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Winter Olympics officially underway
The Winter Olympics is officially underway after the Olympic cauldron was lit in a restrained opening ceremony in Beijing.
The Winter Olympics is officially underway after the Olympic cauldron was lit in a restrained opening ceremony in Beijing. We hear from a Uighur now living in exile in the US who, back in 2008, carried the Olympic torch for China.
Also in the programme: Ukraine's fallen soldiers; and taking ice cores from Everest.
(Picture: The view outside the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony. Credit: REUTERS)
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