For the first time in Kazakhstan,a genuine opposition candidate is on the ballot,but organised opposition is weak.
The resignation of the former president appeared to be the first step in a choreographed political transition.
In Central Asia,a warming climate is shrinking many glaciers. The Tuyuksu is losing ice every year. Around the world,vanishing glaciers will mean less water for people and crops in the future. Here,the people need to prepare sooner.
What is this place? What is this city like? What makes its people tick? And now I've gained a tiny window into its citizens'lives.
Welcome to Astana,Kazakhstan. Welcome to a strange and fascinating city...
It's strange to be here and to see this place and its people and to know that they're real. This is the home of Borat. And the joke is on them.
Kazakhstan is using natural gas and cows made genetically efficient to slow the pace of land degradation caused by deforestation and overgrazing
Sure,this city is not on many people's bucket lists,but that might be about to change.
David Whitley launches himself on an exploration of the universe with feet firmly on Earth.