thousands of trapped civilians. The bbcs correspondent Quentin Sommerville is with the iraqi army and sent this report. Just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called Islamic State. Thousands of men and hundreds of armoured vehicles in
Bea at ten oclock Michelle Hussain will be a full round up of the days news. First, this weeks edition of our world. First, this weeks edition of our world. On the barren steppe of central asia, hidden from the world, a testing ground, where, over a0 years, 500 Nuclear Bombs were exploded by the soviet union. They called it the polygon. The local population was supposed to have been sent to safety, but some were made to watch. Thousands lived in villages that werent cleared. Villagers endured radioactive exposure the scale of which the world has never seen. 25 years after the polygon was abandoned by the soviet union, the effects still blight young peoples lives. This is a film about the victims of the Nuclear Testing in the polygon, and one man who has dedicated his life to preventing it from ever happening again. Karipbek kuyukov was born in 1968 in the furthest flung corners of the then soviet empire, here in the vast expanse of the kazakh steppe. Karipbeks parents had already lost