Unspun World: Is Ukraine's counter-offensive a turning point?
Will Ukraine's counter-offensive be a decisive moment? And after 12 years of brutal civil war in Syria, why is President Assad being welcomed back by Arab neighbours?
Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories, with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's world affairs editor John Simpson and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's unparalleled range of experts.
This week John explores the ongoing war effort in Ukraine with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Monitoring's Vitaliy Shevchenko; the future of Turkey with international correspondent Orla Guerin; what President Assad of Syria's rehabilitation will mean for Syrians, with Middle-East correspondent Lina Sinjab, and he speaks to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's science correspondent, Pallab Ghosh, about the pangenome. What is it, and how can it help humanity?
Producers: Pandita Lorenz and Benedick Watt
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