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Cooking up 2016

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories: Jeremy Bowen reflects on Syria, Carrie Gracie on China, Nick Thorpe on Hungary, Karen Allen on Africa, and Will Grant on Cuba.

By any standard, 2016 has been a momentous year, right across the world: unexpected election results, disastrous wars, huge flows of migrants and refugees, major terrorist attacks, the death of memorable people. Some of our correspondents reflect on their region. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, comes across - of all things - a cookbook that, for him, sums up so much of what has been lost in Syria. Carrie Gracie, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's China Editor, is struck by the growing number of Chinese who seem prepared to go against the government's flow and to take the consequences. Nick Thorpe, who has reported extensively on Europe's migrant crisis, and who lives in Budapest, examines Hungary's reaction to the crisis. Karen Allen has been reporting from Africa for 12 years but she's now leaving; she describes some of the memorable changes she's seen. Cuba is one place that's seen a lot of change - and not just because of the death of Fidel Castro. Our man in Havana, Will Grant, goes fishing for what it all means to ordinary Cubans.

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Sat 31 Dec 2016 11:30

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  • Sat 31 Dec 2016 11:30