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Kate Adie presents stories from Ukraine, Greenland, the US and Germany. As Ukraine came under its heaviest bombardment in weeks, Quentin Sommerville travelled to Donetsk - part of the resource-rich region of the Donbas that Vladimir Putin wants complete control over. There he met residents as they fled attacks and war-weary soldiers who revealed the intensification of the battle there. Donald Trump has continued to show interest in annexing Greenland, which holds a valuable strategic position and considerable mineral wealth. While the island of just over 55,000 people is currently governed by Denmark, there is a sizable independence movement - though full autonomy would come at a price, finds Bob Howard in the capital Nuuk. The Alligator Alcatraz detention camp in Florida has become a flash-point in Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, at a time when a record number of undocumented migrants have been arrested and deported. Josephine Casserly reports from the centre, which sits on an abandoned airstrip amid the mangroves of the Everglades. James Naughtie has been in the German city of Weimar, at a cultural festival in the state of Thuringia in Eastern Germany, which reflects on the historical legacy of the Weimar Republic. Among the performances and installations, he found echoes of the past in the present. Series Producer: Serena Tarling Production Coordinator: Rosie Strawbridge Editor: Richard Vadon
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