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hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. we start here in the uk. defence secretary grant shapps said it would be irresponsible to carry on pumping money into the h52 high speed rail line if costs had spiralled and there was a perfectly legitimate question about its sequencing. mr shapps, the uk s former transport secretary, told the bbc s victoria derbyshire that costs had increased significantly, citing inflation as having been part of that. he stressed that hs2 was not the be all and end all for northern transport projects. on hsz, we do have to respond to the budgets on hsz, we do have to respond to the budgets that have been hit not only by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine i by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine. ithink by coronavirus but by the war in ukraine. i think any responsible government looks at that and says, does this government looks at that and says, does this still stuck up for what the country requi ....

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hello. a warm welcome. the fate of ethnic armenians in disputed nagorno karabakh is hanging in the balance, as their leaders say most will likely leave their historic homeland now controlled by azerbaijan. the region is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but large parts of it have been controlled by ethnic armenians for three decades. tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city, stepanakert, many of them gathering at the airport. some aid has reached the enclave, but food, medicine and fuel are all in short supply. in new york, azerbaijan s foreign minister told the un general assembly that baku was determined to reintegrate karabakh armenians as equal citizens. but his armenian counterpart demanded the un establish a mission in the region to prevent further killings of ethnic armenians. the bbc s olga ivshina is one of the first journalists to have reached the region since this week s hostilities began. she sent us this report. thi ....

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